2 Not everything is over yet!

I parked my bicycle and ran aimlessly. As for where? No idea, maybe toward my classroom or maybe somewhere else. My bruised knees were giving me a painful sensation which didn't care for. Then I heard someone calling for me.

"DiCaprio! wait up, classmate!" I slowly turned toward the direction of the voice and found it was none other than Neil Astors! The one I collided with.

W-what is he doing here? I asked in my mind as I was scared what will happen if one of my neighbour's kids will see him near me and inform that to my family. My life really sucked! I decided not to listen to him and run for my class, but before I could take the next step, he stood right in front of me.

"Please follow me," he said, sounding ever so polite. And for some reason, I was unable to stop myself from following his lead. Later I realised he was taking me to our class which was empty for now. "Here, sit down," he said as he pulled a chair for me. And I did as he said. Then he took out something from his pocket and bent down on his knees.

That something was a 'band-aid'. "It's gonna hurt a little, please bear with it." He said as he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and cleaned my knees. All this time he was very careful so that he could not hurt me accidentally. Then he attached the band-aid on my knees. Just when he finished tending my wounds, his phone rang.

"Not gonna pick it up." He murmured as he looked at his phone screen. "This guy will just drink up one litre of my blood and will eat half of my brain!" And his phone just kept ringing,

First things first,

I'ma say all the words inside my head

I'm fired up tired up of the way the way the things have been, oh–ohh~

The way the things have been oh–ohh~

Second thing second,

don't you tell me what you think I could be

I'm the one at sail, I'm the master of my sea oh-ohh

The master of my sea oh-ohh~

And the call got disconnected but he didn't receive it. However, he unknowingly gave me a reason to fight for. His phone ringtone sounded like it's just made for me.

Just like his ringtone said, I was also tired of leaving the way my family were making me live. Now all I wanted was to sail my own life and be the one I actually dreamt of.

So what my guitar was broken? I still had the burning flame within me to chase my dream! I was a fool to think everything was over, because no it's not! It's just the beginning! I motivated myself with newfound energy.

"Thank you, Astors!" I mumbled before running in the direction which was my favourite, the direction of music class. And on the way, I heard him saying "You are welcome," He probably wouldn't have understood why I thanked him. I didn't thank him for tending my wounds, I expressed my gratitude for unknowingly being the cause of my motivation.

I stood right outside the music class and recalled the scenario from last time. That day my uncle forcefully pulled me away from this very class, humiliating me in front of the entire class.

"Don't you understand what I told you earlier! singing and dancing are not for Nobel ladies! You are supposed to learn how to be well-behaved and not how to jump on the stage!" These were the exact words my uncle had said that day.

"Oh, Raine DiCaprio!" Miss Melon, the music teacher called me in surprise. "Do you want to attend the class?" she asked me. Of course, I was not going to utter even the word 'Music' in this school. Who knows someone might inform this to my uncle and my dream will die right then and there... To learn music, I needed to make a nice plan but for now, dealing with Miss Melon was my priority.

"Astors, Neil Astors c-called for you, Ma'am." Hell! why did I even use his name?! I felt like banging my head on the wall!

"The nerve of this boy!" Miss Melon voiced out in anger. "Instead of coming to the teacher, he dares to summon the teacher to him!" Miss Melon was going to give him a big-time, I sighed as I thought about how I put under the bushes.

I hastily walked away from the music class and took a run for my classroom. Astors deserved a thank-you, but here I left a walking tornado called Miss Melon on him.

Once my oh-so-boring class was over, I made my way for the home. And during this, I noticed Astors and his gang was going toward the detention room.

Sorry, Astors,

<••••Behind the scenes••••>

Neil was laying on the desk while his three friends– Samantha, William and Derek, were sitting in the class which was made for the members of the student council. Yes, they were members of the student council. And obviously, Neil was the president of this community.

"Guys, I'm out of horror movies." Samantha said, "Give me some recommendations about some new ones."

"I always wonder when most of the girls are scared of horrors, how come our Sam is crazy for that?" Derek questioned.

"Well that's pretty obvious, I'm different duh!" Samantha said as she flipped her hair back. And William rolled his eyes at her.

"Of course you are different. After all, you are a ghost yourself!" Said William.

"You–" Samantha stopped talking when Miss Melon entered the room. And boy, Miss Melon was the horror movie everyone was scared of. Samantha was no exception!

"Neil Astors!" Miss Melon shouted and Neil hastily got up. "Who do you think you are?"

"Miss Melon I–" Neil began only to be stopped by the dangerous lady teacher.

"If you have something to discuss, what will you do? You will come to my office and not summon me to you!" The angry teacher barked at them.

"But I didn't call you Miss Melon," said Neil.

"So you mean to say Raine DiCaprio the obedient girl gave me the wrong information!?" Miss Melon kept firing on Neil but he wasn't listening to her.

DiCaprio framed me? But why? He did help her with her wounds, no? Neil questioned in his mind as had pictured the girl in question to be a quiet type of girl who barely talks with anyone. He came out of his world of questions when Derek snapped his fingers in front of him. The teacher was already gone by now.

"Dude, who is Raine DiCaprio? And most importantly when did you manage to offend her that she gave the false information to the teacher ghost?" Derek fired the question which Neil had no answer of.

"That... I'm also thinking when and how I managed to offend her."

"Yeah, just keep thinking. Cause Miss Melon just gifted us the detention." Said Samantha as she sighed.

"Wait, wasn't it supposed to be only me?" Neil asked, confused by the turn of events.

"I tried to explain that it must be some misunderstanding... But you know how she is, she threw us all in detention." William explained.