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Chapter 11: Emily's Realization
Emily woke up one morning with her head aching. She slowly sat up as she looked around the room. She noticed Mia's bed already made up, so she assumed that Mia was already up. Emily looked at her clock; it said 7:55... 7:55! Emily cleared her eyes to make sure the clock was right; which it was. Emily jumped out of bed and changing clothes fast. Her alarm clock was supposed to go off at 7:00, but it didn't cause she forgot to set it. Emily grabbed her hair brush and roughly brushed her hair, picking up her backpack and leaving her room. She spotted Mentor in the kitchen, eating a bowl of ceral.
"Mentor, where is everybody?" Emily asked.
"Emily! Everyone already went to school, what are you still doing here?" Mentor asked surprised.
"I forgot to set my alarm clock." Emily explained. She went over to the pantry to find a quick bite to eat.
"I would've at least thought Mia would've came and woken you up. Mike even, since you normally ride with him to school."
"Yeah, well; no one did. Mentor, can you give me a ride to school on your motorcycle? Its too far for me to walk to school." Emily pleaded, quickly eating a granola bar.
"Sorry, Em. My motorcyle isn't working right now. But there is a bus that stops at a street just two blocks from here." Mentor told.
"Ok, I'll try and catch it. Thanks, Ji!" Emily yelled out on her way out of the door. When she got out the gate, she ran as fast as she could to try and find the street where the school bus would stop. Only one problem, she had no idea what street that was. After ranning about what she thought was two blocks, she spotted the big yellow school bus coming her way and a group of kids her age waiting for it. Suddenly, she spotted her friend Tori.
"TORI!" Emily yelled, ranning across the street.
"Oh my gosh. What are you doing here? Don't you ride to school?" Tori asked, giving Emily a hug.
"My friends, uhhh, forgot to pick me up so I had to come catch the bus." Emily said.
"OH...cute bunny slippers." Tori smirked.
"Dang it! I forgot to put on regular shoes!" Emily snapped at herself. The bus stopped in front of them and the doors opened wide. Emily climbed on to the bus but then the bus driver stopped her.
"Hey, I've never seen you before. Are you new?" the bus drived asked.
"Kind of. I've been going to school for awhile now but I don't even ride the bus." Emily explained.
"Oh, well. I just wanted to make sure." the bus driver said, letting Emily get by. Emily looked for Tori but saw that she was already sitting with someone else. So Emily took the closest available seat near Tori. Emily, personally, didn't like who she was sitting by because the guy was very, like VERY smelly. Emily tried hard to not take in so much air.
Emily looked around the bus to see what was going on. Kids were throwing things at eachothers, people chatting with eachother, and some yelling; but the driver didn't do anything about it. Back at her old school, Emily use to ride the bus everyday to school. So one thing is for sure, she hated riding it. It was way to smelly, hot, nasty, dirty, and loud for her.
Suddenly, she felt something go in her hair. When she took a look, she found a piece of pink gum stuck to her hair. She turned around to see one girl giggling. "Sorry, I was trying to aim it at the guy in front of you." the giggling girl saying. Emily turned back around and crossed her arms against her chest. Yupp, school bus rides never change.
Just before she went to her English class, Emily quickly ran to the bathroom to get the gum out. In the bathroom, Emily started washing out her strand of gum hair. The piece of gum still didn't come out even when she put soap on it. She hated saying this but she had to cut her strand of hair to get the gum out.
Suddenly, Tori came into the bathroom but stopped when she saw Emily. "Hey Em, I saw you got a piece of gum stuck in your hair on the bus this morning. Here." Tori took out a pair of scrissors from her backpack and cut the strand of Emily's hair. Emily let out a yelp as she watched Tori throw away her piece of hair.
"What? It's just a piece of hair." Tori said.
"I know but, it's my hair!" Emily stated. Tori just rolled her eyes and went to the sink to wash her hands. When Tori raised up her sleeves, Emily noticed scratches across her wrist and arm. Emily asked kindly, "Tori, why do you carry around scrissors?"
"What do you think scrissors are for, opening jars? To cut stuff with, hello!" Tori teased.
"Like your arm?"
Tori quickly pulled down her sleeve. "No."
Emily sighed and give her a concerned look. "Tori..."
"It's nothing, Em! I just have a cat that scratches my arm alot." Tori said. Somewhere in Emily, she knew that Tori was lying.
"Tori, I know that's not true. Please tell me? I'll promise not to tell anyone and I wouldn't judge you." Emily assured, trying to gain Tori's trust.
"You promise?" Tori said in a low voice. Emily nodded. "Fine. I'm not telling you the whole truth but I'll tell you that I do cut myself. It's just that my life's been rough lately. So whenever I cut myself, the pain seems to just float away." Tori lowered her head.
"Tori, you really shouldn't do that. It maybe feels good but its not really. What if you went to far, you could bleed to death! If you have any problems, you should try to talk to your friends. That makes the pain float away faster & better than cutting your yourself." Emily assured.
Tori was silent for a few minutes, not sure knowing what to say. So, she hugged Emily. "Thanks Em. You seem like a really good friend. I wish more people were like you." smiled Tori.
"Aww, thanks Tori. I try!" Emily laughed as they left the bathroom together.
It was lunchtime, so Emily went to the lunch line and got her food. She saw her friends, but they were all sitting at different tables. Suddenly, she saw Tori waving over to her. Emily walked over to her table and sat down. Emily looked back to see what her other friends were doing. Antonio was showing something to his Tech Club friends, Jayden was talking with his jock friends, Mia laughing with the cheerleading, Mike doing some handshake with his new rebel buds, and Kevin talking with his swim mates. Emily examed her surrounds and realized that she was sitting with the people who didn't really fit in with the rest of the school. She also realized that the team was drifting farther and farther apart since they came to this high school...
AN: awww, poor Emily :( but yayy for Emily for being a good friend to Tori :) Please Please PLEASE leave a review! The faster you review, the faster I'll get a new chapter up :D