You look to the exam scores posted on the board, your eyes search for your name hoping you’ll find it in the first place spot. You find your name, but it’s not in first, it’s in second.

“Second place to me again? And here I thought english was your best subject. Tsk tsk,” Your longtime academic rival, Rowan, speaks cockily. He looks to you with a smirk on his face as he adjusts his glasses, “Cat’s got your tongue?”