The drive to her school was a quiet one. Samantha lost in her thoughts of concocting plans while Dylan had his own issues to worry about gearing towards the release of the new game version. Out of nowhere, Dylan called up his favorite cafe to place an order for his morning coffee. Samantha was spooked but asked," Why do you need coffee. You always order black tea."
" Just some late nights. As we are approaching the launch of the newest version of dad's game," said Dylan with a lost expression.
Samantha looked worried until Dylan added," I'm just happy I get to attend this. Hearing about how you are doing in school is my highlight today seeing as you don't talk about your school life. Now i will be hearing it unfiltered," as he smiled under the veil of his eye bags.
Samantha immediately recoiled in her seat knowing she could not speak up about her situation at school. The car entered the parking lot slowly and parked itself. The duo got out of the car just in time for a drone to arrive and hand Dylan his cup of coffee. He took a sip of the coffee and gave a sigh of relief. Then he suggested they walk into the building. Samantha reluctantly took the lead on the matter and led her brother into her school for the first time. The two walked into the building like a duo of celebrities. Dylan was the object of everyone's desire. This era was well known for gaming and Dylan was one of the best gamers in the world. He was as well known the early century football stars. And now said celebrity was walking into the institution sipping a cup of coffee. Samantha was immediately called over by her friends when Dylan had to take a call. The were squealing at dangerous decibels.
( Dylan's call )
" Yoh, hello. Dylan speaking," said Dylan casually taking another sip.
" Dylan, we have a big problem," said the caller.
" Must be bad if my assistant can't afford to greet me first. What's the problem?" Dylan asked.
" Remember the release date of the new version that was supposed to be next week?" he asked.
" It's been moved up to tomorrow night," said the caller making Dylan nearly spit out all of his coffee.
" Please tell me you are joking?" Dylan asked in disarray.
" I wish i was, The jet is fueled up. Will you be bringing your sister like normal or does she have school?" he asked.
" ( sigh ) She's coming. Add her to the list of participants to the event but she ain't playing in the launching event," said Dylan.
" Will do sir," he said.
" See you tonight Tenya," Dylan said ending the call.
( Samantha's chat )
" Girl, you always said you had a hot brother but you never said he was @Tit@n," one of her friends said.
" Seriously. We told you we are big fans of his and you never told us for four years," said the other.
" Because...," Samantha began when the first one cut her off.
" But we understand you girl. You were afraid that people would only want to befriend you because you had a celebrity brother," said the first friend.
" This answers a lot of questions to where you always went during your holidays. Were you attending your brother's gaming tournaments?" the other asked.
" Yeah," Samantha said while rubbing her neck," But i was also attending said tournaments."
" What?!?!" the first exclaimed.
" So are you attending 'Sphere con' in America for the launch newest version of ' UNIVERSE CLASH ' that is supposed to change the VR gaming experience?" said the other.
" Oh next week, yeah but it all depends on what the teacher says about my future," said Samantha.
" Haven't you heard the news, the date was moved up to tomorrow night," said the other.
Samantha exclaimed but at the same time, Dylan came over. Her friends were now acting coy and were now useless to her. Dylan told Samantha that they should head over to the principal's office. Samantha was still in shock so Dylan asked her friends for directions to the office. They gladly gave him directions in exchange for a selfie with him. He did not see any reason to refuse so the deal was made. They took the photo and led him to the office. The squealed even louder as they jumped up and down. Once they calmed down, they were relatively more useful. When they got to the office they left but not whispering to Samantha," Pray they don't mention the tournament incident."
This was enough to bring her back to her senses but time was up. Luckily for them, there was no one waiting so Dylan knocked on the door. They were allowed to enter and in they went. The principal sat behind a mahogany desk with a small cube on the table removing a hologram of her name tag. She was a plumb woman with rounded spectacles. Her figure had a lot of ' personality '( if you know you know).
She beckoned them to sit in the seats in front of her desk and the two complied. Dylan introduced himself as Samantha's guardian. The principal was generally pleased. She gave a report of Samantha being a cheerful and friendly person with everyone she knew in the school; a genuinely loved person. Dylan was loving the report and this also managed to calm Samantha from the stress she was experiencing. Then came the career talk. At this point, Samantha was smiling. The principal smirked before saying," She wrote in the career form that she wants to be a game developer and i genuinely think that this is possible considering her coding skills and who her father is. I think she should pursue it."
She gave of the air of something being negative but spoke nothing of it. A good educator thought Dylan and that is why he asked," What info do you have something called the 'Tournament incident'?"
The air turned still. The principal's spectacles suddenly appeared to be covering her eyes in light since she lowered her face. She smirked even more. She said with a joyous tone," That incident in question entails how miss Samantha rampaged in the gaming arena after her opponent used hacking to defeat her. It was a fit of rage and she had no proof but thanks to the system manager, it was proven to be true. What is sad is what she did to that girl. She broke three of her front teeth and left her with a black eye. It was quite the sight."
Dylan looked at Samantha with a side eye that only an African mother can make. He then said," Thank you for this info. It really changes my plans for the better. No matter you never told me about the tournament," as he shook her hand and they left the office.
As soon as the two were outside the office, Dylan said," We are going to America tonight so i need you to pack. We are attending the release but you are coming as my plus one and not as rank fifteen. That is your punishment."
Samantha agreed and the two went home to pack their bags. That night, they were in the airport facing their company's private jet.