Corey Harris is a teenage boy with a troubled past and after being expelled gets transferred to The Regis School for Boys
Corey tries to stay to himself but it's not easy with his flamboyant attitude and feminine clothing choices which makes him an...
The sound of an alarm rings through my ear waking me up for my first official day of school
I get up and notice that Ricky is already gone so I figured he went to meet up with his friends before classes start
I roll my eyes before getting myself dressed and ready
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After getting dressed I style my shaggy blonde hair making sure I look presentable
I look at myself in the mirror before brushing my teeth and popping a piece of spearmint gum in my mouth
I grab my stack of books and my class schedule before leaving my dorm and making my way to my first class
I hear constant mumbles from classmates under their breaths including a slew of homophobic slurs that make me upset but it's nothing I haven't heard before so I just brush it off
I walk into my first class which is Chemistry with Mr. Jesse Miller
I'm greeted with a smile by him as he points me to an empty chair and welcome's me to Regis
God could these staff members be any more nauseating with the welcoming committee
I roll my eyes and sit down as I watch the clock tick closer and closer to 9 am which is when class is supposed to start
As soon as the bell starts to ring I see Ricky as well as a tall brunette boy with an earring in his left ear rush inside with smiles on their faces
"You boys were almost late, you're lucky I'm in a good mood today"
Mr. Miller says to them sternly while they laugh and roll their eyes as they take their seats
Ricky sits near the front while the other boy makes his way towards to back of the class and sits in a desk beside me
He stares me down with a look of curiosity before giving me a smile
I smile back at him and feel my cheeks get hot with nervousness while I look down at my hands and fiddle with my rings before hearing Mr. Miller's voice
"Alright class I wanna start off by welcoming Corey Harris to our wonderful school. Corey if you wouldn't mind please stand up"
He says as I stand up awkwardly and looking around at all the other faces of students
"Everyone please say hello to Corey"
He follows with before the entire class says "Hello Corey" with very unenthused tones before I sit back down a little embarrassed
Class goes on as I work on catching up and paying attention as closely as possible to the notes he's giving us before the bell ring's signaling for us to proceed to our next class
I grab my books and leave the room planning on heading to my next class
As I walk pass a group of boys they slap my books out of my hand and start laughing as I roll my eyes and lean down so I can pick them up
The group of boys walk away and as I reach for my last book another hand reaches down and grabs it
I look up and proceed to stand to my feet as I'm face to face with the brunette boy who is smiling and holding the book out for me
"This must belong to you"
He says as I nod and grab the book from his hand
"Thank you"
I say as I hug my books to my chest while not trying to make eye contact with the boy
"I'm Joey and I'm assuming you're my friend Ricky's new roommate. He was telling me about you earlier"
The boy who I now know as Joey says as I look up and nod once again
"Yea I'm Corey, nice to meet you"
I say trying to be friendly as Joey smiles before checking his watch
"Looks like we better get to class, we got 2 minutes"
He says before walking away as I check my schedule
"Shit"
I say to myself as I run to my next class narrowly making it on time
TWO HOURS LATER
The bell rings out as I get up from my desk and leave yet another class
It's 11:30 now which means it's lunch time as I make my way towards the cafeteria
I enter the cafeteria seeing people already eating, Ricky being one of them as he sits in between a black guy with glasses and a white guy with dirty blonde hair
I look towards the lunch line as I notice Joey standing next to a shorter guy with curly brown hair and a blonde guy with a soccer jersey on
I get into the line and gets something to eat as I try to find somewhere to sit
I decided that since I kinda know Ricky I can just sit at his table to avoid awkwardness
I sit on the complete other end of the table so I'm not intruding or being rude while Ricky, Joey, and their friends talk
I sit there in silence while I eat my food until a shiver runs down my spine when Joey whispers in my ear
"You know you don't have to sit so far away from us, we aren't gonna bite"
He says as I look over at him and smiles as he scoots back over to his friends and goes back to talking with them
I get up from the table and tosses my lunch away before I leave to lunch room and sits on the staircase nearby
What is it with this boy? Why is he being nice to me?
I've never been so confused about something like this before in my life
Maybe this new school won't be so bad after all or maybe it'll be much worse
