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Chapter 3 - Chapter three: Middle School Bullies

I sat there lost in thought before a hand waved in front of my face causing me to snap out of my trance-like state.  I looked over and saw one of the bullies that always is trying to bug me.  He looked me in the eye and just gave me a look like he was daring me to do something.  He turned around and all of his friends(That also are also bullies of mine) laughed loudly causing me to turn and face Stan who's face was red with very clear rage.  I didn't hear what happened before so no one of this made sense to me.  Stanley gave me a sign to sit with him I quickly stood up as Stan moved over so I could sit with him.  I was sitting next to him in silence. I was in my own world until I looked at stan and saw him yelling at them.  He was clearly fighting over something that I still have not figured out yet, I wasn't listening to what was being yelled because I had an odd feeling I didn't want to know what it was.  Stan was very clearly fighting my battle for me at the moment which I hated when he did that but this time I didn't have any context to the fight. I still wish I knew what he said before waving his hand in front of my face though.  Stan has always been a lot more threatening than me anyways. He has a louder voice than me when it comes to yelling and talking.  I tried to keep my voice down when talking to everyone but Stan.  He is my best and only friend in this town. Anyone else but Stan hates me in this town.  I have always enjoyed his company to the point where people think we are dating but I saw him as an older brother type.  I started listening in on the conversation "You can't  just call someone that it's rude and she is not a (⚠️F-slur⚠️) f@ggot by the way!!!"Stan yelled with anger growing on his face.  That's when I started to peice together what the fight was about.  The bully must of called me a (⚠️F-slur⚠️) f@ggot while I was spacing out. Every time someone said I was one I get an awful feeling in my stomach and a random feeling that I'm about to cry.  I began to feel the tears poking at my eyes as I say there waiting for the bus to stop I can get out of this situation.