My Childhood Sweetheart Killed Me For Love

Synopsis

When the SATs came out, the school belle, Corine Hobson, failed to score high enough and could only attend the worst vocational college. My childhood friend, Jared Westbrook, called on our entire class to apply for vocational colleges together, planning to go to Isadore University admissions office to negotiate, demanding they make an exception and admit Corine. The state's top 30 students all posted screenshots of their vocational college applications. In my previous life, I tried again and again to stop them. The application deadline is tomorrow. Once it passed, choices became final and could not change. If they collectively applied to vocational colleges as a threat, even as the state's top 30 students, they would lose their chance to revise their admissions. Their decade-long dreams of studying at an elite university would collapse. Their futures would become uncertain. Jared exploded in anger and shouted at me, "You're just afraid Corine will get into Isadore University and outshine you. Stop pretending you care about us." The top students sneered at me and mocked me openly. "It's just the SATs. With our abilities, we can repeat a year and still get into Isadore University. Who asked you to meddle?" Thinking of our three years as classmates, I reported the situation to the school and to their parents overnight. I reversed their applications and stopped them from threatening the admissions office. They entered Isadore University as they wished, received the best resources in every field, and held limitless futures. Corine, however, became pregnant after harassment at a vocational college. Her body and mind broke down. She developed depression and attempted suicide several times. After Jared learned the truth, he was devastated and blamed everything on me. He united the entire class to fabricate evidence of academic fraud against me. He also poisoned my water cup. Even my parents died after a mentally ill person set fire to their home. Now that I'd returned back in time, when I saw Jared rename the class group chat to "Charging Into Vocational College for Love," I left the group without hesitation and blocked every single one of them.