Unstable Kiss

"No, I'm not the one who broke this miniature," said Hannah, frightened by the looks of her friends, who seemed to judge her. Their gazes were so terrifying that they made Hannah's body tremble. "If not you, then who?" said Rachel, the daughter of one of the teachers at Universal school. "There was only you and Cheryl at this scene; if you dodge, it means you accuse Cheryl of doing it?" asked Ebony, a tomboyish girl who is the team basketball captain. "Trust me, not me. I was just here after getting a message from Cheryl. We promised to go to the library to borrow a book." "Cheryl, is that true?" asked Mike, the class president, and a boy Hannah has a crush on. "Come on, guys, let's just understand this problem. Maybe Hannah just accidentally," said Cheryl, who pretended to be sad. Hannah shook her head, "Really, I didn't do that. Cheryl told them. You are the only witness who saw I was innocent because our miniature school building had fallen and was damaged when I came here." "I know, Hannah. We are good friends, but you should admit your mistake this time. I can't defend you because all the evidence points towards you. Forgive me, Hannah. I am useless." Cheryl pretended to cry; she took a tissue from her skirt pocket, and put it in her eyes, which did not produce tears. "I don't believe that, Cheryl. I already considered you my best friend, but you're like others. You're even meaner than them." muttered Hannah sadly. "Hannah, I know you're disappointed in me, but I can't help you this time; sorry." Cheryl suddenly sobbed to reassure her drama. "Enough, Hannah. You are playing the victim; you don't see that now Cheryl is devastated by your accusations. You are ungrateful! It's lucky that Cheryl, a popular girl, wants to be friends with you. You should live in a cave and never go out and cause bad eyesight. And your character is also rotten." cursed Sarah, a member of the cheerleaders who was Cheryl's junior. Hannah looked down while holding back tears. All blasphemy and accusations must be swallowed with bitter feelings; they did not even hesitate to throw Hannah's body with the leftovers of the cold drink or food sauce in their hands. Because the location of the incident is close to the cafeteria. The students who often bully Hannah also throw whatever is in their hands. "Enough! That's enough," one of the teachers ran up to Hannah, who was silently looking down in the middle of the crowd and becoming the subject of bullying. "What's this all about?" asked Mrs. Sonya Swan, the teacher counseling. "Mrs. Swan, Hannah damaged our school building miniature but doesn't want to take responsibility," said Ebony. "No, I didn't damage it. Not me," Hannah tried to defend herself. "Mike, you are the president of the class here. I ask you, what happened?" "Mrs. Swan, I'm also not clear. But many witnesses saw Hannah destroying the miniature." Mike explained. "Any witness? Anyone?" "Cheryl, Rachel, Sarah, and Ebony." said one of the students. 'Great, there's no longer any hope of me winning this case.' complained Hannah inwardly. "Rachel, Cheryl, Sarah, Ebony, and you, Hannah, come with me to the consulting room. The others clean up this mess." "Mike, take this miniature to the teachers' room. Let the school treasurer decide how much compensation the perpetrators of the vandalism have to bear." "Okay, Mrs. Swan." "Come on, do it all of you!" Mrs. Sonya roared. "You all, come with me." Cheryl and her gang glanced at each other and then smiled sarcastically at Hannah, who was full of flour and eggs, so her whole body was like a beggar's. *** "So, who wants to talk first?" asked Mrs. Swan after Cheryl, cs, and Hannah were in the consulting room. "Let Hannah talk first, ma'am. We don't want to seem oppressive because we are outnumbered." Cheryl said with a concerned face. "Okay, Hannah, you can talk first according to Cheryl's wishes." "Thank you, Mrs. Swan." Hannah started to narrate the incident a few hours ago when Cheryl called to the scene, and then she was accused of damaging the miniature of the international school building Universal School, which had just been cleaned by the picket team. "Okay, Hannah has given testimony as the accused. Now it's the turn of the four of you to start giving statements according to what you honestly saw." "Mrs. Swan, I was called by Hannah to …." Cheryl starts making up fake stories to corner Hannah. "Mrs. Swan, that's not true. Cheryl called me there." Hannah argued with teary eyes. "Hannah is lying; I saw it with my eyes, Hannah…." Rachel swiftly stood up for Cheryl. Likewise, Ebony and Sarah both also told the same information as Cheryl and Sarah. Mrs. Swan sighed, "Hannah, all witnesses have said the same thing. I was forced to side with the majority vote. Four to one, you know what that means?" said Mrs. Swan softly. "But, Mrs. Swan, it really wasn't me." However, Hannah is not willing to be scapegoated by her hypocritical friend, Cheryl. "Hannah, one more piece of evidence can refute the statement of the four. If this evidence proves your confession, you don't need to accept punishment for your actions. But if it's true, you must be prepared to accept the punishment given to you." "I agree," Hannah said enthusiastically. "But what evidence?" Hannah started to get worried seeing the trivial glances from her four rivals. "CCTV, CCTV footage at the scene." Cheryl's body immediately stiffened, 'damn, I'm going to die if the CCTV footage is played back.' thought Cheryl. "I will contact school security for the USB copies of the necessary CCTV footage." Rachel smiled faintly as she typed a message on her cell phone. "Rachel, don't play on your phone while I'm giving directions." "Sorry, Mrs. Swan, I forgot." Rachel shoved her cell phone hastily into her skirt pocket. *** Twenty minutes later, a man in a school security uniform arrived carrying a USB that Mrs. Swan needed as evidence. "Excuse me!" "Please come in, sir." "This is the USB that Mrs. Swan asked for." "Thank you," Mrs. Swan received a transparent plastic bag containing a USB. "Then excuse me, ma'am." The security said goodbye after carrying out his duties. "Please, sir." "Okay, kids. Let's see this CCTV footage now." After seeing the recording on Mrs. Sonya's laptop screen, Hannah held her breath. Her eyes immediately watered, seeing the recording that would determine her fate. "No, it's impossible. Why is it like this?"