A/N: LAST CHAPTER FOR TONIGHT

Alfred

"What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Sorry Miss Lionel. I won't run through the hallways again."

The sarcasm heavily coated my voice.

"That's right! You will not run through the hallways again…"

I drown her voice out and stare down the hallway behind her when I notice something. Mitchell and Lewis were carrying a skinny black haired student outside the school's double doors to the football field.

"That's very interesting Miss Lionel, but I really need to get to class. See ya tomorrow."

Without think I bolt down the hallway and through the doors, only to see them tying the student to the flag pole.

"I can't believe you broke his nose Mitch."

"Well he shouldn't have tried to get away."

I casually walk up to the two of them and cross my arms.

"What the hell are you two doing to the new student?"

"Tyin' him to the flag pole; the fuckin' Brit tried to get away."

"How do you know he's a Brit?"

"He actually talked once we stole his anti psycho meds. So Mitch knocked him out and I flushed the meds down the toilet."

"Well, let me deal with him from here guys. Coach Evans gets pissed easily especially when people are late to class.'

"Shit! Thanks man. Let's get outta here Lewis!"

Once they're gone I quickly go about untying Arthur from the pole. As I was untying him, I noticed that he was only wearing shorts; for some reason this made my heart pound. I knelt down in front of him and held up his chin slightly to look at his nose. Doing this caused his hair to lightly fall in front of his face. He looks so innocent and vulnerable. I sigh. He was always so headstrong whenever we were in England. When he's finally untied I pick him up and carry him out to my car, trying not to disturb him.

Arthur

My eyes shoot open and I fly up only to hit my head on the dash of someone's car.

"Well good to see you awake. You're lucky they didn't break your nose."

I rub my forehead as I look over at the driver, who is no other than Alfred.

"What the hell are you doing?! And why am I in this car?! With you?!"

"Calm down Arthur. I untied you from the flag pole that Lewis and Mitchell were gonna leave you at."

I sigh and lean back against the seat.

"Can I ask you a question dude?"

"What could you possibly want?"

I open one eye and look at him.

"Why did you dye your hair black?"

"Because I fucking felt like it. Why did never contact me?"

"I… My ma took away everything away and I never had a moment of free time. It's not that I didn't wanna, I did, but it wasn't my fault."

"Whatever."

I've been in America for three months and that was the last time Alfred and I ever talked again. Every day the football team would harass mean and beat me, I'm lucky they haven't broken anything yet. I always sat alone at lunch, which I mostly spent in the back corner of the library. After the second month I dyed my hair back to its original color. This didn't help with the teasing.

"Hey! Kirkland! Where's the money you owe me?!"

Mitchell has me backed up against the wall in the furthest corner of the library. He has me at least 6 inches off the ground by my shirt.

"I-I-I-I-I…"

"You, you, you, you what? You don't got the money? Should I take something else as payment then?"

Before I could even attempt to do anything, his knee makes contact with my gut, knocking the wind out of me.

"P-P-Please s-s-s-s-stop."

"Hell no man."

He pulls his fist back and gets ready to hit me. But something stops him.

"What the hell are you doing?"

We both look over to see Alfred standing there and right behind him is Matthew.

"I got him Arthur!"

"What are you doing to him?"

"I'm teaching this little prick a lesson. He can't talk. Has never had a girlfriend. He's a smart little shit. And he won't pay me the 40 bucks he owes me."

At this moment something comes over me. In this situation, I didn't feel stressed at all.

"I've never had a girlfriend because 1. I have Selective Mutism and 2. Because I'm actually gay."

This causes everybody to go completely silent. The way Alfred was staring at me did not make me feel any better about this situation that I did before.

A/N: Shorter chapter, I know. I had to do this quick because I have to go to bed soon.