The next day at school, everyone didn't seem that shocked to see Pip there, I guessed word had already gotten around about his return.
"Cheerio Butters! I saved you a desk by mine." Pip said with a smile. As I started making my way over there, I tripped over something, and my books went flying out of my hands, causing the papers from my binder to fly all over!
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Craig said as he snatched up one of the papers that flew out of my binder.
"Hm, Butters plus Samantha equals love." He read aloud, causing my face to become aflame. Samantha was the prettiest, most popular girl in the school, any guy, and some girls even, would kill to be with her.
"Like in your dreams!" Samantha said with a laugh, causing my embarrassment to heighten. I clenched my fists together as I felt a tear trickle down my cheek. A few people in the class noticed this too, because they started to point and laugh.
"Aw, look at the wittle cry baby!" A boy called.
"Yea, I think he needs his binky." Another one said.
"I-It makes me want to cry!" Clyde exclaimed before bursting into tears himself. However, no one laughed at him, they were all too busy making fun of me.
"Come on chaps, lets all be friends here." Pip said as he started to gather up my papers and books for me. I gave him a grateful smile,which he replied to with a nod.
"Shut up Pip!" Everyone exclaimed in unison. I was relieved when the teacher walked in right then. No one would dare act up, except Eric, while Mrs Rosenstein was around.
"Good morning class, today we will be learning about the Salem Witch Trials, can anyone tell me what happened during the Salem Witch Trials?"
"Yes Wendy?"
"People were accused of being witches, and they were hanged for it." Wendy said, spouting off the perfect answer like she always did.
"Good, can anyone tell me what year the Salem Witch Trials started and ended?"
"It started in February 1692 and ended in May 1693." Wendy answered again.
"Can anyone, other than Wendy, tell me what was the biggest causing factor that led the Salem Witch Trials to go that far?" Mrs Rosenstein asked.
"Some jealous chick was all pissed off that farmer dude stayed with his wife instead of her." Eric answered.
"Well, while your answer is accurate to what happened in The Crucible, that's not quite the answer I'm looking for." Mrs R said.
"Weak." Eric said.
"Anyone?" The teacher said, ignoring Wendy who had her hand raised. Finally, she let out a sigh and pointed to the dark haired girl,
"Yes Wendy?"
"Mass hysteria." Wendy answered.
"Very good, if only the other students in this class were as willing to learn as you are." Mrs R said.
"Ey! My answer was just as good at that stupid hippy's." Eric pouted.
"Another outburst like that Mr Cartman, and you will be sent to the principal's office." Mrs R said in a stern tone.
"Now, I would like for you all to open your books and read pages 67 through 73 and do the questions at the end." Mrs R said.
"Lame!" Eric exclaimed.
I opened my book and started to read the pages, I had gotten to the second to last question on the exercise, when the bell rang for my next class.
"Your assignments are due first thing tomorrow." Mrs Rosenstein said as the kids started to scramble out of the classroom.
"I can't believe how horrible those students were to you in Mrs Rosenstein's class, it seemed like they have gotten even worse than they were before." Pip said as we walked down the hall together.
"Well, they're okay, sometimes." I said.
"Okay, if you ever need a friend, I'm here." Pip said with a smile as he stepped into his class.
"Gee, thanks." I said before waving and heading off the my next class across the hall.
"Welcome class, today we will be learning the names of the bones in the human body." Mr Ficken said.
I must have fallen asleep during his lesson, because the next thing I knew, the classroom was empty, and I had a pink detention slip on my desk. Great, I could only imagine how my parents would react to me getting my first high school detention. I gulped when I thought about my dad would do.
"Um, Mr Ficken, is there anyway I could not have detention?" I asked the teacher nervously.
"I'm sorry Butters, but my number three rule in this class is no sleeping during class." He said as he pointed at a poster on the wall which displayed a list of rules which said:
1. No fighting.
2. No cellphones.
3. No sleeping during class.
4. No talking during a lecture.
5. No messing with the science equipment without permission.
6. No food or drink near the lab station.
7. No cheating.
8. No running.
9. No PDA.
10. Have fun and follow the rules.
"I'm sorry Mr Ficken, it won't happen again." I said softly as I tucked my detention slip into my pocket with a sigh. At least being in detention gave me a couple of hours before I had to go and face my parents.
The next class I had was English, nothing really happened in that class except Samantha was in the class, and she kept giving me go to hell looks that made me feel like I had a knife of ice jutted through my heart.
I let out a sigh of fear and disappointment when lunch rolled around, lunch was the time when people bullied me the most.
It was this particular lunch that made me start to see things, people, the way Pip had been seeing them ever since he returned.