The Failure

Failure, the very word that described my very existence. A word that never left me since young and the word that is expected of me as I die. A word that will someday climb to success........

Is what I thought but as I was overthinking over the window of my classroom,wondering how to end this silly life of unending, non-typical, non-exciting and boring life of mine, I thought to myself "Why can't I have success over everything I do?" but that's a question I should answer with my actions and not my mind since everything I do becomes a failure in the end anyway.

*Sigh* A deep sigh becomes a part of the classroom as a I continued to stare at the window.

•Hey there Jared, want to hang out with us later and try to make success over the failure you are?•

*Classmates Laughing*

•Haha very funny you guys!! Dont you guys have anything better to do rather than make fun of Jared every single day?•

Said One of my classmates Ella as I look onto her with admiring eyes that kinda want to cry.

•Well, rather than us making fun of him, would you want us to make him cry then M.I.S.S E.L.L.A?!•

With the Whole bully squad backing him up as if to say that they could just do whatever they want with me is Gerald, a guy that was born with everything you could think of in this world, money , looks, girls, talent, brain etc. Name it and he's got it all.

•Why are you acting very sarcastic? Just because Jared can't compare to your status in life doesn't mean you have the right to trample all over him every single day!!•

I was kinda feeling sorry for myself already ella, please just don't rub more salt into my wounds, it hurts really so stop it please. As I look to the side with a look for pity to myself covering my mouth with a very disappointed-at-myself look behind. At the very least though is she's at least covering for me, even though we've known each other since elementary school, this girl sure is very kind and nice, not to mention is very gorgeous. She's the second most talented person in our class second only to of course the guy who's bullying me right now, Gerald. And she's been second best only ever since we've started high school. So I guess she's not really defending me here but just wants to vent her anger towards Gerald for showing up and taking the spotlight away from her. Well, it does not concern me anyway, I mean, I just wanted to live a peaceful life and not meddle with the likes of High Spirited souls around me, so please leave already you guys, I'm begging you!

•Uhhm... G-Guys, Class is about to start soo...•

As they both look into me with such a dangerous look, I nearly wet myself. The tension between this two is not very good at all. I must do everything I can to not get caught in any of their arguments from now on, as a sudden chill hit my back, I quickly turned around and what I saw was my bestfriend Gella staring daggers at me. I quickly grabbed her hand with a look so pathetic that even gradeschoolers would make fun of me, and apologized for my weakness.

•I'm sorry gella, please don't be mad•

But she just continued on looking at me and suddenly sighed out of pity. She is my childhood friend and a neighbor of mine, a mature, composed, a very kind-hearted girl indeed. But the one thing that scares me the most is that when she gets mad, her eyes suddenly becomes that of a Lion wanting to eat its prey. Man she's scary.

•You never learn do you, Jared? I mean you get this kind of treatment everytime so why won't you fight back? You've got the skills and all, why would you want to continue to suffer the humiliation of being just a failure?•

I looked at her and gave her a smile, and then I turned around facing the teacher as I thought "Seriously Gella, you know me all to well". I wouldn't want to use my talents just to stand out, I don't want for everybody to know, because if I show this to people, I may never be the same. As I look back in my past, those never ending nightmares that still haunts me today. I don't... No, I never want to be something like that. I just want to continue on living this way, to not bother anyone, to be alone and never be betrayed.

•*Sigh* Jared, if you don't want to, I am here you know? I will always be here for you, okay?•

I looked back, I looked at her with a very sorry look and said thank you. So, the class went on as I continued to stare at the window.

After the classes have ended I went to check on Gella who's part of the Taekwondo Club to ask for her notes as it's gonna be the Final Exam tomorrow. I need not to review but you know, my Mom is scary, she absolutely hates it when i'm not reviewing, so I always borrow notes from Gella just to show that I am at least studying. As I walk past the hallway, I saw Gella behind one of the classrooms, and as I walk towards her, I saw a lot of boys surrounding her, so I immediately run towards her to see what is going on. But as I was getting closer, I saw a boy threw a punch at her and another one kicked her on the stomach. As I glared at them not knowing what Gella did, I bursted out of anger and threw my bag at one of them.

•WHHHHAAAAAAAT THEEEEE HEEEELLLL AREEEE YOOOUUUU DOOOIIIINNGGGG!•

As I shouted very loud as if to say I will punish them for the cowards they are for ganging up with Gella like that. As I threw my bag, I clenched my fist really hard and looked at them, I counted them and there are 6 people present except me and Gella, I run towards the guy who's holding Gella and threw a jump kick right at him, I quickly caught her and looked at her face, the look she gave me was that of a mother looking at his son very happy, and smiled at me and then fainted.

As I was holding her, I gently put her down and stood up, I looked at the guys who ganged up on her and asked:

•Who set this up?•

Those were the only words that i said out of anger, I want to punish whoever did this to her and then...

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Gella's POV

As I walk into the classroom, I saw yet again, a familiar scene inside the classroom, where the strong prey's on the weak. Where my best friend is the weak and everyone is just bullying him, my blood boiled and I was about to lose my temper when suddenly the teacher walked in. I glared at Jared, my best friend whom for as far as I know decided to live a weak pathetic life for the sake of hiding, I don't really know what he's thinking behaving like that but I know it's just a facade of his to hide what happened back then. To move forward is it? Or to run away? It doesn't really annoy me that much, but me on the recieving end of seeing my only best friend being bullied even when I know the truth behind all of this is just so infuriating. I talked to him about it a million times, but here he is, repeating the failure cycle,over and over again. Why did it have to be like this? As I sat down, I glared daggers behind his back, and he immediately turned around and took my hand and apologized, as if I was some kind of a demon in front of him. I talked to him about fighting back again just to unfree him from his shackles but it was no good. He turned around, and sighed deeply. I looked at him, waiting for his answer, but all I got was a smile. I never did understood why , Jared, my best friend was willing to suffer to this extent for the sake of him protecting his identity. I know, he has been hurting since that day, the day that made him be like that. If it wasn't for what happened back then, he might not be like this.

And so the classes went on, and after the classes had ended, I quickly grab my bag and started going to the Taekwondo club, which I am a member and a Vice-Captain. As I was walking towards the club, I heard a group of 6 guys talking about Jared and to target him when he gets off the school premises. As I heard about their plan, I quickly ran towards the person, who was laughing really hard and smashed my bag on his back, I grabbed his hair, holding it real tight, I looked at the person who was just laughing and I asked:

•What the F*** are you gonna do with Jared?•

With a very angry look upon my face, I was about to kick the guy I'm holding, but someone just punch me in the face, and I immediately got dizzy. Someone grabbed my hair and stood me up, I tried to regain my composure but when I looked up, I was punched right in my jaw, and I felt a kick on my stomach, it was so strong I threw up. With my consciousness fading away, I heard someone shouting, and the next thing I knew I was held by Jared, I desperately hold onto my fading consciousness, and pulled up a big smile at him.

When I woke up, I was at a near hospital, and my mom was crying beside me, I looked left and right trying to find Jared but he wasn't there. A chill run down my spine and immediately shouted to my mom:

•Where is Jared mom? Where is he? Please look for him, Look for him for me, please, He will be....

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As I asked the guys who made Gella faint, they just laughed at me, as if they just found their next target, my anger is at max by now and I am nearing the limit of my patience, but I regained myself and pushed myself to calm down a little, I asked them again who is the one who set up Gella.

•What the f*** are you talking about you peasant? We didn't set up your f*** girlfriend over there, she suddenly attacked us•

*Students laughing* As I heard their answer, I calmed myself down, carried Gella and was about to go to the hospital without saying anything and putting an end to this fight, somebody pulled my hand and suddenly I saw that there was a fist coming straight to my face, in that blink of a second, I thought about what will I do? But as soon as I thought to myself, I felt the punch that hit my face, just below my left eye, I was knocked down. As I fell down, I completely forgot that I was holding Gella at the time I was knocked down, I immediately looked at her condition and as I did, an immediate warning was sent to me, A warning that only Gella and I know, A warning that says :

•Warning: You've felt hostility, and an immediate response is needed, NOVUS pioneer Jared, eliminate all the hostility towards you•

•Number of total eliminations:0

Number to be eliminated:6•

And so began another nightmare..

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