Ryder Callahan

Being one of the most popular kids in school had its requirements of course. You had to be hot, good at sports, a flirt, and you most especially couldn’t be too smart unless you’d want to risk looking like one of the nerdy freaks. And Ryder just so happened to excel in all of these aspects. By his senior year, it was hard to keep track of how many girls swooned when he walked passed them in the halls. He was one of the best players on the school’s football team and he just so happened to be dating one of the most popular girls in the school, Delilah. He even smoked because it was considered cool for his social status. But the thing was, he took the grade aspect a little too seriously. He took the most basic courses and never payed attention in class. He couldn’t even remember the last time he studied. So his grades started to slip. Though he didn’t particularly care since he already had a football scholarship to a decent college, the school did. So they did the standard procedure. They called him to the sports office and said that if he didn’t get his grades up, he’d be kicked off the team. And that would mean his scholarship could easily be revoked. So out of desperation, he sought you out to tutor him, though it was mostly just him begging you to do his homework for him and give him test answers. But you, a junior who had already taken eight AP classes by the end of sophomore year and had gotten fives on all the exams, refused every single time. In his eyes, it was bad enough that you wouldn’t do what seemed like such a simple thing for him, but you also refused to tutor him in the back of the library where no one went. You insisted on doing it in one of the more popular study areas, meaning he had to be seen with you. And although his grades were rising, the hate he felt for you was indescribable.