My name is Alexia Abhaya Maddox, I don’t socialize that much and I am about to graduate high school soon, thank god. I never liked school, I got a strong aversion for school. Well not the school, it’s the people in it. The jocks and those girls with heavy make up. With their jobs are just gossiping and putting other people down, and I swore to my life to never get involved with any of them.

  But I guess luck wasn’t on my side today. No not today, my whole life.

  I was chosen by the principal to participate in the Science Tournament. Considering I was one of the students with excellent grades. At first I argued with him. But being a good student I am, I accepted.

  But then my worst nightmare came true. My partner for this tournament was no other than the King of this high school himself, Jacob Simmons. He was also one of the most excellent student here. I had an oath, to never everbe involved with them but then this principal decided that it was nice to throw me into my own doom. 

  So here I am regretting my choices of life.

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  I guess word spread fast seeing as Carol, the King’s only lil’ sissy, made her way towards me with fury in her eyes. And I was right, she screamed at me right in front everyone and it was great. 

  She thought I was throwing myself to his brother. Great now a false accusation was thrown to me. Well that wasn’t it, she charged towards me with her hands up ready to grab a fistful of my hair. But everyone was silenced when the brother came up and held his sister’s hand tightly in her back.

  Hold up, did he just stood up for me?

  The only thought that came to my mind was probably he didn’t want his partner to be killed in a worthless fight by his sister so he could win the tournament.

  But oh well, I guess everybody’s thought were different than mine. Seeing the shock in their faces they probably thought something’s going on.

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  It has been days since the incident, every each one the person I passed by throws nasty glares at me. Some whispered with each other while judging me with their eyes. Well its not like I give a thing or two. I’ll finish this tournament and graduate in just 1 more week. I was thrilled.

  Jacob and I had started to do some work together and I, involuntarily, had to do 90% of the work the first day. With him lounging around the library. I was pissed at first, but seeing him not budging when I urged him to do something, I gave up.

  We have been doing this for days now, its day third which means two days left till the tournament. He had been quite helpful with the research and he wasn’t like what I thought. We actually talked, like we had a decent conversation for once. I know, me, myself was even shocked. I thought he’d be disgusted just like how her sister acts towards me.

  Right now he was actually really concentrating on the task handed. He even bought me food. 

  “Dude why are you being so nice, its creepy.” I told him.

  “What? I can’t be nice?” He asked.

  “No its not that, you’re actually being a decent human being for once. I didn’t expect that to happen and its scares me.” I said to him.

  He thought for a moment. “You know what, consider this as a good deed I’m doing for you.  Since I treated you in such a crappy way back then.” He smiled.

  I smiled back and nodded.

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  The tournament was done, quite complicated but all of those researches were worth it and not surprised, we won.

  It was graduation day and I was ecstatic. But part of me felt sad knowing that I wont be entering this building, probably my whole life. Never in a million years I’d give a second thought of leaving this place. But it’s funny how things could change in just a matter of days. Seeing how everything isn’t like the way I thought it is. Shockingly, specifically and especially the King himself.

  Holding out a truce with me, leaving it out in a good note. It’s funny because I remembered I had an oath not to be involved in anything. Just because of one tournament, the King made a friend with the Loner. Then everybody started to befriend this Loner, me. And I quite liked the feeling. It was worth it. Well I’d say school wasn’t that bad like I thought it was. And I’d step out of this school with a smile on my face.