Crossing paths

New ally

Entrance exams were in two days. Get expelled or not, I had to take those exams.

So I better pour a bit of my energy to motivate myself and show my parents, I'm capable of getting higher scores.

All of us are so used to my average results, it's helpless. I don't want to let my parents down, by not showing interest in my studies, so I'm fully motivated to change this.

I'm definitely not acting like myself, recently. I don't know if I should be worried or pleased about it.

But for now, I need to devote myself to studying. I should study all the time I have free for studying. No, I should study even if I don't have the time to. I want to make it to the top ranked students.

I just thought all of this to myself, while walking to school. As of right now, I'm just trying my best to enjoy myself and the environment surrounding me.

Mornings were now quieter. It was still dark outside. Most of the leaves from the trees have already fallen down to the ground. It was colder. When I exhaled, a white puff came out of my mouth. There were clouds taking up the whole sky. Dark clouds. Probably rainy clouds, though I hoped they were snowy. The trees are probably cold now. I wish there was snow for them to cover them up and keep them warm...

As if snow could keep them warm...

I felt like that too. Either way I would be cold. I would be alone. With or without snow. It's all the same.

...

I finally got to school. I wasn't as early as I am basically. I probably tried to avoid people asking me why I skipped class yesterday. Or probably why I skipped it with that shithead as well. It's all too suspicious.

Though from what I've assumed now, they'll probably be able to put together one thing with another and figure it out as quickly. But I didn't care at all anymore. All I could care about are my studies.

And now that I've mentioned studies, I better get my ass seated and study as much as I can.

First exam was math, as well as today's first period, so I searched in my backpack for my maths workbook.

I was looking at some equations, while more and more people started grouping in the homeroom. I couldn't look away to see who was entering. My head was glued to the book in front of me.

"I don't get this part." I murmured quietly to myself.

"Which one?" A voice whispered near me.

I jumped. "Oh gosh, Jack it was you." This guy scared me to death!

"Sorry, did I startle you?" He said as he scratched the back of his head, smiling sweetly.

"It's fine." I replied back.

"I'm just pretty good at maths, you see, so I wanted to help." He added.

"Really? Then I would gladly accept the help." I said and he laughed cheerfully, which made me laugh a bit as well. Even if it was just an awkward laugh.

"Great! Just show me the equation." He said and I showed it to him.

A player or not, the boy was pretty decent. He was fun, smart and understanding. He actually explained it very well. I really learned how to solve this.

Jack was light-headed and calm. I see why he's so popular around either, boys and girls. He was part of every friend group and was friends with everyone. Even with Mr Grumpy, to my surprise.

Maybe, he wasn't a player in the first place. He just had a lot of girls around him to like him. And that's difficult, so... It's understandable, why may people see him the wrong way or misunderstand.