Late

School starts at 8 a.m.I got out of the house at 7.35 a.m for school, absolutely sure that I would be very late for school.

As we zoomed through the light morning traffic near my house I thought maybe I wouldn't be that late.Maybe I'd be just in time.

Who was I kidding?The worst was yet to come.

Pretty close to school,I found myself stuck in a massive traffic jam.I was pretty used to that because I usually was this late.But little did I know that that day would be like no other.

At around 7.50 a.m. I was stuck at the end of a never ending row of cars.I was still calm,having been in a such a situation many times previously.

7.55..........7.56..................7.57..............

I was still stuck in that jam.Slowly I started to panic.My father(who takes me to school)tried to tell me that I had a lot of time left.But I was no one to listen to others at this time.My father(after a lot of coaxing) and I jumped out of the car and started our walk to school.Though it was pretty close to school,when you're walking it doesn't seem so close.

After what felt like forever I reached the gates of my school.Breathing a sigh of relief,I glanced at my watch.8.02 a.m.! I was late and now I would be late for morning assembly.Walking at the speed of light I rushed into school.The sight that met my eyes made me feel more frustrated than I've ever felt.I saw a few girls walking about here and there, a few others ambling along to the assembly hall and many others coming in late just like me.But I still had the long walk from the back gate to the front gate.

I started walking briskly to class(which happened to be on the floor above the hall).

Passing by it,I stole a glance into the hall.I saw a few girls there standing around and talking.

Puzzled,I looked at my watch.8.05 a.m,time for assembly!Feeling utterly confused,I climbed the two flights of stairs to my classroom,breathless and sweaty.

My friends stared at me as if I were demented.

"What time is it?" I asked one of my friends.

"It's just 8 o'clock!"she replied.

The world came crashing down as these words reached my ears and the realization struck me that I wasn't actually late and I had uselessly walked like a speeding train the whole distance to school.

Furious,I went down for assembly,sweating buckets and promising myself that from the next time I would trust my father's watch and not mine.