Chapter 2: CHAPTER ONE
April 17
Mike quickly got out of the house and walked at a fast pace trying to get away from the house and to the car as quickly as he could before any one of his family members could throw another one of their comments. Mike wasn't as lucky as his older siblings who had cars. Steven and Sophie both had their own cars and very good cars at that but Mike wasn't so lucky. Steven, being the first of the Jacobs children got a car when he turned 18, which was last year October. He got a Jaguar F-Type and he was very happy about it that the day he got it he went for a joy ride with his friends and ended up getting arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and over speeding but since he wasn't Mike he got bailed out and even got to keep his car.
Sophie's story is a bit interesting; she got her car, a Porsche Panamera, on her 17th birthday. Sophie's birthday was the day before and as a gift, a quite expensive gift at that, her parents got her a new car. Steven was upset because he got a car at 18 while his YOUNGER sister got one at 17. According to his 'dad', he was irresponsible and very reckless and Sophie was more responsible and thus why she got a car at 17 while him at 18 but they all knew that it was their mum who told him to say that and to get Sophie a car for her 17th birthday because Sophie and Hope were their mum's favorite children and Steven was his dads favorite but Mike, Mike was no one's favorite and he along with all his siblings knew it. He didn't have a car like his older siblings so he had to get a ride with his only friend, Harry.
"Wow. Whose car is that?"
Harry admired the newly parked Porsche Panamera that was sitting in the driveway.
"It's Sophie's. She got it for her birthday yesterday."
Mike replied with no interest in the subject. Almost immediately Harry's face dropped into a serious and pitiful look. He knew how he was treated at home because Mike would tell him and as his friend and it was his 'job' to listen and offer some sort of comfort.
"Don't worry dude you'll get a car soon. Aren't you turning 17 in August?"
Harry asked trying to lighten the mood because he knew that this was a very touchy subject for Michael.
"Yah I am but we both know that my parents won't do anything for my birthday. Just like every other year."
That last part Mike didn't mean for Harry to hear. It was more of a silent whisper only meant for him but Harry heard him and the atmosphere in the car changed so dramatically you would think it was magic. The rest of the drive to school was spent in total silence but just as they turned a corner onto the road to school Harry's favorite song started to play on the radio.
(History – One Direction)
Mike just couldn't hold in the laughter and started to laugh uncontrollably making Harry stop singing midway and look at his best friend who was sitting in the passenger's seat next to him.
"Michael are you okay 'cause one minute you are dead silent then the next you are laughing like a maniac?"
Harry knew that Mike was okay he just wanted to see what lie he would concoct this time around.
"Yah I'm fine I just remembered a joke I heard on the news last night."
Harry would have believed him if it weren't for two things; one, Mike hated watching the news because he claimed it was more boring than informative and two, they didn't tell jokes on the news and he would know because he watched the news every day. Harry decided to just leave the matter alone because one thing was for sure and that was that Mike was laughing at his singing because Michael had always told Harry that he sounded funny when he sang so he knew that his friend was most certainly laughing at him and not at some joke he heard on the news which he doesn't watch. A few minutes passed and Mike's laughter died down leaving them in a comfortable silence as they pulled into their school's parking lot.
Macendric High School was a well-known school and almost all the kids went there. The two boys got out of the car and started to make their way over to the school when they were stopped by someone blocking their path. If it happened to any other person you could call it an accident but it happened to Mike which meant that it could only be one person and that one person was Mitch. Mitch and Mike were sworn enemies ever since the 4th grade. Mike doesn't know what he did to make Mitch hate him so much but whatever he did it must have been something big because you can't just hate someone for nothing right? Not right because Mike is hated by his family for absolutely no reason. Okay, not absolutely NO reason but because of that one thing which made him different and according to his family, different was bad.
"Where you going, Junior."
Mitch was a very deep-voiced boy even from childhood he always had a deep voice.
"Don't call me Junior."
Mike spat back. If there was one thing he hated about Mitch it was the fact that he called him Junior just to spit him. He had once heard Mike's dad shouting at him about something he did at school and during his rant, he called him junior so Mitch just started to call him Junior so that he can get under his skin.
"So you finally want to stand up for yourself eh. Looks like the big boy is coming out to play."
Mike had a good height to him and he had quite some muscle but it wasn't as much as Mitch but at the same time it wasn't like he was scrawny he just didn't like violence and even he himself was surprised at the sudden outburst but it was long overdue. Mitch had been bullying Mike for the longest time and it was time that he did something about it. Harry being the good friend he was tried to do something but was quickly shut down by the bully.
"You think your friend is going to help you?"
Mike tried his best to stand his ground but Mitch was much stronger and intimidating he roughly shoved Mike making him lose his balance and fall to the ground. While on the ground he saw his brother's car pull up in the parking lot and he got out and started to watch what was happening to his brother. Mike was so distracted that he didn't see the punch that was heading his way. The punch, to say the least, was very strong and hurt a lot but there was nothing Mike could do about it now. He was surely going to get pummeled and the crowd that was starting to form in the distance was not going to do anything about it.
People knew that the two boys didn't like each other and Mitch beating on Mike wasn't a new thing for them to witness. To them, it was entertaining to watch as the Football player beat on the rich nerd so no one did anything about it because they didn't want to end up being on the receiving end of the punch that Mitch threw. Mike was looking up at his assaulter who was getting ready to land another punch on his face and just as he lifted his clenched hand Mike forced his eyes closed mentally preparing himself for the pain that was about to be inflicted on him. A few seconds passed and he was surprised to see that the punch had never reached but then again it could be that the beating was so bad that it killed him and that if he opened his eyes he would find himself in heaven sparing him the pain of going back to his wretched life.
He started to open his eyes slowly and was disappointed to see himself still alive and not in heaven singing praises to the Lord. He then realised that the reason Mitch didn't punch him is that his fist was being held back by none other than his brother, Steven, who was towering over him with an unreadable face making it almost impossible to tell what he was feeling or thinking. He was in such a shock because his brother had never ever stopped Mitch from having a go at him but instead he was always on the sidelines watching and laughing as his brother got beat up by one of his teammates.
Maybe his prayers had been answered and his brother was finally starting to care for him. A smile started to make its way onto his face as he thanked the Lord Almighty for answering his prayers but he quickly took it back when he heard what his brother had to say.
"Mitch I've let you have your fun but this should be the last time you lay a hand on Michael. Do I make myself clear?"
So all this time he could have been helping him but he decided not to for whatever reason he had. Mike was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard his brother talking again and then he saw that Mitch had walked away,
"At first watching you get beaten was funny but now it's just sad and humiliating me. So try not to be such a fool who gets himself beaten up anyhow. Now get up and get to class, you're making a fool of yourself."
Mike was shattered. His brother just admitted that he found it amusing when he would get beaten up and humiliated.
He quickly got up not wanting to find out what would happen if he upset his brother. Steven just looked at Mike then at Harry, who had been standing idle behind them this whole time, then left them to go and meet up with his other friends who were not surprisingly part of the football team. Without uttering a word Mike took his bag which was on the floor and started to walk to the school with Harry following closely behind.
He made it in the school and as he walked by people he could hear how they were gossiping about him but he didn't pay them any mind as he got to his locker. He took out the books he would need for his first classes and looked down at his timetable to see his first class.
Science. 'Great something to make a bad day worse' he thought to himself. He never really liked Science class but it's not like he could just ditch it because he was not that kind of person and it was one of the few classes he had with his friend so it wouldn't be too bad.
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
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