Reborn: I Sat Next To The Delinquent

Synopsis

To make his queen-bee girlfriend, Jessica Lane, jealous, the class president, Alex Grant, volunteered to tutor me. Alone. He moved his desk beside mine, ignoring her stormy expression. During our sessions, he would trace his fingers across my palm. Everyone could see it. I became the so called manipulative snake, Jessica's target. She forced my head into a toilet bowl and snapped my fingernails one by one. She poured superglue between my fingers, sealing them together. I hid in an alley near home, trembling, too afraid to face my parents. That was where Jessica found me. No, it was not her, but her delinquent childhood friend, Ryan Blake, blocking the exit with his crew. "You made Jessica cry," he said softly. "Don't worry. We'll be gentle." I died in that narrow, dark passage. They strolled away, laughing. The rage followed me into death, and something answered. Now I opened my eyes. Alex was asking the teacher for a private tutoring partner.