Mason's POV
"Hey Mason," Eli yelled across the hall while walk toward me. So I decided to walk faster to my locker.
"Didn't I call your name? What are you suppose to do when I call your name?" Eli yelled now in my face.
"I-I'm s-sorry" I said squinting my eyes preventing tears, that at starting to form, to falling
See this kid Eli and his friends Zackary, Colton, and Jaxson have been bullying me since 6th grade. I'm currently in 9th grade, so this has been going on for the past 3 years of my life.
That's not the only bad thing that's happened to me the past 3 years. I came out to my mom she took it fine but my dad didn't take it so well and started beating me.
On some days he would come home really drunk late at night and yell at my mom because he had a gay son, and then he would come to my room and start hitting me. He said it was because I was gay and needed to be punished. I would just hide in my room or the bathroom 'till the next day. I remember my dad burned my back with his cigarettes and he said if I told the cops he would kill me.
But back to the present time
Since I zoned out, I didn't realize Eli talking to me. So he pushed me against a locker and I fell to the ground. He kicked me 6 times in the stomach before walking off.
"Hey mason, don't forget your after school beating and be on time faggot!" He yelled before going into a classroom.
I kinda remember the last time I tried to miss out that beating Eli found me and broke a few of my ribs and left me with a concussion. Of course my dad didn't really care, but my mom wrapped my stomach in bandages and took me to the hospital.
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School was a drag. I know I'm really smart because most of the things I learn in school are things I already know. So most days I just zone out, thinking about Alec, my crush since I laid eyes on him,( he came out of the closet about 3 months ago and everyone was fine with it. He was still popular and girls still flirted with him) and what it would be like if people liked me the way i was. I have 1 friend named Jake and he's currently sick.
The last bell rung, snapping me out of my gaze and I ran to the bleachers for my 'after school beating'. While I was running out of the class I accidentally bumped into Alec.
"Oh my gawd I'm so so sorry Alec... I wasn't watching were i was going and —"
"Its okay I'm fine, but may I ask what your name is because you don't really talk much, and you obviously know mine?"
"Oh yea I'm Mason but you can call me Mas, it doesn't really matter"
