Rainbows After Rain
It's another normal day for John Egbert, which includes being bored and feeling negative emotions. That's pretty much the sum of it. The game had ended during the Summer and everything was surprisingly exactly the way it was before... except the dead were not brought back...
Every day melts into the others when it comes to John's school life. If a day stood out, it was an especially bad day. He never had many friends outside of his internet friends. The friend he hangs out with most is Willy, a boy who is kind of a trouble magnet. If you hang out with Willy, you're pretty much guaranteed to be teased. It's not that the boy was any more nerdy than any other loner, he was probably just the biggest target. Everyone was used to picking on him.
The thing about it is, Willy doesn't care that much. At home, his life is basically perfect. Willy's parents are basically the perfect parents, and they're rich as hell. Even though Willy is nice, he gets whatever he wants whenever he wants it.
There's not even the part where the rich kid never sees his parents because his mom only has a part-time job and his dad works for the government with regular hours. The real reason they're so rich is because His dad invested in a lot of stocks that have gone really well so they don't even need to pay those taxes and stuff.
At least, that's Willy's explanation whenever John asks him questions about his money or parents.
Today is just another day. It's lunch time and John is sitting in a corner with Willy. They have their Nintendos out and are playing Pokemon. They get teased a little sometimes for it, but they like video games like that. John knows that he'll be picked on if he hangs around Willy, but he doesn't care.
The two 14-year-olds had first met a little less than a year ago when they were in middle school.
John had done his best to stay inconspicuous and hidden from people's eyes. Ever since he was a kid his friends had come and gone and he finally decided to be alone. He wouldn't be able to stand joining the nerds group, who were the only ones left, those people got 80% of the popular and wannabe's constant bashing. He thought he would rather be alone.
That day, the popular kids in his FACs class had turned their abuse towards him. It didn't happen that often but he sure didn't appreciate when it did.
The period had just started, period 6. The teacher began to talk to the students about the importance of cleanliness when cooking. As usual, the students socialized and paid little attention to the teacher's babbling. The teacher gave not one fuck.
One of the popular boys that was always annoying him was Ian. Ian was a heavyset football-player kind of guy. He liked to make stupid remarks and entertain everyone with them. These remarks were usually about any poor loner who found themselves situated near him.
The worst part about the whole thing is that it's everyone against one. This is what happened to John that day.
John was trying his best to pay attention to the Teacher's drawl, but began to doze off on his binder. The other kids in the class had been happily chatting away as usual until they noticed John "asleep". They began to laugh and throw things at him and when John's head shot up, they laughed harder and continued.
He wasn't going to throw shit back at them so he just glared at his binder, waiting for them to stop. They called him names and threw erasers and paper. The familiar feeling in his stomach made him sweat. The negative feeling that can't really be described that happens when you're being teased and ganged up on.
Someone walked in late, Willy. He walked up to the teacher, with his note, up front and went to pick a seat. There were assigned seats but nobody cared about them, not even the teacher. You have to wonder why she even bothered with anything.
The late student paused, then walked right through the line of fire, plopping down loudly right next to John. John looked up at the other boy, wondering what the hell he was doing. Drawing attention to yourself? It's unheard of. Sticking your neck out for your friends? It isn't done in the jungle called school. Sticking your neck out for someone you don't even know? It doesn't even exist.
John's internet friends were his only friends, and even they weren't really there until Sburb. He would feel confident in them except that they talked to him less and less on PesterChum. They must have found other friends and ways to occupy their time while he stayed alone. It's okay though, other people's gain is not his misfortune, right?
The blue-eyed boy looked at the newcomer questioningly. Willy just smiled and took out a sheet of blank lined paper.
He passed the note to John. There was something written on it.
Hi I'm Willy :)
John remembered this as he put down the DS on his lap to eat his sandwhich. He glanced over at his friend who was still happily playing Pokemon. That boy was so care-free and happy all the time.
John sighed and slid down the wall that was supporting his back until he was slouching more. He silently wishes he was at home. But then what would he do? Dave is never online anymore, and Rose and Jade are great and all but they tend to ramble on about weird stuff all the time. He knows that he babbles a lot himself, but those girls were a tiny bit different. The trolls were also good, but they seemed to be more distracted now that the game was over and done with.
They probably don't care about us anymore John thought, staring at the ceiling. Being alone is just what I do.
The bell rang. He put his DS away in his pocket and packed his lunch up. He trudged to his locker to continue through the rest of the boring day. At home he would pester Jade and the others, but he just had to wait.
Another class period of Hell.
Thanks for reading, people! This was the prologue so it's obviously not totally into it yet but hopefully keep reading? I'm hoping to make this interesting. Also yes, the trolls do actually come in at some point, just hold your horses. AND I know I said I would do a suggestion for my next fic BUT I had this idea and I really wanted to do it so here it goes. I'll still get onto the other fics soon enough. Tell me what you think and stuff and stay tuuuuuned!