Chapter 2: Dare

Trouble's P.O.V. ********************************** ~ A few weeks later ~ ********************************** Weeks have passed and nothing has changed. School keeps going on without me learning a damn thing. My grades keep slipping but nobody cares. Not the teachers. Not Alice or Steven. Why should I? Things at home haven't changed. If anything, they're getting worse. I'm not sure how much more of it I can take. School used to be my sanctuary. I was a king here. The teachers didn't give a rat's a.ss what I did. The students were either scared of me, or wanted me in some way. I liked it because it meant that I could find a way to be alone for a bit. I could skip class or spend the entire day tucked under the bleachers in the gym. It used to be something I looked forward to. Not anymo