Chapter 39 Don’t Be Ungrateful
Elijah’s brows tightened, and his dislike for Cameron deepened. With the conversation hitting a dead end, he didn’t bother saying more.
After finishing her morning routine, Cameron changed into her school uniform and walked out of the dorm. Xander quickly caught up and stopped her. “Cameron, I wasn’t done talking to you.”
Cameron said flatly, “Talk.”
Xander frowned. “You’re being way too cold to me.”
As Cameron turned to leave, he hurriedly said, “Cameron, I’m giving you a shot here. If you ask nicely, I’ll let you join the school basketball team. You could play next month against Horizon Academy.”
“No need,” Cameron replied without slowing down, heading straight for the academic building.
Xander took long strides to keep up. “Cameron, you know, people beg me for this kind of opportunity and I still turn them down. I’m only offering because we’re in the same dorm. Don’t be ungrateful.”
Cameron stopped in her tracks. “I enjoy being ungrateful.”
Xander was instantly lost for words.
Cameron walked another fifty feet before he called out behind her, “Hey, you seriously don’t wanna join the team?”
“Seriously,” she called back without looking over her shoulder.
Xander fell silent, thinking, ‘This little punk’s seriously stubborn as hell.’
After the morning study hall, Elijah went straight to the advisory teacher Brody. He didn’t beat around the bush. “Mr. Graham, I want Cameron transferred out of Room 316. He’s seriously messing with my ability to focus.”
Brody asked, “What exactly has he done?”
Elijah replied, “He and Xander argue constantly. It’s affecting my rest.”
Brody fell silent for a moment, then said, “Hold on. I’ll call Cameron over.”
That’s not necessary,” Elijah said. He didn’t want to argue, didn’t want conflict.
But Brody insisted, “I still need to hear his side of the story.” He treated both straight–A students and those barely scraping by with the same fairness.
Elijah frowned. “Forget it.” He pondered, ‘What a hassle. Might as well wait and see for now!‘
It was Friday. After classes ended in the afternoon, the weekend officially began.
Cameron had planned to borrow a few books to read. On her way back to the dorm from the library at noon, she was suddenly stopped by a group of girls, each one looking visibly upset.
One of them stepped forward and scolded accusingly, “Cameron, you put Xander in the hospital and embarrassed him. You must be real proud of yourself.”
It turned out that Xander’s fangirls had come to avenge their idol.
Cameron looked at them expressionlessly, set her books gently on the ground, and slowly cracked her knuckles. Her sharp gaze landed squarely on the girl leading the charge. “Are you coming one by one, or all at once?”
The girls all froze, staring at each other in shock. Cameron stood there, her whole presence exuding a chilling intensity. Not a single one of them dared to step forward.
Just a moment ago, they’d looked so righteously fired up, ready to seek justice for Xander. But now, they were all too scared to move.
Cameron narrowed her eyes, already losing patience. “If you’re gonna do it, then hurry up. If not, get out of my way.” Still, no one moved.
She bent down and picked up her books. As she straightened up and walked forward, the crowd instinctively parted to make way.
Just as she passed, the ringleader mustered up one last shout. “Cameron, don’t get cocky. Maybe we can’t deal with you, but I doubt the Academic Office can’t.”
Cameron just scoed, thinking, ‘The Academic Office? What for? What exactly did I do? I just played basketball with Xander and we ran a couple laps together. He fainted because he was weak. How’s that my fault?‘
She wasn’t fazed in the slightest. But sure enough, during the break that afternoon, Cameron got summoned to the Student
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Chapter 39 Don’t Be Ungrateful
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