Adopted by Joanne//

Chapter 12~Girls

James pov

I saw Emily and smiled. Even wearing school uniform, she looked cute. Wait what? I don't like her! Do I?
We headed out the house and I could tell Emily was feeling really anxious. I whispered in her ear
"Trust me, it's gonna be alright"
She smiled up at me and we kept walking, my arm around her shoulder.
I was slightly nervous because I knew the girls that were mean to Em go to this school.
We reached the gates and I lead Emily to reception, ignoring my mates, I'll tell them later.

Emily pov
We walked through the gates and everyone was staring at me. Some looked confused,
"That's the new girl" I heard someone whisper.
But then I saw the gang that bullied me yesterday, I kept my head down.
"Haha, crybaby's joined our school"
One of them said.
James pushed past, telling them to be quiet. "Sorry, that's Daisy, Natalie, Holly, Grace and Maisie" he explained once we were inside. James told a receptionist that my name was Emily and I was new as I was too scared to. The lady gave me a timetable which told me that my first lesson was maths. Ugh.
Furthermore James said that he wasn't in my maths but he knew the girls were.
Suddenly the bell went and James led me to my lesson and told me to meet him outside the class after.
I went inside and Miss told me to take a seat right in front of those girls. I internally screamed but sat down and opened my new book.
"So here's the little orphan girl" Holly remarked.
"Did mummy and daddy not want you? Or did they die and leave you all alone"Maisie added. Throughout the lesson they all kept on throwing pens and making comments towards me. I tried to ignore them but they were eating me up. After the lesson finished I ran out and waited for James, on the verge of tears. I saw him walking towards me, and when he saw me he sped up.
"Hey Em, what happened?" He could tell I was upset. I just ran to the toilets, overwhelmed by everyone and everything.
I bet everyone's going to think I'm dramatic now. It's just this stupid anxiety.

James pov
Emily ran away as soon as I saw her, what happened, did I do something wrong? She looked really upset. I knew she had ran to the toilets so I went in there. I don't care whether I get told off I just need to know Emily was alright. I could her her sniffing in one of the stalls.

Emily pov
"Em, Emily are you ok?" I heard James ask. I unlocked the door and fell into James's arms crying
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be, what happened" he asked. He cares so much, it's cute.
I explained what had happened with me feeling anxious and what all the girls were doing in Maths. He just hugged me tighter.
Luckily all my other lessons today were with James, and the girls didn't say anything. I had lunch with James and all his friends, they were all really nice.
When we were walking back from school I said to James,
"Thank you for today, for helping me and that"
"It was nothing" he replied