Hey guys! I am so happy because today is my one year anniversary! I was happy with the reviews you left, and it motivated me to keep on going! Thank you! Except for one comment which I found quite offensive to me... it was not constructive criticism, it was just a message calling me a b*tch and nothing more... so I deleted it for it was a guest review and I was able to. It just made me feel depressed looking at it. Well, enjoy!
Jay Walker casually strutted through the halls like the popular kid he thought he was. He wore a slick looking leather jacket, shades to shield his eyes from the sun… and to hide his freckles, but he was proud of his new look for the new year!
As opposed to last year… well he was a nerd with no friends… again. He wore the sweaters he got for Christmas, he loved every freckle, and was a huge fan of the school wrestling team. This left him as the only one who went to the games… he was bullied by the athletes he was a fan of! He was sure that this year was gonna be different, his last year to make a mark! He took a deep breath,"Eighth grade here I come." he muttered before shoving the doors open.
He pulled his new backpack he picked out closer to his back, as opposed to the one that his mom had picked out… one with superman on it that was two sizes too small.
"Hey Jessica!" he waved to a blonde girl.
She scrunched up her nose before whispering to her friend,"Eww! It's back!"
Jay shrugged it off as her being jealous before continuing to strut down the hall. "Hey Mr. Hollands! Nice sweater!"
"You look snazzy too Jay!" the teacher called back.
"Hey Brian! You wanna hang out later!?"
"Screw off nerd!"
"Kay' see ya around!"
The thirteen year old grinned and approached his locker as he looked towards his new locker neighbor.
He grinned,"Hey tuts…" she was a new girl! This was his chance!
"Excuse me?" she raised an eyebrow and looked towards him, blushing.
Jay smirked and celebrated on the inside,"So you want a shot with the coolest guy in school, huh? The one and only, JAY WALKER!?"
"I would rather eat mulch you jerk!" she spilled her smoothie on his head before sashaying away with a deep frown planted on her face.
"Hehe, she's into me…" Jay uttered to himself, almost not noticing a larger form push him into his locker as he heard a quiet *click* almost immediately afterwards…
"Hello?" he called as the homeroom bell rang.
Cole Brookstone Walked around the halls of his school with his friends in his quartet. They were talking about what they had learned in dance camp over the summer while Cole nodded off, listening to the rock music in his headphones.
"Hey Cole, my favorite part of dance camp was when you fell on your face again!" Henry teased once again.
"Which time, the first, or the fifth!?" Cameron laughed.
"Actually, I think you mean the eighteenth time!" Max cackled as Cole turned up the music in his headphones.
"You know, you shouldn't listen to that kind of music, it makes you different, listen to the classical stuff! Do you want us to tell on you again!?"
Cole rolled his eyes, what kind of friends told his dad on him.
"Guys, leave him be, he can listen to his freaky rock punky metal music and be different!" Henry guffawed as tears swelled up in Cole's eyes.
"What's wrong Cole?" Cameron was holding back a snort of laughter,"Did we hurt your freaky freak feelings!?" Cole turned away from his friend,"Or do you just miss your mommy!?"
Cole turned up his headphones as loud as they would go before bursting out the side door of a school, looking like part of the gym class.
"There he goes again, playing hooky…" Max sighed,"He is never going to be at our level, he is lucky to have us as friends."
They all began to walk to class as their 'friend' began his run…
Running.
It always helped Cole clear his mind… forget about the things happening to him. These were his friends since diapers… and they were always moderately nice to him. They had grown up together.
Cole turned up his music with a sigh, allowing more tears to appear in his eyes. Why did they mention his mom? They knew which buttons to push, for sure! They knew Cole really well, only friends can know somebody that well, right?
Cole sniffled thinking about his mother fighting for the country in her military uniform… how she had been overseas for a little under a week.
Cole took in another deep breath, pulling one headphone out as he approached the town, so he could hear the traffic. Cole always spoke his emotions not through expressions, but he preferred to listen to music to fit the mood…
He listened to songs about the military, this one happening to be a rock song… his brown eyes glanced upwards as he looked towards the fluffy clouds in the distance.
He wanted to just reach up there and fly away… like this song was telling him. He walked into the entrance to the local park, watching as dog owners walked their dogs as one awkward pet owner chased around their pet beaver who had chewed off it's leash. Cole chuckled as he thought of Rocky, his only real friend. That dog would follow him everywhere when he was home, Cole wished he could go back home and grab him.
He could bet on the fact that his dog was lonely… his dad was definitely not playing with him…
maybe his dad wasn't home today! Maybe he was out to lunch!
Cole smiled at the thought as he began a long jog home.
A young boy sighed as papers were thrown at him, many spitballs were flung at his face before the teacher walked in. "Good morning class, son."
Lloyd groaned, his dad just loved to single him out and make his family tree known.
"Today we are learning about the difference in the word whole."
"This is a whole…" he held up and entire piece of paper,"The entire thing…"
He turned back to the class,"This is a hole…" he held up a piece of paper with a large circular hole cut in the middle.
Lloyd pounded his head on his desk with a groan, this class was going to take a while. Eighth grader Lloyd Garmadon's life was a nightmare ever since his classmates found out his father was a teacher.
Lloyd nodded off as he began to draw on his desk he drew what the other students were saying in images… words were not enough to describe it…
He didn't have many hobbies except for avoiding everybody and drawing a little, but the most he could do were crude stickfigures.
He smiled at his artwork before looking at the large books beside him… pushing them aside, he drew all of the people that tormented him in his own special way, lightly… making sure not to leave a mark on the desk.
Kai looked around the halls of his new school… better than the orphanage… yet it was cold and meaningless. He didn't want to be here… the last time he had gone to school was when his mom and dad were still…
He sniffled a little as Nya began to walk beside him. For their eighth grade year they had gotten clearance to go to school instead of learning at the orphanage. It wasn't like the orphanage was torture or anything… there was a small population of kids so they got plenty of attention, they had enough food, and Kai even got to keep his pet dog. However it wasn't like the people who taught at had the degrees to teach.
Nya smiled brightly, carrying her books… it was mainly boys at her orphanage, she was looking forward to making some female friends. She waved goodbye to her brother as she stopped and waved to some girls beside her locker...their faces made looks of disgust as they scoffed and walked away. Nya was left confused, what was wrong with her?
She didn't see anything wrong with her… was she that blind?
Many people talked to Kai as they passed him… they invited him to sit with them at lunch… Kai accepted…
Nya looked at herself in the bathroom mirror… was it because she was a year younger, and in their grade?
Both siblings sighed at the unfortunate events playing out… Kai had opportunities yet, he didn't take them well, he didn't want to take them. He wanted his friends he had before. This whole entire day was just a big reminder of his parents being gone… he only could recall a few memories of them… they were happy… at least they were back then.
Kai went to his fourth period class, his stomach begging for food as the monster inside of it growled loudly.
Zane happily walked down the halls of his school, glancing at people as they passed by. He waved shyly as people simply ignored him. Zane looked towards a boy wearing shades and trying to be cool get shoved into his locker… Zane would say something but… he doesn't want the same to happen to him.
Zane is lonely in school, nobody talks to him, but he is happy with his inventions… even though he is quite shy.
Zane unpacked his bag into his locker as he shyly avoided everyone as he traveled through the hallways.
Zane sighed as his lunch was knocked to the ground… again. It was quite a lonely life for Zane Julien, but he didn't mind… he had his parents and his dog Shard… that was all he needed.
"Finally! Thanks! A guy uh… accidentally pushed me into my locker and then his hands slipped on my lock for it…" Jay winked at the janitor as the grown man rolled his eyes at Jay's ridiculous appearance. As Jay walked through the halls of his school, the feeling of loneliness that he had felt last year seemed to catch up with him again. Jay sighed, he tried to make friends this year, but it was another failure… maybe he just wasn't good enough.
Should he change? NO! He tried that this year! It didn't work! Tomorrow he was going back to his nerdy self. Jay stuffed his books in his locker as he headed to the cafeteria…
Jay looked around for a seat and ended up at the peanut free table again. He ate his ham sandwich with an aggravated face.
In fact it looked kinda funny… funny enough for a couple students to capture it in a camera and post it online…
Cole was jogging home to get Rocky right when he bumped into a familiar face… that face was not happy to see him…
"COLE!?" his father yelled in a stern tone.
"D-dad!?" Cole brushed the dirt off of him…"You know… hehe, you wouldn't believe it! I got lost while running around the school for gym! So I was just looking for the way back and… uh…"
His father grabbed his headphones out of his phone… Cole blushed as the loud rock music blasted out of it.
"I thought I deleted that mind poisoning music off of your phone Cole." His father's bushy eyebrows looked angry..."I-I just needed a break…"
"A break from what!? Your education!? Your civilized life!? What Cole, what!?"
"A BREAK TO BE ABLE TO BE MYSELF!"
"Get back to school…" his father uttered quietly, turning away and walking off into the distance.
Lloyd took a bite out of his nachos that he got for school lunch. He sighed as he sat alone, reading his comic book… Everyone in Jamniki Middle School hated him. No matter what he did there was no room for anything to change… it was just his father's job… what he did for a living. Why should you hate for that?
Haters gonna hate, it was an honest said law of the universe… there were no words to describe the pain of what he felt everyday.
The eighth Grade year was just a plain living hell. There were mistakes he had made… small ones. When they attacked him, he used to fight back… however nowadays he kept his mouth shut, he was quiet… next year… his family was moving… he was getting out of the hell hole…
Kai sat at lunch, avoiding the guys yelling things at girls, messing with each others lunches, and throwing food. It was a crazy mess in there, who raised these guys!? Probably a bunch of apes…
Kai groaned as a chunk of grilled cheese landed in his nacho cheese. "HEY! That's na-cho cheese!" a random kid yelled, resulting in the entire table erupting into laughter.
He just wanted to hide…
Nya looked around for a place to sit, she spotted a group of girls and walked up with her lunch towards them,"Umm, excuse me?" the girls ignored her,"Excuse me?" her words blew away as if a breeze had caught them,"Excuse me." she got much closer to the table.
The girls finally turned towards her,"Yes?"
"I was wondering if I could sit here?"
The girls each made a face… they all seemed to huddle up for a moment which ended in a tsunami of giggles.
"Sorry, you can only sit here if you are one of us!" Nya frowned,"But don't worry… we can help."
"Uh…"
"First, just try and dress better, you look like you just picked the worst clothes out at the Mcdonald's lost and found!" she and the other girls laughed as Nya grew embarrassed.
"Don't forget a new hairstyle! What are you!? Some freak who cannot decide long or short!? Don't forget to add some pizzaz too! Like pink, or purple higlights!"
"We don't have any on hand right now, so…" another girl picked up her lunch tray,"Yellow will have to do!" Nya watched as the cheese glop fell onto her head. Tears welled up in her eyes as they continued.
"Oh! Don't forget that ugly eye color! You can change that with contacts! Choose a better color than that hideous brown! It is just so revolting! Try not to make others throw up either!" she yelled so the entire cafeteria could hear,"Try not to rub how different you are off on other people! Why are you so ugly, fat and worthless! You know what!? I don't think that I can fix you, you poor, poor thing! YOU HIDEOUS CREATURE! This is when you walk away beast!"
"HEY!"
The girls turned around to see a handsome boy approach them. "You see girl, that kind is not your type! She pushed Nya down and stepped on her as she approached the stranger. "Hello baby." she giggled with a flashy smile.
"Stop showing off those nacho infested yellowed rocks and move out of the way!" Kai yelled, shoving her aside as he helped her up.
Nya sniffled,"Are you okay?" Kai asked, giving her a nuzzle on the cheek.
"Mmmhmmm." Nya inhaled.
As they both began to walk away, the girls began to call out to them again,"Hey are you running away!? You worthless thing! Ha! You don't deserve to live! You gonna cry!? Then cry! Run on home to your mommy Nya! Go on! WE. WON'T. JUDGE! It isn't really your fault that your mother made such an awful mistake to have you!"
Nya, with tear-stained cheeks then turned around, and punched the girl square in the face as hard as she possibly could,"NEVER SPEAK OF MY MOTHER THAT WAY! NEVER! DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR FACE… YOU WERE PROBABLY GETTING A NEW NOSE ANYWAYS! IT'LL HEAL, IF ONLY YOUR HEARTS WOULD BE CURED OF THE VENOM THAT HAS CORRUPTED THEM!"
Nya sniffed as she began to walk away once again when her wrist was grabbed by a man in a suit… the vice principal…
"Great." Nya exhaled.
Zane felt loneliness again as he stared at his computer screen he could hear the quiet buzz of the media center as he researched falcons for a new project with his father. One day he hoped to do amazing things!
He never really thought twice of his isolation before until he looked around the empty library… he got up from his computer and slowly made his way to the window, watching as the boys skateboarded and laughed together. he smiled at the friends as one of them pulled a football out of his bag and tossed it towards the field.
Zane frowned at the scene, slipping a book off of the shelf and glancing around the empty library, was he really that anti-social? Was it too late to make friends? Would they accept him if he made an effort? Zane sighed… maybe this emptiness, this loneliness he felt inside… could this be the answer?
Jay nearly burst out into tears later after school in his room, looking at the embarrassing photo on social media, it had gone viral around the school, and now he was thought of as a dunce, a fool, as if his social status couldn't have lowered any more than it already had…
Jay wrote down his thoughts on a piece of paper as he did every night, the only way he could get to sleep, if he even went to sleep some nights. Jay took in a shaky breath as his hand began to cramp from writing so much in such a short time.
This rejection he felt, this feeling in his stomach… could this be the answer?
Cole patted Rocky on the head as he listened to the boring classical music on his ipod. He just wanted to have friends who liked him for who he was? Was this what friendship was supposed to be? Cole hugged his dog closer as he licked his master's face.
Cole smiled and rubbed his dog's head, was this what he had wanted all along? Acceptance… could this be the answer?
Nya and Kai walked into their room they shared… Nya let a few tears fall,"I-I miss mom and dad."
"Me too Nya," Kai hiccupped,"Me too."
They both fell asleep with the same thought, the pain they felt inside… could this be the answer?
Lloyd curled up in his bed while trying to read his comic in the moonlight, he flipped the page thinking of how he was the hero in his story and how school in general was the villain…
He swallowed the lump in his throat, he was disgraced and pushed away… could this be the answer?
"I"
"Just"
"Needed"
"A"
"Friend"
"All"
"ALONG"
THE FEELS!
Okay! One year anniversary! Yay! remember to check out my anniversary story!
Don't go looking for the mean guest comment, because I deleted it... it just proves this chapter true about who it happens to and I am jsut really upset about it.
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