My Little Sister

"You're not stupid!"

Chapter 8

Mackenzie's P.O.V

I was terrified to go to school the next day but mum and dad still made me go. So I ate my breakfast and got dressed and tried to hide my anxiety from my parents. My mum kissed me on the cheek as she pulled up at the school gates. I said good bye to her before I got out of the car and into the grounds of hell.

I started shaking as I saw a group of Jessica's friends coming towards me. I tried to run away but they crowded around me a second later. "Where do you think you're going freak?" Lilian asked me as she pushed me. I stumbled a little but managed to re gain my balance before I fell onto the floor. The whole crowd started laughing as the crowd seemed to get bigger. I gasped for breath as they crowded in on me. The names started a second later.

"Freak."

"Pathetic."

"Horrible."

"Unwanted."

I covered my ears as they carried on. I fell to the floor as if someone had physically attacked me and started rocking back and forth. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't tune it all out.

"Crazy."

"Insane."

"Messed up."

"Special Ed."

I continued to rock back and forth as the words echoed inside my head.

"Look at her! No wonder her mum didn't want her!" I heard someone say. My head shot up. I didn't know how they found out about my mother. Everyone laughed as tears fell down my face.

The bell finally rang, freeing me from anymore torment until lunch time. I sighed in relief as the crowd drifted away from me. I got up and brushed myself down before I followed everyone inside. I hung my things up before going into my class

I went to sit down in my normal seat. "No Mackenzie. You're not going to be in this class today." The teacher said to me a minute later.

"She's so special ed, she has to be in a different class room." I heard someone yell out.

The teacher ignored the comment and came towards me a minute later. "Miss Robinson wants to take you to meet someone." She explained to me. "She's going to do some tests with you." She explained to me. I looked at her anxiously for a second. I hated tests, I always got the lowest grade in the class

"Yeah. They're going to check if you have a brain because you're so stupid they're not sure if you have one." Miss Hills turned around.

"Another word out of you Ryan and you will be staying in at break time." She warned him. Miss Robinson came into the room a minute later. She smiled at me as she came towards me

I followed her out of the room. "Miss Robinson. What happens if I fail the test?" I asked her anxiously. Miss Robinson looked at me.

"You can't fail this test Mackenzie. It's just something to help us figure out away to help you." I nodded my head as we went into a room. An old lady stood up and came towards us. She smiled at me.

"Hi Mackenzie. I'm Jackie. I'm going to be doing some tests with you today. Is that okay?" She asked me. I nodded my head

Through out the test Jackie asked me to do things like spelling and reading. She kept on writing things down as I did the tasks I was asked to do. Finally, everything was finished and mum and dad showed up. I looked at them confused. "What are you doing here?" I asked them.

"We're here to take you home." Mum explained to me.

"But it's not home time yet." I replied to her.

Miss Robinson stepped in. "No but we're allowing you to go home. You've worked really hard this morning." She explained

"Okay..." I trailed off.

Two weeks later

Demi answered the door as soon as someone knocked on it. I looked at my dad anxiously. I was getting the results of my test back today. Mum and dad had told me why I had to do those tests. It was to see if I had something called Dyslexia. I didn't want Dyslexia.

Mum came into the front room with Jackie. She said hi to everyone before she sat down on a chair. I sat next to my mum and dad. She started to explain everything to mum and dad but I couldn't understand a word she said. The words went in and out of my ear before I could make sense of anything. Then she said something that snapped me out of my daydream instantly

"Mackenzie's Dyslexic." My heart shattered as soon as I heard her say that.

You're stupid Mackenzie. My mum's voice echoed in my head a second later.

My mum was right. I was stupid. I was dumb and I was thick. All the words the kids said to me suddenly made sense. I was stupid

I suddenly got up and ran out of the room before I went upstairs and slammed my bedroom door. I didn't want to be Dyslexic. I wanted to be like everyone else. I ran towards my bed and threw myself on it before I cried into my pillow. I wanted to be normal. I wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't want this weird disorder.

"Mackenzie?" Mum said snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at her.

"Go away mum." I replied to her as I wiped my tears away from my cheeks.

Mum shook her head. "I'm not leaving you. Mac this doesn't change anything. You're still you." Mum told me as she came towards me.

"But I don't want to be me! I want to be anyone else but me! I don't want to have this weird disorder. I want to be like everyone else. I want to be smart and clever like Sophie. I don't want to be stupid." I screamed at her as tears started falling again.

"Mackenzie look at me. You are not stupid. You just learn in a different way." Mum replied to me.

"But I don't want to learn a different way." I said to her as I cried into her shirt.

"I just want to be like everyone else." I whispered as mum rocked me back and forth.