A Tragic Past

(Wednesday 23rd September 2019)

(Ocean High-School)

(Maxwell just arrived at school and is walking down the hall)

" Hey man" "Senior Max!!" " Hii senior Max" " Looking good senior" " Wow isn't senior looking hot today" " I wish he would go out with me" all the students greet him and also silently praise his looks and as they fond over him.

John " Yo!! man don't forget about Saturday, it's gonna be super hype"

Ella " Hello senior Max, I hope you haven't forgotten about our date tomorrow"

Maxwell " Yeah don't worry I'll be there"

Everyone adores me and they all hang on my every word, they invite me to parties and want to hang out with me, that's the kind of person Maxwell Freeman is, a guy loved by everyone, the perfect guy, the primate high-schooler. but that wasn't always the case, in fact just a few years ago I was the exact opposite.

( It was January 10th 2011)

( A young Maxwell was giving a presentation in front of his class)

Maxwell " When I grow up I'm gonna have many friends that I'll always play with and a very nice girl that I'll spend all my time with side by side we will both love each other and we will never be lonely, I'll always make her happy even though I'm sad I will always make her smile then we will be happy forever"

Children in the class " Eww what a loser" " Boo go sit down simp" " Like any girl would ever love someone as ugly as you" " hahaha how pathetic" " Omg did he really right that"

Class teacher " Alright class be quiet and let the next student come up"

I was still in middle school back then. I was naive and childish with stupid dreams like true love and happy ever after but for someone like me who wasn't even good at anything that was even less than a fairytale and of course behavior like that got me picked on by other students in my grade on multiple occasions. they would make me give them my lunch money they would use me as objects when ever they played games and sometimes they would all just gather and beat me up on a whim. But among all the bullies in my class there was one guy in particular that always loved to pick on me, he was the biggest kid not only in the grade but the entire middle school, his name was Ted Paxton but all the kids called him big Rex, Paxton or rather Rex was definitely the worst of the worst.

Paxton " Hey loser give me all your lunch money I'm hungry "

Maxwell" I'm sorry I didn't bring any lunch money just please don't hurt me"

Paxton" Then get on your back, Drake!! get me a stick"

(Paxton beat Maxwell with the huge stick in his arm, again and again and again as he laughed all through until Maxwell would lose consciousness )

And there was no end to the torment even in my own home, my three siblings would all make fun of how weak I was and how I couldn't defend myself. I was always the weak one, even my junior brother who I'd always play with when he was little and cared for would later grow up bigger than me and joined my brother and sister in belittling me, PATHETIC, PATHETIC!, SO PATHETIC!!!. Despite all this I still never stopped being naive and kept on with my life always smiling and always thinking positive. Even though I was bullied by everyone in my class there was still one person that I could always speak to and who always understood me, She was a girl, I think her name was Ellen, just like me Ellen always got bullied by the girls so we could always relate to each other and give each other comfort but one day the worst possible thing happened. I can't really recall the details of that day but Rex who was the leader of the class was in an usually bad mood and on that day he beat me up extremely hard with baseball bat and I was put into the hospital after that for about a day or two, and when I returned to school after recovering I found out that Ellen had transferred to another school, I guess she just couldn't take it anymore. After Ellen left all the class turned their attention to me and everything just got worse from then on, all the girls and the boys picked on me, made me do the entire classes home work and also beat me up on random events and if I ever tried to defend myself or report the girls would make it look like I was the one who tried to hit them and of course the boys would have their backs on that. My parents would also hear about what is happening in class and my dad would hit me for it without listening to a word I have to say and my mom would just yell at me, she never did raise her hand to me but I guess it was because she felt I wasn't worth it. This went on for a couple of months until one day my family got into an accident and I lost my dad and my three siblings my mom was injured and has been hospitalized ever since, when I lost my dad and siblings I completely broke down and then I realized that I've just been an over optimistic kid all my life and a good for nothing loser, finally all the hateful words my family and my classmates have been calling me came rushing like a hurricane and reality hit me harder than anything imaginable I was completely hollow inside, i couldn't even go visit my mom in the hospital till date, even though she was in a coma I knew she would be disappointed to see my face. I had enough of my life and finally decided to do something to myself to improve, to be come better, stronger, and then a year after the accident I returned to my school as a completely different person, I won multiple contests and never lost any fights I was always the top of my grade no matter what and when the time came I fought in the inter high-school tournament and earned the title primate high-schooler, everyone has forgotten what a loser I used to be and I don't plan on ever going back to that life I'll do whatever it takes, I am the number one high-schooler Maxwell Freeman.

(Present day)

(In the school library)

(Maxwell is sitting alone in the library reading)

"Oh hey!! hero boy" Zoey shouted from afar after spotting Maxwee

Maxwell " Shh don't you know where in the library right now"

Zoey " Oh so sorry"

Maxwell " Hhhhhh What do you want twerp?"

Zoey " Hey we're friends now remember so you cant keep calling me twerp"

Maxwell " Well are you gonna stop calling me hero boy? "

Zoey " Highly unlikely" laughs

Maxwell " Yeah well I thought so, so what is it you want"

Zoey " Well the reason I came looking for you is because I need your help, you see my classmates are saying I have to partake in this weird newcomer ritual of trust"

Maxwell " A ritual of trust huh?"

Most classes normally do this ritual of trust as a way to set the status of new comers just to determine what friend group they'll end up in and just to see if they're cool enough to be amongst the popular kids and sometimes its just a front by the popular kids to establish their superiority, In the end It's just social trap.

Zoey " Yeah so you are a somewhat popular figure in this school, so what's your advice?"

Maxwell " Well my advice is just do your best not to make a fool of yourself so just do what they say"

Zoey " Hmmm hm!" Zoey pouts her face at Maxwell.

Maxwell " What is it now?"

Zoey " Has anyone ever told you you're way too straight forward, your no fun at all"

Maxwell " Well that's just with you, I don't want you thinking I'm gonna harass you when I start talking"

Zoey " Well that just wont do, you need to lighten up hero boy and I know just the thing to help with that"

Maxwell "Huh? "

(Zoey reaches into her bag then quickly turns back at Maxwell and starts tickling him)

"Ah! ah! ah! aaahh!! hahahaha!!" Maxwell laughs out loud and falls to the floor trying to catch his breathe.

"Shhh" went the entire library.

Maxwell in a silent voice" Stop, don't do that...ever"

Zoey " Ok ok fine you baby" she says as she laughs " Anyway I'll leave now thanks for the advice"

TO BE CONTINUED.