A Forest Away (dnf)

Eleven

*George's POV*
I slowly open my eyes but quickly shut them again. I pull the blanket over my head and let out a low groan.

When will this end?

After staying like that for a moment longer I eventually get out of bed and started getting ready. Before leaving I changed the plaster on my face to a new one.

I swing my bag on my shoulder and was out the door. I was quite surprised my dad wasn't down stairs like he usually is but I'm not complaining.

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As I neared the school entrance I hear the sound of a certain skateboard rolling over the cracks of the concrete floor. I turn to the sound and there Nick was.

He stops his board and kicks it up then holds it underneath his arm. But when he looked up I was in shocked.

"What happened to your hair!", I exclaimed. "I decided to change things up a bit", he says as he takes off his hat revealing his freshly cut hair. "Not only did you cut your hair but you finally let that ridiculous white bandanna rest", I commented which causes him to let out a slight chuckle. "Who are you and what have you done to Nick", I tell him.

"You know what really I should be saying is what happened to you", he says as he points at the plaster on my face. I let out a soft "oh" as he looked at me with slight concern. I clear my throat. "My um.. dad kinda threw me against a mirror", I say trying to make it humorous.

"What!? Why?", he asks in a hushed yell. " I was kinda leaving the house because you know how he always keeps me inside, well I've been going out to my spot and he would call me to come back really annoyed and I guess this time it was the last straw", I say letting out a sigh.

I can see Nick's eyes sadden to the news.

TW mature language
"But it's okay-"

"No George it's not okay, he has been a literal dick to you for practically you whole life", I let out a soft sigh. Nick then put a hand my shoulder "Come on let's get inside", he tells me which I nod to.

As I was taking my textbooks from out of my locker Nick leans against the locker next to mine and says "Listen, if he pulls that shit again-", I shut my locker which cuts him off "I'm fine Nick really", I give him a slight smile but I knew he wouldn't buy it.

As he was about to respond the bell rings "Well I see you later", I say to him as I leave, not giving him a chance to respond. I take my seat and rest my head on my hand Can this day get any slower Then Clay walked in which caused me to fix my posture.

He sits down in his seat and turns to give me a quick wave. I return the gesture and he turns to face the front again. The bell rings and the teacher grabs a clipboard.

She adjusts her glasses as she look down on the paper. "Where's-", she begins to say but then that's when the door opens revealing a short blonde hair girl.

She was wearing a yellow crop top and a white skirt that tightly wrapped around her body which showed off all of her curves. I can just feel the other guys in my class become interested in her.

"There you are, class this is Zera I'm sure you've seen her already but she has transferred into our class", the teacher explains. I then lean towards Hannah "Do you know who that is?", I asked her quietly.

"That's Zera Hayes, the captain of the cheer team", I can feel tense to the news. I look back to Zera and I can already see her eying Clay with a smile.

"You can sit right there in the middle", the teacher says as she points to the empty desk that was two rows to the right of me. Zera then makes her way to the seat clearly swaying her hips as she walked.