Not Everyone Needs A Title

Chapter 3

Today is the first day of 7th grade. Lyndsi was perky as ever but Sherlock was kind of nervous. She had met his parents and stuff and came by to walk with him.

"Sherlock were gonna be late"

"I know I know"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm nervous."

"Why?" She asks

"New people. I hate being scared."

"It's okay Sherlock you won't be scared forever. You've got me." She grabs his hand and drags him down the drive and towards the school

"You're gonna be fine. I won't let anything happen to you. And besides. I bribes the counselor so we have all the same classes."

Sherlock beamed at her. He didn't think she cared about him that much. Maybe he was her only friend as well. They get to the school and find kids still in the courtyard.

"Good. Not late." She says quietly

Sherlock realizes she's nervous too but was trying to make him feel better. It worked so he decided to give it a try. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into the school following many other kids. They move to the gym as instructed over the intercoms. There they are given schedules and told to go to homeroom. Sherlock and Lyndsi get to the band room as their homeroom class. The teacher is a smiley faces man who's a bit on the short side. He lets them do whatever they want until it's the for the first class of the day.

They duo find the gym as their first period. They were both thrilled to have gym rather than a boring class. They already know everything. As per the first day they only get told to bring a change of cloths, where the locker rooms are, and where to sit when they get there. Most of the day passes like so. Lindsey kept bribing teachers so she sat next to Sherlock all day.

"When they stop taking money move to blackmail." She explains

Sherlock nods in approval. She was brilliant.

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It was the 3 month of school. No problems. Until they met a girl who's name was Sally... something or other.

"You're such a freak. No wonder nobody likes you." She was saying

"You should stop." Lyndsi said through clenched teeth

"That's why your parents starve you and beat you." The girls nose was broken before Sherlock could even blink

She cried out and held her face. Lyndsi didn't stop there. She shoved the girl to the floor.

"Rule number one: don't piss me off." Teachers were running towards them now. A teacher grabbed Lyndsi and started dragging her up to the office. Sherlock tried to follow but a crowd had formed and prevented him from doing so.

Lyndsi ripped her arm from the teacher and moved ahead on her own. She was seated in the office for a half-hour before her parents showed up.

Sherlock didn't see Lyndsi for the rest of the day. Or the day after. She didn't show up to school for several days. She did turn up on Friday. But when she did Sherlock had something for her. A black eye. She was righteously pissed.

"It was her wasn't it?"

"I fell."

"You can't lie to me Sherlock Holmes." She looks around the lunchroom and sees Sally leaving. Lyndsi chases after her. Sherlock follows if only to ensure she doesn't kill anyone. If he can.

Lyndsi grabs Sally's shoulder and roughly turns her around. She's with two other girls. One is really small and has long brown hair she keeps in a ponytail. The other is heavier set.

"What now freak?" Is all she gets out

Lyndsi punched her. Sherlock is sure her eye will be swollen shut in an hour.

"Rule number two: don't even think about Sherlock Holmes"

Lyndsi runs off down the hall, Sherlock close behind. Lyndsi stops too fast and Sherlock rams into her. She doesn't fall but she does shove him into a supply closet. A teacher comes down the hall and catches her.

"Shit." She says

"Watch it Missy" the teacher says

"Eat me"

She gets pulled back to the office for the second time that week. Sherlock steps out of the closet and the bell rings telling him to head for his last class. And once again Lyndsi is not at school for several days.