Chapter 95
A week flew by, and Sogin High School’s final exam results were finally out.
Simone checked her grades on the school website. It was 749 points, first in her grade and class, same as always, She figured that the missing point. was probably from her essay
She had just finished checking when Quinn called to invite her out for dinner.
When Simone arrived, she realized it wasn’t just the two of them. Claire, Finn. Alex, and Timothy were all there, along with a bunch of vocational school students Simone recognized from her tutoring sessions.
Quinn explained. “Simone, we all wanted to thank you for making time to tutor us. Everyone did well on the exams this time.”
time. As he spoke, Quinn guided Simone to the seat of honor at their table,
Quinn booked out the whole restaurant. Besides Simone and Claire, everyone else there was from the vocational school. This dinner wasn’t a spur- of–the moment thing: they’d planned it before finals.
They picked today because the vocational school results had just come out, too, and everyone was in a great mood.
Claire, practically bouncing with excitement, leaned on Simone’s shoulder. She said, “Simone, it’s all thanks to you! I
my grade. I never thought I could get a score like this.”
When she first saw her results, Claire had locked herself in the bathroom and cried her eyes out
I made it into the top thirty in
As soon as Claire finished. Quinn chimed in, “Simone, I got 340 this time. Top of the vocational school!” He looked up at Simone, waiting for praise
Simone couldn’t help but laugh and pat his head. She said, “Good job, Quinn”
Finn squeezed in front of Simone, grinning. He exclaimed, “Me too, me too! I got 320, enough for a top university. Simone, it’s all thanks to you!”
Alex sid. I got 520 too.
Timothy said. “I scored 510”
520 this time. Then, looking like she’d finally made up her mind,
Tiffany squeezed her way through the crowd. She said seriously, “Simone, I got a 520 she added. “Today, in front of everyone, there’s something I want to tell you.”
Simone’s interest was piqued. She grinned at Tiffany and asked. “What is it?”
Tiffany pointed straight at Quinn and declared, ‘Simone, I don’t like Quinn anymore.”
Both Simone and Quinn were stunned.
Simone was still in a daze when Tiffany went on, “Simone, after everything that’s happened lately, I finally realized something”
“What is it?” Simone asked, a bad feeling creeping up on her. She had a hunch she might not want to know the answer.
Sure enough, the next second, Tiffany dropped a bomb. She said, “You’re even more attractive than Quinn. Before Simone could react. Tiffany hit her with another shocker, saying. Simone, I think I’ve fallen in love with you.”
Simone was kind of scared right now.
Quinn was speechless. He thought, ‘First Tiffany was after me, now she is after Simone?” He grabbed Tiffany by the collar and dragged her away
Quinn glared at Tiffany and warned. “Tin telling you, don’t even think about Slimone. Or you’ll regret it”
Tiffany, who was never the bravest, was almost scared to tears as Quinn luuled her off. She huffed. “Quin, you’re seriously terrifying! I must ve been bluul to ever like you.”
Then she turned to Simone, looking all wronged. She said, “It’s all my fault. I just didn’t see what Quinn was really like, and now I’ve made you mhundervand, Simone.
Simone was speechless
Quinn thought, “What’s that supposed to mean? What was I like?
Chapter 95
Most of the students from the vocational high school who attended Simone’s tutoring sessions ended up doing really well on their exams. When they came by, each of them brought a gift for Simone, and Quinn carefully collected every single one for Simone.
After they finished eating and were about to leave, Andy led a group of middle–aged men who showed up and headed straight for Simone. Andy reached out his hand to Simone, clearly excited.
Andy said, “Simone, I’m the principal of the vocational high school. The students told came over. Sorry to bother you please forgive us
you
u were here, so a few of us from the school leadership
Simone shook his hand and nodded politely. “It’s no trouble at all;” she replied,
Andy said sincerely. “Simone, thanks to you our school’s average score in the finals beat Artline High School this time!
When Andy first heard that their average score had surpassed Artline High’s, he thought someone must have made a mistake. But it turned out to be true.
After all those years of being looked down on by Artline High, Andy finally felt like he could hold his head high
Then Andy signaled for the others to bring over several boxes and set them in front of Simone. “Simone, these are thank–you gifts from our school. You have to accept them,” he said.
Simone wanted to refuse, but seeing how determined Andy was, she ended up accepting the gifts.
Only after Simone accepted did Andy and his group leave, all smiles.
Once they left, Simone finally got around to opening those big, tightly sealed boxes. Inside were instant cameras, regular cameras, plushies, notchooks, and so on. All were the cute things girls love
Simone thought, The principal had gone all out, but honestly, there is so much stuff I could never
er use it all, even if I try for years. Feeling a bit overwhelmed, she waved Claire and Tiffany over.
“Pick whatever you like. There’s no way I can use all this by myself,” Simone said with a grin..
Tiffany asked, “Really? Are you sure?” She was always into anything pink and cute, and immediately lit up at Simone’s words. Still, she tried to keep her cool in front of Simone and held back a little
“Of course! Go ahead, take your pick.” Simone said. She asked Quinn to grab a few bags for them.
Tiffany didn’t hesitate anymore and crouched down to pick out a bunch of adorable plushies she liked.
Seeing Claire still standing there, Simone pulled her over. She said, “Come on, Claire, see if there’s anything you like. Take a few more things for yourself!
“Okay, Claire replied, looking at Simone with gratitude. She knelt next to Tiany and picked out some cute notebooks.
Simone noticed Claire had only chosen a few notebooks. Before they left, she grabbed several cameras from the box and stuffed them into Claire’s bag.
“Simone, this is too much, Claire protested, her voice a little shaky. She knew those cameras were
is were all expensive brands and hadn’t planned to take even one. Secing Simone shove several into her bag, Claire felt her nose sting, trying not to tear up
“It’s not that much. If your brother tries to take them when you get home, just give him one to keep him quiet, Simone insisted, making sure the cameras stayed put.
Simone knew a bit about how things were at Claire’s place. She thought that if Claire only brought house one canser, her brother would slefinitely match it, and Claire probably wouldn’t even get a chance to touch it.
