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2021-10-20 18:23:52AMINAH
“Hey, are you the transferee,” A girl with a high-pitched voice asked the new transferee, Aminah.
“Yes.” She answers with a small voice. She slightly moves backward because she felt uncomfortable when the group of unfashionable girls emitting a queen bee bully’s vibe surrounds her. And she’s not wrong because they laugh at her and mimic the way she speaks. They just stop when the adviser enters the room and introduces her as a transferee from a private school. She felt their deadly and mocking look, they murmured as if she can’t hear them.
“I think her parents go bankrupt, that’s why she’s now in public”
“She looks classy but trashy”
It’s funny how her first day instantly became her worst day, she plans on avoiding this kind of interaction, she wanted to build a new and fresh image that’s why she agreed to transfer. But she didn’t expect that this school would not let her finish her high school life peacefully.
After a month of enduring the bullies she had enough; she was annoyed with their childish tricks, and she didn’t want to transfer to another school again, for their own sake. She has in mind that she shouldn’t suffer from their mistreatment, that’s why she finally accepts their invitation for a fight. Their classmates are already celebrating after knowing the fight, they place their bet in a box, and no one places money on her box. She also doesn’t trust herself that she can win, but she badly wants to stop this childishness.
Before school at 5:00 pm, they will meet at the gate and fight at the back of the school.
After cleaning the classroom, she immediately goes to the meeting place. She honestly plans to escape at first but the underlings are waiting at the door of the room. Precy, the head of the bullies with thick make-up and a tint on her teeth, was sitting arrogantly on the wooden chair and one of her followers massaged her shoulder. She was not expecting that a lot of people would watch their ridiculous fight but she didn't mind, she wanted to finish it already.
The fight starts when Precy throws sand at her face, her eyes itch that’s why she can’t see the next attack of her opponent. Precy pulled her hair and she felt the heat on her head, it seemed like the pull was going to leave her head. She fought back and scratched her opponent's face; she made sure that it would leave a mark. She also kicks her in her private area and throws a hard punch in her face. She is not mistaken, after regaining her sight she saw blood dripping from Princess's face, she felt guilty for what she’d done. When Precy cries her underlings attack her at the same time, that’s why she didn’t have a chance to defend herself fully, but she surely gives her best to give a powerful attack on them.
All the chaos and fights stop when a teacher comes and stops the students. Others fled, and Aminah too escaped in stealth. It was difficult for her to walk home, her clothes were dirty, and her hair was a mess, but she was pleased and satisfied. It seems like all the stress she has suddenly burst at once, and she felt relieved. She wonders if she does the same thing to someone, she despises a lot, she wonders if she also scratches their filthy faces when they accuse her of things she didn’t do and fight for her rights when she was in private. No, I should have done the same thing before to avoid feeling unjust.
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