There is pin drop silence everywhere. Nobody asked or said anything for a few seconds. Then the teacher broke the silence and clapped for him. Everybody then turned from students to fans of Waver at that moment. They all started to gather with him during the class. The teacher got in trouble to make them sit again, even though she wasn't angry. In fact she was impressed by a 6 year old and thought, " this kid made all that talk in these few seconds? I guess he has a bright future. "
Meanwhile he was thinking, " feww, thank goodness i memorised the script I wrote a few days ago. Now I think I will make some friends. But what will happen to my self esteem then? Well who cares, at least I will be no longer alone in the class. "
Then the bell rang, all the class was getting so excited to talk to him during the free period. Waver could feel the intense gaze poking him, but he was quite enjoying it. He was thinking to himself, is this how a celebrity feels? Maybe..
During the free period, Waver was so busy signing his fans' autographs that he didn't have any time to finish his tiffin. He thought he could at least taste his mom's delicious food but everybody was trying to give him a taste of their lunch. He liked those but was not able to eat his lunch. Everyone lined up to get to know him. He made everyone his friend and asked everyone to his home as he said he will invite everyone to his house. They asked, " won't your parents be angry ?" no, they will be very happy to you guys.
Then he chose some of the kids and made a group to catch the strange figure that always comes and gives him chocolate. He told them we should catch it, then we can split the candies at once and have more candies. He fixed the date. Then it was time to start the class.
They all sat in their seats. Waver looked around and saw everyone was sitting with someone specific,even though they wanted to be friends with him. But every one has their special someone except for Waver. The next period had some work to do in pairs, everybody had their unique pair without Waver. At first some tried to break their pair only to work with Waver, but their partners got angry. So at last he was without any partner.
The teacher suggested him to come in front and judge with the teacher so that he doesn't feel left out. His eyes stopped sparkling as it was a moment ago. He went in front of the class. Now the teacher announced the challenge, everybody has to fight against each other, or in other words they have to make the flower faster to win and the opponent will lose. Waver laughed so hard in mind and thought it wouldn't be great for them. Thank goodness, I didn't have to fight. It will look so funny.
But just to be a part of it he also participated, the teacher really liked his spirit. Although he was thinking, I am so brave that I am going to fight against the whole class.
The challenge began, everybody is so concentrated in making their flower good looking and finishing it faster. The estimated time is 10 minutes. Among all the winners the best looking flower will win and the teacher promised to give that person a gift. One by one, they were finishing their flowers, everybody was having a cold eye stare with their friends, the fast makers went in front of the class and waited for the time to end. They were trying to look at Waver's flower but he was hiding it from them. As the time was about to end, Waver said he had also finished. But he didn't show it until the end.
The teacher then started to look at everyone's flower one by one. Most of them made simple cute flowers that a child can make. Three of them made roses, one made a beautiful hibiscus. Just as the teacher was thinking the hibiscus would win, he went to the last student to check. It was Waver. He showed the flower to everyone. Everyone was stunned and shocked at the same time, because,,
The flower was not something that normally people see. The white long petals but there is a hint of red in the middle, there is some yellow gynoecium that was unique. The petal was not one set but there were many sets, it looked pure but bold at the same time. The teacher asked him out of curiosity, " I have never seen a flower like this. What is its name?"
"Sir, I made it out. There is no flower like this. I created it with many flower references to show you the beauty in mixing. But I really wish some flower would've been like this."
" That's brilliant for a child at your age. But what techniques did you use to make it? "
" Sir, I paint petals using water color techniques to give it a natural pattern, my father sometimes teaches me. And I learned to craft with my mother. "
It was cleared that he was the winner. Everybody's reaction changed. From being fans, they became permanent admirers of Waver. They all want to learn from him now.
The next few classes were fine. He gained so many friends, it was a shock for him too, cause he knows he is not an extrovert like others, but he tried his best to look like one. He tried to portray himself as perfect as he can cause he saw people do it.
When the class ended, everybody was going to their mom or dad, but Waver couldn't see any of them. He tried to find them but failed. Lost hope and sadly sat on a bench, looking down.
Suddenly, he saw a big shadow behind him….