Echoing: When It All Began

Chapter 1, D

"Who the hell are you.?" He asks, he seemed confused but he was clearly saying this in a rude way.

"Oh, My name is Tyler Wyatt..!" he replies.

"Ew, what a weird name!" the boy laughs.

"..oh." Tyler was honestly confused.
"Um..did I do something to you....? I just got here around 3 minutes ago.."

The boy would shake his head.
"You look weird.." he'd inspect Tyler.
"....it's funny, the freckles on your face look like dirt!.....and you have a weird nose and crooked teeth."

Tyler would stare blankly.
"..and...I'm assuming you think you're perfect?.."

"..nope, I'm just making you self-aware." The boy would shrug.
Tyler would shake his head.

"You're also really ugly, good luck getting a girlfriend." The boy would shrug.

"I have a suggestion....maybe shut the fuck up and leave me alone, or are you too dumb to realise you're picking on someone for no reason, perhaps go back to first grade and learn some manners, then come back to speak to me....I've already wasted time on you." Tyler would snap, before he'd turn away and walk off.

The boy grits his teeth and runs after him.

"Who do you think you are?!" He shouts while following him.

"I just said who I am, but you and your fat mouth decided to insult me afterwards, do you have selective memory?" Tyler replies before he stopped, he placed one hand on his hip and stared at the kid.

The boy would scoff.
"..well, it's true, does the truth hurt?" He'd retort.

"Yeah...but those insults coming from someone like you makes me wanna laugh!" Tyler would snicker.
The boy was angry, so angry that he walked closer to Tyler and pushed him hard.

"Shut up! You think you're so special, walking in here like you own the damn place!" The boy while stomp his foot.

Tyler would roll his eyes.
"...you're the one who came up to me, dumbass."

The boy would grown loudly and pushed Tyler again, this time he fell to the floor.
"Just shut your mouth!" He'd then continue walking down the hall.

"Go get hit by a car or something!" He'd add.

Tyler stared at the boy for a moment. No one had ever done that to him before or treated him this way, especially for no reason.
He was confused.

..
"I'll just..tell mum.." Tyler thought out loud, before he stood up from the ground.

January 6th, 1999. 3:23pm

School was over and Tyler had just got home....
His siblings were happy to see him.

"Tyler! How was your day at high-school?" Bryce asked, giving him a brotherly hug.
"It was....decent.." Tyler would hug him back.
"..was it hard?..is it hard like everyone says it is?" His younger brother questioned, concerned.
"..nope..just-...a few people who don't have manners.." Tyler would pull away from the hug and go to find their mother.

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When Tyler found his mum, he walked up to her.

"What do you want?." She asks looking at him.

"A boy pushed me twice today....and called me names all day." Tyler explains in a gloomy tone.

Cindy sighs,
"you'll come across a lot of people like this in the world. They're just miserable and they want you to feel miserable as well." She explains.