Monday, 1:07 PM. End of the Math exam.

Mr. Saint went around the class collecting the papers. Frank looked at Alexander,

"How'd you find it?" He questioned, starting the conversation.

"Easy. 50/50", he said confidently.

Isabella turned around to join in on the conversation.

"I think I got 50/50 as well, so that should be a hundred points", she happily said.

"As long as you don't bring me down too much, it should be fine", Alexander said coldly before turning to the left to look out the window.

Frank got a bit of second-hand embarrassment from Alexander's superior talk, and now Isabella felt even more pressure.

"What about you, Frank?" Isabella asked, keeping the conversation going as it would be awkward if she turned back around.

"It was easy; I thought it would be harder, to be honest".

"Who is your partner again?" Isabella asked, flicking her hair away from her face.

"Luna", he replied.

"Luna?" She looked around to put the name to a face.

"She's the girl next to the door; she has long hair. It covers half her face", Frank described to help her out.

"She looks tall", Isabella said, looking at Luna.

"She looks about 5'10", Frank said, giving her an idea of how tall she is.

"Really? Did you go study together?" She asked with a surprised look on her face.

"Na, we talked to each other briefly and agreed to do our best". Frank replied.

"Is that it?" Isabella expected more.

"Well, yeah. I mean, you and Alexander didn't study together", Frank said, counteracting her point.

"But we didn't need to", she said, glancing at Alexander to see if he was listening.

" To be fair, this is 1-A. Everyone is smart", Frank said, looking around the class.

"I guess".

"Anyways, if the rest of the exams are like this, we should all score high points", Frank said, leaning back in his chair. Alexander was still looking out the window. What was he thinking about? Only he knows.

Tuesday, 11:12 AM. End of the Biology Exam.

A few students sat around Ryan's desk as the exam finished, and the teacher had already left the class.

"What did you think of the exam?" Melody asked, standing next to Ryan's chair.

"It was good. There weren't any difficult questions, so I should get a high score", Ryan replied.

"How do you think Lorenzo did?" Michelle questioned, standing in front of Ryan's desk.

Ryan's smiled,

"He's smart; he should be fine. I'm happy he's my partner; I don't think I could've asked for anyone better".

"Heyy, what about me?" Melody said, putting her hand on top of Ryan's hand resting on the desk.

"My bad, my bad", Ryan laughed off, slipping his hand away from hers.

"Who is your partner?" he questioned Melody.

Melody rolled her eyes and pulled a face.

"It's that emo boy", she replied.

"Who?" Ryan said with a confused look.

"I think his name is Eric. I only talked to him once, and he was all depressed", Melody answered.

"Where does he sit?" Ryan asked, looking past Melody's body to look for Eric.

Melody turned around,

"He sits on the back row", Melody tried looking for him.

"Where is he?" She questioned.

"I saw him leave as soon as the teacher left", Michelle said.

"What a weirdo", she said, turning towards Ryan again.

"Anyways, wanna hang out later?" Melody asked.

Before Ryan could answer.

"MICHELLE! MELODY!" Girls in the doorway called their names and gestured for them to come.

"Maybe next time it seems like you're needed", Ryan got saved.

"But".

"I'm tired anyway. I'll probably go back to my door and take a nap", Ryan said, hoping she'd leave.

"Fine", Melody pouted.

"But next time, you better hang out; you always decline", she said, walking away.

Ryan gave a smile instead of a verbal answer.

"Finally", Ryan thought to himself.

"No more fangirls?" Lorenzo jokingly teased, walking towards him.

"There's one coming towards me?" Ryan wittily came back.

"Please give me your autograph", Lorenzo said in a dead tone.

Ryan laughed.

"What's the story?" Lorenzo said, taking the seat in front of Ryan.

"Honestly, I'm bored of this challenge. Starter or not, this is braindead to me", Ryan said with his hand shielding his mouth.

Lorenzo pulled out his phone,

"It is the first challenge; can't go knees deep straight away".

Ryan shook his head,

"The next challenge better be good." Ryan looked around the class, which was nearly half empty now.

"Do you know a guy called Eric? He sits at the back". Ryan enquired.

"Nope", Lorenzo quickly answered,

"Am I supposed to know him?".

"Na, I heard that name today and wanted to know what type of guy he is".

"Is he interesting?' Lorenzo asked.

"I don't know. I have to find out".

Wednesday, 2:17 PM. End of the physics exam.

"Damn, that exam had a few tough questions", Lucas said while stretching his arms.

"Yeah, that was the hardest exam so far", David replied, putting his stationary back in his pencil case.

"Woah, even you found it hard", Lucas said, sounding surprised.

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"It wasn't hard, but it was the hardest so far." David made sure not to sound like an idiot.

"Didn't mean to poke at your pride, dude", Lucas said.

"I need to show my dominance", David replied.

"On who? I'm the only one here", Lucas laughed.

"Exactly".

Lucas stopped laughing and looked at David for a moment.

"Leave the jokes to Mally and Will", Lucas said, patting David on the shoulder.

"Damn".

At the back of the class.

"I can't be assed for two more exams", William whined slumped on his chair.

"Think about it this way: you're getting something rewarding", Benjamin replied.

"What do you mean? It's the same thing; the score we get is the amount of points we get. That's more pressure, " William said, waving his arms to express his feelings further.

"The pressure is not all on you; you've got a partner", Benjamin reminded him to ease the pressure.

"That's scary. I'm not in control of how many points I get".

"It goes both ways, you idiot", Benjamin said, hoping William would shut up.

"You're right! My head hurts", William said, putting his hands on his head.

"What is he doing?" Delilah asked Malakai.

"Don't ask me; no one can understand that creature", Malakai replied, trying to figure it out himself.

"How many points do you reckon you got so far?" Delilah questioned.

"The exams were easier than I thought, so 130/150 at least".

"130!?" Delilah responded, leaning forward.

"Is that too high?" Malakai asked, thinking he was looking too optimistic right now.

"No, not at all. I just thought you were going to say 100 because I probably would have said that".

"100 a bit low, no? That's basically saying you got a whole exam wrong. There's no way you've lost 50 makes already".

"Hmm. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic", Delilah replied, thinking back to what she said.

"You'll be fine. You've got David. He's probably got 140/150", Malakai said, looking around the class. While he changed his sight of direction, he noticed Maria looking at him. He didn't know how long she had been looking at him, but he felt bad he hadn't seen her sooner. He smiled and put a thumbs up to act as a signal to ask how she was feeling. She smiled even more and put a thumbs up to respond.

"She's in control of half your points", Delilah said quietly.

"She's smart, I don't mind" he replied.

"Besides, if she does fuck up, I'm 100 points ahead. So I'm good".

Thursday, 10:47 PM. End of the English Exam.

"I should've revised, man", Ash said, kicking the wall. Dillon and three of his friends were standing outside the classroom.

"Why are you crying about it now?" Jason said, not even trying to hide his smile.

"I feel sorry for your partner", Gabriel said with his hands in his pockets.

Gabriel was a tall boy with clear, light brown skin and brown curly hair.

"It's you", Ash said with both eyebrows frowning.

"Oh shit", Gabriel said, realising his situation now.

Jason looked over to Dillon to see what he was doing as he was quiet,

"You look bored", he said to Dillon.

"I am. I want a proper challenge, not shitty exams. If every challenge is like this, I'm leaving this place", he replied.

"Relax, it's only the third week; we've got a long three years ahead of us", Jason said with a smile.

"Long three years of this shit, then I'm gone".

"WHY DIDN'T YOU REVISE!?" Gabriel shouted at Ash.

"I WAS TIRED. I FELL ASLEEP", Ash replied.

Jason and Dillon looked to see Ash and Gabriel screaming at each other.

"FOR HOW LONG?"

"Like 12 hours, it was great to sleep", Ash said, daydreaming about the sleep.

"FOR FUCK SAKE, WHATS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Gabriel continued to shout.

"Let's get out of here, I'm tired of this shit". Dillon said, walking away.

"You paired them up together", Jason reminded him.

"I didn't care who paired up with who. People wanted to be paired with each other, so I made it happen. I don't give a shit if it was good or bad for them".

"Quite the leader", Jason snuck in.

Dillon walked ahead,

"I'm not leading anyone; I'm controlling them".

Friday, 12:07 PM. End of the Chemistry Exam.

"Easy exam again. 50/50 again", Adam thought to himself.

"You will get your results on Monday morning. That's it for today. You're free to leave", the teacher said, finishing their announcement.

Students rushed out of their seats. They wanted to get out of the classroom and back to their dorms. A long week of exams had come to an end.

Adam casually got out of his seat.

"I wonder if my partner did good", Adam thought.

"I hope the next challenge is solo. Can't have someone else bring me down".

As he walked out of the class, talking in his head,

"Hey Adam, how did you find the exam?" Justin asked.

"It was fine", he said, walking past. Adam didn't bother to stay and chat. He answered while going past him.

"Urrrm, okay", Justin said, not expecting Adam to brush him off like that.

"Something off with that guy", Marcus said, looking at Adam.

"Even when we approached him on the first day, he was just sitting alone at that coffee shop", he continued.

Justin looked in Adam's direction but was already lost in the sea of students. Justin slightly smiled,

"He strange, but I'm sure he'll come around”.