More than just the last official day...

Today was the last official day for our XIIths and Xths, but it was also so much more - some students (unfortunately, we aren't sure if it was an individual or a gang) decided to send off the departing students with a bang...literally! During the 4th period, about half-way through, a really loud "bang" (more like a "BOOM", actually lol) was heard by most classes (surprisingly, none of the 12th Std. students heard this, we're not sure if they're keeping something from us, but anyways). I (my class) was having an English period, being taken by Mrs. Seema Ramesh(aka Seema Ma'am), when we heard the "disturbance" (an understatement). A few students decided to take a look, but were told to return to their places by Ma'am. However, when the bell rang (signalling the solitary break), almost everyone had to find out the source of the noise. At about the same time, the 12ths were having their class photos taken, and all the senior teachers were in front of the lobby (in front of the building) when the explosion occured. I don't mean to sound like there was a terrorist attack or anything, but it was a pretty loud noise.
As it turned out, someone had set off a firecracker (later, this was shown to be a "rassi" bomb) in the Boys' Toilet on the first floor, and run away, thus creating a major disturbance. The Prefectorial Board were summoned almost immediately, and began a "bag-check" (kindly note the sarcasm) of all the classes from 9 to 12 (actually, whether the bags in Class XII were checked or not is unknown to us). I personally feel the bag-checks aren't very effective, and a point to be noted is that the Prefects don't actually check your person, only your bag... This is probably why no one was apprehended.
A list of suspects was made (no physical list, but the possible miscreants were considered), and they were called one-by-one to the Chem Lab, where Radha Ma'am and the Prefectorial Board grilled them (of course, I'm only kidding about the grilling). A group of VIIth Std. students who claim to have been "witnesses" to this very *grave* crime were also in the lab. These "witnesses", who were probably just random students who came for the heck of it, were asked to identify the people they had seen near the toilet, shortly before and after the incident. The list of suspects also includes yours truly. Of course, I was immediately cleared of all charges (even had an emergency witness, just in case, Seema Ma'am). Among the other interrogated students were Krish Chopra, Ankit and Aashish from XI B. Why these poor students were put through that is beyond me, because IMO, there is no way these particular students could have committed such an offence (requiring so much skill and confidence lol). In the end, to the best of our knowledge, no one was actually proved to be the culprit. Moving on...
As expected, the 12th-ees spent the whole day (well, most of it) signing each others' shirts and filling up slam books, taking numerous photos of their favourite hang-outs, etc. etc. You guys will be missed, please keep in touch, and post comments here for us to read. And when the forum is finished, do join up and correspond.
Sorry for branching out so much today, but there was just so much to write that I couldn't stop. But that's literary license, isn't it?