“Thank you Vivian for playing this Chopin waltz piece.” After I finish playing my quiet Chopin waltz from the piano, flamboyant and pompous, the sound of clapping was echoing in the music classroom. When the noisy classmates were packing up their backpacks, Lucas came over to me and straight forwardly pointed out to me,” You know that I could already play that piece and is easy for me?” The only other sound was the fan blowing. I always thought I was best in piano in class 4B. Now someone was BETTER than me. Why was he better than me in everything: grades, behavior, and now piano? Instead of calmly thinking of what to say, my consciousness got out of control. I angrily spurt out words. “Well, I worked and practiced a lot on this piece!” …show more content…
As I took it, I didn’t feel confident with a lot of students hunched together, feeling nervous. As the days dragged on, it seemed interminable my results will never come until… my classmate Janet is dashing towards me, barely out of breath. “You did such a good job on the spelling bee. Look, I got a 90 out of a full 400 points. Lucas didn’t make it to the finalists.” I am nonplussed, not knowing what to say. “Looks like I am better than you Lucas.” In the damp weather of March, the science fair was coming up. I am now so confident after the two incidents that I was too relaxed. My science fair project was,” does food coloring affect the color of the plant?” I was botching the project. When the science fair came, I felt that I would get the top 3. When Lucas was presenting his presentation, it was so boring but people were still clapping for him in the end. My face is green of jealousy. When the results came, I eagerly ask the teacher,” Mr. Ted, what was my ranking in the science fair?” Mr. Ted looked hesitant, and said in a hurried voice,” 8th place. The 1st place was Lucas.” I was really disappointed and thought I didn’t deserve such a bad ranking. My hands were clenched. This isn’t the end of the competition between Lucas and