Chapter 2 Chapitre 1

Salam Aleykoum

I'm going to tell you my story, which began in the second semester of my senior year...

It was January. I get up at 6 a.m. like every other day, I pick up, brush my teeth, wash and put on my uniform. I have class at 7.30 a.m. I go down to the dining room where Sali is, she gives me a hug and then we sit down at the table and start eating.

Me: Where's the witch?

Sali: The big one or the little one?

Me: the small one

Sali: she's asleep, she's got class at 9 today

Me: mdrrr OK.

We talk about everything and then when we finish the driver takes us to school. I look at the time: 7.15 a.m. It's early! Usually I'm always late. I go straight up to get Lyse. She's always early, this girl, so I go upstairs and see her sitting in class with her phone and headphones, I sit down next to her, she gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, and then she says

Lyse: little

Me: mdrrr stop dreaming

She looks at the clock and looks at me strangely

Me: why are you looking at me like that?

Lyse: for once you're on time and you're even early I'm too shocked

Me: Lyse, stop lying, I'm always on time!

Lyse: you dirty liar you've never been on time

Me: mdrrr not abuse brief you listen to what?

She: my husband

Me: since when do you have a husband and you sing too?

She looks at me too badly and says

She: leyla how many husbands do I have?

Me: ah I don't know there are many

She: no really

Me: ahh I know koita

She spreads her eyes, gives me a big pat on the back of the head and starts laughing.

(Koita is one of the dumbest guys in our class, he pushes too hard and gets on everyone's nerves)

Elle: eh mon dieu commence tu ma pas respecté tes sérieux koita mdrrr je parle de Justin

Me: mdrrr lyse tes malade, le gars il sais mm que tu existe

Lyse: gratuitous jealousy.

We talk about everything and nothing, then the bell rings and we start the class. I'll skip the class, it wasn't too interesting, so I finish at 3pm, the driver takes me home, there's no one there, which is weird, usually there's always someone around at this time. So I go to my room, catch up on my prayers, then watch a movie on my computer.... 4:30 pm I have to go to my acting class. since I was a little girl I've been taking acting classes and also music, singing and so on... so I wash up and put on my clothes.

I do a bun, pick up my bag and go out

I make a bun, I take my bag and I go out. I get off, there's still no one there. Anyway, the driver picks me up 10 minutes later and I'm there. Nearly everyone's there.

The teacher: hello everyone, I wanted to inform you that following a painting I've decided to change some of the characters in the play: Leyla you go from Juliet to Alice, Elsa you become Juliet, Benoît you become Romeo and finally Amir you go from Romeo to a singing tree.

Me: but how do I become Alice

Amir: and my tree

Benoit: that sings

Teacher: I'm sorry, but it's your classmates who have come to complain that you're always the one in the lead.

Amir: but because we're the best, well I'm the best

( alalala what modesty)

Me: no, but seriously, you put Elsa in my place, the chick can't even remember two sentences, and you give her the lead role, and I do Alice, no, but Alice has three sentences in the play.

The teacher: it's your classmates' decision, sorry, but that's the way it is.

Me: pfff

I go and sit at the back of the room and watch Elsa massacre the play. This role was so close to my heart.

...

I was sitting waiting for my driver when Elsa walked past me, looking at me with her victorious smile

Elsa: So, Leyla, what are you doing here? Don't you have a script to learn? Oh yes, I'd forgotten your 3 phases in the room.

And she starts laughing like a bitch, my blood boiling but I keep my cool. The driver has arrived, so I get up and set off, not forgetting to jostle her as I go.

...

The car stops and I'm fiddling with my phone, so I look up and see about thirty police cars. What the hell? I run down but a policeman stops me

Policeman: I'm sorry, miss, you can't enter this house.

Me: I LIVE HERE THANKS

Policeman: but....

His colleague stops him, telling him to let me pass.

So I run to the front door, and there I see ........ leaving the house in handcuffs, head down, blinded by the flash of the paparazzi.

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