My Bully | Jackary

Stress

Zach's POV

I was sitting in a chair in the nurse's office with the rest of the boys.

"G-Guys, I'm fine. I didn't have to come here. They're just small scrapes," I tried to reason with them.

"Who cares, they could get infected," Daniel said, looking at the scrapes on my hands.

I rolled my eyes and the nurse walked in. "All right boys, you can go to class," she said to the others. Corbyn patted me on the back and Daniel gave me a high five as the three of them were leaving the room.

"Bye guys, see ya later," I said.

They waved and shut the door behind them. I looked up at the nurse and she smiled. I smiled back.

"So, what happened ?" She asked as she was gathering cleaning supplies.

"Oh um, I just," I rubbed the back of my neck with my hand, "I-I tripped as I was walking off the bus." I sighed and looked down at the ground.

"Oh really?" I rolled up my sweatpants, just above my knees. She opened the bottle of rubbing alcohol and poured some on a cotton ball.

"Y-yeah, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking," I said looking up at the nurse who was concentrating on what she was doing.

"I understand. You know, actually, when I was six," She said looking up at me, "I was playing jump rope with my friends in the middle of the street, like idiots. And I tripped on the rope, landing on my chin." She lifted her head pointing to the scar on her chin.

I giggled and she placed the cotton ball on one of my knees, dabbing it repeatedly. Wow, I thought it would hurt. Once she finished she gave me a sucker, trying to make the situation better. I take it and rip of the wrapping and placed it in my mouth.

"Thanks," I said as I stood up, walking towards the door and grabbing my bag.

"No problem," She smiled and handed me a piece of paper, "see ya later."

I smile back and walk out the door. I headed down the hall and pushed through some double-doors into a long hallway with a bunch of lockers. Once I got to mine, I opened it and put in a few things from my backpack and shut the locker.

I kept walking and eventually I got to the choir room. I knocked on the door, waiting for someone to open it. To a surprise, Jack opened it. We locked eyes for a few seconds and he looked away in disgust after realizing who it was. I walked inside and gave the paper slip to the teacher before sitting in the corner again.

"So, what happened to you?" A random kid asked me, which caught Jack's attention, giving me the death glare and waiting for a response.

"Oh um... I-I just tripped getting off the bus." I stuttered as I twiddle my thumbs. Jack looked surprised and put up his hood, looking away. It was a free class today, so I just sat there on my phone. Near the end of class, I realized Jack was asleep, with his hands in his hoodie pocket. I heard the bell ring and I stood up, walking to the door. Before I did though, I kicked the chair leg, trying to wake him up and walked out the door. Hopefully he woke up. Wait, why do I care? Whatever.

I didn't realize it yesterday, but Jack had two other classes with me. So in one of those I classes, which was our third period, I sat in the second to last row. I saw him walking up to me and he slammed his hand on my desk.

"Why didn't you tell him what I did?" He demanded, looking into my eyes. I looked away.

"Haven't you heard, no one likes a tattle-tale," I said putting on a really fake smile.

"Oh so your just afraid of not being accepted?" He asked, smirking.

"I don't even have a chance at being accepted, I've got a bad reputation here," I said looking down. Why am I telling HIM this, of all people.

"Who cares about reputation?" He asked, still looking at me.

I looked up at him in confusion, "Literally everyone here."

"Exactly, so don't do anything to ruin mine." He glared at me before walking over to a desk in the same row as mine.

I didn't really pay attention the rest of the class. Geez, he's more of a jerk than I thought. I went through the rest of the day acting tired, but I really wasn't. Soon I was home and in my bed asleep.

Hope you liked this chapter! See ya later :)