My eyes hopelessly followed his move from the table when the school principal concluded to chastise me and Reno to clean the classroom for a month. I painstakingly restrained my feet not to drop to the floor. However, it was better than seeing the tears on my mother's cheeks for being summoned to school. An evil smile grew on Kevin's lips as if he was celebrating his triumph over my suffering. I would not let his victory daunt me; I stood with my chin up. To avoid more interaction with him, upon the sentence I received, I instantly excused myself. "Hey!" But his yell with the sound of his shoes knocking on the floor bothered me not. My footsteps kept going for in only five minutes, the class would start. "You! Are you deaf or something? Can't you hear me?" I would not let his shout in

