Human (Sally Face)

Chapter 13

It's been a few days since my breakdown at school. Lisa told me I wasn't allowed to go back for a few days in case something else happened. Larry tried to skip school to stay with me but Lisa was having none of that. I think these three days are the only times Larry has ever been up before me so he has time to cuddle and talk before leaving for school.

But sadly I can't stay home forever. Today was my day back. Thankfully it was Friday. Lisa was seeing if I could get through at least one day this week and if not she opted to homeschool me. I didn't wanna stress her out even more than she was so I promised today would be ok.

And that leads us to right now. It's English class and kids are whispering about me. Namely the same two from Monday. Whatever their names were. Mrs. Dean makes sure to keep an eye on me in case something happens. I'm reading the chapters assigned when a ball of paper hits the side of my head. I turn to see who through it even though I had an idea. I look at the kids before grabbing the paper off the ground.

Nice scars bitchface >:/

I freeze looking at my arms making sure they're not showing. I see my arms aren't showing and get confused on what scars their talking about. I look at the kids again and see them pointing at my face. More correctly the side of my neck near my jawbone. I just glare at them before returning back to my reading ignoring the stares and whispers aimed in my direction. I continue on my work for the rest of the class period occasionally waking Larry up to take the important notes. I decide not to tell him about the kids still saying shit.

"God that class was so boring today. I mean don't get me wrong I love Mrs.Dean shes amazing but that lesson so boring." Larry grumbles stretching as we walk out of the class. I open my mouth to respond when I feel myself falling forward. I wait for impact but it doesn't come. I look up and see Larry has grabbed me to keep me from falling. He sets me up right and I see him glaring off into the distance.

"Fucking hate those kids. Did they do anything while I was asleep?" He looks down at me with a annoyed look.

"N-no they didn't. They just kept looking at me but they didn't say anything." I quickly say maybe a bit to quickly. Hopefully he doesn't notice that. He just slightly nods as we head off to the next class. God I fucking hate math.

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"Fucking finally." Me and Larry grab our bags and head to the lunch room. Somehow we made it through math and history. I just continue walking avoiding running into kids as they stare lazily at their phones or just not paying attention.

"Hey Lar I'll be right back I gotta use the bathroom. Grab me a slice of pizza!" I tell him as I walk off to the bathroom at the end of the hall. Luckily the halls were almost empty of disgruntled teenagers finally going to their next classes or the lunch room. I walk in and check to make sure the stalls are empty before taking off my prosthetic to let my face breathe a little. I decide to wash my face off a bit since it feels sticky from the sweat. I swear no matter how many years I've had this I never get used to sweating. As I'm clipping on my prosthetic the door opens and Travis walks in.

"Oh hey Sally! What's up?" He asks walking over and giving me a fist bump. I return it before shrugging.

"Nothing much just washing my face off." I reply.

"Oh ok! Well see you in the cafe." He says as he walks into a stall and I head out. As I walk to the cafe I see the two kids from english walking towards me.

Oh great this feels familiar.

"Hey Face boy! Come here." One of them says. I think that one's Mandy. I sigh as I try to walk past them but of course fail and one of them ends up grabbing my hair pulling me backwards.

"You fucker I was talking to you. Don't you know it's rude to ignore people when they are speaking to you." The taller male says.

"Jasper hurry up before a teacher comes. Especially if it's that bitch english teacher." The girl says. So that one is Mandy. I wiggle a bit trying to get out of Jasper's grasp but that just caused him to pull my hair back harder causing my head to throb.

"What do you want Jasper?" I question trying to not let the pain show in my voice. This all feels so familiar. I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate....Why does this happen to me?

"You got us in trouble asshole. So I'm going to make you pay obviously. And don't even think about telling anyone or else I'll fucking kill you. Got it?", Jasper threatens. I just scoff, I've heard that before and they never do anything. I see Jasper's eyes widen a bit at my scoff as if I'm the first person to ever do that. Then his face turns into a smirk, "Oh you think I'm kidding ahahaa." That's when I hear the clang of something metal. I look over and see that Mandy is tapping a pocket knife on the lockers near us.

Their not fucking kidding. Holy shit what am I gonna do?
Nothing, do nothing. Just shut down until it's over. Don't let them get to you.

I listen to myself and shut down my emotions the best I can. That's when the first punch comes. Right in the gut. I bend over in pain gasping for air quietly. Jasper grabs my hair again and pushes me all the way to the floor before kicking me a few times. Lets just say my ribs are gonna be bruised for the next week.

"Come on let's go I'm hungry." I hear Mandy say. Jasper just scoffs before walking away with her. I continue laying on the floor in pain slightly gasping for air.

I have to get to Larry.

I slowly stand up clenching my teeth from the pain and make my way to the cafeteria.