Mary tried to make them see reasons with her but they were too irritated to listen. One after the other, the girls left the room, each casting a sad glance at her. Their suspicion had been right. Mary is now one of those born again peeps.
The next day at school, mary was avoided like a terrible plague. Her greetings were ignored. But that didn’t bother her until she got into the classroom and found out that Lucy had found herself another seat partner. So Mary sat alone in class, ate alone during lunch and strolled home alone. It was her worst day in school. The ill treatment continued and lasted for a whole semester..but throughout this time,Mary never paid them back in their own coins. She was kind and affectionate towards them, eventhough she loathed their way wardness.
During their final semester in school, Tracy cooked up an evil plan to frustrate Mary and her so called religion. She discussed the plan with the other three and they were impressed with it. May be Mary would change and come back to them after a little blackmail. The idea was simply fabulous. Why didn’t they think of it before now?
After their final examination on friday, Mary went straight to her altar, knelt down and glorified the Lord for making her a graduate. Just after she finished, her phone rang.. It was Lucy.
She asked her to come downstairs and meet them by the pool.
When Mary came down, she couldn’t believe her eyes.. Waving between Lucy’s two lightly clasped fingers was her answer script for the examination she had just written. The other three girls stood like body guards around Lucy. Mary was dumbfounded. She knew they were ruthless but she never believed they could do it to her. For goodness sake, they were supposed to be her friend. Are they just wicked or is the devil using them? Is this a test or a temptation?
“Well well..my dear, you sure know what this means. All you have to do is stop this crazy drama of yours and we will make sure that your script is safely returned. But on the other hand, I will gladly drop this script into the pool if you decide to continue with your born again nonsense! The choice is yours pal..” Lucy said with a devilish smirk. Mary was dead shock. she had to be dreaming. “Why are you doing this to me?” She asked, almost sobbing. Lucy ignored her pleas and dangled the script close to the surface of the pool. Mary knelt down and pleaded, but the nasty game continued.
Her heart beat sped up as a strong wind blew the script out of Lucy’s fingers. All eyes followed the paper as it landed…. TO BE CONTINUED