Hello again to all! I must say, I'm glad that most of you take such in a interest in what I have to say about bullying. Well, not what I have to say, but what's happened to me before, but you get the idea. Ok, I want you guys to fast forward about three months. We are one week before spring half term, and things haven't been so great so far. Constant name calling, pushes and shoves in the corridor, easy street compared to what some have been through. But hey, like I keep saying, I'm not asking for sympathy, not at all. So here we go, My POV.
Bullied
Chapter 3: Give Me A Break!
"Go on Leon!"
Hearing the crowd, I sprinted faster, my booted feet carrying me as fast as I could manage. Out of nowhere, a flanker hit me hard, knocking me off my feet and winding me. I got back up, but I could hardly breathe.
The ref blew his whistle for full time.
"Dammit!" I said under my breath. Jordan came over and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Unlucky buddy. Coulda happened to anyone."
"Yeah, I know..."
I was still unimpressed. I didn't actually remember the last time I scored a try for my rugby team. It sucked. It really did. But, oh well. Enjoy this while you can Leon. You've got school tommorow.
School.
Shit.
THE NEXT MORNING...
I woke up slowly, my eyes hurting.
Hell, my whole body hurt from yesterday's rugby match.
"LEON! UP! NOW!" My mum called.
"Yeah, yeah, ok!" I called back.
I was up, dressed, breakfasted, and washed, ready to go when Lilly knocked for me.
I didn't have long to wait.
"Lilly!" I said, hugging her.
She returned the embrace. It was only friendly, and I had to make that very clear to my parents. But still, who cares?
"Nice to see you too Leon." She said smiling.
And so, together, we began the walk to school.
"Where is Kaylee?" I asked.
"She's going out with Humphrey. Didn't you know that?"
"No. Love who much I get told!" I said sarcastically.
Lilly laughed. But it was a laugh that did not suit her. Something was up.
LAST PERIOD, FRENCH...
"I still can't believe you're going out with Kaylee dude. When were you planning to tell me this?"
Humphrey had not come in until later in the day, so now was the only time I had had to talk to him. He seemed very surprised, and he was not trying to hide it.
"S-S-Sorry?" He asked, clearly scared.
"Kaylee. Your girlfriend. When were you going to tell me this?" I said, but I said it slower and sarcastically.
Humphrey smiled a sheepish smile, before giving me a cheeky grin.
"Well, what can I say?"
I just laughed. Giving him a high five, I continued to write today's objectives in my exercise book. I was just writing the last word, when something hit me in the back of the head. It jogged me, and I nearly ruined my work. Spinning around, I looked down the back of my seat.
Paper balls were there.
Picking one up, I took one look at it, before dropping it next to me.
"Can-Do and Hutch again?" Humphrey asked.
"Probably. Maybe Kate and Sarah as well, but I'm not turning around to see any of their ugly mugs." I said, making sure to keep my voice down. Humphrey grinned at me.
Then, something harder hit me. I turned again, this time to see a paper-clip. I looked up, and saw Can-Do and Kate, sitting together and having the heads together, plotting.
"Give me a break!" I said, but not loud enough so anyone else could hear. I sat back in my chair, and just continued writing. It was the best I could do.
About half-way through the lesson, I was getting pretty fed up with things being thrown at me. But I still didn't say anything, out of fear what would happen if I did. Then, a ambassador (someone who came and collected you from your lesson for teachers if they needed you) came into the room, and handed my teacher a note.
"Leon Flood, you need to go to the main office now please."
"Ok. Humphrey, talk tommorow or something." I said, picking up my bag and heading for the door. As I did, something really hard hit me in the side of the face. The force of the object, coupled with the fact that I did not expect that to happen, threw me into the door. Looking around, a tear in my eye, I saw a stapler on the floor next to me, and Kate and Can-Do laughing hysterically.
"Right, what's your problem with me?" I asked furiously, and furious isn't my style, unless I'm playing rugby.
"Your existence!" Kate answered. Everyone except Humphrey laughed. Even the teacher laughed. That hurt.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.
"Can-Do stood, then spoke.
"Leon, no-one likes you. Don't you get it? You are the biggest dickhead this world has come to know."
"I like Leon." Humphrey said.
Can-Do glared at him, but Humphrey did not recoil.
I quickly left while their attention was otherwise distracted. Once I had closed the door, I could still hear their laughter, echoing and bouncing around in my head.
I felt the back of my head as I walked down the stairs. I had a huge bruise.
But yet, I still didn't want to kill anyone. I was completely calm already.
Well, that was that lesson. I really can't stress enough how I'm only telling the truth here. The beginning was the dying minutes of the rugby match before that day. As a rugby player, at least one of these chapters will be rugby orientated. Anyway, I apologize again for the really long wait on this chapter, and I will see you all soon with another update!
-LeonBeta 04 :D