In the last, the only thing that matters is happiness.

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The last chance of everything may create wonders. We don't know what will be going to happen. All we can do is try, try until we succeed, try until our last breath. As we know that at last, what remains is a success.

All these quotations of words were running in my mind, No matter how hard we tried, still another team was stood in front of us, outside the library.
I almost forget, that in the last there will be two teams for one clue, it means that if we have to win this round. We have to beat the shit out of other teams.

Though, judging is absurd according to me. whatever, those who are stood in front of us, hovering our shadows with their folded hands, as they want to tell us,
'dude, we got power, while you got none. and silently telling us to leave."

By their physique, I think that they are regular gym trainers. Maybe, I was exaggerating. But can you blame me? They all have defined bodies as if they try they can beat the shit out of us.

What I don't understand is why they're standing here? I mean if they want to win, they can easily go inside the library. Then why are they guarding it? Curiosity may kill, but I need to know it!!!

"Why are you guys stood here? If you reached us? You can get easily your clue and win! Then why? Why are you guarding the library?" I asked.

"Do you think, we are vacuous? " one of them asked, maybe the leader.

"No, absolutely not, "replied July.

"We didn't get it! We couldn't find our next clue. That simple small piece of paper isn't there! Maybe, it is there, but we couldn't find it, so if we can't win, you also can't win! " said one of them with a murderous look.

Though he may look like some Model, he is not, and I want to slap him. This doesn't make any sense. First of all, our clue is in there. If they didn't get it. It is their problem. It doesn't mean to snatch other's chance?

Then what are we going to do? We can't budge them out in front of us! Well, Nathan has also those muscles. However, we also know that he alone can't stand in front of five guys.

"What are we going to do? " whispered Nathan.

"I have a Plan." I heard Veronica's voice, as I glanced towards her. She had mischievous look in her eyes, ready to do whatever she was thinking!

"And what it is?" I asked with confusion. I don't know what is she going to do, but still, we don't have any other idea in our brain, so we only have to follow her on her plan. Whatever it is! I just hope It will work!

"I" ll divert their mind, so that instead of covering Library area, they will think about something else. Then it will be a key for us. Bamenda, you"ll go inside the library to find the clue in that moment. Understood! " declared she. I want to ask a question, I want to fight with her, what is she going to do? I want to say to her, that doesn't do anything stupid this is just a competition, but I can't. I couldn't. She was stood there with determination set in her eyes to win, and it doesn't matter what price it will take to win her, so I just nodded my head in understatement. Hoping, that nothing will go wrong.

"Bamenda, listen carefully. All we need is just a slight distraction. They will be distracted for a moment, while you have to go inside ."

Slowly-slowly, she grasped the hem of her top and rolled it out over her head to take it off. Thank god she still has her bikini on her body. But that didn't work, I mean they all were ogling her. Nevertheless, they didn't move from their place.
In a sense, this idea didn't work. She started walking in front of them and stood in front of that guy who was stood at the end side of an entry door.

She started roaming her finger through his body to his face and forcefully flung her arms around his neck. Then she kissed him. And bam! Just when she moved away from her lips from his. That guy couldn't control himself and they both were kissing now. Other guys look uncomfortable by seeing the sight of this, so they shifted uncomfortably at the end.
Ok! Now it's time. Enough space for me to enter, and if they try to stop I"ll just bite them that's it.
I quickly ran and bam! I was inside the library. Before anything happens, I locked the door of the library, so that those morons don't come here to disturb me to find our final clue. And I think, I have that much capability to find it.
I marched in search of our final Clue .laughing, when I heard, "Dude, you're such a pussy. Can't you control your Fucking hormones? "

***

After, almost twenty minutes of struggle. I found it. I found our key to the next round.
As I make my way to the outside of the library where everyone was stood with a worried expression.
Only Veronica, and that guy whom she kissed looked exhausted. As they were doing something.

Maybe, they both wouldn't able to control their hormones.

Uh! They might be, but we were able to make it to the next round, and Veronica helped in it .like really.

"They hooked up," shouted Nathan with a disgusting face.

"Whatever, " Veronica muttered. Rolling her eyes.

Only Tory and July asked, "are we making it to the second round or not? "

"Oh don't say -we not, because this guy just had his wonderful moment of life. And for me, that was just normal not expended. Like other's time. "

"What? I thought you were so into me! " that guy with blue eyes exclaimed. Only at that time, I noticed his eyes because in those orbs there was fire, and according to the scenario he didn't like whatever she said.

"Can we talk about this later? Or you can't hold your shit? " Veronica snapped back. Ok! Enough of this melodrama! "Guys! We won! We make it to the second round, " yelled I. To get everyone's attention.
When they heard, not just my team .infact those five bunch of guys also couldn't believe what they heard.

"But how? Where did you find that clue? We searched the whole library, but we couldn't find it in one place! " one of them asked.

"Oh it was simple, I don't know whether you read
carefully that clue or not, but in that clue -those lines were looked poetic to me, so I went to the poetry section in which several books were placed on the shelf, I searched every book in that section and found the oldest book on the beauty of the face in torn out shape, that book was placed before several books. That's it I found our last clue to the second round in that book. "I told them.

"Whatever, we won is the only thing that matter. Losers" mocked Veronica to that guy group.

"Come on. Then we don't have that much time. We have to make it to the auditorium, so run! Yelled Nathan.

***

There were three points, stucked in my mind. Which were causing troubles for me? Some of them are good, but some of them make me more anxious. You must be wondering, about those points, so here they are-

First of all, we make it to the second round. Means I make it to the second round, and that would be the best thing for me, but Cole's team also able to make it in the second round. It means he also will be there. I know It will be selfish of me to think of not having him in the second round. I don't know what happens to me when it comes to him. I can't be like myself, as I made myself from past years.

Nevertheless, the second thing is that- Second Round is all about, Presenting yourself in front of the whole school while showcasing your hidden talent.
It is like a horrible dream for me as I'm one of the Introvert type girls. I hardly socialize with anybody. Wait that's not a horrible thing, the horrible thing is about to come. yeah! I don't even know what my hidden talent is! Alright! I facepalmed myself.
And the last point is much worse, I only have one week. To prepare me for the second round. The Second Round of the competition is going to held on next Friday.

I was so lost in myself, my doubts that I didn't notice Vanessa, and Dylan. They are here now. "Amy, I knew you can do it, and you did it. I'm so proud of you," she said with pride. I'm so happy now, she is proud of me. It means mom will be proud of me, though she is not here in the town, she will be here at the end of this competition. "Yeah. Congratulations, Amanda. I'm happy for you, "uttered Dylan. I never thought that someday, I"ll heard these words from Dylan's mouth, but things change, and it happened.

Dylan Frazier, who stood in front of me was nothing like that one who threatened me to not tell anyone about his job of Pizza delivery.
Whatever that was. The only thing in the last matters is happiness, I'm happy for clearing this round -to go in the second round. Vanessa, and Dylan they both are happy for me and their relationship. My team is happy, for reaching the second round.

What about Cole?

Because Of Cole. Things are happening. However, I hope he also will be happy for himself.
Why do I think about him always? Why? As my mind is not in control anymore, now my eyes meet with his. His brown orbs concentrated with my blue ones! And above all, he was smiling at me and nodded his head what looks like an understatement from him. These things were not enough for him to do, to make me hyperventilate. He also raises his right hand, just above his lips, and gives me thumbs up in encouragement. Before I could react, or give any reaction to him .he walked away.

What was this all about? He can't be happy for me. If I cleared this round. He's the one, who said I can't win. He's the one who called me weak! Then why? He is doing all these things?

Maybe, he wants to play with your mind, or with you like always.

I don't know. I'm not into this, and I don't believe him, so there is not any chance for him this time to make me fool.

"Come on. Amy, let's Celebrate! " Vanessa's Voice echoed in my ears, as I give my full attention to her.

"What are you guys going to celebrate? If it isn't for me, then she didn't have any guts to win this round. she only won this round, because of me, or so the whole team! "Veronica's Voice reached the area around us as she came near us. why she is saying all these things? As wants to prove to everyone, that because of her .we all win! before I could say anything to her, Vess beat me up, "we don't need any advice of some plastic bitch, and for your kind information. I know what are your capabilities, and what are you saying that, the whole team cleared this round because of you? It is because Of Amanda Parker this good for nothing team won. You maybe didn't notice me, but I was all the time near you guys and listening to what everyone was doing!"
What? I also didn't notice her around us. she could be a good detective, OH my Vess.
"Shut up you bitch! How dare you talk to me like that? If you can't be in this competition, then you have no right to put a finger on me, because I know you are jealous of me, " snapped Veronica. She looks scary, as Vess pick-up a nerve point on her. So, she is doing anything to defend herself. "Oh please! Like I want to be in this Competition. And we know who's jealous of whom! You, Veronica Stratford, is jealous Of Amanda Parker! " yelled Vess.

What we say that, to fire a cloud of smoke you only need to whistle a pinch of air, then that will be a bam! Just like here. Veronica is burning like Coal. Her face becomes red not because of embarrassment, it is due to anger.

I need to calm them down .afterall, whatever is happening because of me, and I don't want to see a WWW fight here.

"Veronica, what is wrong with you? You are going to the second round, and you won! Aren't you happy? " I asked her. I just couldn't get it! Why is she so much desperate to become a hero in everyone's eye! As she has done everything.

"You don't understand! " she whispered, her voice is fragile, devastating. I don't know, but my instinct is telling me something is wrong!

"Come on .girls let's go! " Dylan muttered, as he clutched our hands with his, and we walked away, but my mind was not with me.
There were so many things, running in my mind. I hope, that whatever happens in the last, No one will be sad, and everyone will be happy.

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