When We Were Younger | Book 1

First Day At My New School

Sophie (Flashback):

I stand in front of the school gate of my new school. I look around curiously. I literally know no one here and feel kind of nerveus to walk inside.
I'm not the best at making friends.
I walk through the gate and immediately feel all eyes directed at me.
"Hej, that's the new girl!" I hear someone say.
"What a fatass!" I hear someone else say.
I act like I can't hear them and just keep walking towards the building.
I walk inside and can feel all eyes pointed at me.

I can still hear people whispering awfull things about me but I try to ignore them.
I look at the ground and just keep walking untill I arrive at my locker.
I see a boy with black hair standing three lockers away from mine. He looks at me shortly but then quickly looks away.
A boy with dreadlocks is standing right next to him. He is wearing baggy clothes and a hat with his hair pullet through.

I see a group of guys comming my way. One of them looks at me in a mocking way.
When they walk past me one of them pushes me so hard that all the papers that I'm holding in my hands fall on the ground.
I bend down to get my papers and see how one of the guys pushes the boy with dreadlocks into the lockers as they walk past them.
I try to get all my papers as quickly as I can.
I see a hand grabbing a paper from under my nose and holding it out for me to grab.
I look up and see the boy with black hair looking at me with a big smile on his face. I get up from the ground and look at him awkwardly.
"Thank you" I say, taking the paper from him.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Bill." He looks at me with even a bigger smile and put his hand out to me. I take his hand, "Sophie."
The other boy comes standing next to him.
"And this is my bother, Tom!" Bill points at his brother.
"You're new here, right?"
I nod. "Yes. It's my first day here."
"Where is your first class?"
I look at the paper in my hand.
"Classroom E125"
"Great, you have the same class as us."
He turns around. "Come with us."
We start walking to the classroom.
"Who were these guys?"
Bill and Tom both look at me for a second and then look at each other.
"You don't need to know them." Tom says.

I hear a sound from behind us and when I turn around I see the same guys walking towards us.
They are looking at us in a mockingly way. The one who seems to be the leader takes Tom's hat from his head and starts tossing it around while Tom tries to get it back.
"Give it back!" Tom yells.
Bill runs to Tom and tries to help him.
"Go away, you fag!" The guy yells and pushes Bill so hard he falls to the ground.
Baffled I stare at what is happening, not sure if I should do something to help them. What can I do against guys who are stronger and older then me?
Bill gets up and looks at Tom in despair as he keeps trying to get his hat back.
The guy now pushes Tom and just as Bill he falls to the ground. Bill runs to the guy and gives him a hard push. It made the guy barely set a step back.
"Did you really just push me?" The boy looks at Bill with his face full of rage.
I pull Bill away from the guy.
"Leave them alone!"
"Stay out of this, fatass!" The guy yells back at me.
He hits Bill right in his face and Bill smacks to the ground.
"DON'T TOUCH MY BROTHER!" Tom yells and he gets back up.
When a teacher walks our way the guys start walking away. "This isn't done!" He spits our way and then turns away from us.
Bill gets up. I can see the tears building up in his eyes. The teacher walks past up without saying anything. I'm pretty shocked by this. In my other school it would never go unpunished.
Tom pulls Bill towards the classroom and I walk behind them. Bill has his hand on his cheek which is still red.
I walk faster so that I am walking next to them.
I don't know what to say so I just stay quiet.