After My Death, I Became A Genius

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de my classroom was already crowded as usual, students gathering

knowing what would happen if I tried to

o school to avoid this situ

. If I failed to get to class, the school office wou

th. Considering my two options, I would rather face the embar

eeply, 'get it through Veronic

tepping into the crowd. Students brushed past me as they talked loudly abo

gh the hallway that I didn't see the foot that h

t- my shoe

could even react. I landed face first on the cold til

cond the hallw

ter explode

kly pulled out their phones, eager to re

floor, refusing to

ng hate

thday but I still had

ve, fatty?" David, my w

g his letterman jacket

, mocked while flipping her hair dramatically. "Her

hook," Michael added loudly, causing another w

f them were

players, Anna was one of the cheerleaders, and M

me but I couldn't speak agains

h her cloth

take a shower

o dirty! How can s

ty and fat as she was!" - These were wo

y tormentors bu

thing that I could do about it. Years of bullying an

t for you," I hea

lise, a cold liqui

t was stale and disgusting,

nd clothes while dripping down m

ed again, even

and see flashes from phone cameras a

h as I could but it

oudly through the hallway and sig

the hallway, hurrying toward their cl

id muttered before k

I groaned quietly, still lay

spare ones I kept in my locker. Ignoring the pain in

already inside

ction, the teacher turned back toward the whiteboard an

ir at the very back of the

" Becky muttered loudly from the front ro

f approval from the

father was a wealthy businessman and have a good position within government wh

her, and that's wha

isten to Becky and ask me to leave the class

y from across the room, and the

t briefly, and before I could t

ar football play

everything most students dreamed of, he behaved

on who behave

ies that one time behind the gy

ways wanted

te my feelings. Not when he had

ool. And if I never told him how I fe

My mind was occupied entirely with Dam

always surrounded by teammates or friends, laughing an

ter school finally en

pus and the hallway near the locke

team had pr

o the locker room, Damo

d changing and was

raced as I watched his athletic body, the re

dden voice snapped

..." I

need so

he words got stu

he asked a

the courage I needed. "I-I like yo

For a brief second, I thought I

e me?" he a

, hope blooming painfully inside my chest. "You're a good pers

. And then, suddenly, he sta

e, bli

I asked weakly, my voice

hed harder, clut

ly, wiping the corner of his eye. "You're so ugly, you're fat,

he gut. My mind went completely bl

ce was dripping with ridicule now. "That day was a fuc

I knew- the kind boy who once helped me when

uel, someone who looked at me like

would like you back?" sha

enly echoed throug

heart d

ness his friends walking in through

hat on camera?

said proudly, waving hi

they leave earlier?

'd do something this

to her," Becky said sharply, cr

laughed. "This is even bette

heir minds over this video," Anna

still hasn't yet figured out w

ad slightly. "Let me make this very simple for yo

n disgust. "He's

my hea

... this coul

lieve Damon

od person when he spent eve

act, David grabbed a fistful of m

lammed my head against the metal l

blurred im

her," I heard Damon's voice before somet

instantly. A

er room again. Phones flashed repe

ay, fatso!" s

ly, I ran out of the locker room and into t

ing, waiting for sports practice or rides home

re. Someone must have al

at the girl f

t's

lly thought Da

, look at

ed by tears. My chest hurt so

I wished the ground would

living through this moment.

into a narrow storage closet near the janito

y. The noise of the hallway fad

my back hitting the cold wall

led cake still cl

I buried my face in my arms and cried... I c

right, for someone like me didn