The New Kid

Chapter 6

-The Next Day At School-

When Levi walked into school the next today, everyone went quiet and was staring at him. He looked around, a little confused, but didn't say anything. He had only been there for 3 days, weren't people a little used to him by now? He shrugged off the stares and went to the cafeteria.

When he got there, he found Eren at one of the lunch tables, his face buried in his arms rested on the table, and a girl was sitting next to him, rubbing his back. Levi frowned, having a feeling something was wrong, and walked across the lunch room and up to them. The girl looked up at him. "You must be Levi. I'm Christa." She said softly.

Levi nodded and pointed to Eren. "Is he OK?" He asked. Christa frowned and shook her head, looking at Eren. Eren sniffled and peeked out from his arms, looking up at Levi. Levi could see that his eyes had a dark red around them from all of the crying he had done.

Levi pulled out the chair on the other side of Eren and also rubbed his back. "Hey, bud, what's wrong?" He asked softly. Eren took a shaky breath and slowly sat up, revealing his busted up bottom lip.

Levi's eyes widened. "What happened?!" Eren sat all the way up and leaned back in his chair, looking down at his lap and playing with his fingers.

"I-I was walking to school th-this morning when these t-two guys a-attacked me. They w-were calling me the f-f word and t-telling me to g-go run and cry t-to my b-boyfriend, y-you...." Eren explained, trying not to cry.

Levi pulled Eren into a hug, knowing who started the rumor. Christa silently watched. "Why would people think you two are together?"

"I think I know why." Levi said as he pulled away from the hug. Eren looked at him, as did Christa. "Why?" They both asked in unison.

"Last night, I went to the park with Petra and I told her that I thought Eren was nice and cute and that I wouldn't mind dating him, and that must have made her mad, because she said some nasty things about him. It made me mad and so I told the bitch off." Levi told them.

Eren blushed when Levi called him cute and say about dating him, but frowned. "What did Petra say about me?" Levi hesitated, not wanting to tell him and hurt his feelings. Finally, he decided it would be best if he knew. "She called you a loser and was saying you only had 2 friends, and that she actually hated you...." "Oh...." Eren looked down, hurt.

Levi panicked a little, not wanting Eren to be sad. He quickly pulled Eren into another hug. "Hey, don't be sad. She's clearly not a real friend, and she's a bitch. Plus, you still have me and Christa." Christa nodded in agreement.

Eren sniffled a little. "I know. You guys won't leave me, right?"

"Of course not! Eren, I've known you since preschool! We're buddies!" Christa said. Eren pulled away from the hug and smiled a little, nodding. "I know." Christa grinned and looked at the clock. "The bell is gonna ring any minute, so we should probably head to our classes." She grabbed her garbage and backpack. "See you two later." She kissed their cheeks and left.

Eren smiled and watched her leave, then looked at Levi. "What class do you have? I forgot." He asked, wanting to get off the previous topic.

"Math 3." Levi answered. "Oh, right. Your class if right next to mine." Eren grabbed his backpack and stood. Levi did the same and they both walked to class.