My Brother The Bully
By Shelby Innes
The teacher was reading, all I could hear was pencils tapping, Phones going off, and whispering. I hated school. As I sat there pushing my curly black hair out of my eyes I thought "If I have to hear any more tapping, I'm going to scream". But, the tapping continued, Instead of screaming I got my things and walked out. On my way out the teacher said in a questioning voice, Where do you think your going Ms. Hamilton? My reply: Anywhere but here, And before anything else was said I left. In the hall there was a teacher walking towards me. It was my science teacher. She asked me where my hall pass was? I just stormed by her. I decided I was going home, I headed for the front doors of the school. Once I got outside I could finally breath, that school is suffocating me. I started walking home. It took less then twenty minutes. I walked in my house, nobody was home. So I went upstairs and laid on my bed, put my headphones in, and I fell asleep.
I woke up to my foster parents son screaming KORI WAKE UP! His name was Declan, He had Brown hair and blue eyes. He was popular, his girlfriend was head cheerleader and everybody loved him - except me. As soon as I was awake I asked why he felt the need to wake me up by screaming at me. He said he wanted to know why I walked out of class today? Declan was in the English class when I walked out, but he didn't care enough to say anything to try and stop me. I told him that him and his friends were being distracting. And I just couldn't take it anymore, followed by me telling him to get out. He walked out adding a "whatever". I looked at the clock, 7:30 Pm I figured I might as well go back to sleep, so I did.
When I woke up I went downstairs and saw Declan And his little brother Mikey, he was my favourite of the two. He had shaggy brown hair and green eyes he wore a black hoodie and grey jeans. Mikey said good morning to me and Declan greeted me with "hey loser". I ignored him and got some breakfast and then left to go to the bus with Mikey. Declan Didn't take the bus because his girlfriend can drive so she picks him up everyday. Mikey and I stand at the bus stop everyday, but we never seem to talk much. Today I asked him why Declan was such a jerk to me. He was shocked that I had started a conversation, but quickly answered my question. I'm not sure why he is so mean to everybody, he's been this way ever since we moved here when I was twelve and he was fourteen. I think he was just angry about leaving his old friends and he never stopped being angry. All I could say was oh. Me and Mikey continued chatting about nothing important. He was one of my only friends, and we didn't even talk much. I didn't have many friends, but I was ok with it, I kept to myself that way there was no stupid girl drama. Me and Mikey talked all the way to school. When we got there we went our own ways, he went to talk to his friends and I went and read my book, The One Who Came Back By Anita Mayer. I Heard the bell go and I got up and walked to math. I sat through the math teacher going on about angles, I really don't care about angles. Once the bell went I started walking to French, but Declan being the rude jerk he was started telling me the name Kori was a boys name and I should just admit that I'm a boy. I walked by ignoring him, he followed me telling me I was ugly. His words hurt, but I didn't show it. It would just give him something else to tease me about. He Kept talking About how ugly I look and how my parents didn't love me so they gave me away to foster parents. That Is Where I snapped... I turned around and screamed "MY PARENTS LOVED ME, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME AWAY, THEY WERE KILLED, AND I WAS FORCED TO COME LIVE WITH YOU! He was so Embarrassed that I had just announced to the school that we lived together. His great comeback was that my parents didn't want an ugly child. I started to cry silently into my hoodie. A boy standing at his locker walked over and started to yell at Declan. Declan what is your problem? He said in a loud tone. Why Are you telling her she is ugly, Because she's not. "Awe look whose got a crush On Kori" Declan Said. The Boy said "what if I do, why do you care?" "I wouldn't" Declan Replied. "Then Why don't you leave her alone, if you don't care." As Declan walked away he said "have fun with your little girlfriend" and then disappeared around the corner. The boy asked me if I was ok. I said I was fine. He introduced himself. His name was Colton James. He had Dark Blond Hair that cover most of his left eye. He was thin, He was nice. I told him to ignore Declan, he just wants to start a fight. Colton asked why he was being so mean. I told him it was because he has always hated me ever since I went to live with them. The Bell went. Colton asked if we could have lunch together. I agreed and we both went to our class.
At lunch I met Colton in the cafeteria and we sat down. He had a ham sandwich and I had peanut butter and jelly. As we ate we chatted too. About what classes we had, what we liked to do. We talked about music, TV, and sports. I liked talking to him. He was nice. He asked me if I was going to tell a teacher about Declan today in the hall. I told him I wasn't going to because it will make him more mad. Colton said I should tell somebody, and they could get him to stop. I thought about it, And agreed. So we went to the principals office and explained everything that happened today in the hall. The principal talked to me about Colton for a bit and then called him down to the office. As Declan walked into the principals office, I walked out. He gave me a dirty look. I just kept walking, right towards Colton. About ten minutes later Declan walked out of the office and said "happy, I'm suspended for the week and I need to write you an apology letter, and if I do it again I will get detention for a week." I didn't say anything to him, I just walked away with Colton. As we walked to my locker I said thank you. He looked at me like he had no clue why I was thanking him. I said for standing up to Declan and going to the principal with me, because without you I would have never said anything and let him do it again and again. He said Glad I could help. Then i felt his hand touch mine, we walked to my locker holding hands. Not caring who saw or said anything
