Being publicly insulted by Ravenna so many times in one day would make even the most easygoing personÂ
angry.Â
Ravenna’s expression darkened even more as she yelled, “What are you all standing around for? Aren’t you embarrassed enough being losers? Can’t even pretend to study? You’re just here to make me look bad!”Â
Payton’s head snapped up, his eyes cutting into Ravenna like knives. “Isn’t it your own fault you’re embarrassed?”Â
Ravenna blinked. “What?”Â
Payton’s lips twitched into a sneer. “You’re the one with no spine. You act like you’re beneath the Class A teachers, and when your own students get bullied, you don’t even stand up for them.Â
“You can’t even be fair to us. Don’t you think you’re the one who should be ashamed?”Â
Kayla’s eyes lit up as she jumped in. “Exactly! At least we’re willing to challenge Class A. But you? You gave up before we even started. Having you as our teacher is honestly embarrassing.”Â
The rest of Class G chimed in, voices overlapping.Â
“Yeah, the Class A teacher might be annoying, but at least she defends her students. All you do is yell at us and call us names. You don’t deserve to be a teacher,” someone said.Â
“Seriously, you’re not fit to be our teacher,” another chimed in.Â
Ravenna’s gaze swept across the classroom as insults flew at her from every direction. Her face went from pale to flushed, her expression twisting into something ugly and bitter.Â
Her voice suddenly shot up. “You’re all out of line! You think you can compete with Class A? Forget Class A. If you could just stop being dead last in the entire school, I’d be impressed. Can you even manage that?”Â
The students fell silent, their momentum draining away instantly.Â
Kayla straightened her shoulders, her voice ringing out loud and clear. “Why can’t we? At the debate, none of us thought we could win either, but we did. If you’d just treat us fairly and we work our asses off, who says we can’t climb out of last place?”Â
Ravenna scoffed, jabbing a finger at Kayla and Payton. “Fine. If you’re so confident, let’s make a bet. If you can beat Class A and pull Class G out of last place, I’ll admit I was wrong about you.Â
“I’ll apologize publicly, and I’ll go to the principal myself and get you a new teacher.”Â
Hope sparked in every student’s eyes.Â
Ravenna took in their eager faces, and something cold and vicious crept into her gaze. “These brats actually think they’re too good for me? Unforgivable,’ she thought.Â
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With everyone staring at her expectantly, Ravenna continued, her voice dropping lower. “But…”Â
The smiles froze on their faces. Tension flooded the room as they waited. “But if you can’t do it, every single one of you goes to Class A and apologizes. You’ll admit out loud that you’re nothing but trash. Do you dare?”Â
Her eyes gleamed with certainty, like she’d already decided they would lose.Â
Class G went silent. Not a single person answered.Â
Kayla let out a short laugh. “You really love making bets, don’t you? Funny, last time someone spread rumors about me, we made a bet too. You said once the police proved I was innocent, you’d apologize to me in frontÂ
of everyone.Â
“Well, it’s been forever since that happened, and the police already cleared me, but I’m still waiting for that apology.Â
“And now you want to make another bet? Who knows? Maybe when we actually win, you’ll just call in sick again and skip out, hoping everyone forgets about it.”Â
Kayla had been waiting for a chance to settle the score with Ravenna, and now that Ravenna brought it up herself, there was no way she was letting this slide.Â
Ravenna’s face twisted with discomfort. “Who… who said I was faking? I really was sick!”Â
Kayla let out a small laugh. “Oh, really? Well then, Ms. Nielsen, what about that apology you’ve owed me all this time? How about you give it to me right here, right now?”Â
Ravenna pressed her lips together, clearly embarrassed and caught off guard.Â
“So that’s it? It was all just talk? If you won’t even keep your word, then any bet you make is a joke. Who’d ever trust you again?” Kayla pressed.Â
Ravenna was practically grinding her teeth, furious at Kayla’s sharp words. “Kayla, don’t push your luck.”Â
This damn girl won’t let it go even after all this time!‘ Ravenna fumed silently.Â
Kayla’s expression shifted to wounded innocence. “How could you say that, Ms. Nielsen? You’re supposed to look out for your students, right? If you won’t help me get justice, can’t I at least stand up for myself?”Â
She paused for effect. “Oh, and I almost forgot. I recorded everything you said to me that day. If you won’t apologize, maybe I’ll just hand it over to the police and let them deal with it.”Â
Ravenna’s eyes widened. She hadn’t expected Kayla to have evidence.Â
If Kayla really took that recording to the police, even if nothing came of it officially, Ravenna’s reputation would be destroyed across campus.Â
Remembering the warning she’d received, Ravenna clenched her jaw. “Fine. I’ll own up. Kayla, I apologize. Happy now?”Â
Kayla raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised. She didn’t actually have any recording. She’d been bluffing toÂ
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see if Ravenna would crack.Â
What really threw her was that Ravenna, who’d faked being sick just to avoid apologizing before, had now caved after just a few pointed words.Â
Sure, the apology was half–hearted, but getting Ravenna to admit she was wrong in front of all these Class G students? Something felt off about this whole thing.Â
Kayla’s guard went up immediately.Â
The next second, Ravenna jumped back in. “I’ve apologized. Now what about that bet? Do you have the guts to take it, or are you all talk?”Â
Kayla’s eyebrow lifted as an idea formed. A confident grin spread across her lips. “Alright, we’re in! And Ms. Nielsen, you’d better keep your word. When we win, you owe every single one of us an apology.”Â
Kayla turned to scan the Class G students, her voice ringing out clearly. “What do you guys think? Anyone who’s not up for it doesn’t have to join. I’m not forcing anyone.”Â
Payton was first to respond. “I’m in!”Â
Tania jumped in right after. “Count me in too. No way Class A is better than us at everything. If we actually try, we can definitely move up in the rankings!”Â
Killian adjusted his thick glasses and nodded firmly. “Yeah, I’m in. We already beat Class A in the debate. Now we just need to get out of last place. I know if we push ourselves, we can do it!”Â
“Right! You never know how strong you are until you really test yourself. I’m in!” another voice called out.Â
Once the first few spoke up, the rest of Class G chimed in one after another, joining the bet without hesitation.Â
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