Cassandra (Story time)

People didn’t know much about Cassandra. Sure she was the smartest girl in class, the prettiest in college but still, there was more to her than just her features and grades. She was truly a hard working student, one of the finest the faculty had seen in years, with impeccable speaking and writing skills. With fine brown hair, that weaved down her back, gorgeous hazel colored eyes shadowed by thick eye lashes, a soft structured mouth and a pointy chin, she was a sight, breathtaking one.

But Cassandra had a secret. Something if exposed would probably ruin her reputation, and the image that had been constructed over time. We’ll come back to the secret after a while, for now let’s just see what happened at her birthday party.

Huddled between a crowd of 50 people, Cassandra cut her cake; music blaring in the back ground. Her friends gathered close, elbows touching and snatched pieces of cake from the table that was covered in gorgeous red velvet. Ecstatic, she slid away from the crowd and crashed on the carpet in her basement, high on the music and smiles and laughter. She was happy really but there was another reason to it. Her boyfriend had just sent her a text saying he would meet her later that night and give her a real birthday present. So that might have been the real reason for the smiles that Cassandra passed onto everyone. It was around 11 when her boyfriend came to meet her. Let me mention here that he wasn’t part of the party; he met her outside, in her back yard where no one would see them.

Her boyfriend was actually her chemistry teacher, and they were mixing a lot more than just sodium nitrate (wink, wink).  This could have created a big issue not only for Cassandra but her teacher as well. So in her backyard, snuggling against him, Cassandra asked for her gift, grinning like a goof. Her teacher/boyfriend turned her around and pointed to a small package that was lying under her swing. Quickly walking up to the swing she snatched the package off the ground and opened it up. It was a small box containing a pendant. Feeling as if she would swoon, Cassandra jumped into his arms and covered his face with kisses, not even aware of the fact that her friend Rose was watching from the back door.

One thing led to another and Rose confronted Cassandra about her affair with the teacher. Cassandra was in total bliss; hence she did not pay any attention to Rose. It was when she noticed the whole school talking about her, did she finally realize that she had been proclaimed as an indecent felon along with her teacher. He got kicked out with a threat of a lawsuit. And Cassandra, well she didn’t have much to say after that. She was an excellent student whose integrity was maintained because she was proclaimed as a minor even though she was 18.

Things became quite interesting when the college appointed a new chemistry teacher. ‘This one was even more naïve than the last one,’ thought Cassandra as she passed a sweet smile to her new teacher. 

Author 

Komal Nasir