The loud buzzing from the alarm on Mars's phone went off at 5:45 for school. Today was suppose to be a good day, considering it was a Friday and most of the kids that bully Mars skip. He got up and went to do his normal thing meaning a warm morning shower, some gel for his healing scars, to do his hair, and to pick out his clothing. When his morning duty's where finished he would grab a very small breakfast and walk out to the bus stop or sometimes he would walk to school since he lives a mile away but that only depended on who was at the bus stop. Today he happened to walk since Carter was there, he had to snake his way through to be unseen. He learned how to do that considering the amount of times he had to do it. The walk to school was like any other, quiet, lonesome, dark, and somewhat satisfying not having to worry about someone trying to hurt him or ruin his day. He scared himself when his shoe got caught on a stray rock causing him to jolt forward but not fall, "damn it" the words slipped from his mouth when he tripped. After he calmed down from the small fright the trip made he began to walk again, his foot steps echoing off of the quiet neighborhood. The sound of rocks being kicked and smallest rocks, tree branches and things being crushed by his steps, the sound cracking and snapping beneath his feet as he just moved on. He got closer to the school when he noticed to shadows behind him. "Well, well. Look at what we have here. We have one of them things called a fag" one of the shadows spoke in a humored and rude tone, sending a shiver down Mars's back knowing who the voice belongs to, Zack. He just shook his head and kept walking only to be yanked back and pushed against a wall of the schools building. Mars could feel his own heart pound against his chest as he was forced to turn around and look at Zack and the unnamed male who was with him, "W-what do you need now?" Mars stuttered his words from the fear he had. As soon as he spit out his stuttered words Zack rose his hand up and quickly strikes Mars's cheek once with a closed fist sending a sharp pain all through Mars's body, holding his cheek he tried to slide to the ground. Zack grabbed his shirt's collar, pushing him against the wall applying more and more pressure to his chest. Mars began to beg and plead for Zack to let go, his whimpers and wines just weren't enough as Zack whaled on him. As blood started to drip from his nose he got up and just stood there in shock, wanting to run but couldn't. Taking the powerful hits from his attacker, Mars just sat there since he couldn't move, the shock from the strikes of Zack. "I think we're done here" the words hit Mars's ears like a bullet. Bleeding and sore, he got up holding his cheek he walked to the bathroom to wash up. "Today isn't going as I thought it would" He sighed under his breath hoping no one heard him. As he walked out, Carter was walking by but stopped when he seen the condition Mars was in. "I see Zack got a hold you, huh?" He asked him in a curious like tone "yeah..." he looked down in embarrassment "It's not a big deal tho" He trailed off of his first response to Carter. "I guess?" He just shrugged and walked to class, leaving Mars behind with out a thought in the world. Mars walked to his own class slowly, his body still aching from this mornings problem. He walked into his class as if he was walking into his own personal hell, his head was low hiding his marks so no one could see them.
