Lunch time rolled around and it found Murdoc practically drooling.
He was standing in line for lunch in the cafeteria, looking at the food on display before him. They were serving a very cheesy looking macaroni, along with what looked like pudding and a small bowl of fruit.
Yep, he never saw so much food, his lazy drunk of a father rarely buys any.
Murdoc grabbed his tray and followed the other kids to a cashier. 'Shit, how much will this be?' wondered Murdoc. It was soon his turn to pay and he handed over the five dollar bill.
"The lunches are a dollar, would you like the four back or put it in your name for tomorrow's lunch?" asked the woman. A dollar lunches and he had a five, that was enough for lunch for the rest of the week. "Ya, put down for the next lunches." said Murdoc.
The woman nodded and Murdoc left to find a table. He looked around but most were full, and the ones that weren't had the kids looking him weirdly.
Murdoc eventually found an empty table and sat there. He then dug into his food. The food was actually tasteless but it was still better than starving to death. 'Still could use at least some salt.' thought Murdoc.
As he ate his lunch, he watched the room around him, it was always good to know your enemies. Ya, five years old and he has a room full of enemies...maybe, they could also just down right ignore him.
Loud, arrogant laughter filled the room and Murdoc looked to see it was Ryan River again. From the looks of it, he was showing off some sort of luxury item his parents bought him or something. All the kids looked impressed, well, almost.
The brown haired boy from Murdoc's class was snubbing whatever it was Ryan was showing. The child snorted, this kid was different from the others.
The brown haired boy noticed he was watching and smiled to wave. Murdoc became nervous and looked away, he wasn't used to kids waving to him, let along smiling at him.
The kid looked disappointed but he got tapped on his shoulder to have his attention re-captured by Ryan. It made Murdoc feel disappointed, he now was curious as to who the kid was.
'Oh well, like I'd really want to know that Ryan follower.' thought Murdoc.
He soon finished his lunch and threw away the trash when a teacher came in. "Alright kids, line up, it's time for recess." said the teacher. 'The hell is that?' wondered Murdoc.
As it turned out, recess was when everyone went outside to play before going back to class. 'Eh, big deal.' thought Murdoc.
He sat under a tree, watching the other kids play with their toys or play on the equipment. No one bothered to ask Murdoc to join, heck, no one even noticed him. '
So what, I like being by myself.' thought Murdoc. But that thought soon changed.
Something hit Murdoc's leg a bit and he looked to see a shiny red ball. "Oh sorry about that." said a voice. Murdoc looked to see it was the brown haired boy again!
The kid looked up to smile. "Oh, you're Murdoc, the new guy." said the boy cheerfully. "Uh ya sure, so what?" asked Murdoc. The boy laughed a bit to look at Murdoc.
"I'm Stuart Tusspot, nice to meet you." said the boy. "Tosspot?!" laughed Murdoc. "Nah, it's Tusspot, but you aren't the first to make that joke, still funny though." giggled Stuart.
This shocked the child, he just insulted Stuart, and he didn't even care. "Hey, what are you doing here by yourself?" asked Stuart. "Huh, oh ugh, just hanging out." said Murdoc, looking away.
"Cool, hey, do you want to play with me and my friends?" asked Stuart. "Uh..." started Murdoc.
He wasn't sure, but maybe he could? No, that was stupid, why would he even consider that?!
But before Murdoc could answer, Stuart was already dragging him to his group, including Ryan Rivers. "There you are Stuart, ugh, why is he here?" asked Ryan. "He's gonna play with us, he's new here." said Stuart. "Why should he play with us, he's a stinky, smelly insect to us." sneered Ryan.
Murdoc rolled his eyes to glare. "You ain't no prize ether buddy." snapped Murdoc. The rich kid looked insulted and Stuart chuckled a bit.
"How dare you say that to me worm, do you know who I am?!" demanded Ryan. "A spoiled brat who takes his status from his mommy and daddy's wealth by mooching off of them?" asked Murdoc. The kid's mouth hung open and Stuart tried harder not to laugh out loud.
"You are so worthless, you are the mud beneath my shoes." spat Ryan. "Aw, what's wrong, can't handle a little mud you over grown baby?" asked Murdoc, smirking. Stuart was now laughing out loud as Ryan fumed.
"Enough, you are not to play with us you dirty little beggar, Stuart, leave this filth, we can go back to admiring my new gold watch." said Ryan. Murdoc rolled his eyes as the kid stared at him.
"No, why should I when you were so rude to Murdoc?" asked Stuart. "What, but HE started it, he's dirty." said Ryan. "You started it by insulting him, you didn't even try to get to know him." scowled Stuart.
"That's because he's poor, look at his clothes." said Ryan. "So what, I like em, they make him look cool unlike your stiff clothes." said Stuart. Murdoc was shocked, was Stuart really defending him?!
Ryan was angry and glared at the kid. "Look Stuart, it's ether us, the kids with everything, or him, the kid with nothing." spat Ryan.
Stuart looked at Murdoc to smile.
He then threw the red ball at Ryan's face. "I'm going with the cool guy, you shallow jerk." said Stuart. Ryan was shocked as the kid walked away with Murdoc doing a mock salute to the rich boy.
"Get back here, no one walks away from me!" yelled Ryan. "Oh look, we're walking away, so tragic." said Murdoc sarcastically. Ryan then threw a fit while his friends tried to calm him down.
"Stupid jerk, I don't even know why I was friends with him." said Stuart. "He'd got money." said Murdoc. "So what, that means nothing, besides, my family is what Ryan calls 'middle class' which is his way of pitying the poor, stupid moron." said Stuart. "I think you meant to say, stupid bastard." grinned Murdoc.
Stuart looked at him to laugh. "That's a funny word, what does bastard mean?" asked Stuart. "Oh, it's an adult word, a swear word." chuckled Murdoc.
"You swore, heh, you really are cool." laughed Stuart. "Ya, ya, I know I am, I think I'll teach all the bad words to you." said Murdoc. "Cool, hey, the jungle gym is clear, wanna go play?" asked Stuart.
Murdoc smiled at him to laugh a bit. "Ya sure, why not." said Murdoc. With a big grin, Stuart took Murdoc's hand and the two ran for the jungle gym.
It was after this that Murdoc stooped being alone. How could he be alone when he has Stuart with him, his first true friend.
A/N: And so Murdoc and Stuart met. I can't tell you how many times I wrote 2D instead of Stuart. It ain't easy. Anyway, so there friendship is struck and Murdoc is pretty pleased about it. What will happen next? Stay tuned and plz review.