Ever since I began my high school life I've been pretty invisible to the world around me. I wouldn't say I'm lonely but I am alone in my little bubble that refuses to pop. But I was content with living like that until I met her. This story starts on the first day of 10th grade.

On the very first day of school I am late and have no choice but to use a side entrance to make it inside. As I'm walking into the school building I notice a group of kids surrounding another kid. I tried to walk by when one of the bigger kids started to talk 

"My friend here told me you were staring at him like you wanted some trouble care to explain?" 

"No please I don't want any trouble I was just late to school" The kid begged. I could see tears fall from his eyes. I felt bad but this was a situation out of my control.

"He's lying Charles" One of the other kids spoke up "I was walking around that corner and this fucker was staring me down he had to be looking for trouble"

I was still standing on the other side of the door. I was confused and didn't know what to do in this situation. Will they attack me if I try to leave? Where is a security guard or teacher? All these thoughts were running through my head until Charles pushed the kid onto the floor and the two other kids started kicking him.

"PLE… PLEASE SOM… HELP!" The kid was screaming in pain but there was nothing I could do. I stood there watching this guy get beat up. His body went limp all of a sudden I immediately assumed the worst. I was in shock until a girl came out of nowhere. 

"What are you guys doing!" she shouted everyone turned their heads to find another late student. I stood in disbelief as she walked up to Charles and said "I can't believe you guys are jumping him" 

"So what if we are what are you going to do about it bitch?" asked charles. Somehow they still didn't see me. I debated inside my head if I should try to leave or not but I kept thinking about the girl and what a dick I would be if I left her. 

"I will call security if you don't leave asshole"

"Is that a threat?"

I couldn't believe what a useless guy I was being as this girl was standing up to the bullies.

"Charles, we should leave, we already beat the guy up" said one of the other guys with Charles.

"Yeah man it's the first day I promised my mom I wouldn't get sent home on the first day" the other one agreed. 

"Yeah alright let's go that bitch isn't worth the time anyway" 

With that Charles and the other kids left into the school and I ducked out of cover 

"Hey is he alright-" I asked her 

"What were you doing while they were beating him?" 

"Nothing" I couldn't excuse myself for watching like the coward I was.

"He's unconscious right now" she sighed as she crouched  next to him checking his body for any injuries. "He is going to be ok he must have passed out in fear" she finally turned to face me "Take responsibility for this and take him to the nurse" 

I didn't know what to say but I knew deep down she was right so I just nodded my head and proceeded to prop him up on my shoulder. He was heavier then I thought he would be but I knew it was because I wasn't that strong I was walking through the door when I realized the problem at hand. This was the first day of school and not only did I not know where the nurses office was but I was also late to my classes. 

I turn and say "Hey do you know where the nurses office is?" I turn and look around but the girl is nowhere to be seen. I sigh out loud and place the guy along a wall and sit down with him. I didn't want any trouble to come from me carrying an unconscious guy around. I think about the girl who left and think about how she obviously set me up because she had no idea where to go as well and how i was so disappointed in myself i didn't use proper logic to handle the situation. If i ever see that girl again i'll let her know what an impossible situation she put me in but for now I decided to make up for being useless by waiting with this guy until he wakes up. Looking at this guy he's just an average looking student with short brown hair and an average face with hints of a mustache growing average height and average size. It troubled me how average this guy looked; it was like he got dropped right out of a manga. The complete opposite of me I was slightly overweight. My hair wasn't as elegant as his and I was definitely below average. I was jealous. 20 minutes later he woke up in shock 

"What! Where am I!" he shouted he looked at me and asked me "Did you save me from those guys?" 

"Um no man I just happened to walk by when you were down I was just looking after you" I couldn't bring myself to tell him I was watching him get beat up "I'm sorry for what happened to you man It's the first day and all"

"Thank you for looking after me on the first day you must have missed the beginning of class because of me" He said with a frown "Hey my name is John Deen what's yours" he asked 

"My name is Nate Adams now that your up and seem to be fine I gotta head to class" I pulled out my schedule and examined the corridor my class was b27 and the door down the hall said b12 so my class must be down this hallway 

"Yeah same here it was nice meeting you again thanks so much for watching me while I was unconscious I thought those guys were gonna kill me" He laughed "Well Ceeya" 

As he pulled out his sheet and examined the corridor he began to walk down the hall where i was headed so i followed him and the walk down the hall with filled with awkward silence until we both reached b2

"Well this is my class so this is goodbye for real" He said nervously

"Um I don't know how to say this but this is also my class" I replied "Well let's go in together since we are both late" I explained

"Yeah ok that's a good idea"

He opened the door and as we both entered we were greeted by an older guy who I assumed was the teacher. He had a strong aura coming off of him; he looks like he's in his mid 40s. He has some gray hair but a strong build. I was again jealous of an older man at that. 

"Welcome to class boys you are both over 40 minutes late my name is Mr. Iven" Mr. Iven welcomed us into his classroom

"Hello i'm John deen" John said shyly

"Hi i'm Nate Adams" I piggybacked off of his introduction I took a quick glance around the class and to my surprise i spotted the big bully from earlier I quickly turned around as our eyes met 

"OK you guys can join another late student over in the corner on the right" Mr. Iven instructed "Once you guys take your seat we can continue"

"Yes sir!" We both shouted 

I took another glance at the classroom. It was split into 6 groups of 3 desks on each side of the classroom and John walked past the first 2 groups in group one There was 1 guy and 2 girls as I walked past the group one of the girls looked at me with disgust and quickly looked away. I wasn't surprised, that was the usual reaction I got from people. Group two was a group of 3 girls who all seemed to know each other already either that or they quickly became friends man their girl friend skills are terrifying. As I was walking toward group three my table I stopped in shock. The group member on their own was none other than the girl from earlier. This situation felt like it came right out of a romcom. I couldn't believe my odds first John and now the same girl from earlier in the back of my mind. I wondered if she was gonna snitch on me but i wanted to remain neutral so i sat down and tried to talk to her. 

"Hey this is some coincidence right" I joked but she only glared at me as John sat down he also took notice of this 

"Do you guys know each other?" he asked I didn't mind her snitching on me. I deserve it but I couldn't help thinking how awkward this year was going to be so I braced myself for the worst and faced her waiting for her response.