Chapter 7:

Bubbles POV:

I was in my Visual Arts class and seated at the back of the room. I hear people whispering about me and giggling, but I could careless about it. I was use to being treated as a stupid unintelligent girl. I saw Berserk with boyfriend James. He had his arm around her waist and was snuggling her neck, Get a room I though. It was not long until the teacher came.

"Hello students I am Ms. Elliot and welcome to Visual Arts class. First of, we have a new student and I will let him introduce himself to you." Ms. Elliot says. I see a boy enter the room he had dark ocean blue eyes and was wearing navy blue shirt, black jacket over it, with black jeans with black and white New Balance shoes. I look down on my sketchbook and start to free draw. I hear everything he was saying anyway.

"Hi, I am Boomer and the youngest of my brothers and family. We moved from Citysville a few days." Boomer says. "Welcome to Townsville and to Keele's High School. You can sit with… um… Bubbles." and at that my pencil went diagonal instead of going horizontal. I stunned and looked up. I see him walking towards me and sit on the chair next to me. I see everyone looking at me, which was now making me uncomfortable.

"Ok class today you will spend the class time drawing the person next you, and needs to be finished before the end of class today; and it will be counted for marks." She says.

"Well, we better turn our tables" Boomer says to me. We both turn our tables and start drawing each other. We were both silent for a while, until he spoke.

"Were you uncomfortable when I was told to sit next to you?" he asks me

"No, I was just shocked and I got uncomfortable when everyone was starring at me" I say to him. I couldn't lie. I can't lie. I was honest with people around me, especially towards my sisters.

"Oh, well why would their stare make you uncomfortable?" he asks me in a curious tone.

"I don't like that kind of attention. Their stares give me uneasy presence. I just don't like it." I say to him. At this point I managed to finish face and know moved on to his hair.

"Why would it make you uneasy?" he asks me again.

"Why are you asking me so many questions?" I say to him, with a worried tone. He maybe nice and new but was still a stranger to me. I don't want to tell and reveal everything to him, especially when he is the new kid in town, and school. With that thought, I managed to finish my portrait of Boomer, and I look at my final piece. It was really good; I look over to see I needed to make any adjustments. It was good enough for me to hand in. I get up and walk over to the teacher's desk and place it. she was amazed. I glance at the clock and there was half an hour before class ended. I walk back to my desk and take out my iPod and listen to music and stare out the window. I did not bother to look over at Boomer's sketch, I pretty sure he would want to keep it private.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I saw Boomer snap his fingers in front of my face to get my attention.

"Yes Boomer?" I say to him

"Would you like to talk?" he asks.

"About what" I ask

"Causal Things" he says and I nod saying yes.

"So why are you so quite? You have beautiful voice Bubbles." he says. This was not causal, but I couldn't help but blush a little and answer.

"Um… Well... I am a very shy person not a social person. I like to remain quiet; it helps me stay away from people that hate me, badly. Don't ask why because I am not so sure myself." I say looking down at the table.

"I don't see why they would want to hate you. You are such a sweet innocent girl." Boomer tells me. I didn't know what to say to that.

At the corner of my eye, I see Berserk giving me a death glare. I look up at her and then look the other way in a split second. Boomer had watched her glare, and them looked back at me.

"Don't worry she can't and won't harm you. I won't let her." Boomer says to me, which had surprised me completely.

"Huh?" I was so confused and scared at the same time. I look up at the clock again, and there were 5 minutes till class finishes. I started to pack my bag, when I hear Boomer says, "what classes do you have?"

"I have Art History and then architecture design" I say, a little shaky.

"I have the same classes as you. Let's go together." He didn't ask but told me. Then the bell rang and we headed out. It wasn't long until Berserk came up to us with her boyfriend James.

"What the hell do you think you are doing Bubbles? Stay away from Boomer!" Berserk threatens.

" You can't tell me who to hang out with or talk to Berserk. So go away" I say to her a bit confidently.

"You better stay away Bubbles or I will make my personal matter." she says threating. "We sweetheart. WE will make it our personal matter. Remember what happened last time Bubbles?" I froze to what he said and pointed out. I had complete horror in my eyes.

"You Both DARE touch or hurt her, I will BEAT you both flat on the ground." I see Boomer stand up for me, and now in front of me. By now, the crowds of students were watching. I tilted my head a little behind Boomer, and saw Berserk gave me a glare informing me 'this-is-not-over'. I was pretty sure Boomer heard everything. Berserk and James walked away, and Boomer turned to me, I still had horror in my eyes.

"Are you okay?" Boomer asks me, with a concerned face.

"Y-Y-Yeah, let's just head t-to c-class" I say, with a shaky voice. I did not want to think about what happened last time. It was a relief that my sisters came in and saved me on time. Boomer and I headed to our class after the fight. Judging by his face expression, I could tell he was curious about what James said remember what happened last time? I pretended not to notice and kept walking, with Boomer along my side.