Revenge

She got expelled?

“Is it?” Amanda looked Rae Yan with unusual calm.

She was not Mia and she watched the incident and everyone involved as an outsider; Mia would have felt so panic and sad as Rae Yan expected, but not Amanda.

The unusual coolness and indifference of Amanda, sure enough, made Rae Yan feel uneasy; with her eyess evasive and hands firmly clenching at the backpack, she turned to look at Ali.

"Why, aren't you worried? I was so worried that I came out looking for you." It took Rae Yan a while to speak, watching Mia and squeezing out an awkward smile.

Ali rested his hands on the shoulder of Amanda and seemed not to feel comfortable leaving her and Rae to talk alone; but Amanda pushed him away and walked toward Rae Yan against his wishes on purpose. She held Rae Yan’s arm saying: “you have got to accompany to the president tonight, I don’t wanna get myself fired; I hate to leave you guys.”

With that, Amanda looked back at Ali and smiled at him.

Ali responded her with a smile, his eyes curved.

The atmosphere was so harmonious that Rae Yan, surprised at her soft words, said, "Ok, I'll go with you."

One thing Amanda felt good about was the independence and self focus of Rae Yan; she was leading the way in front while she and Ali was following behind. She could use her guide right now.

"Mia, where were you last night?" Still, Rae Yan repeated the same question as if determined to get a result out of her mouth.

Amanda, with her expression unchanged, looked at her and smiled. "Where do you think I've been? You must be so worried?"

it, but still the lighthearted rhetorical question was making Rae Yan, who must be at her 17 or 18 years old as well, feeling uncomfortable; she tried

Yan said: "Yesterday, after school, people saw you get into Mr. Hu's car and they said you were a mistress of his. Well, Ali was very sad and had been looking for you for the whole night. President called in Madam Gorski last night this morning when you did not show up in the class; and when Madam Gorski

that was

best friend. Do you believe in what they said?"

bit her lip and didn't speak; she suddenly stopped and

around and walked away without looking

large hip-hop dress and smiled with the self-aware irony. As the “best friend”, she had done

her hand

door. Ever since her death, Amanda had been so sensitive to sound that

door and walked in.

her, the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stiffened his body and his face turned

and took a couple of steps forward, facing the man behind the large desk: “Didn’t we just meet last night; didn’t you just say how beautiful, young and tender I was? Well, didn’t you feel happy to see me stand here in front

"Mia, you've been expelled! Call your parents to pick you up and take you home! We don't need students like

a feigned look of grievance in her eyes, looked at President Liu and cut to the chase:

Liu asked "What

the whole school knows about it. Even if I am seventeen, not exactly a little girl, but I am still a teenager girl; if this were to get

to Mr. Hu...Thank him for what? I am pretty curious what

see the changes of her; the always introverted and timid teenager girl was now calm, clear-headed and full

the school this morning after giving me a lot of money. Well, I am pretty sure he would come back

one who did not dare

tissue, mocking: “President Liu, wipe away your sweat...This summer is scorching hot and would only get hotter. Cool down your AC,

could take over the tissue, Amanda dropped it in front

reached the handle than Amanda turned back, whipping her black ponytail nicely in the air. "President Liu," she said, smiling, "I'm going back to class, if