Ablaze Spring 2025 2

KYLE: Does it look like I asked you? Just be quiet. I know what I’m doing.

SAM: But… I can help you get out of it.

KYLE: Look, I don’t need any help from some autistic kid, alright?!

JAYDEN : (laughing) Yes! Checkmate! I won!

KYLE: What?! But how?!

SAM: I told you that was gonna happen.

KYLE: Just stop!! You’re not smart enough to understand how chess works! Now, get lost! (scoffs)

Kyle and his friends laugh mockingly.

In the classroom- in math class.

CLASSMATE: Done!

MRS. BENTLEY: That’s correct! Well done. Now the team to get the next one right gets the extra credit.

KYLE: Okay, who should we choose to go?

SAM: Me, me!!

KYLE: No!! There’s no way you’re gonna get it right. You probably don’t even know kindergarten math. (laughing)

MRS. BENTLEY: Okay, have you decided?

SAM: Yes, I’d like to-

KYLE: I’ll go!

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