###Chapter 100

Chapter 100


Diana Pov

Ow!
My head felt so hot and my throat dry.

I weakly fluttered my eyelids open as the bright daylight flooded into my view.

"Diana?" I turned my head to see Ryan seated next to me grinning like a boy who just won a candy.

"You are awake." He said and a weak smile escaped my lips.

"How do you feel?" Ryan asked and I tried sitting up only to receive a pain filled feeling shot up my right leg as I let out a low yelp.

"Easy Diana. You have a healing hip." Ryan advised and I arched a brow.

"Healing hip?" I queried and he nodded.

At that moment the ward door opened and a junior boy stepped in.

"They are coming." He said to Ryan who stood up like he was stung by a bee then he faced me.

"I will see you later Diana." He said and made an exit.

Weird...

Seconds later a nurse walked in.

"You finally woke up." She stated and I nodded.

She picked up a spoon and touched my right foot.

"Do you feel anything?" She asked.

Strangely... I didn't..

"N- No. I didn't." I stuttered and she sighed.

"I guess you are nursing tons of questions already. I'll tell you." She offered and I became curious.

"You had a bad fall which sprained your wrist and dislocated your hip. After that, you suffered temporary paralysis." She explained and I developed the goose bumps.

The door opened and my friends rushed in happily to my side but didn't hug me.

"You're finally awake!" They sighed touching my hair and face as I only smiled.

"You got us really worried Diana." Abigail groaned and I chuckled.

"Sorry." I muttered and we chuckled.
*
*
*
*

"Your hip would take about 8 weeks to heal up and 3 months to fully heal. During that period and six months after that, you will have to avoid anything that would stress out your hip or apply too much pressure on it. In a nutshell, quit cheerleading." The doctor said before my friends and I gasped.

"Quit cheerleading? I can't do that." I protested.

"You have to Diana else you might lose your right leg." The doctor replied.

"Leave that to me Doctor." Denise chipped in and faced me with a glare.

"Listen to me Diana Smith, you have no choice but to quit cheerleading. How many more injuries would you have before you understand that you are putting yourself at risk? This fvcking doesn't make sense Diana. You have no choice and you would quit. That's final.!" Denise growled and I sighed.

"Yes Diana. You need to quit." Abigail added and Delia nodded in agreement.

"Anyways, hopefully,by night, you would start feeling your leg. I would prescribe some medication and I suggest you take more of veggies and plantain. Do not forget milk." She said and I nodded then she left.

I can't believe I won't be able to walk for weeks!
Oh heavens!

#Late_At_Night...

"Are you sure you would be fine alone? We would love to stay with you all night." Abigail said.

"Am certain and I know I will be fine. Besides, you all need to study." I was assured.

They sighed and gave me goodbye kisses before leaving.

I exhaled, sinking deeply into the bed.

I felt so bored. If this hadn't happened, I would be studying with Ryan already.

Thinking about Ryan... He has not come to see me after he left.

Could he be studying right now or what?

With a tired and bored self, I slowly drifted away into dream land.
*
*
*
*
#Time_Travel...

Diana Pov

I got discharged from the school hospital today and had a pair of crutches to aid my walking.

My friends had come to pick me up after closure.
As we walked on, lots of students paused to watch us, especially me.

The attention began to make me feel so sick that l felt like passing out.

After a long walk which was due to my state,we finally got to our dorm.

I carefully sat on my bed as I placed the crutches by my side.

"O..Kay. Here are your medications and pain relieving cream." Delia said placing the bag by my bedside.

Ugh! So much medicines.

"What did I miss in school all these while?" I finally asked as Abigail opened a bag of chips then Denise and Delia began to do what I don't care about.

"Well- nothing. Everything has been going normal." Denise finally replied sitting at the desk.

"Yup." Delia added and I exhaled.

"How about the school president, Ryan?" I asked and a random scoff ran through them.

I arched a brow at their reaction.
"What's happening?" I glanced through them and I noticed Delia roll her eyeballs.

"He is good. Totally." Abigail said.

"Yeah. Especially when he is being all cozy with his LOML." Denise sneered.

Huh?

"Easy Denise. You know that isn't true especially after their argument." Abigail retorted and clamped her mouth shut like she had spilled an important secret.

My brows creased in deep curiosity
"What's going on?" I demanded and Delia sighed dropping the novel she had been reading,or pretending to.

"Look, after your accident,Ryan and Anthonia had a huge fight and then the school authority ordered Anthonia to get rid of life threatening stunts. Case closed." She explained and I scoffed.

"And you girls planned on keeping it away from me?" I asked and a heavy silence ensured.

*
*
*
#Next_Day.

I kept Denise and Delia quiet despite how hard they tried to discourage me from going for classes today.

I had to go,at least to make up for my four days absence.

I pulled on my best which I opted for today.

I got hold of my crutches and stood up, swung my bag over my shoulder and made an exit.

Anthonia Pov

Maybe, maybe I was wrong to think causing that fall would teach her a lesson.

Instead, I earned Ryan's anger as he solely believes I caused her fall.

He hasn't spoken to me since that day and it really hurt me so much.

So much!

"Stand up Anthonia, you can't miss classes for the fourth time this week." Paige said and I groaned.

"Let me be Paige. Leave me." I retorted and buried my face into my pillow.

Diana Pov

Abigail was shocked to see me attend classes despite my state and I assured her that I am good.

Before recess, a message came to me telling me if a call from the principal.

I didn't plan on leaving the building even for lunch due to the stairs I would have to alight outside but now, I would have to and it would be one stressful thing.

As I shut my locker, I adjusted my bag pack and began to head for the exit when I heard my name.

I stopped walking arching my neck to see Ryan.
A tiny smile formed on my lips as he stood before me.

"Hey!. You came for classes today." He stated and I nodded.

"How's your hip?" He asked glancing at my leg.

"Still hurts. The Doctor said I would have to use this crutches for almost two months and also quit cheerleading " I replied.


"That's a good one. You obviously can't put pressure on your hip for almost a year so cheerleading is totally out of the picture." Ryan said and I gasped.

"You too? Ugh!" I groaned rolling my eyeballs.

"Where are you off to?" He queried.

"Am going to meet the principal. She called for me." I replied.

"I will walk you there." Ryan offered and I knew best not to turn him down.

He walked by my side till we got outside and I tried alighting the stairs when he held my arm stopping me.

"I will carry you instead." He offered.

"No!" I chipped in and he rolled his eyeballs taking my bag pack from me and made me hold my pair of crutches in one hand before he lifted me off the floor against my wish.

"Put me down Ryan. You are creating a scene." I pleaded and he only scoffed and began to alight the stairs.

When wehad gotten down, he didn't put me down, instead,he carried me all the way to the building I was going to.

By the time he placed me down, I had turned tomato red.
Leaning on my crutches,Ryan arranged my hair before we headed in.

"That wasn't necessary." I groaned and he only chuckled as I rolled my eyeballs.

Anthonia Pov

Maybe I should have stayed back at the dorm.

I couldn't believe what my eyes beheld.

Ryan carried Diana and the b*tch kept blushing.

"You are already losing him Anthonia." Lesley said and I groaned.

"Never! Ryan would forever remain mine. Diana has to go " I spat fuming in anger.

Writer Pov

The air had little tension in it due to the examination that would begin in a few minutes.

An examination that would promote or repeat students depending on how prepared they are.

Diana was among the few who knew they'd make it , her friends inclusively.

During the tension a huge problem came up.

A math question slip was missing!

In less than an hour,the news had gone round like wildfire as the students talked about it in hushed tones.

Diana Pov

"Who could be so foolish to steal the script?" Abigail scoffed.

"They would definitely get the student." Delia added.

"Why do you think it's a student? Who knows,the error might be from the teacher." I said and they stared at me like I was an idiot.

"What?" I scoffed.

"Mrs Davis isn't that careless." Denise defended and I sighed.

"That's none of my business. Let the culprit be caught so we'll get this exam done." I groaned and they all agreed.

Abigail and I left Delia and Denise then headed for our class building.
We both got in and noticed how packed the locker hall was and Abigail called on a girl asking what was going on.

"The school management turned off Grade 11 security system so everyone's locker would be searched." She replied and walked off.

I adjusted my weight as I watched students running around.

"Do you think it would be found?" Abigail asked and I shrugged.

"Who own locker 1048?" A teacher voice asked and I felt my blood run cold.

"That's your locker." Abigail gasped.

Abigail and I hurried to my locker as the students gave way and I saw a male teacher and Mrs Davis before my locker holding a script!

A script!

"Are you the owner of this locker?" Mrs Davis asked and I nodded.

"We found the missing script in your possession." The man notified and I scoffed.

"There must be a mistake somewhere. I have no idea how that got into my locker." I defended and murmurs began.

"You have to come with me." The man said and I shook my head as my eyes grew hot.

"I didn't know about the script. You have to believe me." I pleaded but it was as fertile as fetching water in a basket.

Writer Pov

The examination was postponed to the next day due to the case on ground as Diana was led before the school court.

Every evidence pointed to Diana as the culprit while none of her pleas were granted an audience.

An urgent meeting with the students of the school was made where Diana's verdict would be passed out.
Diana Pov

I sat down in a lonely class as per a teacher's instruction as tears flooded my eyes.

Why!?
Why do I always get the bad share of life?
Despite my pitiful state, someone still framed me for malpractice.

How on earth can I walk to steal an exam script?

How does that even make sense?

Ryan Pov

"How is that even possible?" I asked her friends who had weary looks.

"We don't know Ryan. We only know that it was found in her locker which is totally weird because Diana is not capable of doing that." Denise replied.

I ran my fingers through my hair and bit my lower lip.

How did this happen?

Anthonia Pov

I sat at the front row of the school auditorium to get a nice view as a low key smrink crept up my lips as Diana walked up the stage led by teachers making up the court.

Murmurs began among the students as some retorted saying she is not capable of malpractice.

Who cares?
When money speaks people must always listen attentively.

*Flashback*

I stood before the Principal table with her back against me as usual.

"You know I can't just expel Miss Smith. There is no solid evidence that she actually stole that script. After all,she got involved in an accident cause of you and was bedridden for days." The Principal said and I scoffed.

"I can see you really don't like how am being so gentle with you. I can bring down this entire school you have worked so hard to raise in matter of minutes so don't dare me Mary." I growled and silence followed.

*Flashback ends*

She obviously got the message and I can't wait to see Diana leave this school.

A teacher from the school jury walked up before us as silence descended on the hall.

"Today,a great news went round this reputable school. Our very own student and Head Girl got engaged in a serious offence of malpractice. She stole a maths script." The female teacher began and murmurs aroused in the hall.

"Ma'am.." We heard a call as everyone turned to see a student stand up admist the sea of students.

"It is totally impossible for Diana to steal that script. After all,she was bedridden and obviously can't walk properly so how can it be possible for her to go out and steal that script?" The male student asked and the noise in the hall grew.

I scoffed letting a smrink spread on my lips.
No matter what they say or do, Diana is getting expelled.

"Isn't it obvious? Maybe she placed herself in that state so no one would suspect her." A female student audibly fired and the noise in the hall doubled as some took sides with Diana while others jeered at her.

It took time to notice when Ryan got on stage and stood before the mic but never uttered a word.

In less than a minute, the students noticed him and silence followed in different parts of the hall till it was even.

He let out a sigh and lowered his gaze before glancing through the crowd.

"It could be true that the script was found in her locker. It could be true she stole it herself but how? We all know what happened to her days back so how on earth would you all be so foolish and dumb to think she actually stole it?. Imagine she got framed by a foe..."

My heart had a little cut at that statement.

"... Imagine there is a person h*ll bent on getting rid of her. Imagine the person is someone we least expected? Despite that, we all know she is not capable of this evil act. The Diana Smith I know is a very smart girl and totally innocent so why would you still believe she stole the script? One thing is for sure the truth would never be hidden forever." Ryan concluded and walked to where Diana stood.

Right before everyone,he took out his face towel and wiped her tears then hugged her obviously giving her assurance.

I fisted my hands where I sat and gritted my teeth.

Damn her!

Admist all the events, a teacher walked up stage and took her position before the mic.

"Good morning students." She greeted and got response.

"As you all know, I am Mrs Richard. I am Mrs Richard to you all, the teacher in the Admin office but apart from that I am Mrs Mary Kyra Richard, your Principal." She announced and heavy silence followed.

That was when I took my time to scan her.
The black suit and bun hairstyle.
OMG!



Diana Pov

I had the chills at that revelation.
My Aunt is the Principal!

"You may all be wondering how possible it is. I purposely hid the Principal identity for years and came among the students and teachers knowing a day like this would come. Miss Smith here is my goddaughter incase you do not know. I had her admitted here but am beginning to have my regrets."

"With me here are ten letters and more. Expulsion letters and others." Principal Mary said and I felt my heart cut.

"Hopefully, I have few students who would come up right now. I purposely cancelled the examination today because I know a lot of things are bound to happen today. The supposed students should please step forward." Principal Mary addressed me and I let out a weary sigh.

Anthonia Pov

As I sat unsure of what was happening and the recent revelation,some students walked up to the stage.

The boy and girl I asked to take the script to Diana's locker and Diana's bases during cheerleading I asked to throw her off purposely.

I felt my heart cut as what was about to happen dawned on me.

"Miss Anthonia Conor, please step forward with your friends." I heard the order and I almost passed out.