Cassandra's POV:
"Here's the book you told me to borrow from the library", I said as I held the book in front of the busy Ezekiel Tristan Harrison.
"Put it down to my upper left side", he said without batting an eye at me as he keeps on scribbling on his notes while scanning the book he is currently reading.
"Anything you want to order me around to get?", I asks hoping he would stop and gave me eye contact.
"Get me a bottle of water at the cafeteria", he said still not leaving the book alone as he suddenly reach for something in his pocket. "Here, show this to them and they knew what to give", he said as he looks at me while handling a card at me. "And don't even drop or forget this card anywhere, I can't request another one and be waiting for two weeks to get a new one", he warned me with a serious tone in his voice with a matching glare at me like he is dead serious about it.
"I-i won't lose or forget it!", I said as I run out of the classroom, I heard gossip and whispers as I head out.
After making a deal with him, everything went well as I told him my favor. My dad only got suspended for a month while being under investigation in both military and government offices, but he still has his job until the investigations are complete. No one knew about it since they didn't want the public to know and cause any rumors to spread.
My days are normal like I always have, except he would order me around from here and there every lunch break. He only ordered me around for his meals or snacks or went to the library to return and borrow some books again under his name. The only thing that made me wonder and question myself was, how the heck did he get special privileges?!
I mean he got a card that no one seemed to know that it existed. He got to borrow some books in the library without asking for his signatures but just present the library card that is in gold palette card under his name. He even gets to have some long breaks but he still ace the exams easily.
"Who the heck is he anyway?!!!", I said grabbing my own hair out of frustration as I walk down the hallway going to the cafeteria.
"He is one of the smartest students in Lance Academy."
"Eeekkkk!!!", I shriek as I lean against the wall while holding my chest as my heart beats faster than normal in surprise.
"Did I scare you that much? I'm sorry about that since you look like you are being bullied by my twin brother that much", the girl said as I stare at her closely as I saw the resemblance she got with that jerk.
"No, I'm just thinking about some things while trying to figure it all out", I said as she flashes her beautiful smile that made my heart skip a beat which was weird for me as a straight person.
"Oh! That? We got those since we passed the yearly rankings without going down on our places. Plus, winning some sports tournaments and some academics competitions on both local and international", she explained that made my jaw drop to hear about it.
"Y-y-you mean... that all of you got the same privileges?!", I exclaimed in surprise that it's not only him that got those kinds of stuff, but all of them got those too.
"I can't say only us who got those thou", she said as she covers her mouth elegantly as she giggles. "Only the top 10 students on overall school rankings will get those as long as you won't go off the ranking list. Me and my other three siblings are only one of those top 10 students that have been given to get those privileges by the headmaster", she continues as we walk down the hallway together.
"But the other students said that you all get to have some long breaks despite the classes stills ongoing", I said as I raise one brow at her which made her laugh but still with elegance.
"The headmaster only said those excuses while we were on a mission. Not all of us are on the same mission at the same time, you know", she said as she calms herself before continuing. "Some are at school and attending our regular classes while the others are still on the mission. All of us study in advance at home, that's why some of us are either sleeping in class or doing something not related to the class."
"It sounds like you all are not on the simple top rankings by the way you explain it", I said still suspicious about them as she laughs again.
"Sorry... sorry...", she said as she let out a deep breath and calms herself again as she looked at me. "I don't want to sound like someone being full of themself, but we are all supposed to skip some years with the IQs we got which is considered as above average or normal IQ levels", she explained that got me dumbfounded to know about it.
'They're way too smart that should be skipping some school years but got held up due to their missions?!!!'
So that explains why they are always the talk around the school campus wherever I go when I decided to transfer to this school. I still can't believe it after hearing from one of those rumored people about how they got those kinds of stuff.
"You better run now, my brother is not a very patient person when the clock is still ticking", she said as she taps her wristwatch that looks way expensive and like it was designed especially for her.
"You mean...???", I ask in confusion and awestruck as she let out a deep sigh as she shook her head.
"I mean he will scold you if you made him wait for another minute. He is a really scary person when he gets mad thou", she explains that made me pale as I runs off to the cafeteria.
I can't believe that he was just being easy on me when he scolds me sometimes if I get the book wrong or got him the wrong drink he told me to get. I suddenly remember that time he was supposed to explode in anger but held back knowing where on school grounds.
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Ezekiel's POV:
"You mean to say that you were chatting while going to the cafeteria with my twin sister?", I said as I stared at the scared little girl in front of me who is looking down at her feet.
"Be easy on her, Ezekiel... It was my fault that held her up when she was still on an errand", Sherlly said while shaking my arm as she begs at me or more like stopped me before I cause a scene.
"I'll let this go, just this once, got it?", I said as I went back to my seat as I started to eat the sandwich that I always get for lunch when I'm still busy with writing down on my notes.
I don't usually get angry over small things if it's not for the time until lunch break is over. I only got 15mins left until lunch break is over and the next class will begin shortly.
It's not like they will ask us to pay attention to the class when we do something not related to it since we can skip a school year or so if we really wanted to. This private school won't ask us if we had some notes written down for clearance once the school year is done, except if you're a graduating student at least.
"Settle down now, class!", Ms. Davis said as she puts down her things on the teacher's table in front before she announce something. "Harrison children, you are exempted for the rest of the afternoon classes and you all are to be headed to the headmaster's office", she said as I click my tongue in annoyance to hear that.
"Here we go again... Our sweet little peace is ruined again", Michael said as we all starts to pack our things up before heading out to the headmaster's office.
"I hope it's not something related to that one", Sherlly said as she let out a deep sigh and slung her bag on her shoulder.
"Let's just go and get it all done and go home after", I said as we head out to the headmaster's office, I heard them groaning like they really don't want to know about it.
*a few moments later...
"Nope! I don't want to! Not even a minute!", Michael shouted as he walks out of the office while dragging his bag.
"I'm sorry but I don't want to go either. I understand Michael since we've been in and out for some missions without proper rest", Alexa said as she went out of the office after she bows her head and slinging her bag on her shoulder.
"I'll try to talk to them, maybe they would agree to it. But I'm still not on the side of agreeing about it since it is pretty much noticeable that we're the ones being dumped with many missions and still get many complaints and hate from the others", Sherlly said as she stands up and shift her gaze at me. "I hope you will reason them out, brother. I know how exhausted you are but still be the one to agree with it for the said RECOGNITION when we're not being taken seriously", she added as she bows her head before she left the office.
"I don't want to argue with them when I'm too tired from being in and out to the field more than 6 times already without proper rest", I said as I stand up and grabs my bag, and slung it to my shoulder as I grab Sherlly's bag. "It's really annoying that you are way too obvious that you have some undeniable grudge at us when we didn't do anything wrong. If this won't be settled in a way that we want to have some rest before going out again, I'm going straight to the president about this."
"You can't suddenly barge into the president's office like you're someone so special, Phantom Zeke", General Freedman said with a hint of irritation in his voice as he stares at me seriously.
"I know my place and I never forgotten about that, General Freedman. But he is our direct contractor, so he will be the one to order us around when it's clear that you want us to be out of the picture", I said as I went out of the room before he could say anything he wants to make me the bad guy here.
Swallowing my pride as being ordered around nonstop is something I totally regret doing when we're not even given recognition for our contributions. It's pretty obvious that there are some of the generals who are still in a position that wants us to be disposed of after that humiliation they got in front of the president that time.
"They deserve it, Ezekiel... Don't make it something that you can't handle", I said as I walk down the hallway while trying to calm myself up.
Making sure everything is still on the same track is something that I can't afford to lose. I've done everything I can just to get where I am now after swallowing my pride for almost 9 years. I really can't afford to make everything I've worked so hard to go to waste now.
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