Starting New

Chapter 1

     I jumped as my alarm clock went off and quickly turned it off groaning. I got up and started looking through my dresser, not putting too much thought into what I picked. I grabbed a short sleeved, black and gray, button up shirt and black skinny jeans. I quickly got dressed and went into the bathroom, I brushed my teeth and hair then went back into my room and put on my shoes. I looked in my mirror, smiling again at how much different I looked now. My short, neat brown hair was now black and messy, I was 5'6 now, I had a broader frame and was much more muscular. Both my ears were pierced and my cart-ledge on the left side. I put on my beanie as my mom walked into my room, "Glad so see you awake already, please promise me there won't be any drama, I don't want to regret bringing you back." She said watching my face closely, I smiled, "I promise mom, I'm better now, and no one will remember me anyway. It'll be fine." I said hugging her and kissing her forehead. She nodded and hugged me back, "I love you Mason." She said sighing, "I love you too mom." I said smiling at her. She left my room and I grabbed my backpack and went downstairs. I got my medicine bottle out of the bathroom cupboard and swallowed one, then walked into the kitchen and grabbed my car keys. I tossed my backpack in the passenger seat of my black '79 Chevy Impala and smiled as I drove to the high school I hadn't seen in 2 years.

     I parked in the first empty spot I saw and got out, locking the doors and walking into the school, I looked around quickly shaking my head at the peeling paint and old lockers. I walked into the office and waited for the secretary to get off the phone. "Sorry for the wait dear, can I help you?" She asked turning too face me, "I need my schedule please." I said, she nodded, "New here?" She asked grabbing a pile of papers, I shook my head, "No, just coming back from a break. Mason James." I said, she looked at me surprised and handed me my schedule, I walked out and looked over the paper. My high attitude faltered as I saw my locker number, but I shook my head and walked to my old locker. "Didn't even fix the dent." I muttered as I opened it and put the binders I didn't need inside. I walked to my first class and started to walk to the back of the room. "Wait sweetie, I need your name." The teacher said, I looked at her and then the board. "Mrs, Kennedy." I walked back to her desk and pointed my name out on her roster then sat in the back of the room. A short girl with white hair and green eyes sat next to me, "Hi, I'm Chris, are you new?" She asked smiling, I chuckled, "Not really, I'm Mason." I said smiling at her. "So, you've gone to school here before?" She asked, I nodded. "Okay class, eyes up front please, I know this is boring but I figured it'd be better than starting right away with work. Tyler, the bell rang already, don't make being late a habbit in my class." She said as a tall boy with black hair and blue eyes walked in, he didn't say anything and walked to the seat next to mine. "Mr Moore." Mrs Kennedy said watching him, my whole body tensed. "Okay." He said running a hand through his hair.

     "Fucking great." I muttered as I walked to the lunch room, Tyler was in all my classes so far, and he was even hotter than before. "Hey Mason, wanna sit with me? I can introduce you to my friends." Chris said standing next to me as I got my lunch, I smiled at her, she was so sweet and happy. "Sure." I said following her to a table with 2 other girls and 1 guy. I sat next to Chris. "Hey guys, I made a new friend. He's kinda new but not totally." She said opening her tea, I chuckled, "I'm Mason." I said as I sipped my water. "I'm Angel, and no, I don't act like one." The girl with long brown hair said laughing. "I'm Katey." The taller girl with dirty blonde hair said, not looking up from her book. "I'm Dominic, Katey's boyfriend." The guy said. I nodded and started eating. I let myself join in their conversations and found that they were all pretty funny. After lunch I had gym, so I walked to the gym alone, since I didn't have anyone I knew. The gym teacher was a tall, built guy who looked like he could be drill Sargent. "Alright, boys uniforms on on the left and girls are on the right. Grab one that's your size and change in the locker rooms. You have 10 minutes." He said, everyone got up and crowed around the boxes, I grabbed a medium shirt and some basketball shorts then walked to the locker room and changed quickly, keeping my eyes down. I didn't need the drama of people knowing I was gay on my first day. I left the locker room and sat on the bleachers, I watched the girls come in and shook my head, they all had to wear tight shirts and shorts that seemed way shorter than necessary.

     We got up and started jogging laps around the gym, I jogged alone at a fairly normal pace. I watched as a guy caught up to a girl with a pretty big butt and started talking to her. he grabbed her butt and she speed up, but he keep up with her, I quickly caught up and pushed him aside. He shoved me and we both stopped. "The fucks your problem?" He said getting in my face. "Leave her alone, she's not a play thing." I said standing perfectly still. "I can do whatever the fuck I want asshole." He said stepping closer, "No you can't. If she doesn't want you touching her, you don't fucking touch her. And if you continue I'm gonna touch you, in a way that'll send you to a hospital." I said getting in his face, he backed up slightly. "Love to see you try faggot." He said eyeing me, "Justin, he'd kick your ass. And he's right you dumb fuck. Stop touching girls who don't want to be touched." Tyler said standing behind me, I swallowed and shifted my weight. "Whatever." Justin said as he started jogging again. "I started jogging and Tyler jogged next to me. "That was pretty ballsy dude," Tyler said, I shrugged. "I don't take things like that lightly. I don't care who it is." I said shrugging. "I'm Tyler by the way." He said changing the subject. I nodded, "I know, we have first class together, I'm Mason." I said casually. "Oh yea he chuckled slightly. "That's a familiar name, I don't remember why tho." He said trailing off. I shook my head as we stopped and started doing warm ups.