The First Times

First Fight At School

Ana thought she was a great actress.

But she ignored that her parents knew.

The initial excitement of learning how to ride a bike lasted very little, as Ana's mood started to go sadder and sadder as the week was passing and Nico was the first one noticing at home, she would put one of those fake smiles and pretended that everything was fine when it wasn't. Will noticed by mid-week and both decided to tackle the problem during the weekend.

Unfortunately, the situation exploded in front of them.

That Friday afternoon were called to the Principal's office to find Ana sitting outside with her uniform full of dirty and some pulls, while she had a jaw and knuckles red, some scratches around her face and was ignoring everyone. Both Will and Nico were surprised by this new attitude of hers and waited for an explanation. However, Ana didn't seem to be in a sharing mood.

"Mr. Solace, Mr. di Angelo." They were called into the office, leaving Ana outside, who hadn't even acknowledged them. The Principal invited them to sit down and sighed, heavily. "I'm really sorry to have called you like this, but I was very surprised as I know you will be?"

"Could you start by explaining what the Hades happened?" Nico spoke first, his voice tight. The Principal nodded, leaning on his desk.

"During lunch, some girls made an approach to your daughter and some mean words were thrown at her." Will was all for leaving and comforting Ana, but Nico stopped him. "Ana was doing a very good job ignoring them, but one last comment made her lose control and attacked her fellow student." The surprise was evident in the couple.

"Can we know what was said at the end?" Nico asked, but sounded like a demand. The Principal shock his head.

"Unfortunately, that last comment was whispered and said very close to your daughter. No one but her and her attacker knows it."

"Who would be so bold to attack in a place full of teachers?" Will wondered, not understanding how something like this happened. "Wasn't a teacher around to stop the situation?" A shake of the head was his answer. "Well, someone should had been there to avoid this and how do you know?!" Ready to lose his own temper, Nico stopped Will from saying something he will regret.

"We have cameras for situations like this, which is why we can rule out Ana as the instigator. However..." The Principal added, sadly. "Ana was the first one getting physical, for which we have to punish her accordingly."

"What was the punishment for the other girl?" Nico almost growled, trying to keep himself in check.

"A week suspension."

"I guess we have to determined if it was fitting after hearing Ana." Will suggested, with a frown that the Principal recognized anywhere: it was the 'it was not a punishment enough for hurting my kid'.

"That would be mostly helpful... if Ana was speaking of the incident at all." Will and Nico blinked hard and fast. Ana wasn't talking? When Will heard that Ana got into a fight, he quickly assumed that she was keeping silent because of shame. He kept believing that, but now it was harder to believe. Why wasn't Ana talking? "The nurse checked her, she mentions she doesn't have any problems in her vocal cords, which means she doesn't wanna talk."

Meanwhile, while the adults talked, Ana was outside, fighting the tears coming in her eyes.

She promised herself she wouldn't cry again about it. The words of strangers weren't hurtful. She made herself believe she was strong enough to ignore all the comments and whispers around her. That was a complete lie. She couldn't even stop blaming herself for the accident and nothing would change that. Not nice parents, nor a nice place to live, nor toys or anything.

The words and the fight kept repeating in her head over and over, like a white-and-black movie. She could hear them very clearly in her mind, as if someone was whispering them in her ear at the moment. She could feel every punch in her knuckles as if she was being touched. But she was alone. She was always alone. And she would forever be alone.

She had to prove she was strong. That she could fight back. That they didn't hurt her. But they did! Who was she fooling around? Pa- no. Nico and Will could see right through her. But they were lying to her. She wasn't special, like they made her believe, she didn't have godly grandparents. She had no one.

"It's your fault that they are dead..."

Ana sobbed and wiped her eyes immediately. She couldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing her hurt. She had learnt that lesson in the orphanage, but she was too weak to put it in action. That's why no one believed her and why everyone returned her. Why no one wanted to be her friend. And the adults never listen. Now isn't the exception.

Both Will and Nico appeared in front of her. How long was she out? She didn't care, all she knew was that now, she had to go to the apartment and pretend to be a nice daughter and be perfect. Pretend that it doesn't hurt. She looked up and saw their worried faces and she didn't believe them. She simply got up and walked to the door, under the worry looks of the grown ups.

"She's been like this all week..." Luckily, Ana didn't hear the Principal talking to them. "She doesn't want to talk about it and the perpetrators deny everything..."

"Looks like is our turn to step in."

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Good morning/afternoon/evening, guys!

First thing, welcome to December! Can you believe that in 23 days will be Christmas?! Neither do I! I have to start buying presents for everyone and some are really hard to buy to... do you have someone like that in your family?

If you had been paying attention, you'd seen my story called 'Never Have I Ever...?'. It was my birthday present for fellow writer and friend of mine Flying Through Clouds. She liked it so I have no qualms over it. Thanks for the people who liked it as well!

I'm working on my Christmas Presents of this year, I don't know who will be the recipient of them, but I'm working on them. I just hope you like them, because it's really hard to make them... I have to consider seriously if Next Year I do something different...

Anyway! Today's story!

The First Times: 1 chapter!

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