Fallouts'n'Friendships

Detention

Zerkaa p.o.v

I woke up. 8:45. Shit. I mumbled under my breath as I threw my covers onto the wall. "Josh!" My mother called from the bottom of the stairs "Yeah?" I exclaimed back as I struggled to hop into my pants. "You're late again! Hurry!" She was never angry when I was late. She didn't care. She found it dumb that I got so many detentions for it. "I'm hurrying mum!" I shouted as I put on my tie and threw on my blazer. I sprinted down the stairs so fast I could have won a medal as fastest man alive. "Here is you're backpack sweetie. Have a nice day!" She handed me my scruffy, worn-down backpack and I set off "love you mum!" I blurted out as I closed the door.

Running as fast as I could worn me out, I couldn't run much longer but the school was right there. I knelt down for a moment to catch my breath. It's 9:04. I whispered to myself as I regained the strength to get up. Why do I have to have a broken alarm clock. I complained as I walked through reception. "Late again Josh!" The receptionist commented. "Miss, I'm sorry my house lives far away and I have to run to school but I need to get to lesson otherwise I'll get detention" I complained. I was angry because he started off as a star pupil but then they moved so I couldn't get to school quicker then I use to. "Fine, but if I catch you here tomorrow. It's not going to be fun" the receptionist threatened. I gleefully smiled and opened the doors to the schools entrance and walked my way to first period.

I got to my lesson. 9:12, not that bad. I whispered. I hesitated to open the door, this was my fifth time being late to her lesson. I toughened up the courage to walk in. "Oh Josh. What a pleasant surprise! You're late again" She was weirdly smiling. "Detention" her smile instantly faded. "Oh but Miss"
"Don't give me your pity sorrows! Sit down! Otherwise you'll get into even more trouble!" I rolled my eyes and scoffed as I sat down and threw my bag on the floor "don't huff at me mr.Bradley, you've had your disruption time" she continued her boring lesson on Shakespeare and I sat with my head in my hands. "Get out your text books class!" She exclaimed as everyone leaned over there desks and grabbed their bags. "Turn to page 107" she blurted out. As I turned the page I heard a voice next to me.

"Psst!" The voice whispered. I turned to my left to see a boy, slightly taller then me, with blonde-ish hair, and a slender figure. "What page did she say?" He asked "oh uh page 107" I smiled at him "thanks" he said as he leaned back in his seat "anything you'd like to share with the class Simon and Josh?" The teacher questioned as she had her hands behind her back. "Uh, no miss, I was just asking him for the page we were on..." Simon shyly replied as he dug his nose into the book turning red. "Next time listen to the instructions given then and maybe you wouldn't disrupt your learning" Miss gave a nasty remark to Simon. "It's ok uh...Simon, Was it?" I whispered to him. "Yeah, thanks Josh" he smiled at me. "How do you remember my name like that?" I asked. "You come in late almost every day, who doesn't know you" he joked as we both quietly laughed behind our books.

The bell rang. "Right class! You can pack your things and off to lesson two!" Miss exclaimed as we jumped up and threw our backpacks onto our backs. Sad to say Simon wasn't in my next lesson. "Hey wanna meet at break?" I asked Simon as we walked out the lesson. "Yeah sure, we both have detention so meet there" he laughed as we parted our ways "see you there then" I shouted back at him. "Cya" he replied as I started to run to lesson. "JOSH! STOP RUNNING" the hall monitor called out as I slowed down my pace. "Sorry sir" I replied as I went into my next lesson. "Sit class!" The teacher demanded. "I'm new to this school and will be your new teacher! Don't try to fool me because it isn't my first time teaching! I've read up on some of the students in my new class and I have an eye on one particular student who is known to be late I'm hearing?" My heart sank as the teacher scouted round the class for me. "Ah. Joshua Bradley! You seem the type I'm looking for. Scruffy, worn out by the looks of it, mr. Bradley, did you run to my lesson today?" She questioned as I looked down onto my desk "yes miss" I shyly replied. "Mr. Bradley I know from my experience, boys who are late are never shy, now speak up" I was taken aback by this remark and got a bit angry "yes Miss I am the one you are supposedly looking for but I'm not the one disturbing the lesson, it seems you are" I gave her a taste of her own medicine. She snickered "at least I got it out of you, you seem to have a very bad temper there josh, that won't be the case much longer in my lessons" I wasn't intimidated by her small digs because I got it all the time.

After a short while her class finally ended. "Joshua before you go, I better warn you that my class isn't a circus so don't act like a clown" she informed me "oh yes miss. Thank you for reminding me" I gave her a sarcastic smile as I walked out.

Fuck! Now I have to go to that stupid bullshit detention! I told myself. It better not have that new teacher controlling it or I'll be dead! I really hoped it wasn't. I burst through the door and everyone turned their head, to my luck! It wasn't the new teacher! It was Mr. Greene! Mr.Greene didn't care about anything, his job, kids, even himself! Josh looked round and saw Simon waving his way. "Josh!" He loudly whispered to me. "Simon!" I beamed with joy as I sat next to him. "Why are you even in detention?" I asked Simon. "Well I threw a paper at Miss. Carly and she gave me a detention! Bullshit!" Simon complained as he leaned back in his chair. "Now you're all here. The detention has started, but you know what, I want to get to know you guys and if I think that you're reason for being here is stupid I'll let you talk because I don't get payed enough for this shit" Mr Greene announced. "You!" He pointed to my direction. "Introduce yourself and tell us why you're here"

"Well I'm josh, I'm in detention because i was late for the fifth time but I live far away and I never get a warning" I complained as I tapped a pen on the desk. "Well I agree with you, no warning? Seriously!" Mr Greene complained. I nodded.

"Errr...you!" Mr Greene shouted from the front of the class. Simon jumped from his day dream. "I threw a paper at my teacher and she gave me detention for it, not even a fucking warning or anything!" Simon was angry and the teacher agreed at how pathetic it was to give him a detention.

"Anyway...what about you?" Mr Greene pointed to a slim boy with his head down on the desk. He lifted his head. "I'm Tobi and I told the teacher that she was a slag because she had her tits out in lesson" Tobi smirked and laughed but then he just put his head back down on the desk "I mean, maybe she shouldn't be a slag I guess" he chuckled.

"Oh Vik what are you doing here you little teachers pet" everyone laughed a bit at his small remark. "Erm, I was late to lesson..." Vik shyly replied. "You! Late to lesson!? Fuck off!" He laughed. "I-I'm not lying..." Vik said as he pulled up his glasses. "Sure you aren't Vik" he smiled as he moved on.

"You! You seem too friendly to be in detention" Mr Greene said as he pointed to a bit more bulky boy in the corner of the room. "First off I'm JJ and I punched someone because they said that one of my friends were clapped" he laughed. "I can respect that" Mr Greene spoke.

"You!" Mr Greene pointed to a young boy with scruffy hair, and untucked shirt, loose tie and ripped blazer. "I'm Harry and I was put in detention because I ruined my uniform told them to fuck off because I'm too skint to pay for a new one" he mumbled the last bit a bit more to himself. "Fair enough" Mr Greene said as he looked for a different person.

"And you?" Mr Greene asked a kid in the corner who was looking out the window. "Oh uh I'm Ethan and I kicked a football in someone's face and I didn't go to the detention and now I've got another detention" he seemed to be angry but I was thinking it's his fault he shouldn't have skipped the other one. "Well that's shit isn't it" Mr Greene complained.

"Well you've all passed my test so you can speak" Mr Greene cheered. "Yes!" Everyone cheered.

"Josh, was it?" A boy behind me asked, sort of interrupting mine and Simons conversation but I didn't seem to mind. "Yea why?" I turned to see JJ. "I just couldn't remember, I'm JJ nice to meet you!" He held his hand out to me gesturing to shake it. "Nice to meet you JJ" I shook his hand and smiled at him in a friendly way. "Wanna be my friend?" He asked me as I looked at Simon "uh yeah yeah sure sounds good" I replied as he smiled at me and turned to someone else to ask to be their friend too.

"Aye, Josh, you shouldn't feel special to be JJ's friend, he tries to be friends with everyone. He basically wants to be a popular kid but he just ends up the annoying talkative one, but don't get on his bad side, he's got a mean swing on him" me and Simon both looked at JJ as he greeted himself
to Tobi. "I'll try not to feel special" I joked as I turned back to him and laughed with him.