Possibility

Chapter 2 - Maths and friends

I groaned in annoyance as I let the pencil fall from my fingers and onto the math book laid in front of me on the desk. I had tried to solve the same math problem for the last 30 minutes, and I still couldn't get it right. It was rather frustration.

I was not about to give up on it though. I had solved math problems of the same type easily just before I started on this one, so I knew I could do it. If only I could figure out where I went wrong, or what part of it I had misunderstood.

I decided to take a small break before I tried again. I had been doing schoolwork nonstop for the past three hours, so I figured I deserved a small break, maybe even a snack. Just as I was about to stand up though, I heard the door open behind me and turned to look, discovering Kira and Richard walking in through the door, both greeting me with a 'hi' once they noticed me.

"Don't tell me you're still doing schoolwork." Kira said when she got close enough to look over my shoulder at the things spread across the desk in front of me. I smiled at her sheepishly, knowing an answer wasn't necessary. It was quite obvious that I was still working on it, and she had been living with me long enough to know my study habits.

Kira and I had shared a room ever since we both started here in September, about 7 months ago. It was weird how quickly you got to know someone when you lived with them. I guess you were kind of forced to get to know them, but it never felt like that with Kira. We got along from the start, and there were never really any problems. 

"I don't get how you do it." She told me with a small shake of her head, and then turned towards Richard who, after having shut the door behind them, was now sat down on my bed. He just chuckled at her words, knowing exactly what she meant.

"I have to." I answered her simply and turned around in my chair so I was facing them.

"But you always get good grades." Kira responded as she sat down on her own bed, opposite from Richard. It was a small room, but yet pretty big compared to my bedroom at home. Then again this room was meant for two people to live in, while my bedroom at home only was meant for me.

"Because I study." I countered, knowing it was the truth. I would never have got the grades I get if I didn't study as much as I do, as I've always done. I was also lucky enough to have a decent understanding of subjects such as mathematics and science. I found other subjects such as history, RE and social studies rather boring, always had. I guess I just have a brain for logic, rather than a philosophic one, though I do think quite a lot.

"You study too much though, I bet you would do great even if you shortened your study time." Kira replied, and then glanced towards Richard. He had known me longer than Kira, because we went to the same college. We didn't really know each other very well during the time we both spent there, but we did talk every now and then, mostly because we had some friends in common. When I started at the University I didn't know anyone else, or so I thought, because I soon discovered that Richard went there as well, and so we just stuck together instead of walking around on our own. It was kind of a coincidence, because Richard and I had never really been anything but acquaintances during college, and then suddenly we became good friends.

It was through me he got introduced to Kira. And as soon as I got to know her, which wasn't very long after the start of the school year because of the fact that we lived together, she also started to hang with us. Richard had got quite a few other friends as well as the school year went on, just like Kira and I, but the three of us still stuck together, though the two of them had started spending more and more time together lately.  When it was the three of us we were also usually accompanied by Daniel, one of Richard's closest friends.

"I'd rather not try." I answered her and turned around in my chair. I didn't work that much, I just did my homework properly and revised for my exams. It worked; I wasn't going to deny that, and maybe I did spend too much time on my schoolwork, but I did fine. It was either working with it or stressing about it anyway.