Chapter II [Jack]

"What, I failed?" I yelled when I saw my score handed to me.

"Well serves you right, loser!" I heard some kids call from behind me. I banged my head on the desk, harder than I meant to. Everyone was so cruel, and I didn't understand why. I'd never done anything to them, so why did they tease and cast me out all the time? And then I failed the graduation exam.

"Yes Jack, you failed. And that puts you in detention tonight." Our teacher said with a smirk on his face. I heard some more people giggle and tease from somewhere else in the classroom, but I didn't care. All I could focus on was the red score on the lime green piece of paper handed back to me. It read 9/150. I was devastated at how badly I'd done. I saw Hinata Pelt, a beautiful girl with raven black hair and bold green eyes pass the exam, and Atashi Fevern, the kid that hated me the most, passed with the highest score once again. The rest of the day was a blur, with classes that focused on running through various parts of the exam slipping past as I thought about how badly I'd done.

In detention, the sun was setting. I stared out of the window I was next to. Without even realising it, I began to go through everything I'd ever done. I remembered being in the top percentage of students in our primary school, but still no one acknowledged me, and I was put out. After that, my scores got lower and lower, and I became a failure. Everyone laughed at me, and made fun of me. I was beaten up on a regular basis, often two or three times a day, depending on the other kids moods. Then I remember seeing Hinata for the first time ever, and I was shocked at her beauty and her apparent friendliness. I had thought that maybe she would accept me and be my first friend, but I was wrong. She cast me away like everyone else had, punching me whenever I tried to talk to her. I sighed. Perhaps it was because I failed so much that she disliked me. Maybe, just maybe if I improved my scores she would acknowledge me.

Then I saw her, on the playground, talking to some guy I'd never seen before. I watched them, since there was nothing better to do. Soon the mysterious guy turned away quickly, like he was frustrated and stormed off. Hinata looked put out, and she stood there for a minute, before she turned away and left the grounds too.

Not long after, I was able to leave and go home. I slunk through the door, dragging my feet across the floor to my bed. I fell onto it, welcoming the support beneath me, and shut my eyes. I cried for a while before sleep took over my body.