One Week Later...

Chase was still going through this. He was still getting tormented at school, online, and even at home by his siblings. Everyday he succeed in hiding the outcome from the beatings at school. His parents had meant to talk to him, but they didn't know what to say. Did they know what was happening? No. His siblings didn't know either. Nobody knew. And Chase wanted to keep it that way.

"Hey Myra!" Chase called as soon as he saw her.

"Hey Chase! I was wondering if you wanted to go get some ice cream after school?"

"Sure. Also I've been trying to talk to you on Chatters. Why won't you reply?"

"Oh, sorry about that. My parents took my phone away last week."

"Oh. Um, what day?"

"Uh, Tuesday before school? Why you ask?"

"Just curious." So she hasn't seen the video...

"Okay... Uh-oh, it's almost time for class, I better go. So I'll meet you after school?"

"Yeah, bye bye MyMy."

Myra groaned, making Chase laugh a little. "Bye Chase."

Chase was in science class, where everybody seemed to pay no attention at all. The only time everyone would actually shut up is when the teacher would show a video from YouTube. And it was one of those times.

"Class, I have this video to show you. I think you'll enjoy it."

Chase paid attention, as always, but everyone seemed to be doing something else even with the video on. Chase already knew all the information, but enjoyed it nontheless because it was a song. 'The Periodic Table Song' to be exact. But he was curious on what everyone else was doing.

Everyone was passing a paper around and writing something in it, but he couldn't see what it said. Everyone blocked his view with their hand or something like that. He didn't want to use his super senses, he didn't feel like it, to be honest. The weird thing was nobody passed it to him. He shook it off as nothing.

The video ended. "Okay class, your assignment for today is to write down as many elements as you can. Use the song to help you." Several groans. But Chase would get a perfect score, he did have super intelligence, after all.

When class ended, Chase grabbed his backpack. He noticed a paper in the side pocket, and everyone was staring at him. Thanks to his curiousity, he grabbed the paper and opened it, causing everyone to laugh. Chase looked at it and his heart dropped.

The paper had his name in the middle and a circle around it. Around the paper were words and phrases. All hurtful.

Nerd

Geek

Loser

Stupid clothes

Annoying

No life

Moron

Chase pushed past everyone and stormed out of the room, but someone grabbed him and threw him to the ground. More laughter. Chase got up and ran to the boys bathroom, ignoring the laughter behind him. He locked himself into one of the stalls and slumped down to the ground. He sobbed, ripping the paper up. He took out his pocket knife.

"Hey Chase!" Myra yelled when she saw Chase come out of the school.

"Hi Myra."

"I've been waiting for 15 minutes... what happened?"

"Oh, um, I just had to call my parents to tell them I was going out for ice cream with you..."

"Okay then... Let's go!"

Chase and Myra went to the park and sat in the beautiful field, eating their ice cream. Myra started a conversation.

"So... how was school? I wish we had classes together."

"It was... good. But let's not talk about that. So... when are you going to get your phone back?"

"Oh, I'm getting it back on..." Myra trailed off when she saw Chase's arm.

"Did i just see red scratches on his arm? And is his jacket just the slightest hint of... red?"

"Well, when are you going to get it back?"

Myra didn't answer. She gently grabbed Chase's arm and pulled up his sleeve. It was Chase who gasped, not Myra, but she wanted to. But she held back. She wanted to ask him why, she wanted answers. But she decided that wasn't the best thing to do right now.

"M-Myra..." Chase voice cracked.

"Shh..." Myra said softly. She lifted Chase's arm a bit, traced the scars with her fingers, and lightly kissed them. "It's going to be okay." She whispered.

I hope you enjoyed! The Periodic Table Song is by 'AsapSCIENCE' on youtube. I was listening to that while typing this up, hehe.

Also, I got the people passing around and writing on the paper in class idea from a YouTube video I watched. What I used in my story isn't exactly what happened in the video, I changed it up a bit. The video is titled 'Speak Up (Anti-Bullying Short Film 2011)' It's a very good video. Well, see you the next chapter!