SOMEONE JUST LIKE ME

NOAH

Life sucks.

It sucks more when you are poor and the world feels like you can't do anything right .

It's like the world is against you.

Putting pressure on you to never succeed and that's how I feel.

My family was poor but that doesn't mean I grew up without integrity.

Standing ontop of the rooftop, I looked down to think about if ending my life was all worth it .

Remembering the incident that recently occured , I concluded that it was.

Because of my family financial situation, I studied very hard do that I won't have to come to school again .

So while taking our midterms examination , it was no shocker to me that I had a perfect score .

But then everyone felt like I had help .

" Look at him, I'm sure he cheated"

" Hey Noah, tell me the truth . you had access to the questions didn't you ?hey, next time can you help me ? "

" There's no way he had a perfect score , he can barely afford the school fee "

" We demand investigation into this "

Investigation or not, I felt like nothing was going to be used against me because I earned that score , fairly.

But then I guess life is always like that huh , you think you know until you don't know .

My eyes widened as I was shown a video of me from the CCTV , entering the teacher's office and coming out with the supposedly" exam questions" In the principal's office with my parents beside me.

"T..That's not me " I said with my fist balled up.

" Young man, we have evidence"The principal said.

"I said -" I shouted but was cut off by Mom.

" NOAH!!" She turned to face the principal" we are sorry for my son's behavior. Please forgive us "

" MOM!!" I shouted.

What was wrong here was the fact that Mom didn't believe me.

That hurt deeply .

" An apology won't do . You would have to reimburse the school "

Mom tightened her fist .

" How much ?"

" 12 million "

That caused a reaction from Dad.

He looked up abruptly, faced me and looked back down to the ground.

" T.. That much ?" Mom stuttered.

" Yes, I'm sorry" The principal said "you may leave now "

As we left The principal's office , everyone watched us and talked about us.

"Can you imagine , after feigning innocence he stole the question papers afterall?"

"Exactly. never trust poor people "

"He looked so calm "

When we got home , I spoke up first .

" Mom, please believ-"

Dad slapped me and slapped me again .

" Honey , stop it! "

"We never had expectations from you "Dad grumbled" if you know you couldn't do well in school , just drop out or be the bottom place but stealing is against one thing we believe in this family. "

Dad sighed " where are we supposed to get 12 million from ?"

I tried to hold in my tears as I balled my fist.

No one believed me.

Dad said they didn't expect anything from me.

I wiped my tears as looked down the building.

Let me end my family's sorrow.

I was about to jump off when someone rushed in and shouted"Stop it !"

I turned around.

It was a girl .

One I'd never seen before.

She looked like she was around my age too.

" Who are ??"

"That's not important right now. Climb off "

I scoffed. "What do you know ?".

" I know alot more than you think I do . I've also been in your shoes before . I know what it feels like "

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