Neverland

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Thud......thud,thud,thud.

It was starting to get annoying now

I could hear what sounded like make shift drums being played, the tune never changed, always the same thud......thud,thud,thud.

"what is that?" I questioned the girl sitting in front of me

She creased her eyebrows and shook her head, "what's what?"

"the drums?" when I only received a weird look I turned away from her,

I was certain that there was someone drumming outside the classrooms

I scanned the room but no one else seemed to be distracted by the noise

After class ended and I walked down the halls I could still here them, is didn't get quieter or louder when I walked away from the classroom

It was very strange and a bit unsettling

My ears didn't seem to have anything wrong with them but how would I know

I could still hear the drums once school had ended and it was starting it get worried

I was walking towards the buses and I found myself tapping my fingers along to the beat

"hey!"

I didn't turn around, I wasn't too popular at school and there were lots of kids running to buses, it probably wasn't directed at me

"hey"

A hand clamped down on my shoulder

I jumped at the contact and twirled around

It was a boy in my year level, I don't think I'd ever talked to him before

He was popular and I was weary that whatever he was about to say was meant to be mean in some way

"hi?"

"this going to sound really weird but um" he combed his hand through his hair and gave me a charming smile, "I- I don't know, I heard some girls talking about you-" my neck flushed immediately, I didn't like people talking about me, "something like you heard a drum thing?"

The flush rose to my cheeks and I wanted to slither away into a hole and die, "oh i-" I stuttered, a group of boys laughed near by and my eyes snapped over to them

Is was nothing, they weren't laughing at me, just something stupid they were talking about and that stupid thing was not me

"it was nothing, I thought I heard something, but I didn't" I shook my head and put on a smile

"oh" he said, he seemed disappointed with my answer, "I just- ah" he laughed off his awkward response off, "never mind"

He turned around and sauntered away into the crowds of people

As I slid onto the seat next to my older brother, I was still hot and fidgety from the conversation

My brother didn't look over at me, but he didn't have to

Dylan and I got along, we didn't talk much, he wasn't a talkative person but we shared glances and moments

my older sister sat at the back of the bus, she was older then us both and was the perfect child, she was also our parents only biological child which I guess set us aside in a way, our parents didn't love her more because she was their true daughter, they loved her more because she was a straight A students with no personality, she didn't take risks and was a stable person which is reasonable I guess

for the most part Dylan was normal, he was going through his moody teen faze and had a problem with authority

I, however was the least normal, I was adopted young and don't remember anything from my other family but by the way my parents never talk about it I can tell I probably didn't have the best time with them, I'm deeply claustrophobic so that might have something to do with my last family but I'll never know because it makes my parents uncomfortable and so does having a child that isn't good at school or really anything