Chapter 1
"Hey loser!come back here and pick up my pencil." I shut my eyes tightly and clutched my bag handles tighter, my palm acting like waterfalls. Enzo. He joined our school in 3rd grade and I guess the years before that were the only good years of my school life. We are in 4th grade now and his bullying hasn't decreased.
I turned on my heels, with my eyes low. He is too intimidating to look at with a wide and a tall body, I think he towers over all our peers and his black eyes that are always so scary.
Gently, I picked up the pencil and handed it to him. In return he twisted my right pig tail with his finger and pulled it. It stung and so did my eyes with tears but I didn't look up, but swivelled and ran towards the bathroom. Over the year, the only safe space I've found is the bathroom, in a locked stall.
It wasn't always like this. On his first day of school, I was scared of him because you know, he looked intimidating but I approached him, sat next to him and helped him with school work but something changed and he's been like this then.
After fixing my pig tails and getting myself together, I headed back to class and guess what I was late that means either I get detention or an embarrassing shouting in front of everyone. Ever since Enzo started bullying me, I'd become a soft target for everyone to laugh at and bully so the simplest of shoutings from the teachers became a big joke for everyone to laugh at.
"Ms.Prescott! You are late, get out of your dreamland and get inside the class, FAST." The whole class giggled at Mr. Gibbins statement. Now, I wished that I'd rather get a simple 'DETENTION' yelled at me, I mean what's worse getting joked about or being in the same room as Enzo and finishing his homework?
Time ticked slowly, and it was lunch time. I always preferred to sit under a tree and quietly eat my lunch. I felt lonely and like a loser at times. I wanted to have friends whom I can talk to and share my lunch with but no one sat with me because, of course Enzo told everyone that I'm a bad person and I've 'disgusting' rashes. I didn't. Enzo had pushed me on the ground because I had tried to talk to him and because of that my hand had scraped against the rocks and I got a big bruise. It was bruise, not a rash Enzo and you were the one who caused it, I thought to myself. I've only been nice to the people in school but once Enzo came, he stealed all my friends and told everyone to not talk to me and they listened to him, because he came from the 'rich' part of the town and came from a prestigious family. Moreover, I'd overheard the mothers talking once that since my mother had taken a divorce, it meant that I came from a broken family and had no personality grooming nor manners because my mom spent more time working than paying attention to me. Now, that wasn't true but those evil mother's told their children to stay away from me and thanks to the Enzo, the catalyst, they did.
Everyone stomped around and played football or tag in the lunch break. I sat behind under a tree and opened my lunchbox, and before I even pick the PB&J sandwich Enzo snatched the box with force, grabbed the sandwich and gobbled in less than a minute. I was left staring at him, starving. He threw my lunch box near me, but before he ran he shouted, "Skirts and pig tails look awful on you." This is the second time in a day he is making me feel miserable. Tears well up in my eyes but I knew better than to let them out. The last time I cried in front of everyone, it had become a funny joke that went around for a week. I was named, the cry baby Aurora.
I resorted to staring at the grass, wondering, if they enjoyed the breeze but when someone stomped and walked on them did they feel the hurt like I was feeling? Or did they atleast think, that they had some use?
I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder, and when I turned to look I seriously thought I saw an angel. She had blue eyes with a gentle smile on her lips and her blonde hair moved little with the breeze. Her other hand was outstretched, as she offered me her lunch box.
"Hi, I'm Orion! What your name?"
I smiled shyly at her, "I'm Aurora. Thank you for sharing your lunch box but I already finished mine." I told her gently.
"Don't lie to me, I saw that boy snatch your lunch box. Also, I really like your skirt. Boys have no fashion sense and he is just plain stupid." She chattered so confidently. I immediately started to admire her.
"Oh, thank you." I smiled and took a piece of her sandwich. I was shocked, genuinely. Everyone literally looked up to Enzo so much, that they treated him like he was some God.
We chatted through lunch time and discovered we had a few classes together. She also told me she is new student in this school. I figured that is why she didn't know Enzo. But I decided to forget about him and relish the time I had to talk to a friend because soon Enzo would come and change her mind against me.
While leaving school, Orion made me promise that tommorow morning I'll meet her outside the school lobby and we'll head to class together. I hope she sticks by it.
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So much love,
Butterflykiss ❤️
