Tear in my Heart.

Fitting in or out?

I know this song isn't kid friendly but it fits the situation.
Warning this chapter references racism, if those kind of themes upset you please skip this chapter!!

            It was the morning of my first day at school and I was excited but nervous. My mom and I headed out to the car and I sighed. "Everything will be fine sweetie. I'm sure you'll make some new friends." I nodded my head and looked out the window. I knew she was right and I should try. My mom pulled open to a church and we got out. "Mom this isn't a school." She chuckled and rubbed my back. "Schools are a little different here, so just go with it."

               I nodded my head and sighed. "Okay." I walked into the church and was meet by a few teachers. "Toons are this way dear." 'Toons?' I wondered as I saw some human children on the other side of the building. 'Why are they over there?' I wondered as I went with the other toon like kids. I walked into a classroom type room and took a seat. The other kids didn't look at me and I felt out of place.

            Making a new friend wanna gonna be hard in a place like this. The morning was full of watching movies and reading books for our age. Once lunch time came we went outside and ate. I sat by myself and looked at the other kids. They all seemed to fit in but me. Soon a boy sat across from me and smiled. "Hi, I'm Dylan." I waved and gave him a smile back. "I'm Sun." Dylan smiled and held out his hand. "You looked alone so I wanted to join you and say hi." I smiled and shook his hand.

"Thank you. I'm new here and it seems I'm not good at making friends." Dylan laughed and shook his head. "I could tell, you don't have a southern accent like we do." I nodded my head as a teacher then came stopping over to us. "You boys better separate now before I call yalls parents." I turned to the teacher and stood up. "But why can't we be friends?" I asked as she looked more angry. "I don't know where your from but we toons do not befriend fleshies." 'Fleshies? What does that even mean?' I wondered as Dylan was then pulled away.

The end of the day soon arrived and I waited for my mother. As soon as she walked up I ran over and hugged her legs. "Sunny, sweetie what's wrong?" I shook my head and looked up at her. "They're mean here and I wasn't allowed to have a friend." My mother looked hurt and rubbed my back. "What happened?" She asked as a teacher came over and glared at me. "He was trying to make friends with a human." My mother nodded and picked me up. "We'll be leaving now."

            My mother carried me to the car and put me in my booster seat. My mother then got into the car and looked back at me. "I'm so sorry that happened to you sweetie. I'm gonna switch you schools." I nodded my head and she drove us home. Once home I went to my room and relaxed. 'Why didn't they see that we're not that different?' I wondered as my grandmother came in and sat on the bed. "I heard you had a rough day." I nodded my head and looked at her. "Why did they call them fleshies?" My grandmother shook her head. "It's a cruel thing, but that's life down here. Where you went to school before everyone is equal."
              
              I nodded my head and my grandmother held me. "How did you view that child?" I pulled out of the hug and looked at her. "As my friend. So what he's human that doesn't mean we can't be friends." She nodded her head and smiled. "View all your friends like that. You'll make more that way." I nodded my head and she got up and left the room. That night at dinner we all ate in silence, my father wouldn't look up from his plate and neither would my mother.

          The next day I started my new school and I sighed. I was scared it would be like the church school but it was worse in a way. I had a wear a horrible outfit that the school made mandatory. I had to wear a dark green shirt and khaki pants. It was ugly and wasn't even comfortable. I just wanted back in my pajamas. The other bad thing about this school was I had to take naps. I wasn't a big fan of them nor was I tired during the day. "Sundrop if you don't sleep you're not getting a Poptart."

                 'There jelly filled anyway and taste awful.' "I don't like em anyway." I said as I laid on my mat and just stared at the ceiling. The teacher sighed and sat at her desk. I hated it here and I just wanted to go back to my true home. The one where all my friends are. "I'll be calling your parents later." She said as I said and rolled over. I've told my mother a few times that I never slept durning nap time and she couldn't do anything, but maybe she could now.