Torn Between Twin Brothers

Ms. Shannon and Ms. Williams finally returned from their trip. As soon as they arrived, Ms. Williams's assistant informed her right away of what had been happening at the Royal Academy. Ms. Williams learned that Ava had sought her and Ms. Shannon a while back while they were away and was disappointed when she found out that they were out of the country.

"What else happened while I was gone?" Asked Ms. Williams while busy looking through the mail that had piled up while she was away. The assistant continued recounting everything she heard.

"It seems that all the students and teachers were waiting for the result of the young girl's tests. But when it wasn't announced after a week, speculation started to rise. Some people said that the reason it was not announced was that she had actually failed. Some people even said that you and Ms. Shannon were hiding from her. That's why you suddenly went out of the country." The assistant took a small break to breathe before continuing.

"She was being mocked left and right whenever there were no adults around. Although nothing major had happened, she was devastated and came here requesting your phone number so she could contact you. But, of course, I did not give it to her, and since then, she just stayed inside their villa and stopped attending class." She then let out a heavy sigh, feeling sorry for the young girl in question.

When Ms. Williams heard what her assistant said, she felt remorse for not informing the child what was happening. However, she immediately ordered her assistant to summon Ava to her office.

"Go at once; I need to clear the air. I will first speak with her. Afterward, I will be making an announcement." She said to the assistant, who was already by the door, ready to go.

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Ava and Arria were in the living room when Pisces came in to inform Ava that she was being summoned by the headmistress.

"Should I tell the headmistress's assistant that you will be heading there now?" Pisces asked, seeing that Ava was wearing pajamas and would still need to change and make herself presentable.

"Yes, please! Sister Pisces, I only need five minutes at the most." Said Ava; she then quickly got up and went to her bedroom to get ready.

Arria wanted to come along, but Chupsy held on to her and told her to stay put without batting an eye. Usually, Arria would not listen and would still try to go, but her legs shook with one word from Chupsy. After that, she could do nothing but sit back down on the sofa and watch TV while waiting. 

Ms. Williams's assistant ushered Ava and Pisces towards the headmistress's office. The door was wide open, and they saw that Ms. Shannon was with Ms. Williams when they arrived. 

Ava knocked lightly on the opened door, "Hello, it's me, Ms. Williams! Ms. Shannon!" She said as she poked her head inside the opened door.

"Come in, child! Don't just stand there." Answered Ms. Williams sitting from behind her desk.

"Sit down!" Said Ms. Shannon, who was seated on one of the sofas.

Ava shyly walked in and went straight towards where Ms. Shannon was sitting, and sat down on the sofa across from her. Pisces stayed outside the door to listen so she could report it to Ann once they were done.

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Ms. Williams gathered all the copies of Ava's test results to show the young girl. 

"I heard that you were being mocked because we didn't announce your test results yet. I apologize on behalf of the Royal Academy." Ms. Williams was remorseful for what happened, and sadness filled her old eyes.

"It's alright. I don't pay attention to them anyway. I was only a little sad when I came and learned that both of you were out of town. I just wanted to know if I passed or not." She looked Ms. Williams straight in the eye when she spoke. But as soon as she finished what she wanted to say, she quickly averted her gaze towards her shoes.

Ms. Shannon and Ms. Williams laughed out loud, seeing how pitiful Ava looked at the moment. They knew she was probably worried that she didn't pass.

"Before I show you your scores, I want to ask you a question." Ms. Williams asked in a motherly tone of voice.

Ava nodded in agreement, head still down while looking down on the floor.

"How do you think you did? When you were taking the tests, were you confident that you had passed? Did you have any problems while answering questions?" Ms. Williams was just making conversation before she told the girl her scores. She already knew the results, and they were right there in front of her.

After hearing Ms. Williams's question, Ava raised her head and faced the headmistress. 

"I'm confident that I passed the test. What I want to know are my actual scores. I want to know if it's good enough for me to attend Imperial College next school year?" She said, looking straight at Ms. Williams.

Ms. Shannon, who was only watching the whole time, smiled. She couldn't believe that the girl in front of them was a genius. She almost laughed out loud when she said that she only wanted to know if she scored high enough to attend Imperial College. She will be surprised when she hears what Ms. Williams has to say.

"Well, I guess we better check, right? Here, I'll let you look at it yourself so you know if you can attend or not." She then handed the folder with all the test results inside.

Ava's hands were shaking as she opened the folder and began reading the results one by one. Finally, she read the first one, and a slight smile showed on her pretty young face. 

Then she went on to the next sheet of paper; her smile widened a little more. By the time she was almost to the last exam, she was already grinning from ear to ear. Ms. Shannon and Ms. Williams were also both smiling widely as they watched her reaction.

Finally, she was on the last sheet where it will determine if she can attend Imperial College. When she saw the list of the Universities that requested her to attend, her eyes became as wide as a saucer. She then stood up and hugged Ms. Williams first, then Ms. Shannon before she started jumping for joy.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! I was accepted! Hahaha! Thank you! Thank you! God!!!!" She was shouting so loud that Pisces and the headmistress assistant couldn't resist themselves and came running to see what was going on.

Upon learning that Ava had passed all her tests and was accepted at Imperial College, Pisces and the assistant congratulated Ava before returning to their posts.

"I'm sure you want to share the wonderful news with your family right now. I will talk to you some other time to discuss college, alright?" Ms. Shannon told Ava so she could go ahead and leave.

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As soon as Ava and Pisces left, Ms. Williams went to the audio room to make the announcement to inform everyone at the Royal Academy of Ava's achievement. But she only announced to them that Ava passed all the tests with flying colors and would be attending college next school year. She didn't mention which college and also what score Ava received.

She wanted them to keep on guessing, so she planned to post Ava's achievement on the school's bulletin board for all the students to see with their own eyes.

As soon as the announcement ended, Jeffrey, Pearl, Akira, Prince Edmund, and James couldn't wait to leave their respective classrooms. They requested from their homeroom teachers to be excused so they could congratulate Ava in person. 

Ava and Arria were talking with Jeff and Ann via facetime when everyone arrived at the villa. Everyone simultaneously shouted congratulations before each of them approached to embrace her.

Seeing that everyone arrived to congratulate Ava, Jeff and Ann bid the children goodbye to give them time to celebrate. 

"Do you have the copies of your scores?" Jeffrey asked because he genuinely wanted to know.

"Yes, Ms. Williams didn't announce what your score was; she only said you passed with flying colors, and we want to know! So what's your score?" Akira said while her arms were around Ava's shoulders.

Ava smiled at every one, unsure if she should tell them or not. Unfortunately, she didn't have a copy of her test score, but she had an excellent memory and could remember each of the scores, including her IQ test.

"So? Do you have it or not?" Pearl asked curiously.

"I'm sorry, guys, I don't have the copies to show you. Ms. Williams said that it would be sent directly to my parents. However, I could tell you that I did score pretty high on all of them." She bragged while her eyes were shining brightly while looking at James.

James, who typically had a serious face, now looked at her proudly while showing straight white teeth and heavily dented dimples. He was so handsome that Ava's heart began pounding very hard....