Just An Advice
Just like yesterday, it's all in the past now. I was so brilliant when I was still in secondary school and even in my primary school days. I never gave anyone a chance to be ahead of me, even against all odds.
One fateful day, I was just drawn to a pile of books on my desk, trying to read, but then something kept lingering in my head that I was unable to figure out. I tried to set those worries aside, but the more I tried, the more the worries kept coming. I later said to myself, “Would this be exam fever?” Although the exam was drawing closer.
My mom, who always wanted to know how I felt, drew closer to me and asked, “You have always been up and doing, but just today you seem dull. Is anything the problem?”
I was not the type who loved hiding things from my mom. I opened up to her. My mom, on the other hand, gave me a piece of advice that kept those worries away from me. She asked me to remain happy at all times, to always read my books as before, and to clear my mind of any forms of worry. I was able to listen to my mom's advice and started reading my books as usual.
Right in the school, I was always topping my class and also had a rival as well as some other of my mates who were ready to overtake me. I never gave them chances, but then I never knew they were finding ways to remove my thoughts from reading. Right in school, the only friend I had was not competing with anyone. He has been my best friend and has always stocked up on his position at 6th, just as if it were his birthright.
One of my friends began to search for his new chemistry textbook, which he bought with a good amount of money. Even my parents could not afford that textbook for me. I was always borrowing chemistry textbooks from my friend, who had all the textbooks.
My friends searched all the class and all the drawers but could not see his textbook. He went to our class teacher to complain. He followed him down to the class and asked everyone to bring their bags. Everyone brought out their bags and was searched. I was the last to submit my bag, but this time with boldness, as I was sure I could never take something that did not belong to me. As my class teacher opened my bag, the very first thing he saw was the chemistry textbook. He gazed at me, but then he had never seen me do such an act. He called me to his office and questioned me. I was not the one who took it, and so I remained firm and unshakable. I told him I was not the one who stole the book.
My class teacher later concluded that someone must have set me up.
I got to the class, and my classmates began to give me distance. They were not ready to mingle with me. Although I was not the type who loved mingling with them before, the distance was somehow too much. I tried to talk to one of them, but then he called me a thief. I knew I could not steal a pin, but talking of a textbook that was worth a tangible amount.
Exams drew closer, and I was firm without shaking. I even doubled my method of reading with my only friend. My friend did not bother to ask questions related to the stolen book because he trusted me.
I wrote the first paper and got a tangible score even higher than usual. Maybe they were thinking I would get swayed by what they had done. I remained glued to my book and never wanted to leave any stone unturned. I read more than before, as my mom had told me to always erase my worries whenever I'm preparing for exams.
It got to the final paper, and my class teacher came around again and said the one who stole the book had confessed. I got the shocking news about who was behind it. It was my rival. He wanted me to get out of his way. I knew overtaking was allowed in this race, but I was not ready to get overtaken. I remained on top of the class, while the one who kept the book in my bag was the worried one. To my greatest surprise, he turned out to take the 7th position, while my friend took the second position for the first time.
So, he kept drowning deep down in the water, while I kept excelling without looking at the one behind me.
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