My stomach churned in pain.
"Damn it!" I yelled, throwing my pillow against the wall, where it slid down and landed quietly on my floor. "I can't miss the first day of school!" These thoughts flew out of my mouth and I held my stomach for a moment, letting it calm down before I stepped out of bed, retrieved my pillow and made my bed.
I peered outside through the window and the sky was dark and gloomy. Perfect weather for how I felt.
I stepped downstairs and to my dismay, my father was awake.
Don't get me wrong, he's the nicest father ever... it's just that... he worries too much about me.
"Hey kiddo!" He said, looking at me as he sipped his coffee at the table. I slid into a chair and waited for what I knew he would ask.
"Hey, you look sick. Are you sure you want to go to school?"
Thing is... if I admitted to being sick, he certainly wouldn't let me go.
"I'm fine, just a little tired still is all." I said quickly, standing back up and getting my backpack ready, stuffing a couple water bottles inside. "See you later dad!" I said, only to turn back around and see his chest in my face. He's taller than me, so it's to be expected. I quickly jump in fear and he laughs before hugging me goodbye.
You may be thinking, how are you not annoyed by your overprotective father? It's because after my mom passed away, he's only had me. So I tolerate it. He's a protective person and I care deeply for him, as he supports me and who I am.
***
The bell rang and I stepped away from the group, waving goodbye to Romina and Ruby, who both had a math class.
Once I arrived in Creative Writing, the teacher introduced herself, but I already knew her as Ms. Willows. I've had her for various English classes in 9th and 10th grade. The class consisted of Kelly, Rodo, James, Ryke, Jessica, Riley, and Nat. Out of those, I noticed that Riley was staring at Rodo for some reason.
Ruby had been suspicious of Riley when she told me about Bl_ue, so... could this be some kind of evidence?
***
Out of the classmates in my grade, Jessica and Rodo were in a lot of my classes. Rodo kept looking over at me and it made me nervous. Was he planning something?
As I worried about this, I ran into Ryke in the hallway. Running into him was painful, and I fell backward onto the ground. He stood above me, looking down, and he was PISSED.
"Ah... sorry." I said, beginning to stand back up, but suddenly I was pressed hard against my back and sent back onto the ground. My stomach hit the ground and churned hard once more.
"You pest. Do you like me or something? You fag." He said, grinning.
"Ryke... I said I was sorry." I said, now a bit scared.
"Oh? You are? You think I want people like you touching me?" he said, leaning in closely, his breath smelled of peppermint gum. "You are nothing. Your kind of people are disgusting."
He pushed me back to the ground once more and began to walk away. My hair was a mess and I stood up, embarrassed and ashamed. Everyone around me looked at me, some with disgust, some with pity, and some with curiosity. Rodo stood nearby, his head turned, he had seen the entire thing, and being friends with Ryke, he probably laughed at me.
I lowered my head so my hair covered my eyes and I quickly ran off. I ran to the bathroom of the school and sat in the bathroom stall for a moment. I was crying uncontrollably and I didn't know why. Was it because I was scared? Did I just feel too sick? Or was I being stupid?
Ryke has thrown comments my way in the past, but never did anything like that before.
That was terrifying.