Chapter 6: March 16th 2012 - 1:13 PM - 3 PM


1:13 PM - Library

During lunchtime, Andrew headed to the library and went through the internet on one of the school computers; The boy was real keen to know what's happening to him, hoping to find answers on how is he making things move without touching them. The teenager finally saw something that caught his curiosity, a website paged titled

Telekinesis: Fact Or Fiction?

"Telekinesis?" Andrew questioned himself.

He clicks on the link as the website comes up to which Andrew can sees that the web page has images of people moving things without even the slightest touch of the object before the teenager reads a bit of the text from the page:

"Telekinesis, the ability to move objects within the sheer force of the individual's mind; although many had claim this phenomenal ability is nothing but pure work of fiction, there are numerous reports of people who had claims over such an ability that experiments have being rumored to study this psychokinetic power but as of recently, there are no supporting evidence to conclude that this phenomenal act exists which up to today marks this phenomenon as pseudoscience"

"This subject could have the answers I'm looking for" said Andrew.

Soon he starts looking up websites, images and videos involving telekinesis and other strange phenomenon powers that could hold the answer to what's going on with the troubled teenager. Andrew soon looks at one of the pens that was on the desk from where the computer was as he wanted to try something out.

"From what I have looked up, it seems that if I can think of moving the pen within my thoughts, it might trigger this strange power in me" Andrew thought to himself.

Andrew looked at the pen and within his thoughts, thinks about the pen being levitated in the air before too long, the item begins to start shaking a bit when suddenly it abruptly snapped in half, making the pen fall to the ground and staining the library carpet with ink. Freaking out quietly, Andrew shuts off the computer and leaves to look for some books on telekinesis and mystical subjects, he managed to find three books in particular before he goes to borrow them from the library and put them in his school bag


2 PM - Study Hall (Empty Classroom)

Andrew was doing his school work while looking at the books he borrowed as he wanted to know everything he could grasp on to see if he is becoming like those superheroes from those popular comics the other kids read and seen in movies today.

"Am I becoming like Superman, Wolverine, Spider Man or one of the super powered heroes?" Andrew asked to himself.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door as the young man quickly turns to see Steve leaning on the side of the door.

"Hey man" Steve greeted.

"Hey" Andrew softly greeted.

"You got free period too, huh?" Steve asked.

"Yep" Andrew nodded.

"Cool; mind I join in with you?" Steve kindly asked.

Andrew looked at Steve in confusion; why would the future school president want to hang out with a loser like Andrew? Wouldn't it look bad for Steve if anyone sees him with the runt of the school? But Andrew eventually just shrugged: "Join the club"

"Thanks" Steve thanked and sits beside Andrew.

He then notices the books that Andrew borrowed and said: "Telekinesis, huh? What are you working on with that?"

"Oh it's...nothing, just something to read when I'm finish my school work" Andrew replied.

"Right" Steve nodded. "Heard Bloated Bryan was a bitch to you today"

"Yeah..." Andrew slowly nodded.

"Don't worry about her; she's a bitch to me all the time, Saying stuff like use proper pronunciation stop writing the lazy way out and this and that; Sometimes you just wanna shove a dictionary in her fat-ass mouth to shut her up" Steve sighed.

"Don't we all" Andrew chuckled with Steve joining in the laugh.

"So Andrew, how are you doing lately?" Steve asked.

"Why do you want to know?" Andrew replied with another question.

"I don't know; I just want to be sure you're doing alright since yesterday. What those guys did yesterday was completely shitty" said Steve.

"You know me, Steve...I'm just the runt in the litter in this school" Andrew shrugged, looking down at his school work.

"Right because that's the way of our school. People like me are treated like royals and people like you just deserved to be treated like a fucking disease, you know what I think, Andrew? I think that status quo is nothing but a pile of shit anyway" Steve nodded, rolling his eyes a bit.

"You think so?" Andrew asked in a bit of hope that maybe someone could see Andrew for more than what people like Wayne labels him.

"Of course dude; I mean, look at me, I may be a celebrity here but that doesn't mean I have to be a dick to everyone like Matt or Wayne is; I can be slightly egotistical but I do have concerns and feelings for people" Steve replied.

"Wow, I never knew you would be like that" Andrew said in interest.

"Yeah well, most people don't know me until they actually get to know me" Steve chuckled.

"Like Matt?" Andrew pointed out.

"Ok yes, Matt and I are best friends but even I'm not friends with the assholes he's with" Steve replied.

"Right" Andrew nodded.

"Still, aren't you worried about people seeing you with me?" Andrew asked Steve.

"No and if they did, who gives a shit? I worried about myself and the people I wanted to care about" Steve shrugged, working on his school work.

Andrew said nothing else but continues on his school work, feeling somewhat confused yet a bit relaxed that someone like Steve isn't bothering or bullying him like the rest of the guys in his class but to be friends with the maybe-future school president? That's a laugh, no one wanted to be friends with Andrew since near the end of elementary school.

Steve soon notices the new camera in Andrew's bag and asked: "Hey, is that a new camera?"

"Y-Yeah, it is" Andrew timidly replied.

"Can I have a look?" Steve politely asked.

Andrew didn't really want anyone touching his stuff without them breaking it but he feels like he can trust Steve and not wanting to be rude to him, he got out the camera that Mr Wolfe gave him today as a present and hands it to Steve.

"Wow! A 2010 Panasonic Camcorder; Nice" Steve happily commented. "Who gave that to you?"

"Mr Wolfe gave it to me as a present for what happened yesterday with my old camera" Andrew answered the question.

"That's awesome! Well I think you deserve this camera, mate" Steve nodded.

"Thanks, I guess" Andrew chuckled.

"Hey Andrew; I just got a great thought in mind and maybe you could help me out with something" Steve said, moving his chair closer to Andrew.

"Like what?" Andrew asked.

"You see I'm trying to make a school presidential video for the school election since my opponent, Thomas Bradley, has already created one, thanks to his parents and since I cannot find anyone to do one for me, I was hoping you could help me out" Steve proposed.

"You want me to be your camera man?" Andrew questioned Steve.

"Yeah; I could use all the help I can get and I'm sure you know how to work the camera out by now right?" Steve said.

"Well I only got it today but...I don't know" Andrew responded, feeling unsure about this.

It would be nice to help out someone but the problem is that he might make Steve looks ridiculous or bad in front of his fans and the last thing he wants is to ruin someone's dream of becoming the school president or going into politics by screwing it up on accident.

"Come on Andrew, it'll be great; You could be my right hand man like George Washington and Alexander Hamilton" Steve encouraged the quiet teenager.

"You want me to be your servant?" Andrew asked in confusion.

"What?! Hell no!" Steve bursted out, laughing. "I'm asking you to be my camera man for the election"

Andrew looks down at his camera before he sees Steve pleading like a puppy, saying: "Come on, Andrew, Please, pretty please. buddy?"

"Alright, alright, I'll do it" Andrew chuckled, nodding.

"You will?!" Steve happily asked.

"I'll do it" Andrew accepted.

Steve then bro-hugs Andrew, much to his surprise before Steve replied: "Thanks Andrew, you're the best!"

"No worries" Andrew chuckled.

"You won't regret this, man; Trust me, you're going to be great" Steve assured before he got out his phone. "May I have your phone number?"

Andrew stares on before Steve adds: "Just so if I need you for the camera, I can message or phone you"

"Umm...sure" Andrew nodded before handing Steve his mobile phone which is a pretty old one, just a regular old mobile phone, not one of those flashy iPhones or something like that.

"That's an old mobile phone" Steve said as he dials his number on Andrew's phone and saves it on his contacts.

"Yeah I've had it for years, I only use it for family emergencies" Andrew replied, feeling embarrassed a bit about his crappy phone.

"That's OK, I'm not judging" Steve replied before Andrew saves his phone number on Steve's phone.

Suddenly the school bell rings before Steve then said: "Well thanks again, Andrew, I really appreciate it"

"You're welcome" Andrew replied.

"Take yourself now, OK?" Steve winked and leaves the room.

Andrew felt confused yet amazed that he and Steve had a normal conversation without Andrew getting hurt or bullied; soon he slumps back on the chair, nervously going over what he just accepted to do for Steve.

"Oh god! What have I gotten myself into? I'm going to screw this up, I just know it" Andrew worried to himself with his hands on the back of his head.


3 PM - Science Class

During science class, the students were packing up their school stuff before the bell rings as Cerin then said:

"Alright class, be sure to finish those assignments by the end of the week otherwise you'll be looking at going over the assignment all over again, no excuse"

Just as the class was about to walk off, Mr Wolfe then calls out:

"Before you all go; Matt Garetty, Wayne Allen, Sean Parker, Monica Dobson, Austin Damien and Fiona Beckins; Please remain in your seats, I wish to have a word with you before you all go, the rest of you, class dismissed"

While the rest of the class left, Matt and the gang uncomfortably sat back into their seats before Wayne points out:

"Sir, is this going to take long? We got football training at the football court in fifteen minutes"

"Yeah we got to practice for the finals" Austin spoke out.

"Frankly guys...I don't really care about the finals, alright, so do me a favor and just keep quiet or else this is not really going to end well with both of us" Mr Wolfe sternly started.

"Look, you can tell me all about what you got to say tomorrow, I gotta go" Wayne sighed as Matt watches on in confusion.

Mr Wolfe just glares at Wayne, thinking that he's above the teacher's law before Cerin slammed the door loudly in front of Wayne, making him jump before Cerin growled:

"Sit down"

"You can't use that tone on me, I have rights" Wayne argued.

"SIT DOWN!" Cerin yelled at the deluded football star.

Wayne frightfully and slowly backs away from Cerin before he sat back down on his seat to which Cerin glares on at the gang and snapped:

"Now you all listen to me and listen to me good; if any of you think that you were going to walk away from what happened yesterday; think again!"

The room was silent for a moment until Cerin softly yet angrily said:

"I want you all to know that what you all did yesterday was a really shitty thing you've all done; a really shitty thing"

Austin couldn't help but snickered at that before Cerin slammed his fist down angrily on the desk to shut Austin up before he growled:

"You first beat Andrew up because you thought he cost you the game when it was actually no one's fault then you threw tampons at Andrew when he was injured and then you filled up his locker with the same tampons to make him look like a fool?! You know what?! Enough is enough! I've had it with you all!"

"For the last two years with you guys in Senior High, every day you all tease and bully Andrew Detmer for stupid and selfish motives and quite frankly now, I've had it with you lot! You hear me?! I am up to my last nerve with all of you!"

Matt looks down, starting to understand what Mr Wolfe was on about and the guilt in him was rapidly growing to the fact that Steve and Casey were right.

"Do you guys ever stop to think that Andrew Detmer has feelings like you do?"

As usual, the gang was still silent before Cerin raised his voice angrily at them:

"Do anyone of you have ever stop to think of that in your thick heads?! Well?! Let me ask you all this, what the hell did Andrew ever done to you that makes you think he deserved every single abusive crap you lot all pull on everyday, making him feel dead inside more and more than ever?! Huh?! Did he insult you?! Did he punch you? Did he spread a bad rumor about you?! Well?!"

The girls stared on quietly, not sure of what to say if they should agree or disagree with Cerin while Wayne sternly looked away from the teacher; Matt, however, felt the urge to speak up to show Mr Wolfe his guilt and honestly but was stopped and remained quiet when Cerin just viciously scoffed

"No, of course not; why do I even bother asking? It's like you all have no sympathy or guilt for what you all did on Andrew what so ever and that really makes my blood boil. You all make me sick"

The gang just looked at one another; still silent like statues until Mr Wolfe sternly said:

"Oh I get it now...You all reckon Andrew deserved what happened yesterday because you think he's cost your precious game and the fact he's the so called ugly runt of your school chain right?"

Sean and Austin snickered at this which was stopped by Cerin's cold glare before he adds:

"Well guess what, you are all ugly runts too"

The gang felt very uncomfortable and a little hurt at that comment while Wayne was getting really aggravated as he doesn't want to listen to this.

"The way you hurt Andrew yesterday, you all just shown the school how ugly and vile each one of you really are; you're all just pathetic" Cerin sternly said.

"You have no right to say that to us! This is verbal abuse!" Wayne angrily exclaimed as he got up from his seat

Mr Wolfe goes directly face to face at Wayne furiously and snapped:

"Shut up! You are enough trouble as it is so for once in your life, Shut your mouth this instant!"

Wayne glared on at the teacher but knew he has no power over him as he slowly sat back down before Mr Cerin then snapped to the gang:

"You guys are nearly graduating from school and you are all acting like five year olds; No! I take that back, even five year olds are not that cruel or disgusting like you people are. You are so disobedient in class, you lack any sympathy or remorse to those you hurt and you are so self-egotistical that you don't deserve to be graduating at all and that's my opinion and I'm sure there's a lot of people in this school even the principal can agree with me on that"

Cerin looks at Matt, knowing that in spite of what he said, even he can admit that Matt is somewhat of a good person, by far he is one of the best students in his class, it saddens Cerin to think on why Matt acts like a jerk with the gang on his own cousin.

"Now my idea of the punishment for that horrible crap you all did to Andrew yesterday was to have you all repeat this term next year which means you will be suspended for the remaining of the final term this year"

The gang each exclaimed out in alarm and panic before Matt nervously asked:

"But what about graduation?"

"And university?" Monica added.

"And prom?!" Fiona cried out.

"The finals?" Wayne snapped.

"Well then you all will miss out because if you're repeating the term next year then there's no prom or graduation, you'll be out of the team for the finals and even your admission for college will be rejected and you will be banned from that university permanently" Cerin replied.

"This is bullshit!" Austin angrily yelled.

"Mind your language, Mister Damien" Cerin snapped.

"This is not fair" Sean cried out.

"Fair, Sean? I'll tell you what's not fair...What's not fair is all of you are abusing and humiliating a student in your class who did no harm or anything to you lot to deserve what you all have done to him" Cerin angrily replied.

"So you really gonna make us repeat this term next year just like that?!" Wayne angrily demanded.

"Oh how I wish I can" Cerin grunted out in annoyance.

The gang looks on in confusion before Cerin adds: "Unfortunately the principal thinks my suggestion was too harsh, though I doubt he has the slightest idea on just how horrible what you all did was... So my punishment for you all, instead, will be two weeks after school detention"

The gang, except Matt, sighed in relief as the teacher then smirks at the gang and added:

"Still...There is one little catch; it will be my detention"

"What?" Monica and Fiona both asked as the rest of the gang didn't like the sound of that.

"Yes, you heard me! That's one hour every day at home class, starting next Monday. While in my detention, you will all be catching up on every school work you failed to hand in or haven't finish and go through all of that for the next two weeks; For those who have catched up, I will giving you a lot of paper and have you copied down on the whiteboard for the remaining of the detention and trust me, I will not go easy on you with this" Mr Wolfe sternly explained to the gang.

"But we'll miss out training for finals in two weeks!" Wayne argued.

"And we have prom committee meeting!" Monica complained.

"Not my problem" Cerin firmly shook his head.

"Well tough for you then, I won't come" Wayne scoffed.

"That's up to you Wayne and that goes for all of you as well but know this; punishment for skipping detention without a proper permission slip followed by a confirmation call from your parents, is that you will be repeating a term next year, no excuse...Understand?" Cerin replied.

"Yes sir" The gang minus Wayne nodded.

"And know this for anyone who has being applied by universities, those who also failed to serve the detention periods will have their admission forms rejected and banned from the universities permanently" Cerin pointed out.

"Are you kidding me? You can't do this to us!" Wayne cried out.

"Yes I can and I will!" Cerin remarked at the teenager.

"I'll report you to the principal's office, you'll never get another job teaching again!" Wayne threatened.

"Go ahead, complain to him unless you want him to suspend you for reporting a teacher who's only following the rules by Mr Marshall himself" Cerin crossed his arms with a serious glare at the troubled student.

Wayne just slumps down on his seat, defeated as Cerin continued:

"Your parents already know about this and they accepted me to do this to you because life isn't a game, kids, it's all about choices and consequences. It's time you all face life the way it has being for so long...Welcome to reality ladies and gentlemen!"

"I'm gonna get that son of a bitch" Wayne grumbled as he urges to go and beat the stuffing out of Andrew as he, of course, deludedly blames Detmer for getting him in detention like a self-egotical wanker he is in life.

Cerin heard Wayne's grumbling before he cleared his throat and sternly warned:

"And one more thing...Don't even think about confronting Andrew for this because the principal and I have got the whole school security to be watching you directly and if we hear from or even see you lot abusing or even bullying Andrew because of your punishment...You will deal with me again and trust me...I will not be easy on you as I was here, Understand?"

"Yes sir" The gang replied.

"Good..." Mr Wolfe nodded and opens the door and adds: "Now get out of here and think about what we said"

As the gang left one by one, Wayne then glared at the teacher before storms off the room while Matt looks at the teacher and said:

"Mr Wolfe...about Andrew"

"Yes?" Mr Wolfe cleared his throat.

"Look...I know what I did was wrong but I never meant any harm in it" Matt replied.

Cerin just sighs out in frustration as he sternly replies: "That still doesn't make it right, Matt, Not with me and especially not with Andrew"

"I just thought-!" Matt began.

"You thought what? That maybe Andrew should just stay out of your way and your friends way so you wouldn't be embarrassed by him every day like I see you with him?" Cerin scolded Matt.

"I'm not embarrassed by Andrew" Matt denied.

"Don't argue with me, Matt; you would rather just avoid Andrew and let him be kicked around till he couldn't move because you don't wanna lose your so-called friends" Cerin shook his head.

"Yes I should've helped Andrew back there but I only said that Andrew just needed to take care of himself, I'm not his carer!" Matt argued.

"I'm not saying he is your responsibility" Cerin sighed before he looks at Matt and said: "What I am saying is that you could've helped him instead of just standing there, throwing tampons at Andrew with the others and letting him suffer...I wouldn't do that to my own friends even my own family members"

The two remained silence before Cerin said: "Matt, you're a good student but lately you're becoming a nerve to me because I am just about it had it with you lot; you would rather hang out with jerks like Wayne and let him hurt your cousin all the time? I mean really, Matt, what has gotten into you? You were a good student, why are you doing this?!"

"I just..." Matt started, not sure on what to say to make thing feel better for both of them. Sure Andrew could've taken care of himself but Matt was no better than letting his own cousin getting beat up and bullied by his friends and not doing anything about it.

But how can he tell that if he is right or wrong lately since that day?

"You just what? Why would you even bother doing such a thing to your own cousin? What are you so embarrassed of from him?!"

"I just reckon Andrew needs to grow up and stop being so...so...!" Matt snapped.

"So...what? Miserable? Distant? Outcasted? Well who's fault is that, Matt? Is it Andrew's fault or is it you and your friends that made him like that?" Cerin calmly yet firmly asked.

Matt is eventually getting the full idea on how Andrew truly felt that day and realises the damage that Matt did to Andrew more than Wayne and the others had done over the years.

"I suggest you go now, Matt and I advice you have a long thought of all of this OK?" Cerin replied.

Matt just nodded and left the room quietly before he sees Wayne and the gang together, arguing about the results of their punishment.

"He cannot do this to us! If we all stick together, we can get out of this shit" Wayne snapped.

"Matt, what do you say about this?" Sean asked.

"Yeah come on, Matt, stick with us and we can do something about this" Wayne said to Matt.

"Just stop it, Wayne" Matt sighed.

"What? Are you kidding me?! Matt, we can't let him do this to us! The football team depends on us-!" Wayne exclaimed in disbelief.

"Shut up Wayne! Just shut up! Not everything is about you and the fucking finals!" Matt angrily snapped at Wayne and storms off.

"What the fuck, Matt?!" Wayne yelled back as the gang watches Matt leaving the school.


What happens next?

Stay tuned to find out!