The moment I stepped into the school compound, all the students were flipping their textbooks/notes. I found myself an empty table and took out my revision materials for today's paper. What we're all doing here wasn't last minute revision. I believe most of us before the commencement of the paper would do same the thing. Hoping we'd be lucky enough to read the part that would be tested in the paper.

Well not every student do this, some wanted to relax before taking the paper. I am a mixture of them, I'd read those parts that I'm still not clear about and try to relax after doing so.

"Wow, you're early." I looked up to the person sitting opposite of me.

"Yeah. So are you." I answered Zachary and continue reading.

With a flip of his fingers, Zachary closed my book. Too bad I'm not in the mood to entertain him, I flipped open my book again to read. The cycle went on until I gave in to glower at him.

"What do you want?"

"Hey hey, don't need to give me that look. Learn how to chillax man. Rachel, why are you so uptight about everything? Just relax. I can teach you if you want. " Zachary placed my book beside him on the seat.

"How can I relax with you?"

"What? Why?"

Oh boy. Did I just asked that aloud?

"Nothing. Give me back my book!" I demanded and reached forward to get my book.

"Not until you answer my questions." Zachary took my book further away so that I couldn't take it back.

Questions? What did he want to know? Curious with what he's going to ask, I nodded my head and sat down.

"What's your favourite colour?" Zachary asked.

"Purple."

"What's your middle name?"

A little taken aback with his question, but I still replied him anyway. "Faith."

"Why can't you relax with me around?"

"I already answered you. Nothing." I said while fidgeting my fingers.

"Okay. I'm done asking. Anything you wanna know about me?" Zachary gave me a look which clearly says he didn't buy my last answer.

*Gulp* What?

My mouth dropped open as I stared at Zachary in disbelief.

Zachary chuckled at the bewildered look on my face. "You don't have to ask me right away. Think about it and ask me some other time."

"Why did you ask me those questions?" I questioned Zachary. Now it was his turn to look at me in shock.

Zachary gave me a lopsided grin and said, "Uh uh, that's a secret."

I narrowed my eyes at him and shrugged. "Fine."

Looking over Zachary's shoulder, I saw Ella walking towards us. Ella wore an expression that I couldn't understand. It's like a mixture of anger and sadness? I'm not too sure. However, she quickly smiled as she noticed that I'm looking.

"Hi guys, I thought I'm early. But you both are even earlier than me!" Ella laughed and put her arms around Zachary's shoulder.

Ella was ready to cross her leg over the bench when she noticed a book placed beside Zachary.

"Zachary is this your book? Can I put it on the table?"

"Oh, it's Rachel's." Zachary said and passed the book back to me.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could have sworn I saw Ella shoot me a resentful look. Ella sat down, hooked her arms with Zachary's and placed her head on his shoulder.

Of course I didn't forget that Ella has a crush on Zachary like me. The problem was with Ella's actions it seemed that I shouldn't even be here. I hate that feeling because I felt like a third wheel. In order not to feel so awkward, I pretended reading my notes. Ella just chatted with Zachary totally ignoring my existence. It's weird, Ella never did that to me. I could feel everyone staring at us. The knot in my stomach was tightening. I was already feeling nervous because of the exams and now this.

My stomach was getting uncomfortable by the minute. It got to the point where I have to cover my mouth and dashed straight for the restroom. I grabbed onto the sides of the toilet bowl as I puke out my breakfast. Eww. However, I did feel so much better after puking.

"Rachel! Are you okay?" Helen asked, her voice laced with worry.

Unlocking the door, I went out to gurgle out the bitter taste after vomiting.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said and smile weakly at Helen and Ella.

The boys were standing outside the restroom when I opened the door. Nicole just got here and was about to go into the restroom.

"Rach, did you eat something wrong during breakfast?"

"No, I guess it's because of the exams. I'm a little nervous." I chuckled humorlessly as that's only half the truth.

"Can you continue with the paper?" Jake questioned me and I nodded in response.

"Rach, Rach. Drink this hot Milo, you'll feel better." Zachary placed the cup into my hands. I whispered a thank you before taking a sip of the Milo. I observed Ella's reactions from the corner of my eye. Surprisingly, Ella placed her hand on my back and gently rubbed it.

"Are you feeling better now, Rach?" Ella asked.

"Yes." Hmm.. Her mood changed so fast.

Zachary threw the cup for me after I finished the Milo. "Okay guys, it's time to go in."

Everybody walked into the examination hall quietly. I forced myself to concentrate on the paper and not what happened earlier on.

"Alright, your paper will end one and a half hour later. You may start now, good luck."

Author's note :
Okay so my holidays are ending this week, updates will be slower than usual. :( My timetable for the new semester is crazy, it's so packed. :'( I'll try to update when I can :) Hope you liked the new cover I made :P Oh and why do you think Zachary asked those questions? *smirks* Please vote/comment/share the story if you like it! :D Thanks for reading!