Bully

Short Flick

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I bit the inside of my cheek as my dad pulled up to Houston High. I held my breath, trying to stop myself from screaming at him to bring me back home. The place where I felt safe at.

"Okay Sage, have a good day. See you at 3:15." My father told me, unaware of all the emotions I was feeling at the moment.

I released my lip from my teeth and took a deep breath to calm my anxious nerves. I half-heartedly waved goodbye to my father and clutched the door handle, opening the door.

I grabbed my backpack and stepped out of the car and immediately felt like running back home.

Instead, I took one final breath and slowly made my way to the entrance of the school.

As soon as I walked in, I immediately felt even more uncomfortable. I grabbed the straps on my backpack and gripped them tightly, making my way to my locker.

However, I didn't get too far.

"Ew, look who it is." Someone called. I knew who it was.

It was Amir, the most popular boy in school who bullies me for his own entertainment. Like always, I held back my tears and made my way to my first period class.

Although that didn't stop me from hearing what Amir and his friends were saying about me.

I know I never did anything wrong, so they were bullying me because of my looks.

I wasn't the prettiest girl in the world but it was pretty harsh bullying somebody cause of their looks.

I have curly black hair that's hard for me to tame. I have in box braids now.. but that's not the point. I have dark brown eyes and the only thing that was fine was my smile.

My teeth were straight and bright white.

"Why do she even bother coming? Nobody wants her here!" One of Amir's admirers said.

I'll admit, that one hurt.

I always felt like I never belong in this world, and comments like that always remind me that I don't.

I picked up my pace and made my way to first period which is chemistry for me. I can tolerate this class ONLY because my bestie Carmen is in this class.

She makes it bearable and people don't really say nothing with her around me, even though she's as shy as me... she's really beautiful.

She also has straight white teeth, but she has a nice body shape. She has clear skin and mid-length curly hair.

The total opposite of me.

As I walked into class, I noticed that she wasn't in her seat which is unusual because she's always here before me.

The moment I didn't see her, I knew today was gonna be a bad day.

With a heavy heart and an active mind, I put my head on my desk and thought silently, "I hope my day goes good today." Wishful thinking on my part because as soon as I thought of it, my bullies came in.

"What an unpleasant surprise to see you again." Amir snickered, "No wonder your mama left you, I can't stand the thought of seeing you more than once. So imagine her having to see you everytime you were home."

At the mention of my mama, tears started to fall from my eyes. What he said wasn't true.

My mom and dad just fell out of love and she moved on with someone else.

"Oh, look. She crying. That's a first." Amir and his posse all started laughing and pointing at me.

Immediately, I started grabbing my things and darted toward the door. It took me a few minutes because everyone was surrounding me, pushing me, and trying to trip me.

The fact that I could barely see because of the tears in my eyes was also apart of the problem.

Once I made it out the door, I dashed to the office and demanded them to call my father.

"Sage, I need you calm-"

"No, I don't care! I said call my daddy now or I'll walk home myself!" I shouted with tears streaming down my face.

"Sage-" The secretary started, but I didn't let her finish.

I stormed out the office and made my way home, crying the whole way. Once I got home, I ran upstairs and packed most of my clothes and the things I use on a daily.

I waited for 3 hours until my dad came home and notice I wasn't at school.

"Sage why you not at school? You don't get out until another 4 hours! Is everyth-" He trailed off once he noticed the bags in the corner of my room.

"Sage why is your stuff packed? Tell me what's going on."

"Dad, I can't take this anymore. I been getting bullied for months at this school and I finally had enough! It's so hard leaving home everyday knowing I'm gonna be put through mental and emotional abuse at school. Somewhere other than home where I'm supposed to feel safe! I can't take it anymore and that's why I'm leaving. I-I'm going to stay with my mom. Not for long. Maybe for about a year or two. It depend on how I feel."

"Sage, please be reasonable. We can get through this." He pleaded.

"Dad, please for once let my happiness come first. Please."

He took a deep breath. "Okay. I'll call your mother and let her know what's going on." He walked into the kitchen and grabbed the house phone.

While he talked to my mom, I thought about all the things I've been through and why.

I thought about how I can fix my situation and become a better version of myself once I decide to step foot in Texas again.

Goodbye Texas. I'll be back soon.

My name is Sage Wilson, and this is the story on how I found my way to where I'm at now.

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This was trash but I promise y'all it'll get better. 😭😭

*NOT EDITED. PLEASE EXCUSE ANY MISTAKES*