Between The Two

Chapter 18

Paige POV

"Hey! Where's your eyes, loser?" Kate is dusting her left shoulder, where she had hit me.

"Hello? You're the one who bumped onto me okay?" I snapped.

"Whatever, moron. Say sorry now." Who the hell you think you are, witch?

"Excuse me?"

"Say sorry now to me or-"

"Or what? Kate, right? Look, I'm not scared of you okay? Do whatever you want to me. I don't give a damn about you. Move." Seriously, she is not even the queen bee in school still she acts like one. Please, get a life! So pathetic, really.

"Whatever your name is, i know you work in that cafe. I can tell your boss to fire you. My parents have the authority to do that." Eeee so arrogant!

"You think by the way you threatened me, can make me say sorry to you? In your dreams, witch." Deep down, i really don't want to lose my job.

She looked so pissed and about to raise her hand when Dylan grabbed it before she can even slapped me. Thanks again, Dylan.

"What's wrong with you, Kate?" Dylan turned her around.

"Sorry,Paige." He said to me. Why are you the one saying sorry, Dylan?

"That girl knocked onto me, without saying sorry, baby. See, there's a red mark here." Ew, so exaggerating.

"It's just an accident okay, babe? Just ignore her." I heard Dylan comfort Kate. I rolled my eyes.

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The following week, during math class, we received our quizzes.

"Top for this quiz is Paige and Dylan. Good job." Ms Jenny praises. I feel like it's the first time in my life getting a praise from a teacher. It feels so good to hear. I know i don't deserves this but well...

Every math class tests or quizzes, this is what I've been doing — copying answers from Dylan. I don't understand why he doesn't mind about that. I mean, if im in Dylan's shoe, i would get really annoyed.

Ms Jenny is proud of me for always being the top in class for math. Wait till you find out, Ms Jenny. I thought to myself.

I understand that i should not be taking advantage of Dylan. Dylan is too sincere. He has helped me a lot. I actually found out that he purposely find his way to get into a detention just to protect me from getting bullied. How sweet of him!

I have been suffering for 5 months now in school. I can't cope with all the demanding work. It is so stressful! I'm at the verge of giving up. Working at cafe wise, I've been OT a lot lately. Coming back home around 1 am in the morning and had to wake up at 7am for school, how tiring can that be?

Next thing i know is, im having mid exams soon. I have not yet prepared anything. Don't talk about studying. I've been enjoying myself all this while and i don't have time to study. I can't flunk my mid exams. I don't want to disappoint my parents. Especially my dad.

My dad has been working all out for the past few years. Very seldom to see his face at home. We rarely had dinner together. He always have to be out stationed. Nonetheless, he never forgets about my studies. I had to tell white lies about my academic. I don't want to make him worry.

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As i already mentioned, mid exams are coming soon. What i meant by soon is next week. Right, ladies and gentlemen, next week is my mid exams and here i am playing game in my phone. What game? You may ask. It's 2048. I cant deny the fact that im actually really good in this. So ironic right? I hate math but i love the 2048 game.

I decided to put away my phone and took out my biology textbook. I had memorized every single thing in this book by heart. All definitions are already on my fingertips.

I put away my biology textbook and took out my math textbook. Surprisingly, it is so clean like i had just bought it from a book shop just now. I tried so hard understanding the first chapter. Nothing literally goes into my brain. I had to read a sentence million times to understand what does it even mean. Yes, that is how bad i am in math.

I gave up. I will not study math ever again. I hate math. Period.