Marley, like most students in the class, was practically asleep with boredom. The teacher's dreary voice was droning on in an almost hypnotic way.
'Jake? Can you answer question three.' The teacher asked, finally noticing how uninterested everyone was. Marley lazily turned around and saw a boy, sitting in deep thought. It was almost like he was struggling with the easy maths question.
Eventually he stood up, kicked his chair over in frustration, then after mumbling something about 'Maths being stupid' he stormed out of the room. This was the first time Marley noticed Jake but definitely not the last.