For the First Time || Robin Arellano

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TW ⚠️SA TOWARDS END OF CHAPTER!!⚠️

"Are you not gonna say hi hermosa?" The boy says, my cheeks turn red from the name, i turn to him and give a little wave. "My names robin, you from here?" "Uh no I'm not, I'm from New York, i just moved her last week with my brother"

"what part of New York?" "Queens." We continue talking for a little bit about ourselves, until i notice his knuckles all cut up as they start to bleed more, he notices and gets up. "Pardon me hermosa, I will be right back." He leaves to the bathroom.

I get back to taking my notes, realizing i got caught up talking and getting  backed up with work. Class ends and pack up my stuff, Robins still not back, so i decide to pack up his stuff and take it with me and i go meet up with Finney. "Hey, so we have all the same periods besides 2nd, i have ELA but i know Robin has science too, you can go meet up with him to show you the class, i gotta go but i will see you next period okay." "Okay bye finney" "bye."

I walk over to the bathrooms, they're gender neutral so i decide to walk in. I notice him washing the blood off his knuckles and he spots me. "Hey Kamila, thanks for grabbing my stuff." "No problem, Hey do you want me to wrap those for you?" I ask pointing at his knuckles. "Go ahead" i grab a paper towel and some tape i have in my backpack, he sits down on top of the sink and i start wrapping the paper towel around his knuckles and i notice him looking directly at me. I cant help but blush. "There all done," i say looking up smiling at him.

He hops off of the sink and he hands me my backpack while grabbing his stuff. We head to science class a bit early, then see more kids enter. I take a seat towards the back, i prefer the back corners because the teacher will rarely call on people they cant see. I see Finney's sister walking towards the empty seat right by me. (Gwen is gonna be the same age as the others, they're all 14)

"Hi! My name is Gwen" the energetic girl sticks her hand out for me to shake, i give her a small smile "Hi, my names Kamila, but uhm you can call me kami for short, your Finney's sisters right? "Yes, you know my brother?" She asks. "Yeah he showed me to my classes, he's very nice." "Wow I'm surprised you got a word out of him, he's a very shy kid" we talk for a little bit, introducing ourselves, then we turn our focus on what the teachers saying. The teacher explains how we are going to be dissecting frogs next week, i zone out loosing my focus, i just space out looking around and i notice Robins sitting not too far away, about like two tables to the side of us.

Class ends and i tell Gwen she can go ahead and head out, i needed to ask the teacher a question about her science club after school. I noticed robin catches up to gwen and they meet up with finney during our passing period. I talk for a little bit signing myself up for the club, and i thank the teacher and walk out to the group. Gwen and robin head to their class and finney and i head to history.

We sit down together, again we sit towards the back corner of the class. Finney is taking his notes and i start doodling on my paper. I notice these kids sitting by us, saying something about finney and i, i turned my head a shot a confused look at them, they give me a weird smirk and i just look away, putting my head down.

I get up to the feeling of getting hit in the head with something, i see finney giving a scared look to the people sitting by us, i look over and assuming they were the ones that threw the paper ball, they're sitting there snickering. I open the ball and see the wording "yo u finneys new girl or what, i didnt know that f*g was capable of having hoes."( sorry abt the slur, i decided to add it because it was fitting to the bullies) finney asks to see the paper i crumble it back up and put it in my backpack. "Matty, Matt and Buzz, please stop interrupting my lesson," the teacher says in a semi calm voice.

I feel matty lean towards me and whisper, "you could do way better than that weirdo," he says with his hand on my shoulder. "Shes not my girlfriend! Shes my friend and could you guys just stop already? Leave her alone." Finney says, shocked at him telling off the bullies, "oi so i have a shot with this slut." My eyes widen at his words, slut? I am a total opposite of that, he claims i look like one, "yk your jusy trying to draw attention to yourself right with that  shirt showoff."

That was it. I ask the teacher if i could go to the bathroom, i take my backpack with me and rush out of the room, i head to a stall and hang my backpack up on the hook and i start crying, my first day here and im already getting slut-shamed?

I hear Matty's voice. "Ik your in here slut, come out we just wanna talk." I unlock the stall and i see him standing outside waiting for me. I try to dash by him but he pulls me in by the waist and i struggle trying to get out of his grip, "can you stop being so difficult" He says, tucking hair behind my ear, i slap him and he pushes me inside of a stall. I hear someone walk in, i start yelling but he holds my mouth and holds a little pocket knife at me. He quickly shut the stall door, and starts to kiss me and grab my chest but i manage to get a muffled yell, not caring about the blade, he quickly slices my arm and another muffled yell comes out of me.

I hear a familiar voice, "Kamila?? is that you?? Robin asks. He kicks down the stall door and matty swings the blade at him. I sit on the toilet watching them fight, crying and trying to slow the blood down with some toilet paper. Matty gets on top of robin trying to cut him but only manages to get a punch on him.

robin then flips him and starts beating him. Matty, still trying to fight gets knocked out. and robin then goes to grab my backpack and help me up. "Hermosa what happened? what did he do to you?" "nothing he was just making fun of me then cut me" i say leaving other parts out. He gives me a "really" look and i just say ill tell him later. He says fine and them he cleans my cut and wraps his bandanna around the cut. I walk out, giving matty's unconscious body a quick look. That fucking asshole.

1125 words, please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions for this book :).