When I arrived at school the next day, Liam was angry. He took me into the principle's office, and yelled at him like there was no tomorrow.
"He got beat up last night!" Liam pointed to my eye and flared his arms around. I sat, quiet, and kept my head down. It was slightly embarrassing that Liam was making a huge deal out of this, but hey, he cared.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Payne." The principle said in a soft voice. "What happened to Max was off of school grounds, therefore I cannot do anything about it." Liam shook his head and lead me out of the office.
"I'll make sure this won't happen again." He gave me a tight hug, and walked out of the building, just as the bell rang. I rushed to my locker and grabbed my stuff, avoiding eye contact with anyone who looked at me.
"Dude, are you alright?" Someone put their hand on my shoulder, and I flinched, turning around slowly. He weakly smiled at me, and patted me on the shoulder.
"Michael Rogerson, right?"
"What?"
"Michael Rogerson. Fiona's boyfriend. He punched you." I sighed, and nodded, before slamming my locker.
"Look, I'm not in the mood for any sympathy. Just, please leave me alone." I pushed past everyone, angrily getting to homeroom.
"No, I just wanted to see if you needed a friend." He called after me, making me stop in my tracks. I turned around, and smiled.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'm Teddy."
"Max." I walked into homeroom, and sat next to Fiona, hiding my eye.
"Hi." She greeted, smiling wide. I ignored her and took out my agenda book. She seemed confused as I sighed to myself and started to write down homework.
"What's wrong?" She turned my shoulder to look at her, and she gasped.
"Michael." She mumbled. I shrugged and shook my head.
"It's not a big deal." I replied, resting my elbow on my desk.
* * * *
Niall picked me up after school and I was silent for some of the ride. Niall glanced over at me a few times, before letting out a grunt. Before I knew it, we were parked on the side of the road, sitting in silence.
"Alright, I know you're upset." Niall said, turning to face me. I nodded, and played with my fingers.
"But you can't let him get to you, Michael's just a big cocky douche."
"I know." I mumbled under my breath.He started the car again, and drove me home.
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The next day, Teddy came up to me with a scared face.
"What's wrong Teddy you look like you've just seen a ghost."
" I haven't, but I think you will become one soon.Fiona dumped Michael because he beat you up, so now he is extremely mad at you right now so I think he might do it again!"He said out of breath.
" Okay, I'll try to avoid him thanks."I reply, but of course I couldn't.
Way after Teddy left I heard Michael's voice behind me
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The Accidental Hero | one direction
FanfictionMax is the smallest kid in his adoption home. That, plus his X-MEN addiction, are one of the many reasons no one likes him. The "13 year old freak" as the ladies at the desk call him, obviously isn't getting any family, anytime soon. That's what his...
