My eyes steadily went down the list, Aisha, Alisa, Amal, Basma… I stopped. My heart skipped a beat. I ran through the names again up until Basma. Ameena wasn’t there. My name had been skipped, which meant, I failed the exams.
I walked away from the board in a daze. I failed…. what would my parents say; and I had already told them that results were coming out this week, oh the price of talking too much. My palms were getting sticky, my throat felt like a hot coal had been stuck in it.
Tears formed in my eyes and were starting to trickle down, I let them flow. It was a good few minutes of grief and mourning before a thought occurred. What if, my surname was used on the list. That way it would be Khan Ameena. And I didn’t get to K while checking the list so, I wouldn’t know.
There was a chance after all, I didn’t fail.
Word count: 162. This story is in response to Flash Fiction for aspiring writers photo prompt challenge where each week we are provided a picturw and are to write a 75-175word on it. Thank you for this week’s photo @Grant-Sud
Good insight, that about the surname π
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Thank you very much Sona π
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Oooh you made my heart skip too! She did find her surname, right, you left us hanging! π
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ππ Remember how you left me hanging too not long ago π. But for today i’ll be nice and say yes, she found her name.
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Hahaha! I had a feeling you were thinking about that! But hey I did finish it, you saw it right?
YAY!! I knew she would find it! π Well….I sure hoped she did.
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I just read it now!
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I’m sure she found it as Khan Ameena. π
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ππ she sure did! Thanks Inky
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I hope that her name was on the list too! π
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Her name was, to her immense Joy π
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Oh I almost forgot it was fiction lol. No need to cry now!
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Awww, thank you! Hahah, no need π
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A round of applause for instant second chances!
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ππ½ππ½ππ½ I know! Thank God for second chances π
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WOW, hip hip hurray π
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ππ½ππ½ππ½ Thank you
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Great story! I could really feel her devastation! Thank goodness there is still hope for her after all!!
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Thank you very much Pj! Yes, there is hope π
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This reminded me of when I once spent half an hour thinking I had a big round zero on an exam, but it turned out to be a mistake, thankfully!! So yeah, I sort of know how awful situations like this can be π
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