Xephmadia A-Z

Book.

Lomadia's POV

"Lom? Wake up, you have school in 30 minutes!"

"Lom!"

"Go 'way!" I mumbled into my pillow, pulling my bed sheet over my head. Soon I heard footsteps and my door opening, my legs felt cold, bed sheet being pulled off of my bed.

"Dad!"

"Get up Lom! School!"

Groaning, I lifted my body off of my bed and stumbled to my wardrobe, rubbing my eyes. Pulling out a navy blue top and grey leggings, as well as a pair of brown leather boots. After I brushed my hair, putting my owl hat on my head, I ran down the stairs and to the kitchen. Entering the kitchen, I sat down on a chair, a plate of toast and orange juice in front of me.

"Don't forget that your mother and I are going out to dinner later. You will be alright on your own?" My dad asked, as I took a bit of the toast.

"Yep" I replied, a mouth-full of toast. Taking a sip of my orange juice. After 10 minutes, I finished my toast and gulped down the rest of my juice.

"Lom! Bus is here!" Dad shouted, as I picked up my bag and kissed my dad's cheek.

"Bye dad"

"Bye sweety!"

"Bye mum!" I yelled, hearing a faint 'bye', before leaving my house. Walking to the school bus, I smiled to the driver before looking for a seat. My eyes darting around, immediately recognizing certain students who were sat together.

There was Sips and Sjin, joking about.

Lalna who was talking about science to Honeydew, while he was eating jaffas. Completely ignoring Lalna.

Littlewood and Toby, who were talking about plants.

Zoey and Rythian were chatting, proberly about magic.

Nilesy was going on about pools, Panda occasionally nodding whilst looking out the window.

Parv and Strife were laughing at some jokes.

The trio of hats were sat together. Djh3max and Alsmiffy were sat together, whilst Trott was with Turps were behind them, all play fighting. Typical.

Nano was sat on her own, listening to music with her headphones.

And then there was Xephos. He was sat at the back, on his own, a book in his hands. The book itself was about astronomy.

Smiling, I plonked down next to Nano. She was wearing a red and yellow flowered dress, white leggings and red shoes. A red flower adorned her black hair. She pulled out a headphone and smiled.

"Hey!"

"Hello"

She gave me her left headphone and I put it into my ear, both of us listening to some music as the bus began to move. The air filled with talking, laughter and idiots fighting.

Nothing unusual then.

After a few minutes, I began to look around the bus. People still talking, but the hat trio plus Turps were now annoying someone at the back.

Xephos.

My eyebrows furrowed as I watched them throw balls of paper and pencils at him. Disturbing him from his book. Then Alsmiffy stood up from his seat and walked to the back, where Xephos was sat and snatched his book from his hands.

"Give that back!" He yelled, his eyes starting to glow in annoyance as he attempted to grab his book from the taller boys hands.

"Or what fairy lights?" Smiffy said, hinting out his glowing eyes with an obnoxious nickname. I continued to watch from my seat, wanting to help as Smiffy threw the book to Turps, who then threw it to Sips.

"How can you read such boring shit?!" Sips yelled, flicking through the pages. Reading out a few lines.

"The Crab Nebula was produced by a supernova explosion that- How BORING!" He exclaimed, ripping out the page, letting it float to the bus floor. After he began to tear more pages from the book, the sound of multiple pages being ripped silenced the chatter and laughter. All eyes now focused on the event happening in front of us.

"Stop it!" Xephos yelled, eyes glowing brighter, unable to get his book due to Smiffy holding him back.

"Don't need this!" Another page torn from the book. "Or this!". The bus floor was littered with pages. I have to stop this.

Pulling the headphone out of my ear, I stood up and grabbed Sips' wrist, yanking it behind his back as he let out a cry of pain. Before snatching the book from his hand and releasing his wrist, glaring at him.

"Don't take someone else's shit"

Nodding quickly, Sips' sat back in his seat and began massaging his wrist.

"Let go of him" Glaring at Smiffy who was still holding onto Xephos' arms. He looked at me one last time before letting go of smaller boys arms, barging past him as he sat back at his seat. The bus was now filled with talk about what happened, Xephos walked back to his seat, hugging his legs which were to his chest. Looking at the torn book, I picked up most of the pages that were scattered on the bus floor, apart from a few. Lalna picked up a page and began reading it, while the 'trio of twats' scrunched the pages into balls and threw them around. After collecting several pages, I walked to the back of the bus and sat next to Xephos.

"Here" I said quietly, holding the book to him. He looked to me with a small smile.

"Thanks" Reaching his hand out and taking the book from my hand, flicking through the pages.

"If they cause you anymore trouble, just come and tell me". A smile on my face. "I'm Lomadia, by the way" Holding out my hand, he took it and we shook hands.

"X-Xephos"

"I already know your name, you said it yesterday. I'll see you in class" And with that I got up and walked over and sat back next to Nano.

"Well, that was interesting" She said, changing to a new song.

"Yeah, I guess it was" I replied, looking back to Xephos, who was looking out the window. A smile on my face.