Just Listen

I walk to school, my earbuds plugged into my MP3, the girls walking behind me push past, and the rain falls. Nothing new really.

I love this song, 'I don't want to world to see me, I don't think they'll understand, yeah' I say to myself.

I look up. Then I see Xander. A smile flashes across my face as I run up to him and pull out my earbuds, "Hey!" He turns and smiles at the sight of the other mess up in school, "Did you hear about the new girl?" He asks me, "I heard she's pretty good looking" he winks as if telling me to make a move. "Haha you're funny! You know we 'freaks' don't mix we'll with well..." I take a breath,"pretty girls"

"BRO MAN, NO. WE ARE HOT!", with his spiked black hair and cunning blue eyes, he pulls up the collar of his leather jacket and puts this 'hey there sweet thing' look on his face an struts up to a girl ahead of us.

I couldn't help but smile at the failure of my friend who tried flirting and ended up being smacked. Guess his pick up line, 'You Must be wearing space pants 'cause baby, you're outta this world' wasn't the best.

He stumbles back over towards me with his hand covering his left cheek. "We're hot, huh? That must be why she dissed you" I smile. "She doesn't know what she's missin'!" He jumps around doing karate chops into the air and makes this weird face that says, "I am just ready to get punched"

I look at my watch, "CRAP, XANDER! QUIT FIGHTING INVISIBLE NINJAS, SCHOOL STARTS IN 10!" I run, school isn't that far from here. I just want to get this day over. Xander runs up behind me,"Kale, wanna stop by and play some Call Of Duty after we get out of prison?!" Both of us gasping for breath as we finally make it to the school. "Yeah," I say and run off to my locker.

Oh no, I think to myself. Here comes Jake. (Aka Muscles, the biggest bully in the high school) "Pipsqueak! WHERE'S MY MONEY?!" "What?" I utter back, I honestly don't know what's going on, then I feel a sharp pain on my arm. Muscles has grabbed it and is twisting. "AGH" I yell. He bends down and whispers in my ear, "where is it?" I look towards my backpack. I shouldn't have done that...

He grabs my bag letting go of my arm and begins to search. He pulls out my lunch and my wallet. I can't do anything, or he'll just punch me. I stand there looking at my arm and the red huge hand print left behind. "Thanks looser" and he walks away with my lunch and money after throwing my bag at me. I just kinda stood there thinking to myself, "He says that now. He is going to pay. One day he will be at the bottom of the popularity chain and I will be on top"

Then the bell rings and my thoughts are intruded by the stomps of feet to floor in the hallway. I walk to my next class, head lowered as I pull down my sleeve to hide the handprint left by a bully. "He WILL pay"

I feel someone bump into me. I look up scared that its Jake and he wants more money to I flinch expecting to get hit, after nothing for seconds I look up to see a beautiful girl looking at her schedule. She turns, "Hi, I am Cassie. Can you tell me where Trig is?" I studder back, "Are you taking to...me?"