Panicked and afraid, Jens’ fingers shook as he moved to untie the string sealing his end of year test results. He only revised for about three hours the day before each exam. And some days he had several exams. A ‘fucking terrible idea’ according to his friend, Michael.
At the end of each turn of the string his fingers slipped up, letting it go, leading him to have to collect it once more with his still shaking fingertips. Finally, the envelope was free, and the papers stared ominously at Jens, their tips poking out of its top.
Then, the envelope jumped out of his hands. Michael pried it from his fingers after watching Jens stare at it for minutes.
“Let me see…” Michael had already retrieved the papers and had begun scanning over it with his fingers. “Maths, A, English, B, German, D, Physics, A, Biology, A, Chemistry, B.”
Jens felt a weight was lifted off his shoulders as Michael read out his results.
“How the fuck did you manage that?” Michael continued down, reading out the results one-by-one, “Geography, B, Drama, B, History, C, Music, B. These results are better than mine, you dickhead!”
Jens felt a smirk emerge on his face, false confidence oozing out of every pore of his body. “I think that means you might be retarded, Mike. Shit was easy.”
“Smug prick.” Michael pushed the papers back into Jens’ chest.
Jens looked down at the papers, ignorant of Michael’s hand careening towards his crotch. His fingers flicked out and struck true at Jens’ family jewels. Jens sunk to the floor, his hand scrunching the papers on his chest as he groaned in pain.
“Fucking. Dickhead,” the words crawled out of Jens’ throat, barely audible over Michael’s hyena laugh.
Today's prompt: test results
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