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2. Not Today Satan

Emara Stone

Today, I will pray.

I join both my hands and close my eyes as I pray "Dear Lord, lovely dear Lord. Hear me out for god sake. Please let me clear this exam and I will study sincerely study for the next one."

Amen.

Today nothing can go wrong. I made the deal with God. I will pass.

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After reaching 12 minutes late in the exam. After almost catching everybody's attention including the gardener's outside the window, with heavy breathing I get settled on my desk. My mind again gives me a lecture on being punctual but I focus on the questions on my paper.

Though I missed a few minutes, I will cover it up soon. God is with me. I will pass.

I read the first question but it feels foreign to me. Maybe it's from the chapter that I left. I don't let negativity get my mood so I continue reading the next question.

Wait a minute! This question is out of the book. Hell, it's out of syllabus.

I m pretty sure AND gate and OR gate circuits were not in the syllabus.

I can feel my blood pressure increasing as I read the whole question paper again to see if I can get an easy one. I look around and see other students writing and even asking for an extra supplementary. I again re-read the question paper and notice not even a single program is asked which is hella weird. Were the professors drunk while making this paper?

Then my focus gets on top of the paper.

My eyes socket wides enough for my eyeballs to fall out. My freshly lip-glossed mouth hung open wide in extreme shock and spine-tingling horror. I had to pick it up off the cement floor of the exam hall.

Subject: Digital Circuits.

Fuck!

FUCK!

F U C K !

Shit! How can I be so careless? I thought it was Java's paper today. I can't lose hope now. God is with me. I will pass.

I was determined to pass, to fill all the pages and now I can't give up. I have to pass.

I read the question again. My mind gets an image of how AND gate looks like and the circuit. I open my bag to look for a pen. I move my hand inside the bag to feel a long thin stick but I don't feel anything.

Wait.

Did I pack my bag when I was running late?

Fuck.

Not Today Satan.

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After the class, I give the pen and pencil back to that boy who is sitting on my right side.

"How was your paper, Emara?" his eyes are shining like a decorated Christmas tree.

I don't know if I'll even score in a single digit.

"Just like last year." I smile and leave the room not asking the same question in return.

I should have thanked him for the pen. But I m not in a good mood.

After the surprise exam, I am not sure that I will pass but one thing I am definitely sure of is that I will fail.

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The first thing I do after reaching home is to throw my bag on the couch and check the exam timetable.

Tomorrow is the Java exam.

Nooo... I can't read that evil labyrinth again for another night. I lie down on the floor spreading my hands as I feel tired like I build Rome in one day. 

I need a plan B. This graduation thing ain't happening anytime soon. I don't even have a good figure to join a strip club, how can I make money to be independent.

What talents I have I wonder.

I am flawless with tongue twisters.

I can twist my jaw to get more food in my mouth.

I can make my Eyebrows dance.

I can spin pens extremely fast.

I am fluent in profanities.

Errr... I am a useless bag of cabbage. I have no boyfriend or a millionaire sugar daddy. Ethan probably enjoying his vacation. And here I am stuck in the same room just like the last year. My brother scored A1 grade in his finals and he has so many extracurricular activities certificates that Google and Microsoft might knock his door anytime to work for them.

Suddenly the wall seems interesting.

After staring for 5 minutes I take my phone out and search for job vacancies for freshers in multinational companies.

A sly smile appears on my face as I plan for my freedom and income. If God is not with me, I am glad Satan is.

He He Ha Ha Hey Hey.

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