The Life of Cassie Ellison

The Life of Cassie Ellison :4:

Chapter 4 

The next day, we all got up early for school. I put on a pair of blue jeans with the knees ripped out, a black long-sleeved shirt and then put a purple, short-sleeved shirt over it. It had bats on the front and 'Skellington' on the back. I put my charm bracelet on and then put on some high-knee purple- and black-striped socks and then I put my black converse on. I went into the bathroom and straightened and brushed my hair. Once I was satisfied with my look, I went to my room, grabbed my button-covered bag, and went down to the kitchen. For once I wasn't late, and that surprised Ms. Olivia and everyone else, except for Dr. Reeves. Nothing really surprised him. He just said that it was nice of me to not be late for breakfast. That kind of ticked me off, but I didn't say anything. We had to walk to the school. Seeing as it was the first day for everyone who was attending the school, I wasn't as nervous, but that quickly went away as kids started to stare at us and whisper. I hated school already and class hadn't even started. Sad, isn't it? "Don't worry about them. They're just jealous, because they don't have awesome backpacks like us." Jeremy said grinning like he always is. Brendon, Sarah, and Allie cracked up laughing. Simon and I chuckled.  

There was some truth to that. None of the kids we saw had any buttons or ribbons on their backpacks. Brendon and Jeremy had football stickers and buttons on their bags. They also had a few band buttons on theirs as well. Allie and Sarah had ribbons and other things like that on theirs, and Simon and I had buttons covering every inch of our backpacks and I'm not even kidding. You can scarcely tell what color our backpacks are. Also I think they were whispering about me and Simon's bruises. I hope they don't get any bad ideas. The others had their schedules, but I didn't have one, seeing as I didn't attend this school before. So I had to go to the office and get my schedule. I had fill out some papers and stuff. It was annoying. We finally got to go and find our lockers. Luckily, my locker was next to Simon's. We also seem to have most of our classes together, except for gym. I shuddered at the thought. Oh how I dreaded going to that class. Jeremy and Brendon were in that class, but that didn't make me feel any better. I really didn't want to take gym, partially because I didn't want to answer any questions about my bruises and injuries. The other is because the girls in that class are usually really mean. They make fun of you in the most unusual ways, yet it still hurts, if you know what I mean. Simon is so lucky that he doesn't have gym. Good news is that I have lunch with Jeremy, Brendon, Allie, Sarah, and Simon. So I don't have to sit by myself and look like an idiot. I had gym after lunch and I was really considering skipping it, but Allie's voice in my head was telling how it was a bad idea to skip on your first day of school and blah, blah, blah. So I gave in and went; anything to stop her voice from nagging at me. Hey, it's weird, but it works. If you use Allie as your conscious, you'll most likely make the right decisions; maybe not all the right decisions, but most of them. 

Jeremy, Brendon, and I walked to gym. My stomach was all in knots and it kind of hurt, a lot. Once we got in, I was relieved to see that no one was going to the locker rooms to change out. All we did was go over what we were going to do over the semester, seeing as it was a semester class, and then we were assigned to lockers and locks. Luckily, I didn't get a locker near any of the girls. I had to take my lock with me, so I could get used to unlocking it and stuff. We were told to bring gym clothes tomorrow, which made me nervous again. Most of my bruises and, yes I received some of these, scars are on my back and stomach. I didn't want anyone to see them, but I really didn't have a choice if I wanted to get participation grades for class. After gym, I went to my last class of the day, art. That made me feel slightly better. I love drawing. It's a good outlet, if you know what I mean. Simon asked me how gym was and I told him. "So what are you going to do?" 

"I don't know." I said sighing. He pulled me into a hug and I hugged him back. "Thanks." I said, as we let go. 

"What are siblings for?" I smiled. Then the teacher started class. After school, we all walked home and were greeted by Ms. Olivia and Dr. Reeves. They asked us about our day and stuff like that. Then I went up to my room and sat my stuff down on the floor. I sat down on my bed and sighed.