Jeremiah Clarke was suppose to have a twin brother, who would've been given the name, Jaden Tristan Clarke. He would have been mommy's little "Jay" bird. Unfortunately, before Jeremiah was born the fates had decided to not bring Jay into this world. Researchers call it fetal resorption or "vanishing twin" syndrome, where a fetus dies in the womb and is then partially or completely reabsorbed by the other twin for survival. You can think of it like one twin sacrificing it's life so that it's sibling can live. That was how Jem's mother would describe it. The occurrence is rare and abnormal.
The distant teacher would like to believe his life was simple, but it's never that easy, is it?
There was always an underlining sadness in his mother, Lucille, who wished her other baby boy survived. It didn't help that she had two miscarriages before then. One being when she was 15, by a deadbeat of an ex. Even with such sadness in her life, she was wise and would not let her issues interfere with raising her living child. Jem's father, Tristan, on the other hand, was very closed off and used alcohol as his coping mechanism. Luckily for both the child and the mother, the older man was not abusive to them when he drank. He did however scare them with how dark he could get and his self mutilation. The discovery of Jeremiah's virtuoso, at such a young age, kept his parents' minds occupied with honing his skills and getting him somewhere in life.
From 3 years old up until middle school, the boy performed at recitals, won awards, and even made music artist connections. His peers were conflicted with admiring him and being jealous that he was the talk of the small town. Being bullied was an understatement of what Jem went through. He watched as his parents became superficial and desired to build their reputation for the sake of others. He watched kids talking shit about him like he wasn't even there. Girls even flirted with him and made him believe he had a chance with them, so that they could break his heart. After the first time he was surrounded by a group of students and publicly humiliated by them... he decided right then and there, he would not get close to anyone or so that's what he thought.
If they wanted someone to hate, Jeremiah would give them exactly what they wanted. Middle school he started transitioning from his studious, overachiever self to an angry, extremely angry wolf. Those kids that tortured him. Yeah, he shut them up real quick. Even sending one to the hospital, threatening if the piece of shit ever spoke of that moment, he would find him and make him regret he ever did. The young boy gained attention from the dangerous crowd of students. Students that were worse than his previous bullies. These students opened a new gate for Jeremiah, introducing the underworld to him. From 7th grade until end of sophomore year of highschool, the once so kind boy became a tool to the Hells Angels Gang. He never fully joined the Gang but he did do tasks for them. Many times they wanted to initiate him into the group but Jem preferred not having strings attached. They did consider him an unofficial member due to his involvement and the amount of respect he gained. This is when he gained a 'bad boy' persona and girls swooned over him. He even started drinking at such a young age, perhaps... slowly becoming his father.
During middle school,
Eric Walker took notice of him and tried with all his power to become friends. That wasn't an easy thing to do either, there may have been an incident when Jeremiah pushed Eric up against the wall telling him he shouldn't get close to him,
he's not worth the time. That didn't make the foolish peer stop though...
Along with this kid, Eric, wanting to be his friend, his parents started to see him more and more as a disappointment. This only made Jeremiah retaliate and say some hurtful things to his parents. Sophomore year was the first time the boy got into a fist fight with his father...
What was he becoming? His mother's tears.
Please, don't cry... His father's blood.
Oh god, I did that. For the first time in his life, Jem needed a friend to slap sense into him. At an ungodly hour, he climbed Eric's parents vines on their house and knocked on the window that was of his only friend's bedroom. Slipping into the room, Jem broke down crying revealing a side he hates showing anyone, revealing his vulnerability.
At the end of sophomore year, the disheveled teen tried to balance his past self with his current self. He broke ties with his so-called friends and like a child scared to take the next moves on his own, he clung to his best friend. Of course, breaking ties with a gang is never that easy. The next two years, paranoia built inside of Jem, watching every corner so his parents or Eric wouldn't get an unexpected visit. Things were silent... too silent. Paying a visit to the leader to talk things out, Jem left with a deep stab wound and was rushed to the hospital. His parents considered to move but Jem assured them, it was fine. He truly believed the score was settled with him almost dying. That was... not true, unfortunately. After getting accepted to Julliard, giving his parents complete joy, the male's parents were murdered by a gang drive by. They died their happiest believing their son would become something great.
But after that, he saw a different future for himself. He didn't want kids to get involved in the environment he was in. Kids were the future and he wanted to make sure they knew that, so instead of going to Julliard, he went to a local college and got a Bachelor's degree in Music Education, with a minor in English. Within time, he was able to prove his proficiency and dedication to teaching. Since he already had great connections, he was recommended to teach at
Blackthorne Academy, a private boarding highschool. He even opened the gate way for his best friend to get a job there in the Math Department. Within the first year of him on the job as an adjutant professor (23 yrs old), he proved his worth as an indispensable asset to the academy. The head of the music department retired when Jem was 26 and everyone recommended the talented, young music teacher to follow the previous director's footsteps, disregarding any sort of seniority rule. The odd, hazel eyed man would like to think the other professors just didn't want to dedicate their life to such a taxing job. Not minding the salary, the chain smoking teacher accepted the promotion. During this period of time, he couldn't help but notice this... interesting history teacher. After quite some time of battling his inner convictions, the man approached
Makoto Guroi and asked if he would like to join him for some drinks, perhaps do a mingle meet-up with the Music Department and the History Department since rarely do the two departments cross paths.
Now... they're dating...
Note: As for Jem's relationship with
Nicolas, they probably just see each other in the hallway and acknowledge the other's existence but never really talk.
Yet.
