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“Question 1,” I thought as I bit the end of my pen. It’s the only subject that I’m rubbish at… wait, let me rephrase that. It’s one of the many subjects I am rubbish at. Maths. Although, after last year’s failing attempts at trying to grasp the concept of linear graphs while having Mrs Skew biting at your ankles is not one of the easiest things to cope with. “SATS are so early in the term” I thought as I scribbled down some working out in a box that said ‘ Marking only’. I shook my head and stared up with anxiousness at the clock. “Dammit,” I thought aloud. The teacher behind me ‘shushed’ me as I mouthed a sorry and continued to try and calculate the fraction sum out. “I wish this was algebra,” I thought to myself again as my pencil snapped and I picked up another one. “I can do algebra!”
“Right, pens, pencils down. There, first test over!” said the teacher at the end as some other teachers came to collect the papers. “Only 3 more to go.”
“Yeah,” I moaned quietly. “But then we’ve got end of year exams!” I sunk my head into my hands and leant on the desk so hard that the woman who collected my paper, after 3 unsuccessful tugs, had to ask me to remove my arm from on top of it.

“That wasn’t that hard,” began Maddy bounding up behind me and placing her arm on my shoulder. I nodded my head and lied.
“Yeah, it was actually easier than I thought.” Sophie and Claire had decided to join us, getting rid of the cheeriness and putting a real sense of despair in the air.
“That was totally ****,” said Claire brushing her fringe out of her eyes and grabbing her neon green clip out of her coat pocket. “Totally ****, I hated that and…” Maddy cut her off saying.
“I actually thought it was really easy!”
“Yeah,” began Claire drawing herself up to her full height. “But you’re in top set. What about us less brainy people? Less gifted? What are we supposed to do?” Maddy stared evilly at Claire as she was congratulated for making a wonderful speech for the unintelligent.
“I’m going to the computers,” I said quickly and rushed off to the cloakroom to pick up my things, again a few tears trickling down my face. I felt a tap on my shoulder, and turned around to see Talie standing behind me.
“What the…?” I began, but before I could say another word, she’d caught me in a hug that had sent me right off balance. I slowly put my arms around her shoulders, and with a bewildered look on my face hugged her back. I realised that I still had glistening tears on my cheeks, so I wiped them off quickly. There’s only one problem, as Talie stood up properly again she said.
“So… why were you cryin’?” God dammit, nothing can escape that girl.
“Er…” I began, trying to make up some weird excuse why I was crying, but I knew I couldn’t lie to her. Just as I was about to say the thing that had been bugging me all day, the pips went. “Aww, sorry, great catch up, but… gotta go for a test, so see ya!”
“But Grace…” she called after me, but I had already slipped out of the door and had started to run across the wet pavement to the gym.