Sometimes I feel like I am the worst boy on earth. Not because I want to be bad, but because problems always find me, even when I try to stay away from them.
My life is not very easy. At home there are always financial problems. My parents worry about money almost every day. I can see it on their faces even when they try to hide it. Sometimes I want to help them, but I am still a student. I don't earn anything. Even asking for small things makes me feel guilty.
Many of my friends get pocket money. They buy snacks after school or sometimes new things for themselves. But I don't get pocket money. It's not because my parents don't love me. I know they do. It's just that things are difficult at home. Because of that, I learned to stay quiet and not ask for too much.
School is also not very easy for me.
Many times something happens in class and somehow I end up getting blamed. The strange thing is that sometimes I didn't even do anything. Maybe I was just sitting there, or maybe I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But teachers look at me like I am the one who did it.
One day a boy in my class was talking loudly during the lesson. The teacher suddenly turned around and shouted my name. I was shocked. I wasn't even talking. But before I could explain, the whole class started looking at me. The teacher scolded me and told me to stand outside the classroom.
That moment felt really unfair.
While standing outside, I kept thinking, "Why does this always happen to me?" I try to stay quiet. I try to avoid trouble. But trouble still finds me.
Sometimes I wonder if people already decided that I am the "bad boy" of the class. When someone breaks a rule, they look at me first.
Even my classmates sometimes laugh about it.
"Of course it must be him," they say jokingly.
But they don't know how it feels inside.
There are days when I feel very tired, not physically but mentally. I try to focus on my studies and ignore everything else. I tell myself that one day things will become better.
But sometimes life gives another problem before the previous one even ends.
One evening I was walking back home from school. My bag felt heavier than usual, even though the books were the same. Maybe it was because my mind was full of thoughts.
I kept thinking about my future.
What will happen to me?
Will I always be the boy who gets blamed?
Will my life always be full of problems?
When I reached near my house, the sky was slowly becoming dark. The street lights started turning on one by one.
Just then my phone vibrated.
I looked at the screen. It was a message from an unknown number.
At first I thought it was just a wrong message, so I almost ignored it. But something made me open it.
The message had only one line.
"I know your problems… and I can change your life."
For a moment I thought it was some kind of joke.
But then another message came immediately.
"If you want your life to change, meet me tomorrow after school. Come alone."
My heart started beating faster.
Who sent this message?
How does this person know about my problems?
And the biggest question…
Should I go there tomorrow… or not?
To be continued… ✨