Chapter 2

Jeremy went home and now I'm left with a greasy box of pepperoni pizza leftovers.

I head up to my room and lie on my bed for a couple of minutes just digesting everything that I just watched.

I decide to go to my desk and do my history essay. And I see Alex through his window crouched on his desk, eyebrows furrowed, reading a book.

He might not be my favorite person in the world, but one thing we have in common that I know is our love for books.

But I will never forget how he spoiled Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for me back in 8th grade. I never should've brought that book to school because there's always that one kid who's ahead of everyone else and would spoil the ending for you. And that kid was Alex.

What he did was unforgivable.

I close my blinds before he could see me and bully me about being a "creep".

I managed to finish my history essay and I still had an hour to kill before my bed time. So I scroll through twitter on my phone until I dozed off to sleep.

I woke up to a sound of crashing and shouting.

It's coming from Alex's house.

It's the middle of the night and his dad must've came home drunk again.

His dad treats him like shit. He makes Alex's life a living hell. I don't think anyone deserve that.

"This is why mom left you!". I hear him yell.

"Yeah? Well she left, and now I'm stuck with you, you worthless piece of shit!"

My heart was racing. But eventually, sleep came and everything fell silent again.