Tie Breaker

Me and Dwayne have been friends since as long as I can remember. From the beginning of Freshman year it became a little inside joke to try and outdo the other. However things really got competitive in Audio/Visual class. Every day was a new challenge to try and outdo the other. As this went on each year the classes started getting involved in their own little spin off competitions. Before you knew it every class we started this in knew about our rivalry and some even joined in outside of Audio/Visual class. This is where things got rather coincidental though because whatever score I got so did Dwayne. For instance, we always chose tests to be the deciding factor on who was smarter than the other but whenever we revealed our scores it would ALWAYS be a tie. I could miss 15 questions and he would still tie with me, this actually happened once. As of recently we have gotten Mr. Strong's son involved in our little rivalry but that's a different story. Our rivalry carried out of Audio/Visual and into any class we shared. From Economics to Math but every outcome was the same; a tie. So the other day we were chilling in government realizing how awesome Mr. Stevens was taking notes blah blah. Then suddenly it was test day, I was so sure that I was going to crush Dwayne this time. Cramming isn't always bad right before a test and in most cases it saves me. How could I study on a beautiful day like the one before. So test is passed out and I immediately begin flying through it. Dwayne finished first of course with me following close after. I knew every answer on the test and for short answers and the essay I made sure to write down every little detail, even some that weren't in the notes. A few days later tests were being passed back and my gosh I had my fingers and toes crossed praying that I finally beat him. So he strolls over to the storage closet and brings out to big jugs of apple juice. Strange but you know whatever my test score is more important. Dwayne gets his first and I'm dying to know what he got but he refuses to tell me. I get my next and pull my best poker face as I'm walking back to my seat. 100/100 a flawless score, what are the odds that Dwayne scored a 100 to. Mr. Stevens announces that out of the class only two people scored perfect scores and that's who the apple juice was for. He called Dwayne up first and then me. I shook my fist at him and he just put on his best coy smile. I'll never be able to beat this evil genius but that isn't going to keep me from trying. I have to admit though ever since I started my competition to see who's smarter with him my grades have skyrocketed from what they used to be years ago.