The Kiss that Sparked it All

Rosie frowned in confusion, “Another exam?”

Ellinor nodded, “Yeah, since neither of us clearly won this time, let’s have another round. It’ll help settle the score for the media and audience, don’t you

think?”

Rosie’s eyes darted around nervously, “Uh well.”

Just then, Rosie’s mom briskly came onto the stage, “Ellinor, can’t you accept defeat?”

Ellinor smirked, “We both scored full marks, right? I didn’t lose”

Rosie’s mom retorted, “Even if you both scored full marks, everyone agrees that my daughter is superior! And you still want to take another exam? How’s that going to work? The teachers have to spend more time and energy setting new questions, it’s not as simple as you make it sound!”

Ellinor grinned, “I never said anything about having the teachers set new questions. A retake doesn’t need fresh ones.”

was taken aback, not getting Ellinor’s point, “If it’s not about new questions, then what’s the point of a retake?

were also confused by

the point of re-testing

can’t swallow her

they retake it and both get full marks again, then what? Another

defeat and reflect on her mistakes? Maybe

“We don’t need new questions; just change the values in the original ones, then we

about that?”

were even more

“What’s she on about?”

you

questions remain, but only the values change, so the equations stay the same; what’s the point of

a point. If you’ve truly mastered the knowledge, you won’t falter just because the values change. Let’s do this retake. If we both score full marks again, I’ll admit

hearing this, people exchanged