Aaron was lying on the floor, he wasn't unconscious but he was stunned.
He had been punched in the stomach.
Some one rolled him onto his back, and what was revealed once he was, shot a feeling of true fear into soul.
It was a group of students lead by William.
"Ha! Glad you made it Aaron!", Said William.
"Now, you're probably wondering in that big ol' brain of yours, why the hell we'd do this." He added.
"Well, I'll tell ya!" He said to Aaron;
"As far as I'm concerned, you lucked your way into this school!"
"You didn't earn your spot hear like the rest of us, and it's embarrassing for us to have a pre teen who's smarter than us going to the same school!"
As William said this, he pulled Aaron up to his eye level and said to him; "So friend, I'm giving you two options."
"You can either leave this school, or be our little group's personal servant until we graduate."
"And don't bother telling the principal, she'd never believe her star student would do such a thing." Said another student.
"So what'll it be, Bitch?" Said William.
Aaron was still completely stunned, and he couldn't reply even if he tried.
He moved his lips, but he couldn't get any words out.
But how would that help anyway, both options given to him were both terrible as far as he was concerned.
His family had moved here just for him to attend this school, but he didn't want to work for William and his partners.
"You aren't answering!" Said William;
"The silent treatment won't work on me kid, so pick!!"
"Maybe he needs another good smack Will!"
Said one of his companions.
"Wouldn't hurt to try." Said William in reply.
"Alright kid, start talking or else!!"
Try as he might, Aaron still couldn't get any words out of his mouth.
So he simply prepared for another punch.
"Welp, kid. You had your chance!" Said William, as he was prepping his punch.
Suddenly the gym doors flee open and some yelled into the room.
"Hey!" "Pick on someone your own size!!"
A voice shouted.
"Mind your own damn business bitch!!!"
Yelled William to the voice.
"Who are you calling bitch!?" The voice said;
"Your the one taking advantage of the new kid!"
"Aw, come on!" "If anything you should be thanking us!"
Said one of Williams's friends.
"We're taking out the jerk kid!"
"Just put him down and knowone gets hurt." Said the voice.
"Ha! Who are you to try bargaining! Said William.
"There are 5 of us and only one of y-"
Aaron fell to the floor, to hear William rilling in pain.
"Aaarrrge!" Screamed William.
"Get her!!"
But before he knew it, the guys that he came with ran off.
"You're all traitors!!!!"
He screamed as he ran off.
"You'll get yours BITCH!!"
"You ok kid?" the girl said to Aaron.
Aaron was starting to snap back for a bit, and managed to squeak out a small
"Ya".
"Alright, let's get you to the nurse." Said the girl.
Aaron blacked out to find himself on a examination table, and with an ice pack on his head and chest.
"Hey, welcome back to the land of the living!" Said the girl.
She had warm brown hair and chestnut eyes and appeared to be a student.
She also had an ice pack on her fist.
"I'm Natsuko by the way." She said.
"Aaron", he said in reply.
"T-thanks for saving me back there."
"Hey, no problem." Replied Natsuko,
"My parents taught me I needed to stand up for others."
"Nice."
"Just, thanks a lot." Said Aaron.
"Ya" said Natsuko.
"So, this is awkward." Said Aaron.
"Ya, it kinda is." Replied Natsuko.
"Well, I'm going home, I'll see you around." Said Aaron.
"Ok, see you I guess." She replied.
Aaron walked home in silence, still trying to process what had just transpired.
Once he arrived home he was greeted by his mother.
"Aaron are you ok!?" She said.
"I heard you someone attacked you!"
"Ya, someone did." Aaron replied.
"Do you want to talk about it?" His mom asked.
"No, I think I'm just going to hit the sack early today." He answered.
"Ok, let me know if you need anything." His mom said.
"Ok, I will." He replied.
Aaron went up to his room, and flopped into his bed.
All he wanted was for the day to end