Unforgivable

Hell Have Mercy

History just started and the teacher was nagging everyone about a project.

"Luke listen please," Mrs. Torrez said. Luke was 3 seats away from me. He and his friends always sat there and always got attention. Luke would always have his hair brushed over one eye like me but people thought it was good on him. It was though.

He must have caught me staring because him, his girlfriend, and Simon were glaring at me. I looked away and thought about what it would be like to run my fingers-

Shit, I mentally slapped myself for thinking that. Why would an abused loser like me want anything to do with a hot, popular, not to mention man whore, like him.

I tried to focus back on what we were learning now although I didn't really care. All I wanted was to bolt out of here and never look back, but I had science next. I couldn't ditch science, could I?

"Marco would you please answer the question," Mrs. Torez said dryly. I don't know why the teachers pick me. Even if I could answer the question, I don't know the answer. I stopped paying attention in History around the 5th grade. These teachers ask too much of me.

"True Mrs. T," one of the nerds said. I looked at the board and saw In 1963, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. I am very confused but I'm just here for the bell to go home.

"Thank you, Kyle, but I believe I asked Marco," she stated.

"Sorry ma'am," Kyle, I believe, apologized. The teacher sighed looking at me making a glare clearly visible on her face. After a while of that, she continued her lesson and I continued looking at the cars outside the window.

I looked up noticing a paper on my desk. I read and balled it up getting ready to throw it away before Mrs. Torez came over and snatched it out of my hands.

"Well Mr. Waters quiet the contradictory I believe you are the," she paused clearing her throat and holding the paper up so she could read it, "loser who will never mean anything to anyone or anything, because you mean nothing to me," she said taking the paper down on the last bit of her sentence. Kids snickered but I ignored them. The bell rang, finally, and everyone tried to bolt but Luke and I got called to stay back. Luke groaned and I sighed.

"Mr. Waters bullying is not tolerated here," she started.

"It wasn't-"

She cut him off, "I grade everyone's papers and deal with your children every day I know you and your handwriting,"

"Ask him yourself," he said acknowledging me.

"Well," I shook my head 'no' and looked at the clock. I was going to be late for Science. We were going to the laboratory today.

"You two will be paired as partners for the project and I want to see both of you two working on it," she said as if it was nothing. She is trying to get me killed she has to be, I thought. We looked at each other and he laughed.

"He doesn't even talk, plus I already have a partner," he said proudly.

"And that would be?" She asked. I glanced at the clock again.

"Stephanie," he answered in a duh tone.

"Well she's an attractive girl I'm sure she can get another partner," she fought back sighing miserably.

"How would you know who's attractive and who's not?" he said trying to get her to forget about our situation, most likely.

"I ask, Marco do you think Stephanie is attractive?" she turned to me. Shit, I am in deep shit.

"He's gay he wouldn't know," Luke said with venom and darts coming out of his eyes.

"Enough," Mrs. Torez said taking the tension away. "You will come here after both your last classes and work on the project together, when I trust you, you will go to each others house,"

I glanced at the clock and back down to my feet feeling a pair of eyes on me. It wasn't the teachers, she was by the window speaking, "And to make sure you don't do anything stupid Lacy will also be joining the group," she finished. At least I would have someone by my side, I thought.

"Dismissed," she said satisfied. Shit.