It was first day at my new school. Needless to say, I wasn't excited. Why? Well, let's see. I have these braces which can really ruin my day sometimes, I've got asthma, my eyes are two different colors (gray and blue. I don't even know.) and there's a whole bunch of other problems I've got but, eh, I'll spare you the story. To sum it all up, I'm basically a walking freak. Other people have noticed that too. That's probably why I got bullied out of school three times. Three. Yeah, it's pathetic but, that's what I am right? Well enough chat for now. I've got to get ready for school. Time for another episode of getting called derogatory terms, being laughed at or being talked about. Great.
At school~
After my parents had signed some forms and other papers, I finally got assigned to a class. I was really dreading just walking to it. As I walked down the long hallway, people passing by gave me these really perplexed looks. I'd gotten used to it though. It still hurt me a little, but I'd learned to shrug it off. As I approached the classroom, I got really, really nervous. You see, I have a really bad anxiety disorder. I started to breathe heavily and my legs started to feel wobbly. I almost fell over in the hallway, but I stopped myself. I tried to keep my composure and took deep breaths in and out. I kept walking until I finally reached the classroom. Part of me wanted to run away and avoid it altogether. Another part wanted to go in just to get it over with. My hands were starting to get sweaty now. I took a deep breath and said a quick prayer before I went in.
"Please help me get through this. In Jesus' s name I pray, Amen,"
After that, I reluctantly turned the doorknob of the classroom door. I kid you not, I almost had a heart attack right there.
Everyone was just staring at me. I stood there in the doorway, frozen like a deer in headlights. Finally the teacher spoke.
"Hello, miss! Are you the new student?"
"Yes," I said in a quiet voice.
"Oh, splendid! And what's your name, dear?"
After I said my name, the teacher assigned me a seat. It was way in the back. Good. I didn't really like to make contact with people anyways. I started walking down the aisle of desks and heard several snickers from across the room. I ignored them and continued to walk down the aisle. Some guy then decided it was funny to put his leg out to trip me. Unfortunately, I saw his
leg too late and you know what happened? I tripped and fell down. Hard. I got up and the class erupted with laughter. I was humiliated. I was really on the verge of crying so I just rushed to my seat and sucked up the tears. The teacher scolded the class for laughing at me, but it didn't make me feel any better. I just wanted to go home. To make things worse, the teacher said,"Okay, let's get into groups! I'll give you 5 minutes to get your groups together. Once you're all ready, I'll give you your assignments," she said enthusiastically. Now I really wanted to go crawl into a hole. Within a matter of seconds, the class had already formulated their clusters. But not everyone was in a group. There was this guy sitting at a lone desk. He actually looked really lonely and I could tell he was sad by just looking at his eyes. No one seemed to want to pair up with him or invite him into their group. I looked at the clock and saw that I had 1 more minute to form a group. I finally mustered up the courage to go up to him and I sat in the desk next to him. He seemed sort of alarmed that I was sitting next to him. It was clear that he wasn't going to start a conversation so I did instead. That was really out of my character to do so, but this situation called for it.
"Um hi," I said nervously.
"Hi," he said, not even looking at me. He was probably too shy. *sigh* I could tell this would probably be a long day.