Chapter 11

Yesterday seemed like a far away memory when Monday arrived and the first thing BB heard is the sound of his alarm clock. BB took a look at the time...7:00 am...groaned and threw his blanket over his head, ignoring probably the four worst words in the English language: first day of school. Kaitlyn walks into the room and sees that BB is still in bed. She walks over and gives BB a gentle shove.

"Wake up, Blaine, first day of school today." Kaitlyn says trying to wake BB up. BB turns and groans.

"Come on, Katie, just five more minutes." BB says with a whiny tone in his voice. Kaitlyn smirks and thinks of another strategy to get her cousin out of bed. She jumps onto the bed and in the process, lands on top of BB—who lets out a yelp of pain. Kaitlyn pulls the blanket off of BB's face.

"I would, but school starts in a little over an hour, and we need to start getting around because we...well more like you...have to be at school a little early today. And I don't want to be caught in traffic, so hurry and get your slow ass in gear." Kaitlyn says tugging on BB's arm, who finally surrenders and gets up and out of bed.

"Why do I have to be at school early anyways?" BB asks yawning and rubbing his eyes.

"Because all new students have to arrive early before the first day of school for some type of registration purposes. I wanna go with you so we can compare schedules." Kaitlyn said as they walked downstairs to the kitchen. BB and Kaitlyn managed to turn everything into a competition, even school. They always called each other in middle school to see who had the tougher classes or who had the higher grades, but they usually came out about even. They were equal in almost every subject, but Kaitlyn was better in English where BB was better in Math.

"It sounds like a pain and a waste of time if you ask me." BB said pouring Kaitlyn and himself some juice. Kaitlyn rolled her eyes.

"You're just saying that because you're gonna be the new kid and have to make some new friends." Kaitlyn said eating her breakfast. BB sticks his tongue out at her.

"Thank you for reminding me. That gives me another reason to just say 'fuck today' and just not go." BB says taking a bite of eggs. Kaitlyn then gets a big grin on her face leaving BB confused.

"I get what this is all about. You're nervous aren't you?" Kaitlyn says finishing her breakfast. BB rolls his eyes at his cousin's assumption.

"You're out of your damn mind, Kaitlyn. What do I have to be nervous about?" BB asks wondering.

"I love you, but think about it. Your last few months of summer haven't been exactly your best, and I doubt you really wanna be around judgmental school kids. And you are completely shy around new people by yourself." Kaitlyn says. BB looks shocked at the accusation.

"I am not! What about that tim..." BB tries to explain, but Kaitlyn gives him a look as if to say, 'You know I'm right'. BB doesn't finish and sighs in defeat.

"I guess you're right. I probably need to work on that don't I?" BB says looking down. Kaitlyn walks over to BB and gives him a hug.

"That's why you have me. And people like Seth. You deserve a peaceful school year and we are gonna help and support you by helping with your confidence and making sure your past stays in the past." Kaitlyn says reassuring BB. BB looks up to Kaitlyn and smiles.

"Thanks for that. Anyways, I think we've had enough lovey-dovey this morning. We have to get ready for school." BB says as him and Kaitlyn head upstairs to get ready for school.

About thirty minutes later, Kaitlyn and BB pull into the high school's parking lot. Kaitlyn parks and turns off the car before looking over to BB, who is staring out the window, lost in his own thoughts, and starting to shake a little bit. Kaitlyn starts giggling before BB looks over to Kaitlyn raising an eyebrow.

"It's kinda cute seeing you like this. You are aware that you are a transferring senior, not a freshman you goofball." Kaitlyn says before BB smacks her.

"I know, but I'm still anxious. I don't want to make myself look like an idiot or some kind of freak my first day here." BB explained.

"Sorry to tell you, but you are related to me and you will probably be immediately label as a nerd. So you need to put your popularity dreams aside." Kaitlyn says. BB rolls his eyes as they grab their bags and walk towards the school.

"Fuck. There goes all my dreams down the toilet. Thanks for that, Katie." BB says laughing. When they enter the school, Kaitlyn shows BB to the office where he needs to finish registration and pick up his schedule. When he enters the office, he is greeted by an older lady sitting at desk.

"Can I help you with something?" The lady asked.

"Umm...yes. I'm here to finish my registration. I just moved to Houston and this is my first day." BB said nervously. The secretary smiled at him.

"OK, what's your last name?" The secretary asked as BB walked up to the desk.

"Blaze" BB said. The secretary looked through a few files and finally found BB's file.

"You must be Brandon. Welcome. I'm Mrs. Guerrero or you can call me Vickie." Vickie said extending her hand.

"Nice to meet you. You can call me Blaine or BB." BB said smiling and returning the handshake. Vickie took another glance at BB's file.

"Blaze...that is a very interesting last name if you don't mind my saying." Vickie said. BB smirked a little bit.

"Yeah it is certainly different and unique." BB said not really sure if that was a compliment or insult.

"Regardless I kinda like it. Anyways, welcome to Houston and I hope you enjoy your year, BB. Now if you could make your way to the auditorium, the Vice Principal would like to talk to all the new and transfer students." Vickie said sitting back at her desk. BB smiled and nodded before leaving the office. BB spent a few minutes trying to make heads or tails with the map given in the file, but all BB accomplished was being confused. Damn it. Why does my crappy direction skills have to bite me now?" BB thought as he crashed into something and landed on the floor.

"HEY! Watch where the fuck you are walking, dweeb. Do you want me to knock your damn head off?" the guy said with his back still turned. BB looked up and got nervous quickly.

"Wow. I'm very sorry. I'm new here and I'm trying to find the auditorium and I'm lost and I'M SO SORRY!" BB spat out quickly. The guy turned around and BB breathed a small sigh of relief. It was AJ's boyfriend Punk. BB was still a little anxious because Punk still scared him a little bit.

"Hey, dude...BB, I didn't think it was you. Sorry bout that." Punk said helping BB up. "So you need help trying to find the auditorium?" Punk asked as BB nodded. "Oh. Orientation. Sucks for you. But turn left in front of the green doors and when you see the blue doors hang a right and you can't miss the auditorium." Punk said giving BB directions.

"Alright. That makes much more sense. Thank you and again I'm so sorry about crashing into you." BB said about to walk away, but Punk grabs his arm and BB about yelps.

"Dude. Don't worry about it. Also, a word of advice. Kaitlyn told me about you, and I think that you're a pretty cool kid. So calm down and stop acting like I'm gonna beat the shit outta you. OK?" Punk explained looking down to BB. BB smiled and nodded as Punk smirked and gave him a pat on the shoulder and they went their separate ways. BB used the directions Punk gave him and finally found the auditorium.

Thirty minutes later, BB left the auditorium after listening to orientation by the Principal, Linda McMahon. BB thought that little meeting was a waste of time, but he did learn what to expect. Now BB was trying to find the cafeteria where Kaitlyn said she would meet him. After reaching the cafeteria, he looked around for a moment before finding Kaitlyn sitting at one of the tables.

"Hey there. How did it go?" Kaitlyn asked as BB sat next to her.

"It wasn't too bad. I met Vickie the secretary and I also met Mrs. McMahon the principal in that group orientation thing. Oh yeah...I think you wanted to see this." BB said pulling a piece of paper out of his file. Kaitlyn knew immediately that it was BB's schedule and grabbed it out of his hand. Kaitlyn started comparing classes. BB rolled his eyes.

"Let me see. It seems like we only have one class together. Sixth period History. God out of all classes to have, we have a boring class with boring Mr. Tenay. He's like a monotonous walking encyclopedia." Kaitlyn said whining. BB rolled his eyes again grabbed his schedule back from her.

"Really? Shit. That really wasn't what I wanted to hear. Nothing says 'easy target' like a confused new student. I might as well have a sticky note saying 'fresh meat' on my forehead." BB said nervously.

"Blaine! You're being fatalistic. You will be fine. It's just the first day. It could be worse. You could be fucking the quarterback's girlfriend and the whole football team wants to beat the shit out of you. Remember what I said, be confident." Kaitlyn says snickering. BB starts laughing along with her.

"Well I guess it could be worse." BB said. Kaitlyn nodded and grabbed BB's schedule back.

"Wait a second. You aren't doing sports this year? I though you were gonna do track?" Kaitlyn asked confused.

"Track isn't until next semester. I have plenty of time to decide. That's why I am doing an off-season course. If I do track, it's an easy transition, but if I don't, it won't be a hard switch. I know I like track, but I was thinking about taking it easy my senior year." BB explained to Kaitlyn.

"I get ya. Whatever you decide, you have my support." Kaitlyn said hugging BB. After the hug, BB snatched his schedule back from Kaitlyn.

"Now...since we have a few minutes before this shindig starts. What can you tell me about a few of these teachers. How about Ms. Moretti, the Math teacher?" BB asked

"I had her once before, she is VERY energetic. Like her Coke was spiked with a Red Bull." Kaitlyn replied.

"Mr. Jacobs, the English teacher?"

"Tall, creepy, and kinda scary. But he can be nice once in a while. For some reason he likes everyone to call him Kane."

"Mr. Layfield?"

"Blaine, I should slap you for being in a business class, but Mr. Layfield is like a stock market genius. A few of his former students went on to make over 100k a year." Kaitlyn said. BB tried to ask about another teacher, but he was interrupted by the sound of a bell going off. Kaitlyn grabs BB by the arm and they walk into the now busy hallway.

"Sorry. That sound means that fun and summer is officially over. Now your first class is down the hallway and is the third door on the right. Think about it. Only four classes until lunch." Kaitlyn said laughing. BB smirked and the cousins walked their separate ways. It took BB a few minutes, but he finally made it to his first class. When he walked into the room. There was a big man sitting at his desk at the front of the class. BB assumed that he was Mr. Jacobs.

"Sit anywhere, but pick wisely because where you sit will be your seat for the rest of the semester." Mr. Jacobs said startling BB a little bit. BB nodded and picked a seat in a middle row of the classroom. "Damn. He's even taller than I thought. Kaitlyn said tall, but I didn't think THAT tall." BB thought. The bell rang again, snapping BB out of his thoughts. Mr. Jacobs stood up from his desk and walked to the front of the board.

"My name is Mr. Jacobs, but you guys can call me Kane. This is senior English. I have only a few rules. No talking, no cell phones, no gum, show up to class, and do your homework. Follow those rules and you'll do fine. If you don't...well you don't want to know what will happen if you don't." Mr. Jacobs said. BB eyes widened a little bit after that.

"Note to self. No more procrastinating in English." BB thought as Mr. Jacobs began passing out books and starting with his lesson. The rest of the class went by pretty quickly. When the bell rang, he quickly left to try to find the next room without getting lost...or crashing into people.

The next two classes he had went by the same way. His accounting teacher, Mr. Layfield really knew his stuff about business. He was a little on the loud side and for some reason he wore a cowboy hat the whole class time. Kaitlyn described the math teacher, Ms. Moretti, exactly. She was definitely a ball of energy and she proudly exclaimed she never had a student fall asleep in her class. "I wonder why?" BB thought laughing to himself. After math was done, BB walked to his Biology class. When he walked into the classroom. He saw that the room had a tarantula tank on a back table. When the bell rang, BB was about to take a seat when heard the teacher speak up.

"You. Can you come up to the front of the class for a second." the teacher said. BB got nervous wondering if he already got in trouble for something. He sat his bag down and the teacher quieted the class.

"Alright everyone. My name is Mrs. Victoria Varon and I'm your biology teacher. Most of you have had me before and the only reason I'm saying this is because we have a new student. This is Brandon. Now would you like to tell us a little about yourself, Brandon?" Victoria asked. BB shook his head.

"Umm...n...no thanks. I'm not really good talking about myself." BB said as a few kids snickered.

"Don't be shy. You're among new friends. You have nothing to worry about." Victoria said. BB gulped and nodded. "Shit. This is what I really wanted to avoid. Here goes nothing." BB thought.

"My name is Brandon. I usually go by my middle name Blaine, but I like people to call me BB. I moved here over the summer from Stillwater, Oklahoma where my brother plays for Oklahoma State." BB said stumbling over his words a few times, almost letting the moment about his dad slip in his moment of nervousness. Some students smiled while others rolled their eyes, snickered, or started talking amongst themselves. Mrs. Varon smiled and patted BB on the back.

"Glad you decided to join us and hopefully you enjoy Houston. Now you can take that empty seat in the third row." Mrs. Varon said as BB grabbed his back and took his seat. BB breathed a sigh of relief that that was over. This person next to him turned to BB and raised an eyebrow.

"You look familiar. Don't I know you from somewhere?" The guy said as BB was getting stuff out of his bag.

"I'm not totally sure. I've only been in Houston a few months, and I've only met a few people and..." BB stopped when he looked up and saw the person asking the question. "Have I seen this guy before too? He looks so familiar and...WAIT! I DO remember him!" BB thought, remembering where he met this guy.

"You're the guy from the supermarket! I asked you for directions when I first arrived in Houston. Evan, right?" BB asked. Evan smiled and nodded.

"Yep. Evan Bourne. Knew I remembered you from somewhere. How's Houston been for ya, BB?" Evan asked. BB smiled.

"Been pretty good. Got fully moved in with my aunt and uncle. My cousin showed me around Houston and I met a few of her friends." BB said leaving out the part about his dad.

"That's good. How about later we can..." Evan started to ask, but was interrupted when Mrs. Varon started the lesson. The rest of the period went by fast and the bell rang for lunch. Everybody dashed out of the class. BB was gathering his stuff when Evan got his attention.

"Hey. I was going to ask if you wanted to join me at lunch?" Evan asked as BB nodded.

"Sure. But my cousin wanted me to sit with with her so we could compare teachers. If it's cool with you, would you mind joining me so I have someone to talk to besides her. I'll buy." BB asked. Evan laughed.

"Don't worry about it. I'll join you. I know what it's like being the new kid in school." Evan said as they started walking out of the class. Before they left, Mrs. Varon stopped them.

"Sorry to delay your lunch, but BB I was wondering if you could stop by my office on your free period. I needed to talk to you about something." Mrs. Varon asked BB. BB looked at her confused.

"Umm...sure no problem. I'll see you then." BB smiled as him and Evan left the room. BB and Evan were talking to each other when they both were suddenly pushed against the lockers. The two looked confused before two bigger guys blocked their path.

"Look what we got here. Little Evan found a friend. Losers and little people tend to travel in packs." One of them said. BB wondered who these two were.

"Evan, who are these two?" BB asked Evan. Before he could answer, both of them were grabbed by the throat and lifted in the air.

"Who are we? That's a stupid question. How could you not know who Brodus Clay and Tensai are? Wait. You're the new kid aren't you? Related to Bonin, right, Tensai?" Brodus said to Tensai who nodded while holding Evan.

"It looks like you two need a refresher on what we do." Brodus said throwing BB's glasses on the floor. Brodus and Tensai were arching back for a punch when another voice echoed.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Remember what we did to you last time?" The voice asked. The voice belonged to Seth who had two other guys with him. One was a blonde and the other was tall and dark haired. Brodus and Tensai laughed and tightened their grips. BB tried to kick free, but to no avail.

"This isn't your fight, Rollins, so you and the other hall monitors can just piss off." Brodus said through his laugh. Seth's bigger friend stepped into Brodus' face.

"Oh I believe this is our fight. You know how we feel about you two beating up the students who can't defend themselves. Now let them go or we will remind you what we did to you sophomore year." Seth said with threat clearly in his voice. Brodus and Tensai looked to each other and decided to let them go. They loosened their grips as BB and Evan dropped to the floor.

"Whatever. These two wouldn't have been much fun anyway. We've beat Bourne numerous times and this loser looks pathetic. Come on Tensai." Brodus said as they turned to leave.

"Now leave them alone, or you will have us to mess with." Seth yelled as the other two helped BB and Evan up. Seth went over to check on the two.

"Are you two OK?" Seth asked. Evan and BB looked to each other and nodded.

"Yeah. We're fine. Thanks for the help. Just who were those two anyway?" BB asked putting his glasses back on.

"Just two neighborhood bullies. Brodus Clay and the other guy goes by Tensai. They like to harass and beat up the smaller guys in school. They get a kick from that. Me and my friends got tired of what they did, so one day we beat the holy shit out of them and ever since they back down whenever we're around." Seth said pointing to himself and the other two guys with him." Seth explained.

"Thanks. So who are your friends?" BB asked

"The tall guy is Roman Reigns and the blonde over there is Dean Ambrose. Guys, this is Kaitlyn's cousin, Blaine and Evan Bourne." Seth said as the four men shook hands.

"Nice to meet you guys and thanks for helping us." BB said as Evan agreed. Dean and Roman simply nodded.

"I don't know about you, but I'm starving. Let's get some lunch." Seth said as the five guys finished walking to the cafeteria. BB was happy that Seth and his friends helped him and his new friend Evan out. Even though some of the teachers and classes made him nervous. He was happy that he made it to the halfway point. "So far, so good. Hopefully the rest of the day will be easier." BB thought when they entered the cafeteria.

When I realized how long this was getting, I decided to break BB's first day into 2 chapters. The first half of the day has been interesting for BB. He makes a new friend in Evan Bourne. His science teacher wants to see him after lunch, and him and Evan almost get beat up but were saved by Seth, Dean, and Roman. Next chapter will be the second half of BB's day. What does Mrs. Varon want to talk to BB about? Will BB meet anymore people or will his lack of confidence hurt? Find out this and more in the next chapter.

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