Chapter 1

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   School is starting, and I enter it, still shaking from the memories of last year. I try to back away when I see Baldi standing in the hall. "Oh, hi! Welcome back to my school house!" He notices my fear and gives me a comforting smile. "Don't worry, I am not like last year. You won't die this time!" He pats me on the head and walks back to the hall. The bell rings, and I hear the principal telling us to go to our classes. I immediately power-walked inside, eyeing Baldi during thr process. "Oh great, math..." I can still feel that ruler. However, I don't see it anywhere. Did something happen to it? Baldi walks to the teacher's desk and begins giving us equations. I got most of them right, with a quivering voice that is, but the last one, a division problem, was one I struggled on. I tried to answer it, but Baldi's smile became smug and he walked over to my desk. "Wrong," he whispers in my ear. I scream in fear and run out of the classroom. He chases after me, but no slapping sound was heard. The only way I knew was from his footsteps. The principal grabs my hand. "No running in the halls, detention for you." He drags me to his office, Baldi following him. He enters the office with me, and gets closer when the door closes. I look at his hands, no ruler... "P-please, B-Baldi.... Don't hurt me--" My words were interrupted by the sensation of him poking my stomach. I try my best not to smile, but to no avail. I scoot over, trying to escape him, but his hands are too fast for me. He picks me up with one hand, and uses the other to poke my stomach some more. A few seconds in, I start giggling. Baldi's smug grin widens, and he starts to wiggle his fingers, only the tips actually touching my abdomen. I squeak and try to escape him, but he is too strong. His fingers dig into my stomach, leaving me laughing my ass off. (Why aren't there more BBiEaL stories like this..?) He finally stops when the principal comes in, and he smiles when he sees us. He closes the door, and Baldi sets me down on the floor. I'm still panting from all the laughter. "Now, have you learned your lesson?" I nod rapidly, not wanting to go through that again. "Well then, next time get it right, or I'll have to tickle you again." My body shivers from the word itself, the ends of my mouth turning upwards. "O-okay, Mr. Baldi.." I get up and leave the office, embarrassed by the very thought of that event. I wanted to tell my friends so badly, but I feared he would tickle me again. The rest of the day, I rarely raised my hand, and only did when I truly knew the answer. The school day ended, finally, and I went home. I didn't tell them about Baldi tickling me, either.

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