A challenge for Ellis

The start of a disaster

Today, is the first day at my new school. I really did not want to go because I was very nervous, I didn't like the idea of going and not having friends at the get go. Even worse is in Boston, 5th graders are at the middle school meaning Bailey and Zozo would be together in middle school and I'd be alone in the 2nd grade at the elementary school. We left for school, Bailey and Zozo took the bus early at like 7:00 am and school didn't start for me until 9:00 am. Mom drove me to school and dropped me off by the front door. "Bye Ellie Belle, have a great day, I love you" she yelled as I walked in. I walked into a complete unfamiliar building and saw the fourth graders roaming the hallway, they were huge. "Wrong way midget, the kindergarten hallway is that way" they snarked at me. I sighed and walked into the office once I finally found it. "Miss Shepherd, welcome to Boston elementary school" the office lady said. "Hi" I said. "Aww, don't be nervous sweetheart, let me show you to the 2nd grade classroom where you will be" she said putting her hand on my shoulder and guiding me into the room. I hated this place already and I hated 4th graders. We walked into the room and the teacher came up to me. "Class, this is Ellis Shepherd, she moved here all the way from Seattle, please make her feel welcome". I waved and smiled at everyone but they were not having my greetings, "this way, Ellis" the teacher said showing me my desk. I sat down in my seat and the girl who sat behind me spat a spit ball in my hair. I turned around. "Would you please not spit on me, thank you" I said and turned right back around. She wasn't having the fact that I was there, first day and I already had a enemy.

A few hours later, the lunch bell rang, I knew I would be sitting by myself because I had no friends, at least not yet. I tried to keep a positive attitude but it was hard after being spat on by that girl. I walked into the cafeteria with my tray and that is when I was tripped. The food splattered all over my clothes and face. The kids started laughing and the girl who spit on me came up to me. "Oops, I am so sorry, I hope your precious Kmart shirt is okay" she said and laughed at me. "Why are you so mean to me, I don't even know you" I yelled in tears. "Aww, poor baby, well your going to see much more of me, tell your mom about any of this and I will make your life even more miserable" she said laughing "I heard your mother is Dr Grey, the one who is famous, well she is too good to have a rat like you as a child". The mean girl walked away and I got up to run to the bathroom. I hated it here and everyone was horrible, I decided to get a snack and juice from the vending machine with the extra money my mom gave me and ate in the bathroom. I ate my lunch in the big stall of the bathroom, it wasn't very good in there but since my clothes were ruined, I had no other choice. I didn't want to go back into that classroom, maybe I could try walking home but decided against that idea because after recess, we only had ELA left and then we got to go home. I returned to the classroom after recess and put my jacket on over my shirt, I didn't want anyone else to laugh at me or for it to get any worse. Nothing else happened for the rest of the day and it was finally time to go home. My mom told me to walk home as the school is around the corner from our street, I went inside and changed my shirt as it was covered in food. Bailey came in through the door, Zola was with mom at the hospital. I went down to get a snack because that mean girl made me starve today. I warmed up a Mac and cheese cup and ate it in my room, I wasn't supposed to eat in my room but I really needed to eat alone. Mom and Zola weren't going to be home for another 2 hours for supper