According to P.J. he said he had seen Bradley in the library all day yesterday.

I found that strange considering no one ever sits in the library all day. None moving and in a trance. P.J. explained how he had grabbed a book earlier in the day for a class and saw Bradley sitting at a empty table reading some story. P.J.  hadn't touched it until later that day to finish up some assignments. When looking at the book he had realized it was the wrong one and. Returned to the library to exchange it only to see Bradley there. In the same spot looking more distraught and sad. This made me wonder if Bradley genuinely sat there unmoving the whole day. Did he eat at all? Use the bathroom? Drink water? There's no way he just sat there for so long. Personally I could never. I would need multiple breaks throughout the day if I was doing some hard core studying. I expressed this thought and P.J. shook his head saying "No dude, he wasn't even studying. He was just reading a book. That's it!" Which sort of made a little more sense now. When it comes to studying everyone can't handle the absolute overdrive of concentration it takes to do all that. But when reading a book, especially a good one I can see how it would be easy to get lost into it. But now this just struck another thought that would be mentioned out loud "Depends on what book he was reading. Did you manage to catch it?" He asked as P.J. simply shook his head no "Nope. But it looked sort of short. So I don't know why he was there for so long." he mentioned and my mind immediately raced to "He probably has dyslexia or something" I shrugged as Bobby sat up from his bed "Yo, don't make fun of dyslexia dude. It ain't fun" he mentioned as I perked up and turned looking at Bobby, completely forgetting he was there in the first place " My bad man, I didn't mean to joke about it. It was just a thought" I replied quickly. I keep forgetting Bobby had dyslexia. Bobby nodded as a sign that he quickly forgave me as he ate some spray can cheese. Normal Bobby behavior but whatever.

I looked back at P.J. and asked "what made you tell me that Bradley was at the library all day? Why would it matter to me man?" I asked getting off of my bed to grab a shirt to change into. " I don't know" P.J. said simply, but based on the look on his face he wasn't done finishing the thought so I waited for a few seconds for him to reply and that he did "He just doesn't seem like Bradley anymore. It's uncanny and weird man. I think you broke him!" P.J. snickered as I did to. " Well deserved though" Bobby mentioned as I nodded " Little miss princess needed a rude awakening and he got what he deserved when he got his ass kicked in the X-games" I mentioned which the others snickered. " for real man. But it feels good to be on top!" Bobby smirked. "Real man, we're no longer the losers we once were in high school! It's great!" P.J. replied. I had to agree with them. It felt good to be on top.

I looked at the time though realizing I had practically 20 minutes left to grab a bite to eat and then head to class " Hey, I'll see you guys later. I gotta get goin" I said dapping P.J. goodbye and nodded at Bobby who held up a peace sign. I grabbed my skateboard and bag as I left. I grabbed some food in the cafeteria and headed to my literature class. When arriving I found a seat quickly. The room wasn't completely full yet so I scanned around to see if I knew anyone there, maybe I could switch seats and make conversation. But my eyes landed on Bradley. I squinted noticing some new details. His snarky demeanor had slowly disintegrated and he slowly had grown dark circles around his eyes. Probably from lack of sleep. Of course he still kept his clean cut look, that wasn't different. I also noticed he had a book in his hand. It was probably the one P.J. was talking about this morning. I looked at the title reading " no longer human". That caught my attention considering it seemed so angsty just by the title itself and the dark circles around Bradley's eyes were fueling that theory much more. I perked up realizing I had been staring at Bradley when he looked my way and cocked a brow. I quickly signaled with my hands to ask what he was reading. He simply tilted his head and closed the book lifting it up to show me which I found VERY SHOCKING! Bradley Uppercrust the motherfucking third. Not shooting me a death glare? Or insulting me straight away? But instead just being reluctant and showed me the book he was reading! That was insane, P.J. was right! Bradley was changed- oh wait I spoke to soon. I think he might've noticed my shocked expression so he rolled his eyes sighing and went back to reading. Regardless of such he still agreed to show me the book. It was off behavior. I might be overthinking a little but still. I found it eerie.

The class filled up more so and it had begun. The professor asking all of us if we had found a book we were interested in to present.  Some nodded their heads, including me. He then asked each student who said yes to confirm which book we would be picking as each one took turns telling the story title, author and genre. Bradley chose the book he was reading before class started and said simply " No longer human by Osamu Dazai, a semi-autobiographical Japanese classical literature novel." to which the professor wrote down. Then another student spoke next saying " Stephen King's the shining. A horror novel" as the professor wrote it down. The professor then called my name as I spoke " same as hers" I simply said and I was denied " You cannot pick a book that was already chosen Mr Goof" He said as I perked up shocked by that " okay um.... Then I choose I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison, a sci-fi novel" I shrugged. If I listened to the audiobook it would be 40 minutes long and I had a basic understanding of the concept of the book itself considering it was gaining popularity. The teacher allowed it and wrote down the book. Others chose Franz Kafka books or Mary Shelley or even Oscar Wilde. 'Have fun with reading those long-ass books' I thought to myself until someone said Fyodor Dostoyevsky and I was in genuine shock. Even the teacher was shocked too considering his books were 600 pages long in such small text. But whatever floats their boat at the end of the day.

After class the teacher called Bradley to the front of the class to discuss something with him in private. I was meaning to leave ASAP but I couldn't resist the temptation to be nosy and listen in. From what I could make out I heard the teacher explain to Bradley that he had an averaging B level grade. So I thought to myself ' That's a good grade? Why is he being called up?' And as I listened more my eyes widened when the teacher said " I suggest you fix this grade by working your ass off on the project. If you don't then don't blame me for your father's wrath." he said. This made me so confused as to why the fuck a teacher would say that? But Bradley scoffed and replied " sometimes I hate the fact you and my father are friends. But fine, whatever I'll complete the project with nothing but absolute perfection" he said as the teacher hummed " you better" as he patted Bradley's shoulder.  Bradley spun on his heel and begun to walk out. That's when I got on my board and skated away. So now I had more information on Bradley; lack of sleep, reading what I can only assume is a angsty book, our professor is a friend to his father but still doesn't give Bradley a break despite their connections and a change in his personality. Those clues alone were enough to raise some red flags but I shouldn't really be caring...except I did care. I felt guilty  because I feel as though I have a part in all of this when winning last years X-games. Did me winning fuck up Bradley? No I'm overthinking it. Bradley is fine. I can't be thinking so hard on this subject or I'll only stress myself out even more.

But maybe it is my fault.... Maybe I did fuck him up and throw him off his game. After all, after the X-games his reputation has shifted so much you wouldn't think that the famous Bradley from just a year ago was the same Bradley you're hearing about and seeing today. Same can be said for me honestly. Initially, I thought we had just switched roles in the social status but I'm thinking Bradley has been going through so much worse than anything I've ever been through.