Everyone sat in their seats, bored out of their minds as they listened the presentations of their peers. A very exhausted Chelsea stood at the front of the class with Justin, who didn't look too well either. Getting together after school to work was no longer an option, since Chelsea decided to make as little contact with him as possible. Both of their grades were on the line, but neither of them seemed to care anymore. They'd already lost it.

"Our topic was the dinosaur," Justin said, half-heartedly at best. "Long story short, they were big, lived for a while and then got themselves extinct." He looked over at Mr. Petruccelli. "So, can I have my F now or later?"

The teacher sighed and began to record their mark as he shook his head. Students sitting close enough could vaguely hear his tsk tsk tsking, a blatant sign of disapproval.

"Here's a model of a dinosaur," Chelsea said very unenthusiastically. She stuck her hand out, revealing a small rubbery dinosaur. Mr. Petruccelli had to stand up and take it into his own hands in order to see it clearly.

"You didn't make this! This is one of those toys you put in water and they expand."

"Well I made it expand," Chelsea said.

"Chelsea, you're an artist. I expected more. I'm very disappointed in you. The both of you," He turned his head to Justin as he said that. "Just take your seats. I'll talk to you after class."

"Ooh," said a few students in the class simultaneously.

"Oh, grow up," Petruccelli yelled. "Alright, next we have Raven and Bill." He took a seat again. A few students laughed. Ben didn't bother to correct him that time.

As she walked up to the front, she accidentally brushed up against Chelsea's shoulder. For a moment, they made eye contact, but Raven broke it and kept walking.

Unfortunately for her and Ben, the same thing that had happened with Justin and Chelsea happened to them. After the day with the bullies— the whole finding out why she was really going out with him, talking to Raven was understandably uncomfortable. They barely spoke a word to each other since.

"Um, our assignment w…was on butterflies…." He began nervously.

"Sturky, you stink!" one of the kids yelled out.

Ben paused for a moment. Raven looked at him and motioned for him to keep going. Red-faced, he continued. "Butterflies are…"

"Shower," Muffy, one of Alana's lackeys tried to hide within a cough.

"You may look different, but you'll always be Stinky Sturky," said Shane. "Take a shower!"

"Alright, that's enough!" Mr. Petruccelli said as he stood up again and slammed his hands on his desk.

"Take a shower! Take a shower!" Collin began to lead the class in a chant."

"Shut up!" Ben yelled.

"Take a shower! Take a shower. Take a shower…" more people started to join in. The only ones who didn't were Raven, Eddie, Chelsea, Piper, and Rachel. They all looked at each other, all thinking the same thing: 'This is bad!'

"Shut up!" Ben yelled again.

The class was a complete circus. Mr. Petruccelli, as hard as he tried, couldn't get the kids under control.

"Stop it! Stop it right now! Leave Bill alone," he demanded.

At that point, Ben's eyes widened and he turned to the teacher. "For the love of god, it's Ben! Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben! Why is that so hard for you to understand?"

He picked up the nearest desk and smashed it against the chalkboard. The sound made Raven jump and back away. It also caused everyone to stop. "You were my favorite teacher. While all these people went around badmouthing you after the bell, I actually respected you. I respected you and you couldn't even get my damn name right? Well fuck you!" Ben used both hands to give him the finger.

"You, Sir, are out of line," said Mr. Petruccelli.

Ben rolled his eyes at the statement. "Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm out of line. I'm out of order. There's always something wrong with me. I do my best and it still isn't good enough for you people. Well, I'm sick of it! I'm sick of all of you!"

Ben made his way to the back of the class room. He picked up another empty desk, but this time, threw it out the window. All the kids in the class stood up in fear.

"What is he doing?" asked Eddie.

Slowly, Ben put one foot up on the ledge and then another.

Raven carefully approached him. "Ben, Listen to me. Get down from there. You can't do this to yourself. You can't do this to us!"

The tears began to fall. "You guys? You guys care about me?"

"We do," Raven said on behalf of her classmates. She turned around and looked at them. They all nodded in agreement.

"Ben…Bro, it was a joke. We didn't mean it," said Shane.

"Bro? Oh, so I'm suddenly related to you now? All I have to do is stand a few hundred feet away from death and we're bros? It's not that simple. Don't you guys get that it's not that friggin' simple?"

"Ben just calm down," Raven said.

He completely ignored her. "I really wish that you did. I really wish that you guys just gave me a chance from the start. Maybe this could have been avoided," he said, pushing himself away from the window…away from the school he hated and the people inside.

For a moment, he felt as if he were weightless —flying, almost, like the butterflies he tried to research. All the problems in his life got further and further away with every inch he fell. For once, he felt total contentment. Contentment, of course, until his head met with the pavement.

…and then there was nothing…