John episode 4

John
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Episode 4
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Written by Ekhosuehi Testimony
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"Cat got your tongue?" Mr. Harrison asked John who stood like the statue of liberty.
"Sir… I-I-I." John stammered.
"Oh… I never knew you had a childhood-onset fluency disorder. And class…" Mr. Harrison turned swiftly to the entire class with a stern look. "What's a childhood-onset fluency disorder?" He asked to nobody in particular. Expecting anybody to answer his question. Of course John and Oliver were familiar with the term, but they decided to keep quiet. Mr. Harrison searched with his eyes critically to see any student raising a hand in an attempt to answer the question, but nobody was able to answer it. "Oh, I never knew this class could be this quiet. Since I got no answer, I am gonna…" Mr. Harrison paused when he noticed a girl raising her hand. "You want to answer it?" He asked the girl who nodded with affirmation.
"You are new aren't you?" He asked her, but threw another question before she could answer the first one. "What's your name, young lady?" He asked, gazing upon her.
"My name is Vivian." She said, while standing up.
"Oh, Vivian. As devilish as her name sounds." Richard whispered to Oliver, when Mr. Harrison diverted his attention to Vivian who stood boldly.
"Vivian is a nice name, you idiot."
"Whatever." Richard said, rolling his eyes.
"A childhood-onset fluency disorder…" she began. "… is a speech disorder that involves frequent and significant problems with normal fluency and flow of speech. People who stutter know what they want to say, but have difficulty saying it. For example, they may repeat or prolong a word, a syllable, or a consonant or vowel sound. Or they may pause during speech because they've reached a problematic word or sound." Vivian concluded smartly.
Mr. Harrison is a very hard person to please or impress, and when pleased or impressed, he never shows it. He always finds fault in a student. "Nice one, but should have given us an example." He complained. "But, sir. I gave an example." Vivian defended.
"I meant you should have demonstrated." He covered up. "I'll rate you 5/10. You would have got 9, or possibly, 10 if you had given us example. Howbeit, you tried. Take a seat all of you." He said, then turned to the marker board while the students who were standing began to settle for their seats, bringing out class instruments.
"John?!" Mr. Harrison called out, thereby, alluring John's attention, who stood up to answer his called. He equally tried to maintain his composure because he knew the calling was of no good.
"It seems…" Mr. Harrison began.
"It seems these hoodlums of a friend you have are corrupting you. I have always known you to be a decent student." He said as he turned to a girl sitting beside Vivian. "Could you please do me a favour by switching seats with John?" He asked politely while the girl stood up without replying and walked straight to John's seat, giving him the "what are you waiting for" look.
"Today is doomsday for you, bro." Christopher said, giving John a naughty smile.
John moved slowly to the seat which he was asked to sit. He tried to maintain his composure, despite the uneasy feeling he had. The class activities kicked off immediately, the class for that day was uneventful, the toppers paid attention while some hooligans had immoral actives going on in class which Mr. Harrison didn't notice.
The class ended in a flash, students started trooping out while some stayed behind to have some discussion best known to them. John stood up to leave without hesitation, he had earlier prayed for the discontinuance of the class, he picked up his bag and books furiously, as he turned to leave, he felt a tender touch on his left arm which made him to stop where he was. "Who could it be?" He thought inwards. "Could it be that Vivian wants to apologize?" He smiled at his own words, turning slowly to the direction of the person holding him, but unfortunately, he saw the disappointment of his life.

TO BE CONTINUED.