Alex's POV

I was having a good dream, but then my alarm clock went off and I was in my room staring at the ceiling with annoyance, "Man I wish I could've remembered what happened..." Well today's the day...I'm going to school, I wonder what'll happen? Timmy told me to avoid that Francis kid, I'm not sure about this, but I think he's older than me, but like me he could be tall for his age. I got out of my bed and got ready, this is an alright start to the day, I went into the washroom and grabbed my toothbrush, as I was brushing I stared at myself, last month I cut my hair, it is no longer long it's short.

In the mirror my purple eyes that didn't resemble my mom or dad stared back at me, I looked at my face that looked nothing like them, soft yet mean looking. A chin that almost comes down to a point, and arms that looked like they would break if I carried something heavy, long legs and my stomach that seems to ignore growing, I always look hungry, but I'm not, just skinny. One more thing, a little scar above my left eye brow, no one could see it since I had long hair, but now that my hair is short, everyone can see it, I sighed and finished brushing my teeth.

Once I got downstairs I saw Tootie just leave, "Have a good day." I said before she left, she stopped and said, "Thanks, you too." And then she walked out. Jerry told me that he'll take me to school and help me register, "You ready?" He asked as I walked into the kitchen, I nodded, "Yea..." I guess you could say I'm a little nervous. He got up, "Alright then let's go."

Timmy's POV

Nothing beats getting a beating from Francis in the morning, I mean am I lucky or what? In case you haven't noticed...I was being sarcastic, I don't get why he hates me so much, there's other people in this school, so why me? That happened on the way to school, I know people watch, but they don't help, rarely do they even try, but it's usually never. I saw Alex when I got to school, he was with Mr. Valentine, I went to my first call which starts and ends with Mr. Crocker, he walked in looking happy, Great I know where this is going. "Hello class." He said and smiled, here we go, "Today we'll start with a pop quiz! I hope you all came prepared."

As usual I answered what I could, Tootie started helping me with Math, so I'm confident I won't get an F, a few minutes later Mr. Crocker took out six rubber stamps and six different coloured inks, none of them were labeled so I couldn't tell which one was the F. Most teachers use pen, but he likes to be a little more of an ass to us, sure you can write the latter F as big as you want with a pen, but with a stamp you can make it look for official and perfect. It makes sense in the head of Crocker, but I'm pretty sure everyone else thinks it's dumb.

He marked most of them with the same colour, red, and about three others with three different colours. Blue, Green and Orange, I've never seen a teacher use different coloured stamps before, well none really use stamps anymore either, but like I said before, he's kind of crazy.

He started handing back the tests, I don't know why he insists on grading them so quick and handing them back. That stuff should be done after school, so that way they'll be ready for the next day. Once he got to me, my heart started racing, not excitement, but anger, "Zero! Did you even look at my answers?!" I snapped, a few students snickered, "He finally lost it..." I ignored them stared down Mr. Crocker, "Yes I did, after all these years of teaching you, you still can't answer my questions? I've always tried to make them as easy as possible, I see it was too much for you once again..." he gave me look of pity, and then he smiled, "I'll make another test just for you, now I think it's time for your next class." His voice was filled with false sympathy, I stared down at the giant red F, and then I crumbled up the paper, "Forget the damn test, go chase some fairy godparents you crazy old lunatic." I growled, students gasped and murmured things like is he really that stupid? Or I feel bad for Mr. Crocker. He smiled like I finally said something intelligent, "I'll see you after school."

The bell rang and I got up from my desk and walked out angrily, idiots...Taking his side...He'll even some of them were his victims before me, they should be feeling sorry for me. Ugh, this sucks.

Chester and AJ caught up to me, "That was awesome!" Chester laughed, "What was that about?" AJ asked, I lowered my head, "Tootie and I worked hard, she's smart, she looked over my work the day before, and she said I'm pretty smart, or at least average...I'm just tired of him always giving me bad grades." I mumbled.

AJ smiled, "You and Tootie are spending a lot of time together, so how long has that been going on?"

Chester looked back and forth between us, "What? What's going on?" He asked, AJ looked at me, and then he bursted out laughing, "Oh nothing. Just that Timmy and T

I nudged AJ, "Ow! What?"

I cleared my throat, "Hey Chester what do you think I think about Tootie?" I asked him, he rubbed his chin, he stayed like that for two minutes, "You think she's annoying? I mean I do, and so does AJ." He's...Pretty honest, "Uh...Not anymore, I'm actually dating her."

Chester stood straight up, "What?!" He exclaimed. AJ crossed his arms and nodded approvingly, "For as long as I knew you, you were always keeping everything to yourself, you never told us anything, but I knew, just wished you would have talked to us. I didn't ignore you if that's what you're thinking, I just thought you wanted to do it on your own." AJ said as we went to our next class.

Alex's POV

We spent all morning in the principles office, because of my last name I can't register, Jerry told him over and over that I'm under his name, but since I still keep my mothers last name, he doesn't believe Jerry, "I'm sorry Mr. Valentine, but as I said multiple times, you cannot register a child that isn't yours."

"Well he's under my name, so by law, he is my son." Jerry said, but he didn't stop at that, "Isn't this a school that can help kids like him?"

The principal shifted in his chair, "Yes, but without the child's legal guardian, I just can't allow you to enroll him here." Is that really a thing? Jerry sighed, "Alex is smart a well behaved young man, and he is very tall for his age, but even though that may be the case. He has a troubled past, his parents abandoned him at the age of six and ten. So he is fragile, besides me and my wife, he needs someone to talk to about these things."

I'm still stuck on him calling me his son, I mean I've been neglecting them from the start, he doesn't have a good enough bond with me to call me his son...I don't have the right to call him dad...So who am I to judge? Just because I had bad parents doesn't mean they're bad, they've been only nice to me, they've been patient, and they care about me.

I was sucked into a dark place, the one my mom and dad left me in, this place is depressing, but it's also a great place to think. I've decided to accept them, but I haven't talked to them as much as I should. I can't recall what my dad looks like, or my mom. They were talking, but after thinking about them again, I feel bad. I didn't hear a word they said, but then Jerry tapped my shoulder, "Looks like you'll be going here for the next thee years."

I shook my head, I can't stay in that depressing state, I smiled, "Alright, cool." Great way to start the first day of school, it's almost three, should I go home for today?" I asked. Jerry looked at the principal, "Is he allowed?"

The principal nodded, but said, "If he wants to, I don't see why not, but there is one more period left, you could use that to look at the classrooms." He suggested.

I nodded quickly, "I know my way back, plus I know someone here. I'll check out the classrooms, so that way I'll know my way around." I said.

Jerry nodded in agreement, "Tell Timmy I said hi." He smiled and shook hands with the principal, "Have a nice day. And thank you for accepting Alex." The principle nodded and smiled widely, "Of course, you have a nice day now." We walked out and the final bell rang, "Well I'll see you at home I guess, and sorry if I embarrassed you by calling you my son." Jerry said and chuckled, my mouth hung open, "No! I mean...It's okay, I don't mind, I mean thank you for thinking of me like that...But...I have something to tell you."

Timmy's POV

Last period, which means more time to get degraded by the lunatic math teacher. Everyone was talking about me, which is a first, I'm more known as a loser than anything else.

People that ignored me when I was being beaten by Francis suddenly talked to me, saying I'm badass for calling Mr. Cocker (their words, not mine) a crazy old lunatic. Just from one outburst people suddenly think I'm somewhat relevant. At lunch Trixie Tang, my former crush talked to me, she said she heard about how I finally stood up for myself, not her words exactly, but I felt like that's what she meant. And then it was the last period, and guess who is in my class? Alex Cox, I was wondering when he was going to show up. I mean I saw him arrive at school this morning with Tootie's dad, but after that he didn't show up for any of the classes, except for the last one.

As I made my way to my seat, everyone had their eyes on me, I looked at the ground, everyone always ignored me, now it's like they know me. After everyone sat down, Alex walked in, and behind him was Mr. Crocker. Alex was taller then Mr. Crocker, and Crocker is actually pretty tall, well, when his back isn't hunched over he is, but most of the time his back is hunched back, making him seem like a troll that lost something important and can't find it.

"We have a new student joining us today, his name is Alex. Just sit wherever you want." Mr. Crocker muttered and turned to the black board, "Oh wait, here, just so we know what level you are at." Mr. Crocker handed Alex a test. Alex nodded and walked towards me. "So that's Mr. Crocker, huh?" Alex said and took the seat next to me, I nodded, "Everyone ignores his random outbursts about fairy godparents,so you should too, in this class I know a few others, I'll introduce you to them tomorrow." I said.

Alex nodded in agreement and looked at the test Crocker gave him, he stared at it and then he started rubbing his neck, "Is...It too hard?" I asked. He shook his head, "I'm just trying to think of why he would hand preschool work to me instead actual high school work...Well I guess it just never occurred to me that this school might not be as good as I thought." Alex said, he sighed and started his test without a pen or pencil, once he noticed this he looked at me, "You got an extra pencil?"

As I was about to give him mine, someone next to him spoke up and gave him one, to my surprise, it was Trixie Tang.

Sorry for taking so long with this chapter, didn't really know how to start this one. But the next one might be up next week, hopefully this will be enough until the next chapter, sorry once again, I'll try and hurry up with this one.

Thanks for reading and waiting! I hope you all have a awesome day! And I hope your summer is going well!

Rilurz ~