Summer waited until all of the other kids had gotten off the bus
before she even lifted her head up. She walked quickly down the deserted
aisle and stepped dazedly off of the bus. How had everything gotten to be
such a nightmare?
Standing at the front entrance to the school, Summer glanced warily at the crowds of kids entering the building. No one here looked friendly, either.
She walked up to the large, glass doors and stopped, her heart beating wildly.
'I can't do this,' she thought. Turning quickly to leave, to run, she found herself swept up in a tide of people, forcing her to turn back around and go into the school.
Once she was inside, the force of people didn't let up. Summer was pushed and shoved back and fourth, jostled by complete strangers.
Again and again she righted herself, trying her best not to trip and fall, but she was a small girl and there was no escaping it. She fell against a locker, her bag falling to the ground beside her. Summer slid the rest of the way down the wall until she was sitting.
She knew that she looked strange, but anything was better that being herded like a sheep through the hallways.
Just then, Summer spotted a familiar face. A girl with flippy black hair, brown eyes and guitar buttons dripping from leather backpack. Katie.
Relief coursed through Summer. Finally, someone she was friends with. She wouldn't be scared if she had someone to go through this torture with.
"Katie!" she called, trying to stand up so the girl could see her. Summer's ankle buckled under her and she found herself on the floor again. Katie turned around, her eyes scanning the crowd quickly for the person who had called her name. After only a few moments of searching, she found Summer, scrunched at the bottom of the wall and looking absolutely terrified.
She walked toward Summer hesitantly. Summer held her hand out to Katie.
"I'm so glad that I..." Summer began, her voice trailing off into nothingness as Katie looked coldly at her hand. "Katie?"
Katie glanced back from the direction in which she had come. There were several girls standing there, watching the two of them like hawks. Katie turned back to Summer and swallowed, hard.
"Katie?" Summer asked again, softer. "Can you please help me?" she whispered, already knowing what the answer would be. Katie gave the tiniest shake of her head, turned on her heel and walked away, not looking back once.
Katie. Her best friend.
'I have no one'
Standing at the front entrance to the school, Summer glanced warily at the crowds of kids entering the building. No one here looked friendly, either.
She walked up to the large, glass doors and stopped, her heart beating wildly.
'I can't do this,' she thought. Turning quickly to leave, to run, she found herself swept up in a tide of people, forcing her to turn back around and go into the school.
Once she was inside, the force of people didn't let up. Summer was pushed and shoved back and fourth, jostled by complete strangers.
Again and again she righted herself, trying her best not to trip and fall, but she was a small girl and there was no escaping it. She fell against a locker, her bag falling to the ground beside her. Summer slid the rest of the way down the wall until she was sitting.
She knew that she looked strange, but anything was better that being herded like a sheep through the hallways.
Just then, Summer spotted a familiar face. A girl with flippy black hair, brown eyes and guitar buttons dripping from leather backpack. Katie.
Relief coursed through Summer. Finally, someone she was friends with. She wouldn't be scared if she had someone to go through this torture with.
"Katie!" she called, trying to stand up so the girl could see her. Summer's ankle buckled under her and she found herself on the floor again. Katie turned around, her eyes scanning the crowd quickly for the person who had called her name. After only a few moments of searching, she found Summer, scrunched at the bottom of the wall and looking absolutely terrified.
She walked toward Summer hesitantly. Summer held her hand out to Katie.
"I'm so glad that I..." Summer began, her voice trailing off into nothingness as Katie looked coldly at her hand. "Katie?"
Katie glanced back from the direction in which she had come. There were several girls standing there, watching the two of them like hawks. Katie turned back to Summer and swallowed, hard.
"Katie?" Summer asked again, softer. "Can you please help me?" she whispered, already knowing what the answer would be. Katie gave the tiniest shake of her head, turned on her heel and walked away, not looking back once.
Katie. Her best friend.
'I have no one'