Not so Lonely

The New Boy

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When I was walking to the office to try to figure out my actual schedule I heard the bell ring. I hated being late. In fact, school was one of the only things I actually cared about. Everything else that I cared about had been ripped from my tight grasps. School was the one thing I was sure wouldn't leave me or end without warning. Even though school isn't a place that I feel welcome, I still care about it and always show up but it gets difficult when you know you are going to get bullied. It's like knowing you are going to fall but you keep running because its your passion.

I finally reached the office and walked over to the front desk where a nice looking elderly lady sat. There was a boy standing there he was taller than me but not by that much and had black hair. I had never seen him before in my entire life. I stood a few feet behind him and overheard that he had the same problem. A switched schedule. "Yeah, me too. I mean, I have a switched schedule." I buttend in. He turned around and our eyes locked. I was silent for a moment.

"Do you guys know each other?" the lady at the desk said.

"No, Not yet" said the boy. "What's your name?"

"Megan, and yours?"

"Tanner" I barely knew him and he wasn't already judging me. I was really surprised because everyone else judged me at first glance. They would think that I'm someone who can be pushed off to the side. Just a band nerd. Tanner had no reason to be nice to me but he was.

"Now, Megan, Let me see your schedule so we can do this all at once." The lady at the front desk blurted. I handed her my schedule and stared at the ground. Within a few seconds she had given us our new schedules. I looked over my schedule and realized I still had science for first period. As I walked out of the front office I decided to stop by my locker so I took a left and walked toward the main hall. I, once again, heard footsteps behind me. Was it them? After a few minutes later I gained up enough courage to look over my shoulder. It was Tanner. A flush of thankfulness rushed through me.

"Megan." Tanner exclaimed from down the hallway. "Wait up." I stopped in my tracks and waited. Soon he was right next to me.

"Where are you headed?"

"My locker" I giggled. "What about you?"

"My locker." From that point on we walked in silence. All of a sudden a thought rushed through my mind. The last time I walked in silence with somebody else was with Lizzie. I t had been a while. I felt like suddenly my day turned around. I had a friend, for now at least.

I turned at my locker and he kept walking. I put my bag safely in the locker and took out my binder. When I was walking to class I was thinking about Tanner and wondering if I would ever see him again. I saw Mr. Manny's door and walked in. There were two empty seats next to each other in the back of the classroom. I decided to go straight there and not make any eye contact. I could feel all of their eyes just staring at my helpless self. I hated it. Attention was never what I wanted but I got it anyways. Some people try to ask for attention but all I have to do is walk in a door. I'm like a walking freak show. If I tried for attention that would be different but it's that I'm not like Jane. I'm me.

I took my seat and kept my head down. After a few minutes I heard the door open and lifted my head to see who it was. To my surprise it was Tanner. He didn't say a word, just sat down right next to me and looked up at the board. Looking at the clock I realized that Tanner and I had missed forty five minutes of our class and I had no idea what was going on. Then I began to zone out and before I knew it the bell rang.

When I getting up Tanner asked me if what I had for second period. Without warning he grabbed my schedule out of my loose grasps. "We have all of the same classes. Thats weird. See you around Hinley." I'm guessing he saw my name at the top; Megan Hinley.

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