Results
After my incident in the pool, I was told to go to a room to shower off, and change into a clean, dry set of clothes that are currently left out on my bed. I showered off and changed only to realise I then had to wait for the results, results that could determine my future. I sat down on the bed and thought about how I did in my tests. I found a piece of paper and a pen and decided to 'reflect' on how I did.
On my first test, I lost to Zach, most likely meaning I failed somehow. The second test, well, I don't know, I didn't finish the essay, or all the questions. Half of the questions I did complete were just guesses. The third test, with the chicken, I almost definitely failed, I refused point blank to kill the chicken, but
Looking back at how I did, I doubt I'm going to end up here, I'll probably end up in the care home until I'm eighteen and then get a crappy job, it's simple as that.
As I was thinking, the phone rang. I swear I nearly hit the roof with how high I jumped. I slowly walked over to it and picked it up; I never really noticed it was there… I picked it up to hear Zara's voice on the other end, "Charlie, you can come down to my office now, I have your results." I look at the time and realise that it had actually been a whole hour since I came up stairs and not just half an hour.
I walked slowly down the stairs, trying to delay the news as long as possible. When I reached the bottom floor, I wasn't puffed at all, I have always been able to go up and down stairs easily, and then fail at running on flat ground. I'm just awesome like that.
I go up to the reception lady and she waves me through to Zara's office. Well, here goes nothing, I think as I hesitantly knock on the door. After about ten seconds, I hear Zara call me in. I open the door silently and close it behind me. Zara is smiling sadly at me, Oh no, this is how they always try to sugar coat things, and they always act sympathetic. I walked over and sat down on the chair on the opposite side of the desk to Zara. Only now do I really take in the décor of the office. It has a couch and armchair sitting around a coffee table in the corner and a large window behind the desk allowing a lot of sunlight to enter. I look on the desk and see many photo frames set up on the desk, all with different things on them.
"So, I have come to a conclusion as to whether or not we will be excepting you into CHERUB," She begins, I brace myself for the news. "You past the first test with flying colours, never have we had someone do that well against one of our own. On the academic test, what you had done on your essay was very well done, plus you got well above average for the numeracy section, the majority of your English section was only average. The fifth test, the swimming one, you failed. You didn't retrieve the brick nor did you realise that you would be unable to retrieve it and back down from the challenge before-hand. The third and fourth test you succeeded and I would like to ask you to join CHERUB." I was shocked, so shocked that to say I was shocked beyond belief, was the understatement of the millennium.
I sat there with my mouth open as I tried to process what she had said. "Sweetie, again, just because we're in England, doesn't mean we don't have flies," Why? Why was I so embarrassing to myself? I snapped my mouth closed. I was so shocked. "We will give you two days to decide whether or not you want to come here, it'll take you about ten but you'll get two days in Australia seeming as you're going to be flown home and we can't reveal our location. I hope you don't mind us giving you another sedate, we just need to make sure to don't realise our location." She said, looking a tad bit guilty as to the fact that she had to do that.
I nodded my head to have her reply with a small sympathetic smile, but I think this one was real. She walked over and got me to lie down on the couch before pressing a needle into my arm. At first I was fine, but after a few seconds, I could feel the effects taking place and my eyes beginning to droop. I heard the door open but couldn't see because I was so tired. I felt a pair of arms lift me up and I could feel myself being carried, why wasn't I fully asleep yet? Shouldn't it be quicker than this? I could feel myself being placed into a van before the sounds began to fade and it was just darkness. I was finally falling asleep.