1 I Am Ignored

Do you ever get that feeling? The kind of feeling like, someone important forgot about you? The feeling of worthlessness?

Have you ever had that kind of dream where you managed to get to school? You are in class and you are selected by the teacher to write something on the board. You stand up and the others begin to laugh at you.

"What's wrong with me?"

You think. You look down. Your pants are missing. So embarrassing, right? How did you get so far into the day, without anyone noticing before that point?

Ever think about that?

I know both of these feelings very well. Not the missing pants part. The the feeling of being ignored and the feeling of worthlessness. I've never tried it myself but, I think I could go a full school day in the nude without anyone noticing. I am by no means invisible. I just happen to have an unusual power.

People around me involuntarily ignore me.

My own parents forget I exist. My mom has post-its covering the kitchen to remind her that she has a son. She still forgets to cook dinner for me sometimes. I don't hate them for it. I know it's not their fault. It's my power.

My classmates have powers too. Every person in my class is amazing. It's a normal school. The class I'm in is for UNIQUES. Kids with special powers. The cool guy is Gerold. He is a badass at swinging swords. It sounds like a stupid ability for present-day but, I've seen him cut through steel bars without dulling his sword.

Now, Stephanie is really amazing. Her powers allow her to teleport herself and objects within a limited distance. When the object she is teleporting arrives at its destination, it floats for half a second before gravity takes over. The larger the object the more energy she needs to use. I have seen her use her power to hop up to the roof of the tallest school building using her powers and two school desks. Her abilities have gotten stronger over the half-year that I have been here.

Not all the powers in my class are amazing. One kid can stop time. Best power ever? Not really. No one else can experience this. He says that when he does it, he can't see and he can't breathe or move. He registered on the UNIQUE meter device though, so he definitely has some power. I leave him notes on his desk. I can make him laugh once in a while. If I leave the note when he is not around, he usually sees it sooner. I also left a drawing of where my desk is. He puts jokes on my desk too. Sometimes when I am still sitting there. I have a feeling that he thinks of me as someone he can talk to from a distance. He is probably the only person I can call a friend.

There was a girl I liked last year when I was in the 10th grade before I got transferred into this class. She looked so worried during a test. I walked over and changed a few of her answers. She never noticed and the teacher never saw anything either. She got a better grade than she was expecting. I wrote on her test before the teacher handed them out.

"Your welcome.

-Henry"

I was in my seat when she got her test back from the teacher.

"Who is Henry?"

I remember that moment very clearly. My heart sunk. There are a few pretty girls in my current class too. I don't really worry about that anymore though.

School life is not much easier to exist in. My teacher calls out my name for attendance. I can say "here" or "present" as many times as I want. She still marks me absent. I have to walk up to her desk and change the absent mark every day.

"What about cheating?" One may ask. I don't need to. Without anyone to talk to, I usually use my spare time to study. The teacher won't take my tests from my hand but, she will grade them if they are in the pile. I get all A's and B's. If my parents remembered to check, I'm sure they would be fine with the results.

Some may think I should go have fun and forget about the consequences. I could do many things. I could be a simple panty thief. I could steal from classmates' backpacks or the school. I could go as far as robbing a bank. No. This is my choice to not be one of those people. I would rather be ignored for most of my life and live with the hope that I can somehow find love one day. Why be a bad guy who gets locked up, literally forgotten, and left to starve?

There are bad guys everywhere you look. That's partly why this class exists. We are training our abilities to become better. Several of my classmates have worked with a few famous UNIQUES to fight crime. What do you do when a UNIQUE with fire comes along and tries to destroy everything around him? Throw another UNIQUE at him. Simple matchups like water against fire can make for a win. What if water is not available? There are UNIQUES that can control air. Remove air from the equation and fire can't burn.

These are only a few bits of information from my life.

This is the life of the least interesting person at school.

This is the life of Henry Bazee.