count to ten, and i'll be gone~

Chapter 2 (Harry's POV)

I have no idea what just happened. Standing there shell-shocked, I slowly got up and started picking up my stuff. Everything hurt, not only physically but emotionally too. Mum warned me that people here weren't the most open or excepting but I didn't expect this. Was all of this only because I accidentally bumped into the shaggy haired boy with the defined cheekbones? I didn't even know his name, or didn't remember at this point I have no idea. All I knew at this point was I definitely had a black eye and I was late for the next class. Fucking fun. I let out a soft moan as I grabbed a ripped up plastic bag that used to hold a sandwich.

"Great", I thought "M' gunna be fucking starving too." First days really do suck I guess.

I fumbled with putting my backpack on as both my arms were sore and bruised up like hell. That was quick. I was lucky with the fact that my next class was the nearest to the door which wasn't too far of a walk.

"Good," I mumbled as I picked myself up and started limp walking toward the other end of the field, "can barley walk anyway."

Why do I always have to wear boots to school?

I shrugged off the thought of possibly telling my mum about this, maybe calling her to come get me. I knew it was a bad idea though, mum already has enough stress on her with dad dying she doesn't need to worry about me. I tried to walk to my class, more like limped if we are being honest. Dragging my feet down the field, I finally got to the doors. It hurt, it hurt to walk, to push them open. Everything hurt. Why did they do that? I didn't know them, was it because I was new? Or was it my biggest fear, people hear are really homophobic dicks. Not wanting to believe the second one is, I went with the first. The door handle was cold, the air was cold. Everything here felt off, felt wrong. I wanted to go back to my hometown. It was always warm there, always full of color and light and acceptance. Everybody was happy and cared, genuinely did. The people here seemed so fake and so messed up. Wow. Those two older ones were definitely not to be messed with. Something about the other one seemed off though. There was a moment when right before he was about to throw other punch at him, he noticed something in his eyes change. They got bigger almost, had a look in them like to say "I'm sorry I don't want to do this". I got a little fucked up and now i'm hallucinating? Good job Harry.

"It's time." I shifted my foot slightly to try and make it seem like it wasn't totally fucked up.

"Mr. Styles that is right? Late on your first day I can see we might have a problem on our hands." she looked up at me with disappointment spread all across her face. Even though I know it wasn't my fault at all I still couldn't help feel guilty about the whole thing.

"M so sorry Miss...uh?" I paused and looked up at her, keeping my hood on and trying not to have her see the obvious damage.

"Well excuse me my name is Miss Katheroan but you can call me by Miss K-" turning her back on me she continued to write something down on the board, "I suggest you stop being stupid and go take a seat." By now the whole classroom was dead silent except the tiny scrapes of chalk against the board up front.

I dodged my way around the classroom to an empty seat in the middle row. Though I would have much preferred in the way back, seems as though all of them had been taken. I slowly sat down with much to my surprise and gratefulness nobody seemed to notice or really care about me at least. Sitting next to me was a shorter boy with jet black hair shaved off on one side. He had long beautiful eyelashes that fluttered every time he blinked and a sliver nose ring that shimmered a bit in the light. Plump pink lips with just a bit of stumble, he had a certain edge to him. He wore a leather jacket with a dark gray tank top underneath it and black skinnies. Quickly I realized how long I had been staring at him, I nodded my head away and started writing down whatever was on the board in this little notebook of mine. This entire lecture was excruciatingly boring.