Divided

- Chapter Two -

A couple days had passed and Tia was continuing to have altercations with many of the boys in her year group. She tried her best to ignore their hurtful words and actions but at times, it was difficult. The tormenting was a lot to deal with and she felt alone through it, of course she could vent to Hannah about it but there wasn't much she could do.

To make matters worse, almost all of Tia's classes were with Tobias. He was never the worst, but his "jokes" were consistent. Many other boys in their classes would have malicious intent on a regular basis when it came to Tia. 

There was a range of things the guys would do Tia, they would mock her as she walked past, throw out an array of insults when she was in the proximity and even more!

Tia walked into Agriculture class, expecting the worst as was usually given to her. She was a couple minutes late since she was hanging out with Hannah on the other side of the school before Agriculture, during recess. 

As soon as she walked in, some whispers spread around the room, Tia's mind was consumed with paranoia as the stress that everyone was talking about her took over. She tried to ignore the comments being thrown out by random classmates and just sat down to endure the next painful hour, getting through the lesson. 

Halfway through the lesson, one of the boys named Jamie Roberd has something he wanted to say. Jamie Roberd, one of the most full of themselves people that Tia had laid eyes on. He was arrogant, and rude, and didn't give a damn how he made others feel.

"Oi, Tia" he shouted across the room.

Tia turned her attention to him, seeming confused about why he was calling out to her.

"Watch your back or I am going to give you more scars than you already have!" he said losing it in laughter, he turned to the girl sitting next to him named Jordie who let a giggle and dapped him up for his 'funny remark'.

Tia turned back around without saying a word and just put her head down to do the work quietly, simultaneously Tobias looked over at Jamie and then quickly glanced in Tia's direction, he then quickly got back to doing his work, ensuring he wasn't involved in any of the drama that class was entailing. He liked to crack up a joke every now and then but he avoided getting himself into any troublesome situations. Although, he knew this was too personal and didn't want to go down that road. 

Tia held out until class was finally over and she rushed out to find Hannah for lunch.  

Eventually the bell went and Tia headed up to see Hannah. 

She her way over to Hannah

"Tia! How are you?" Hannah said with a wide smile on her face.

Tia's face said it all and Hannah patted her shoulder as a method to console her.

The girls talked for a few minutes and then Tia decided she wanted to go to the canteen and buy some chocolate milk.

"I will be back, I'm just going to go and buy a choccie milk" Tia said to Hannah as she went to purchase one.

As Tia was gone, Tobias saw Hannah was alone and went over to say hello to her.

"Hey Hannah!"

"Oh, Hey Tobias, how are you?" Hannah responded

"I am pretty great, I heard you'll be coming to my party this friday, I'm looking forward to seeing you there!"

Hannah smiled and nodded in agreement. The two struck up a conversation about the classes they both had this year. After a couple of minutes, Hannah spotted Tia walking back over, taking a sip of her choc milk on her way over when suddenly she saw Jamie run over to her and put his foot out so she would trip over it while walking. 

Hannah tugged on Tobias' arm, pointing over in Tia's direction

"Did you see that?!" Hannah said, in shock and unsure what to do

Tobias turned around and saw Tia laying on the floor with a few boys standing around her, laughing horrendously, as if it was the funniest thing they had ever laid eyes on. Tobias let out a small chuckle, as Hannah turned to him, furiously.

"How is this funny to you? She could be hurt!" she lectured, before quickly rushing over to Tia, helping her up from the floor.

"You should all be ashamed of yourselves!" Hannah scolded to them as she hinted at them to get lost with a shooing motion. They all walked off, and Hannah turned all her attention to Tia, who had tears dwelling up in her eyes. 

"Let's go to the bathrooms and get you cleaned up" Hannah said, walking Tia to the girls' toilets...

Meanwhile, Tobias was still standing there watching it all unfold, Tia hadn't noticed him as he was far enough away. Although, he had noticed everything. The bullying, the way Hannah rushed to comfort her, the way that Tia's choc milk had spilt all over the floor and the bottle was just lying there. He moved from his originally still stance, going up to the bottle, picking it up and putting it in the bin before going on his way to find James.