Everyone murmured and stared at me. Teachers shook their heads and I could hear people whispering “Oh my God”. 

Why wasn’t anyone listening to me?!

“Please, follow me Miss Annie”. Mr Ali, our maths teacher said while grabbing me by the arm and forcefully ushering me out of the exhibition hall. 

We were escorted by a few other teachers to the principal’s office before they all stopped, leaving me with our angry principal. 

She slowly stared me down, starting from my forehead to my toenails. I couldn’t keep up the staring match so I stared at my arm and rubbed it. Mr Ali had held me so tightly that he left a red mark of his fingers on my arm, it hurt badly. 

“Miss Annie, hmm. I have no words”. She sighed.

Tears welled up in my eyes. All I wanted was to be very pretty! Now this?

“You have been expelled from this school with immediate effect, please pack your personal items, leave and never come back!” She handed me a letter and said, “Give this to your parents as an explanation, you can leave now”.

I collected the letter and raced to my class. 

Thank Goodness it’s still empty, I sighed.

I picked up all my personal effects and left the school angrily. 

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