~Ali's POV~

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! I was jolted awake from my strange dream by my extremely annoying alarm clock. I slammed my fist down on the snooze button and tried to sleep some more but failed. Instead, another annoying chorus of beeping came from the alarm clock. I picked up the clock and chucked it across the room. It hit the wall with a thunk and finally shut off. "Well, another day of hell for me,"I mumbled to myself, stretching."I guess I should get up..." I got up and got dressed in my favorite green hoodie and a random pair of blue jeans.

~Time Skip to the bus because I can :3 ~

I was as far back on the bus as possible. Even though I wasn't in high schol yet, nobody bothered me about it. Nobody even wanted to be near me, so I always had the seat to myself. When I finally got to school, I made sure to put up the hood of my hoodie to cover up my "ears". You see, I have this-umm...problem of sorts. I have cat ears. Yes, you heard me, cat ears. Calico cat ears, to be exact. I also have a tail, but I keep it covered. My strange ears are the only part everyone knows about and they cause me to be bullied all the time. Just like today.

"Hey Kat! Cough up any furballs lately?" That was Jackson, the principal's son. It seems like he could get away with everything. I sigh and walk on, ignoring him. "Hey, Fluffy, I'm talking to. you!" Jackson said as he suddenly grabbed my shoulder and flipped me around. He slammed me onto one of the many blue lockers behind me. "Didn't your mother tell you it's rude to ignore someone when they're talking to you? Oh wait, you don't have a mom."

That one hit me hard, and Jackson knew it. It was true, I didn't have a mother. I lived with my single dad. It's not too bad; I get to do whatever I want most of the time. It was just sometimes that I wonder What was my mom like? or Would I feel better about myself if mom was here? but my dad never said anything about her. Every time I asked, he would quickly change the subject.

"Hey, Earth to Kat, you there? Hey guys I think I got her a little too hard there." Jackson's laughter brought me out of my trance.

"Are you done yet?" I asked, annoyed that he was still bugging me.

"Yeah. I've had enough fun outta you for now." he said as he left. I just sigh and brush myself off. Sometime when I was thinking I ended up sitting on the floor. I wished, if just for a second, that I could be normal.