Must Read: The New Girl

6 years ago

Must Read: The New Girl

Phone Ringing*

“Hello?” Daniel asked in a sleepy tone.
“Meet me in the school library in 30mins” A female voice sounded from the other line.

“Please, who is this?” Daniel asked a bit surprised.

“Who else slaveboy? Make sure you meet me in the library in 30mins” the female voice sounded again before the line went dead.
“Wait, Slaveboy!? Slaveboy!!?”
“(sighing) It must be the new girl”
“I guess my slavery work starts today (sighing).
Daniel then quickly did his morning rituals and got ready before 30mins. Stepping out of his room, he met Clement in the veranda looking gloomy like someone who just woke up from sleep.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to class this early?” Clement asked.

“No, I’m not going to class” Daniel answered.

“Then where are you going this early?”
“Susan called me not long ago and told me to meet her in the library, so that’s were I’m going to now”
“Hm, that girl better not try anything funny or else…”

“Or else nothing alright?. I have already told you guys not to butt in, I’ll handle this on my own, okay?”

“Yeah whatever”
“Good, I’m off”

In the library

When Daniel got to the library there were not much students there so finding Susan wasn’t hard as he spotted her in a corner with a pile of books. He could feel his heartbeat increase when she waved at him and ushered him to join her.
“Hm, You’re early” Susan said as Daniel got seated.

“Well let’s just say i keep to my time. So why did you call me here so early?” Daniel asked.

“Well, since you said you want to be my slave, I’ve accepted your proposal and decided you will start today” Susan said with a smirk on her face.

“Starting with what?” Daniel asked.

“With these books”
“And what am I suppose to do with them?”
“You’re to copy down all the notes from this books to this once”

“What!!! But they are so many of them, I can’t possibly finish them before lectures start today”
“Well then I guess you have to start now because you must finish it before the end of today”
“What!!!! But….”
“No but slaveboy, you must get it done before the end of today period” Susan said as she left
“What kind of mess have I put myself into?” Daniel asked himself as Susan left
“It’s not even hers” Daniel said as he saw Tania boldly written on the book.

“Oh well, since I was the one who put myself into this mess, I might as well carry the burden myself”

Daniel then set off writing down page by page all the notes of the books given to him. If there is something Daniel loves, it’s writing. It always strangely made him feel at peace with everything, thus, he didn’t bother checking the time nor even bother about how long he had spent writing.

“Oh, that’s the last one, this wasn’t so bad afterall” Daniel said as he finished writing the last one.

Taking a look at the time, he saw it was almost 12noon.

“What!!! 11:43pm? How long have I been here? Oh my God I’m so late for lecture”

He hurriedly packed all the books and stormed outside the library running as if he was being chased by someone. For some students, it was quite strange seeing Daniel running. As Daniel inched closer to his class, beads of sweat had already drenched his body as he could feel his heartbeat increasing and also hear his stomach rumble which made him remember he hadn’t eaten anything that day. Arriving at the class, he was greeted with different gazes from the students and also from the lecturer.

“Good… Good morning sir” Daniel stammered trying to catch his breath.

“Mr. Daniel, what happened to you and why are you just arriving?” The lecturer asked looking at Daniel from head till toe.

“Well… Sir… I …was…. Erm… I…. Was….”

Daniel stammered once more not knowing what to say.

“You what?” The lecturer asked.

“I was…” He suddenly noticed his friends were already in the class.

“I woke up late because….. Erm… I didn’t eat last night” Daniel managed to say quite disappointed that he couldn’t make up a better lie. Just then, his stomach rumbled loudly making the lecturer raise an eyebrow.

“So you didn’t eat anything last night and you still didn’t eat anything today also? Do you want to kill yourself? Or are you now fasting?” The lecturer asked a bit concerned and confused

.
“No! No!! It was actually my friends who finished all my food when i wasn’t around” Daniel said stylishly smirking at the guys.

“What!!! Blasphemy!! Edwin suddenly yelled.
“Who said that?” The lecturer asked the students to which they all turned a deaf ear.

“Sir, don’t worry about it, I’ll get food when your lecture is over” Daniel said.

“Mr Daniel, you know very well that I don’t allow anyone into the class when lecture has started but I will just make an exception for you because I know you to be a very serious and hardworking student and I hope this wouldn’t repeat itself again?” The lecturer asked with a serious look on his face.

“Yes sir, I promise it won’t”
Just then again, his stomach rumbled louder which made everyone in the class bust into laughter.

“Erm Mr. Daniel, I think you should go get something to eat, after all, it’s 12 minutes before the end of the class so you are excused for today”

“Thank you sir but……”