Everyone's still stunned, staring at Ryan with their eyes wide open. Nobody expected a disruption in their great bully sort of activity. Melinda broke the sudden silence -
"Oh, hi Ryan . . . How are you?"
"I'm well, thanks," said Ryan, in a sharp voice.
Then he turns to me and asks impatiently,
"Leena, the bell has rang 5 minutes ago, why are you still here?"
Emily eyed me threateningly.
What should I say? That, they were harassing me?
Nope. I'm not going to tell Ryan anything. It will cause more trouble for me. So better keep quite and let them solve it.
"We were having a little chit-chat," Emily answers instead of me.
"Cool but I don't think this is an appropiate time for anyone to have friendly conversation in the hallway." His voice and face shows the true disapproval.
"C'mon Ryan, this is only 5 minutes."
"Maybe being tardy doesn't matter to you, but for Leena, it is important not to lose point."
He takes my hand and pulls me out of the crowd.
"Come, I'll walk you to the office."
I try to avoid looking at the girls' angry faces as we walk away. When we get near to the office Ryan stops.
And starts laughing! (I expected him to be mad and scold me. )
"That was really heroic. Wasn't it?" Ryan smiles widely.
"U-huh?" (I'm confused)
"I mean, going there and 'rescuing' you from those 'beasts'" he grinned while mentioning the words 'Rescue' and 'Beast'.
"By the way, how long are you gonna tolerate this? I'll graduate this year then you'll have to face those bullies by yourself. Better protest from now."
"You know I won't," I say in a cold voice.
"But. . . Why?"
Leaving him behind, I enter the the office. I don't want to talk to him about it. I don't want to discuss my problems, my thoughts with anybody. Because, I know, nobody will understand. Its not like I dont have the courage or I'm afriad. I can protest too. I can speak up against many unfairs. But I won't. I know this doesn't do any good . If you have power , no matter how bad job you do, how many mistakes you make, you will still get many supporter. But the same you will be criticized, humiliated for your mistakes; your great jobs won't be cared if you don't have power. This isn't the rule, but this is reality...
(To be continued )
"Oh, hi Ryan . . . How are you?"
"I'm well, thanks," said Ryan, in a sharp voice.
Then he turns to me and asks impatiently,
"Leena, the bell has rang 5 minutes ago, why are you still here?"
Emily eyed me threateningly.
What should I say? That, they were harassing me?
Nope. I'm not going to tell Ryan anything. It will cause more trouble for me. So better keep quite and let them solve it.
"We were having a little chit-chat," Emily answers instead of me.
"Cool but I don't think this is an appropiate time for anyone to have friendly conversation in the hallway." His voice and face shows the true disapproval.
"C'mon Ryan, this is only 5 minutes."
"Maybe being tardy doesn't matter to you, but for Leena, it is important not to lose point."
He takes my hand and pulls me out of the crowd.
"Come, I'll walk you to the office."
I try to avoid looking at the girls' angry faces as we walk away. When we get near to the office Ryan stops.
And starts laughing! (I expected him to be mad and scold me. )
"That was really heroic. Wasn't it?" Ryan smiles widely.
"U-huh?" (I'm confused)
"I mean, going there and 'rescuing' you from those 'beasts'" he grinned while mentioning the words 'Rescue' and 'Beast'.
"By the way, how long are you gonna tolerate this? I'll graduate this year then you'll have to face those bullies by yourself. Better protest from now."
"You know I won't," I say in a cold voice.
"But. . . Why?"
Leaving him behind, I enter the the office. I don't want to talk to him about it. I don't want to discuss my problems, my thoughts with anybody. Because, I know, nobody will understand. Its not like I dont have the courage or I'm afriad. I can protest too. I can speak up against many unfairs. But I won't. I know this doesn't do any good . If you have power , no matter how bad job you do, how many mistakes you make, you will still get many supporter. But the same you will be criticized, humiliated for your mistakes; your great jobs won't be cared if you don't have power. This isn't the rule, but this is reality...
(To be continued )
