2.
Dougie stood in the doorway of Math class. His eyes searched for Tom and found him sitting in the back. But the seat next to him was taken by some kid with short black hair. Dougie felt disappointed but he should have known Tom wouldn't save him a seat.
He looked behind him and saw Harry stepping in his class with very little confidence. Dougie let out a sigh and instead of searching someone else to sit next to he dropped his head and took the first empty table he came across.
The math teacher introduced himself as Mr. Wes. 'Now you're going to work in pairs' He said.
Even the word pair was a hell to Dougie and he cursed himself.
'Dougie, you're going to sit over there' Mr. Wes said to him.
Reluctantly Dougie took his things and moved to another table. It was the one before Tom.
With an attitude he let his books fall and sat down with crossed arms without looking who his neighbour was. Mr. Wes gave out the papers they had to fill in.
Normally Dougie is pretty good at math, he even enjoys it at times but now.. He looked at the first question and it was one big question mark.
Tom had it difficult as well and looked confused at Joe, his neighbour. But he had no idea either. Tom gave Dougie's chair a push with his foot to make him turn around.
'How do we do the first exercise? Tom asked.
'I don't know'
'What? You're supposed to be the smart one!'
But Dougie just turned back around. Maybe his neighbour knew what to do. He looked and couldn't believe his own eyes when he saw it was the mystery kid. When Dougie looked at his paper he saw that all exercises were already done. The kid laid the paper between them and then looked outside. Dougie copied while keeping an eye on him. The kid's face relaxed while he was looking to the sky. It softened and wasn't cold anymore.
When Dougie had all the answers he gave back the kid's paper. 'What's your name?' He asked in a second of bravery.
He turned around and looked at Dougie. Dougie couldn't help but notice how blue his eyes were. They were so bright and clear, a bit unnatural actually.
'Your.. Your eyes' Dougie slipped out. It wasn't his intention to say it out loud.
The kid immediately looked away and was saved by the school bell. He quickly took all his things and while he passed Dougie he said. 'Danny'
Dougie turned around but he was gone. It isn't possible that he got out so quickly, is it? He packed his things and left the room. Harry was already waiting for him.
'Hey' Harry said with a smile but it disappeared when he saw Dougie so confused. 'What happened?'
Dougie looked both way in the hall but then turned to Harry. 'Nothing, let's go'
Harry raised his shoulders and started talking about his class but Dougie didn't listen. He couldn't get those eyes out of his head. Two things he was absolutely sure about and that's that those eyes were not normal but.. so beautiful!
Suddenly Dougie fell on the ground. Confused he looked up and saw he had bumped into a fat boy standing by his locker.
'What the hell is wrong with you?' The boy yelled.
Dougie looked at Harry but he avoided looking at him.
'Ain't the hall big enough for you?' The boy continued
Meanwhile everyone was gathering around them to enjoy the show.
'Sor..' Dougie started but was cut off
'What are you still doing here? Do you want to get slapped in the face?'
The boy raised his massive hand and Dougie prepared himself.
'Flo!' Tom's familiar voice yelled and stopped the slap from happening. Tom made himself a way through the other students and when he got to Dougie he helped his brother up.
'Tom? You know this dude?' Flo asked
'He's my brother' Tom said 'He isn't visulant at times, it won't happen again'
That satisfied Flo and gave Tom a nod. Tom took Dougie by his wrist and led him through the crowd to a quiet place.
'Can you stop being you and act normal please? I moved for you once Dougie, I'm not going to do it again' He said
'Thanks' Dougie said ignoring Tom
'That's ok. You're still my brother and I alone have permission to bully you' He then looked to his left where Harry was awkwardly waiting for Dougie.
'I see you made a friend' Tom said with a smile. 'I'm proud of you' He gave Dougie a tap before turning around and walking away.
Dougie smiled. It was nice to know Tom still cared and loved him, it meant the world to him.
'Sorry I didn't help' Harry said
'That's ok' Dougie said. 'I would have done the same' But that was a lie. If it was Harry instead of him, he would have interfered immediately and backed him up. But he didn't want Harry to feel bad.
