Hidden Secret

Chapter Three

(Naomi)

(Homophobia, bullying)

Naomi slumps down in her seat, slamming her math textbook and notebooks onto her desk. She combs her hand through her short black hair, getting it out of her face, before moving on to fiddling with the rings on her fingers, intently staring at how they moved with her soft gray eyes.

She feels a sharp pain in the back of her head, and she turns around, coming face to face with a red-head with weird hair that swooshes outwards.

"Hey freak. Still a fag?" He sneers, smirking.

She glares at him, before she smiles sarcastically, "You still oblivious to the fact that your mom's a whore?"

His smirk drops, and his expression contorts into one of rage, and a scowl appears on his face, "The fuck did you just say you little bitch?!" He stands up, his chair falling down behind him with a loud crash against the ground.

He grabs Naomi by the collar of her shirt, lifting her up out of her seat, and pushes her against a wall with all of his strength, knocking the breath out of her lungs.

She raises her eyebrows in amusement, a smirk pulling on the corners of her mouth, "Damn Daniel, I didn't know you were into disgusting gays like me." She says in a hoarse voice, still out of breath.

The red-head, now known as Daniel, gains an expression of disgust as he drops Naomi to the ground, "What the fuck?!"

She grins up at him, amused, and Daniel steps backwards, before turning and heading back to his seat, defeated for now.

Naomi's expression drops, and is replaced by a cold one, "Bastard." She mutters quietly.

Naomi sits down at her lunch table in the corner of the cafeteria, which has four other people at it.

A girl with long blue hair looks up at Naomi as she sits down, "Heyo."

Naomi nods at her, "Hello Vivian. How's it going?"

She smiles, wrapping her arm around a person with short brown hair sitting next to her, "Nothing much, just got a significant other."

The person looks up at that statement, their cheeks gaining a light red color, "Huh? You're telling them now?" They ask Vivian.

She nods, "Hell yeah I am!" She hits the table to get everybody's attention.

Everyone else at the table; a boy with black hair, and a girl with strawberry blonde hair, turn to look at the two.

Vivian grins, hugging the person her arm is around, "Me and Everest are dating!" She announces excitedly.

Someone shouts from across the cafeteria, "Faggots!"

The girl with strawberry blonde hair cups her hand around her mouth to make her voice louder, "Shut the fuck up you bitch-ass hoe!" She turns back to Vivian and Everest, smiling, "Congratulations guys!"

Everyone at the table is unfazed at her sudden outburst, and the new couple smiles, "Thanks Jade! We appreciate it– both of the things you just said."

"No problem my dudes!" Jade answers, grinning.

"That's awesome guys!" The boy says, inserting himself into the conversation at last.

"Thanks Isaiah!" The couple says in unison, before turning to Naomi.

"That's great guys! I'm really happy for you!" She says cheerfully.

They grin, nodding at Naomi in thanks.

Isaiah turns to Naomi, noticing that she was the last one to congratulate the new couple, "So, what happened?"

She looks at him, "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Well, obviously something happened, so what was it?" He asks again.

"Oh, it's not really anything important, just got into a bit of an argument with Daniel earlier." Naomi says, leaning back in her chair.

Jade raises her eyebrows, "Isn't that the uh, the Swooshy dude?"

Everest looks at her, confused, "The Swooshy dude?"

She nods, "Yeah, he has swooshy hair and I overheard Nova refer to him as 'Swooshy' while talking to Sebastian earlier during second period."

Naomi raises her eyebrows, "Wow, Nova didn't even bother to learn his name?"

Jade shakes her head, "No, she had said that he told her the rumors about her and Sebastian, and then left without telling her his name."

Naomi nods at her statement, and then Isaiah speaks, "We're getting off track. Naomi, how did you guys get into an argument?"

Naomi scratches the back of her neck, "Well, basically what happened is, he called me a fag, so I called his mom a whore."

"Reasonable reaction." Jade comments.

"Nice comeback dude!" Vivian compliments.

Everest nods, agreeing with both Jade and Vivian.

"And then?" Isaiah asks.

Naomi smirks, "He then proceeded to shove me against a wall by the collar of my shirt, but he let go after I said that I didn't know he liked disgusting gays like me."

Jade gives her a fist bump, while Isaiah sighs like a disappointed mother.

"Wait a second." Everest interrupts their conversation.

"Has anybody seen Julian?"