Unexpected

Lenora Hills

Honestly he didn't expect school to be like this he expected he would be bullied and not his sister El- Jane.

We started calling her Jane cause having the number eleven as your name would only worsen the bullying.

There is this mean girl named Angela who picks on his sister. For God knows what, he doesn't know, but she does anyway and he tries his best to comfort her but all he can say is empty promises.

When she does find that they are empty she says brothers don't lie. He wants to say it gets better but he knows from personal experience it doesn't.

Most days he just tries to blend in as much as he can. And stick by Jane, for what? He doesn't know he can't do anything against Angela and her posse but he guesses it eases his conscience a little bit to know he didn't leave her alone at Angela's mercy.

Today we had an important project and El- Jane did a diorama of Hopper and that old cabin they stayed in. And that's when Angela chirped in about the rules and it had to be a famous person and then others would point at how it looked. He wasn't listening, he tried to console his sister from across the room. Then he heard a quiet, barely heard; someone saying "twat".

He looked over to where he heard the word and wow there was a boy and he looked just like Mike. Just that he was more hollow, sunken in, pointier nose, and eye bags so deep that people could swim in them he also had a darker set of clothes that Mike wouldn't even wish to look upon.

Wow he's pretty Will thinks for himself. The boy looked at Angela then back at will saying "this bitch".

Will giggled like honestly giggled. He then looks at Jane who looks like her puppy's been kicked. He tries to motivate her but she's about this close to running out of class and he can feel it. Thankfully the teacher calls upon the next person to present. And Jane goes back to her seat on the verge of tears.

He tries to pay attention but this girl on his right side keeps playing with his pant cuff with her shoe and he honestly is on the verge of telling her to stop it. He just doesn't find her like that. Not with any girl at least.

~~~bell rings~~~

El was basically running to her locker to grab her books for her next period. Will can barely keep up with his sister's pace. He tries consoling her by saying " the presentation was fine, it was Angela and her posse that ruined it." But in return he got a "brother's don't lie'' and the puffy, red eyed, face of his sister's.

She somehow got faster without even running, losing her in the crowd. He needed some water, and to get in shape. He walked over to the vending machines and got 50 cents ready for a water bottle. Then he heard a similar voice

"William!" He flinches, who is yelling so loudly? He looks over to the sound oh, it's mike 2.0.

Mike 2.0 practically runs over with his lanky arms and legs. "William!" Will looks at the boy and then it clicks 'oh, me'. Honestly it's been a while since he's been called his full name and not just will. "Boris Paplovisky" the lanky boy holds out a hand like it's the sixties and we're some old rich men making a deal.

Will shakes the hand regardless "W-william Byers, but it seems like you already knew that. And call me Will, 'william' just reminds me of my mom nobody else calls me William.." He sends a warm smile .

And he sees the taller boy grin in a tinge of embarrassment. " Ah yeah I heard Ms. Teacher say name few times. And I'll call you William because why be like everyone else?" He grabs will's hands and holds them in the air.