Author: Advika Khandelwal, Class IX B
Anne was a 13-year old living in New York City. She had quite a normal and usual life. She had good friends and a sweet 3 member family. But there was an incident that occurred with her which always leaves her in tears of laughter.
It all started when her best friend Mia was absent in school. She had asked Anne to take her notes back from Max, whom she had lent them to. Anne herself had a lot to take care of that day so she asked another friend of theirs, Maya, to take the notes and give them to Anne.
During the break time Maya left to bring the notes back from Max. 15 minutes later the bell rang but there was no sign of Maya. Anne figured she must have been talking to a senior. Maya was like that, keeping good relations with the seniors. The teacher entered and everyone settled, and Maya came into the class after 1-2 minutes. Anne took the notes from her and kept them in her bag to prevent the teacher from seeing them. School policy did not allow exchange of notes but everyone took that rule as seriously as one takes their new year’s resolutions in mid February.
Anne went on with her day. Then, the next day, Anne gave the notes to Mia. Mia exclaimed “These are not my notes! They are of someone named Liam Brown. I don’t know any Liam!”
Anne and Mia approached Maya and told her what had happened. They inquired about where Maya had gone after taking the notes from Max. “Only to Mrs. Gomez’s office. Oh! I remember! She reached out her hand and I absent mindly gave her the notes and she gave me another copy of notes.” Maya replied.
The two girls rushed to the teacher’s office. Mrs. Gomez was a stern-looking but kind middle-aged woman. “Ah! Mia, how can I help you?” Mrs. Gomez asked. “Ma’am I think my friend accidentally gave you a copy of my notes and you exchanged it with a Liam Brown’s copy.” Mia explained.
“Yes, yes dear. I thought Maya was sent to take Liam’s notes. The poor kid has been roaming around the school in search of his notes. Here, give it to me and here is the copy Maya gave me yesterday.” said Mrs.Gomez, taking a copy out of her bag. Mia gave her the other copy.
“These are still not my notes!”
Anne and Mia decided to ask Max next. They didn’t think that Maya would have any other answers. “Oh! I must have accidentally given you Emma’s biology notes. Sorry for the switch up” said Max when they approached him. He handed over Mia’s notes.
The girls had spent the entire break in a treasure hunt for Mia’s notes. Mia swore to never let anyone even touch her notes. What’s more, Mia got a whole lecture about sharing notes by the class teacher who was told about everything by Mrs. Gomez. The incident became a topic of endless laughter in the friend group and Mia would sit shaking her head whenever it was mentioned.
