It's always like this.

How do people know she's still alive?

She became nobody had wished for.

Except for their own selfish needs.

If she wasn't on the top of her class, would people still talk to her?

Would they acknowledge her presence?

Will they still try to please her the way they did now?

Or will they leave her alone for good?

She didn't want to find out either way.

She shifted uncomfortably on her seat as the bell rings, waiting patiently for the slow torture to end.