It wasn't fair. He hadn't done anything wrong but he felt like he was being punished. And it hurt more because he had feelings for the man. Some more tears fell but he knew there was nothing he could even do. It wasn't like he had the power here.

So Eli turned back to his book and just laid his head on it to accept his fate of losing his favorite class with his favorite teacher. Because if he fought this then he could get Cooper in trouble with what he knew.

And himself...

This sucked so bad.