I rejected

I rejected the Student Council position that I was offered.
On tuesday, I was given the task of collecting the replies of all the Student Council candidates. I went around asking them for their choice, and honestly said 'No' when they asked for my decision. Their faces were surprised and shocked. Everyone said yes, except for Ja**, and Yan*** because she was absent.
I went downstairs where the teacher in charge was conducting a PE lesson. I waited a while before I got a chance to talk to him.
I looked him in the eye and told to his face that everyone was keen on joining the SC, with the exception of Ja** and me. And that Yan*** was absent, so I didn't know her decision.
"OK, sure. No problem. Thank you very much." he replied smiling.
I walked away, feeling slightly uneasy. That generous smile? That easy-going answer? Why did he sound like I had told him the weather? I told my friend Je** about his reaction. She laughed out loud and told me "Maybe the tachers only consider those that say 'No'".
I had said 'Shit' but I don't think it would do me any good.

Meanwhile there are more pressing matters, like english. We are suppose to print out a short story, which our teacher had cleverly uploaded on the internet. Apparently she scanned it in using Adobe. Amazingly, I had lost my password for that particular site. Resigned to asking friends to send me a copy by email, I was replied that neither of them could open the file. Too emberassed to ask my teacher AGAIN for my password (which would be the third time now), I asked my other teacher for my password (the site is a learning site; if a student loses her password, she would clikc the 'lost password' sign, and a new password would be sent to the teacher). Chances are she would reply me tomorrow. In the meantime I would just sit here and sob. But by some stroke of luck, a logical idea (during camp, my teacher praised me for being 'logicak, straightforward and frank'. He added 'thanks for your honesty', and then also 'be careful') comes into my head. SImple, I just surf the net for that short story, and then print it out.
Now I just need to worry about my teacher's less-then-serious reaction...

I got asked

On the second and last night of camp, I was asked to urgently report to a teacher, sometime before 12.
I was curious, so I showered, skiped the drinks and ran with my friend to the teacher's dorm.
We weren't alone, though. A group of students were going in the same direction. They were all Student Councillors. Only a few weren't. And they were all worried that they were going to get scolded for something that they had done.
I didn't say anything because I got this feeling in my gut. And I was right.
When we reached the teacher's dorm we were made to wait outside. After about 10 mins we came in, while the SC moved out. The the teacher told us.
Told us that we were recommended by the teachers a position in the Student Council.
Ru** clapped her hands over her mouth, her eyes shining. Ja** went pink. Yu* ** looked excited and shocked. Cla**** and Ve** smiled. Only my expression remained unchanged. Because I had expected it, and I wasn't feeling keen.
The teacher asked us all on our feelings. When he asked "How many of you feel like you need to seriously think it through?", I raised up my hand. My expression was dead serious. The others looked like Christmas had came early. Was being offered a position like that really that good?
The the teacher launched into a talk on what would we have to do if we joined. What would happen to our future, since the school could recommend us to the better schools when we get older. I wished he hadn't. It would have been much easier for me to reject the offer. Everytime I think that "No, I don't want to join", I think of "SIS can recommend you to good schools in the future".
When I raised my hand, the teacher must have overlooked my reluctance as exhaustion. He said that we were all tired and should seriouly think about it. I didn't say anything.
I only wished that he had never asked at all.