The Boy Next Door | Joshler ❤️ |-/

Chapter 2

          I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock blaring in my ear. I dreaded going to school, the people were just awful. Except for the few friends I had. I pressed the snooze button. As soon as I started to doze off it rang again. I got up out of bed and put on a pair of black skinny jeans and a grey t-shirt. I looked in the mirror and fluffed my wild red hair. I ran downstairs to see my mom cooking breakfast for my siblings. I don't eat breakfast at home. I put on a blue hoodie and my black, high-top vans. I grab my backpack and swing it over my shoulder. "Have a good day at school sweetie! I love you!" My mom yells as I walk out the door. " love you too." I say. I started walking to school when somebody lightly tapped me on the shoulder. " Um... are you, uh, going to the high school?" The boy from yesterday said. "Uh, yeah. Why?" I ask. "I'm new and I don't know how to get there on my own. Could I follow you there?" He said with a shy voice. "Yeah, totally!" I said with a smile plastered on my face. When we got to the school I asked where he was going. "Um.." he pulled a folded schedule out of his pocket and observed it. "Mr.Smith's for home room." He said. "Oh cool, me too! I'll walk you there." We continued to walk down the hallway and got to Mr.Smith's room. The boy walked to the back of the room and sat in a desk in the back row. I sat in my usual seat, next to my group of friends. I looked back at the boy and I noticed that he was wearing the same outfit he was wearing yesterday. He took off his hood and I started to quickly observe him. He had dark brown hair that was really short on the sides and was slightly spiked on the top. He had mocha brown eyes, but one of them had a black eye and it was on the same side of his face as the gash on his lip. My mind started to wander and my thoughts were taking over in my head. What was happening in his house? Was he okay? No! Obviously not, he has bruises and cuts on his face. I was snapped out of my thoughts. "Joshua Dun!" My teacher yelled with an annoyed tone. "Oh uh, yeah. Here." I muttered. "Tyler Joseph?" My teacher asked. I looked to the back of the class to see the boy raise his hand. "Oh! And Mr.Joseph, is our new student this year!" Mr.Smith said in a cheerful voice. I looked at Tyler and his face was bright red with embarrassment. I mean, I would be blushing too if the whole class was looking at me and talking about me. I saw a few kids pointing to his lip and black eye. The bell rand for everyone to leave home room and go to first period. I picked up my backpack and walked out of the room to go to math.... fun.

-Danny
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