I jump up and look around. I notice I'm in the gym room, surrounded by my classmates. Tears stain my face and one falls down my face slowly.
I wipe them away and sniffle.
"What happened?" I hear someone mutter.
"Dunno. He just passed out…" Someone else answers.
"Be quiet. He now awakes," My coach yells.
I groan and hold my head, an intense amount of pain jolts through my legs and arms causing me to wince.
"Are you alright, Jessie?" My coach ask.
I slowly stand up and turn to him before nodding.
"What happened?" My couch answers.
My eyes widen and I grab my phone out.
Everyone leans in to see what I'm doing.
I open the notebook app and my thumbs get to work at typing furiously.
Finally, I'm done typing and show the screen to my teacher.
He quickly reads it and nods his head throughtfully.
"I see… So the push-ups made you over work yourself so you passed out?" My teacher clarifies.
I nod and shove my phone back into my pocket.
He pats my back and says,"Lucky for you, this is your last class so you get to go home after this!"
I shrug my shoulders and everyone gets back to work, as if nothing happened.
I sigh and walk to the back of the gym. I slide down the wall and watch everyone.
An image of my brother flashes in my head causing me to jump up a little. I watch as everyone plays dodgeball, except me.
I remember when my brother and I played dodgeball in the backyard.
"Throw it. Throw the ball," My brother yelled.
I shook my head and answered,"What if I hurt you?"
My brother sneered at me and said,"You are a weakling."
I stare at Itsuki, through my long bangs, and watch as he throws a ball at John, managing to hit him.
Weakling..?
I sigh and cover my face with my hand.
I'm not weak. I'll prove it.
I stand up and grab my phone out of my pocket. Walking to the coach, I type out that I would like to play dodgeball. I show my phone to him and his eyes widen.
"Um…" The coach starts and coughs,"Jessie would like to play…"
Everyone stops playing and stares at me. Silence fills the room causing me to become nervous.
John starts laughing hysterically and points at me.
"Y-You wanna play dodgeball? That's hilarious. What a joke!" He laughs even louder.
I stare at John and clench my fists angrily. I grab a ball from the nearest person and launch it at him.
He's too busy laughing to even notice the ball flying towards him. It hits him in the face and bounces away.
I try to hold in my laughter, but can't. The room fills with my loud, croaking laugh.
Everyone stares at me in surprise.
John holds his head and he becomes flushed in anger.
"Y-You bastard!" He yells.
I cover my mouth to cover my smile, but my smile is clearly visible.
"Okay, that's enough!" My coach yells and gives me a wide eye stare.
My smile quickly fades and we get in our teams.
My coach blows his whistle and the game starts.
I know John is after me. I can fill his stare.
I gulp and throw a ball at Itsuki, but miss.
Someone attempts to throw a ball at me, but I quickly dodge. Another ball comes after me and I dodge that one as well.
It seems as if every one is after me… They're taking advantage because I'm a weakling.
I throw a ball at a random person on the other team and hit them. I grin and grab a ball near me on the floor.
I notice that Billy is focused on someone else so I take the advantage to throw the ball at him. I watch as the ball hits him in the stomach.
After P.E. I start to walk home, but Itsuki grabs me by the arm before I can even walk out of school. He throws me on the floor and I watch as John, Itsuki, and Billy stare at me.
"You think your hot stuff just because you hit me, don't you?" John hisses.
I shake my head in disagreement.
"Are you disagreeing with me, Mute?" John kicks me on the shoulder.
"He thinks he's too good for us," Billy whispers to John.
I grit my teeth and give them a cold glare.
Itsuki seems to be taken aback, but John and Billy don't even notice and continue to harass me.
Billy grabs me by the collar and pulls me up just to punch me in the face.
I push him away from me causing him to drop me on the floor. I scoot away from them and stand up, brushing off my shirt and jeans.
I give them my most intimidating glare and walk away.
Itsuki mumbles,"Is he…"
Billy looks at him and tilts his head,"What?"
"Mute…" Itsuki continues.
"Just spit it out," John yells.
"Is he really… frightened of anything..?" Itsuki turns to them.
I smirk as I continue to walk away,"Of course not, Itsuki."