Chapter 2…
Justin walked indoors and slammed the door behind him. His mother was in the kitchen, cooking dinner.
"Did you get the results?" his mother asked. Justin slammed the scores on the dinner table. Justin took a seat at the table. His mother quickly glanced at the sheet and smiled at Justin, "Well congratulations".
Justin quickly snapped back, "You say that as if it's a good thing"
"Well isn't it?"
"You try being a teenager that's about to face the real world… and see how you feel…"
"But you've got one major gift… your brains"
"Is it a gift or a curse!" Justin was now on his feet yelling.
"Why would you think of it as a curse," Even though Justin was angry… he still couldn't help but admire his mother's calmness.
"Do you have any idea how it feels to walk around a campus where every one is at least 2 years older than you? And you are still smarter than all of them there? Well, I feel REALLY odd… why couldn't I have just stayed w/ my age group? I might've been bored in class… but at least I wouldn't be bored at any other time! In college, I'm bored all the time. Nobody talks to me because I don't share that same level of intellect. And that's the truth… I may have brains but I don't have the maturity. People of my age only have to deal with grades and tests, while I'm going to have to find a job and pay taxes… does that seem fair!"
The lights in the room began to flicker. Justin's mother took no heed, "Justin, the level of knowledge that you have is something that almost everyone else would die to gain."
"WELL LET THEM HAVE IT!" As soon as Justin exclaimed this, he felt a sharp pain in the head. He moaned, "oh god… not again". Justin collapsed on the chair behind him holding his head in agony.
"Justin! Are you okay?" Justin's mother began to approach her son in pain when the kitchen light above her suddenly went dark. Justin's headache also seemed to go away at that moment. All that was left was numbness. Justin's mother looked at the light and said, "Well, that light looked like it was about to go. Oh well, looks like I'll have to ask your father to get another one." She looked back at Justin whose eyes were still closed. "Are you okay?"
Justin opened his eyes, "Yeah, just another migraine."
His mother looked worried, "That's the 4th one you've had this week, are you sure you're not coming down with something? I can call Dr. Ripkin and schedule an appointment."
"NO, that's okay. I think I'll take some aspirin and get some rest." Justin went to the medicine cabinet and took the last bottle of aspirin out. Wow… I've already have 2 bottles this month, thought Justin.
He took the tablets with a glass of water. He threw the bottle away, walked down the hall, into his room and the door slammed shut behind him...