Pursuing Her (Sophie and Tristan)

Chapter 41 Proving Her Wrong
“Mr. Langston, I can no longer teach her,” Carrie insisted.Right then, Derrick showed up at the office, panting heavily. He had run
all the way to the principal’s office after learning about the matter.“Mr. Langston, this must be a misunderstanding!” He huffed and
panted.“Mr. Hayes, I’m glad you’re here. I can no longer teach your class. Never mind if they ranked last in their batch; now
someone even cheated in the test! Find someone else to take over my position!” Carrie announced.“Mrs. Fletcher, we don’t know
what happened yet. How could you accuse my student of cheating?” Derrick argued.“I don’t think even I can score full marks for
the test this time. How could she score full marks? Are you kidding me?” Carrie retorted.Derrick responded, “You’re not capable
enough, that’s why. I can’t believe you have the face to say that out loud.”“Hey!” Carrie fumed.“Why don’t we do this? I have a
set of physics competition questions with me. Sophie, please solve them.” Andy pulled out a set of physics quiz questions that
were sealed. “Mrs. Fletcher, you should solve them, too.”“Mr. Langston, you want me to solve it together with her?” Carrie might
not be as capable as Aaron from Senior Class 1, but she found it humiliating to be asked to solve the questions with her
student.“Just do it. You think you’re capable of teaching the honors classes, right? It’s time for you to show me your ability. If
you’re capable enough, I’ll allow you to teach the honors classes,” Andy told her.Andy unsealed the file and gave them both the
papers.“Sophie, if you can score fifty marks this time, I’ll admit that you didn’t cheat. I’ll also apologize to you,” Carrie said after
taking a look at the papers.The questions were difficult, so she was pretty sure Sophie couldn’t solve them.“Mrs. Fletcher, stop
talking. Go solve the questions there.”Sophie took the papers and returned to her spot on the couch. She grabbed a pencil and
started scribbling the answers down without even using a draft paper.Carrie, on the other hand, started using the draft paper for
the first multiple choice question.I need to perform well this time. They think I can’t teach the honors classes, right? This is the
time to prove myself.After completing the multiple choice questions, Sophie moved on to the subjective questions. She was good
at mental arithmetic, so she could write out the steps on paper and calculate the answer mentally without needing any draft
papers.They were given two hours to complete the physics quiz, but Sophie completed everything in one hour.She placed her
pencil on the table and put on her earphones casually.“Mr. Langston, see that? She gave up as she didn’t know how to answer
any of them! How dare she listen to music here? I’ve never seen anyone as arrogant as her!” Carrie complained.“Mrs. Fletcher,
you should hurry. There is only one hour left, but you have yet to complete many questions,” Derrick chimed in.He couldn’t bring
himself to stay quiet anymore.Since Sophie came to this school, Carrie had been making life difficult for her.Derrick had talked to
Carrie a few times privately, but she still refused to change her attitude.Carrie shot Derrick a glare before returning to her
questions.The further she got, the more difficult the questions became. Carrie’s expression turned dark.She couldn’t solve two
subjective questions. Her initial plan was to perform well. Alas, her plan had gone down the drain.However, this was a physics
competition paper. The reassuring thought made her relax immediately.The questions were too difficult to begin with, so it had
nothing to do with her ability.Andy invited the physics teacher of Senior Class 1 and also the Head of Physics, Aaron, to mark
their papers.Aaron marked Carrie’s paper first.He quickly finished marking the multiple choice questions. She got them all

correct.Carrie heaved a sigh of relief at the results.Aaron made the calculations as he marked the subjective questions.In the
end, Carrie scored seventy-eight marks.“Mrs. Fletcher, you’re quite weak in physics,” Aaron commented. As the Head of
Physics, he kept reminding the other physics teachers to solve physics questions during their free time. However, Carrie kept
brushing him off.Carrie turned grouchy after getting reprimanded in public.Derrick handed Sophie’s paper to Aaron.Sophie got all
the multiple choice questions and the fill-in-the-blank questions correct.She also got all the subjective questions correct.Thus,
she scored full marks on the quiz paper.Aaron could barely hide his shock, for he couldn’t even score full marks if he were to do
the quiz himself.“How did she do?” Andy queried.“Mr. Langston, she scored full marks!” Aaron reported happily.Did our school hit
the jackpot? Is she a genius?“What? Mr. Elswick, did you make a mistake?” Carrie refused to believe it.Sophie completed the
questions an hour ago, so it seemed impossible for her to score full marks.“Mr. Langston, please allow me to tutor Sophie. I’ll
register her name for the physics competition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but
had never come across any smart students in his teaching career until now.“Mm. We’ll talk about that later.”Andy was surprised,
too. He only took Sophie in as a favor to the Northley family, so he had no idea he would hit the jackpot.“Sophie, you can leave
now. We know that you didn’t cheat.” Andy’s voice grew increasingly gentle.“I’ll be off now.”After Sophie left, Andy returned to his
seat.“Mrs. Fletcher, I’m afraid you can’t be a physics teacher in our school with your ability,” he said.Carrie only scored seventy-
eight marks, so it was pretty obvious she wasn’t capable of teaching the students.“Mr. Langston, I...”Carrie had no idea she
would shoot herself in the feet today.“You’ll be in charge of managing the dorms from today onward. For now, work hard on your
physics. You’ll take the final examination with the students. If your level is still the same, then you’ll keep managing the dorms. I
can’t allow an unqualified teacher to teach the students. Of course, if you aren’t satisfied with my arrangement, you can resign
now. I’ll approve your resignation right away,” Andy stated firmly.Carrie was seething inwardly. D*mn it! I wouldn’t be in this state
if it wasn’t for Sophie!“Mr. Langston, let me continue teaching Senior Class 8,” she answered weakly.Andy asked, “Mr. Hayes, as
the homeroom teacher of Senior Class 8, do you think Mr. Elswick can teach them physics?”“But Mr. Elswick is already teaching
three classes! Won’t it be too much for him to teach my class too?”“No, it isn’t too much! I can do it. I can teach your class,”
Aaron interjected swiftly.After Sophie returned to Senior Class 8, everyone turned to look at her quietly.“Soph, how did it go?”As
she said naught a word, Ysabelle began packing up her stuff. “Soph, let’s go. There’s no point studying in such a school,” she
huffed.Sophie grabbed her arm.“Where are you going? I don’t have to leave.” Having said that, Sophie returned to her seat
calmly.“Really? Didn’t Carrie—”“Ysabelle, I’m fine. I didn’t cheat, so she can’t expel me.”Derrick then entered with Aaron behind
him.“Everyone, quiet down. From today onward, Mrs. Fletcher will no longer be your physics teacher. Mr. Elswick will be your
new physics teacher,” Derrick announced.The students gaped in disbelief.“What happened?”“I thought Mr. Elswick teaches the
honors classes?”“The results for the monthly test are out. You can find out your results on the bulletin board. Next Monday will be
the day of the parent-teacher conference. It’s very important, so one of your parents will have to show up.”After learning that the
results had been released, the students of Senior Class 8 rushed out of the classroom before Derrick could even finish his
announcement.