A Fresh Start

Background

Edo's POV
My whole life my family has been poor, by some curse I'm still fat. We live in South Korea but one day after school I had finished eating and my homework and was studying English (a hobby I was pretty decent at) when my parents entered my room. They told me they wanted me to be different than the rest of the family, smarter maybe they wanted me to study abroad in New York. I was excited, overjoyed I was feeling a rush of emotions but, one thing bothered me. How would they pay? Like they read my mind I was told not to worry and enjoy myself and so I did.

Before I knew it I was on a plane to New York City. I found myself in an Brooklyn apartment, being paid for by my parents overseas. My parents had bought me the uniform for my school Medgar Evers College Preparatory School (MECPS) a burgundy polo and khaki slacks. The school was only twenty minutes to walk but he wasn't exactly the most fit person. Edo put on his some clothes and walked over to the school it was Saturday but, he needed to get a metro card so he could use the bus in case he needed to get places. When he reached the school he was lightly sweating and out of breath, he recollected himself and went to the school. Edo walked up to the security desk and asked "Where is the general office". The security guard looked up in disgust and pointed to a room next to them. Did he mention he was fat and ugly yet? Edo walked into the room he was behind some glass on the other side was a room littered with paperwork and about 3 women working on computers. One woman a acknowledged his presence a came to opening in the glass.
"What are you here for," the woman asked, she was light skin woman with dark eyes.
"Um I'm a student from aboard who came here and I'm wondering if I can get my metro card from now."
" Your English is good for someone foreign," she looked around picked up a piece and asked "Are you Edo Nishimura?"
"Yes."
"Well it checks out you look like you're photo, you're in luck we usually get metros on Tuesday and give them out Wednesday but we got them early this week." She handed him a card and told him to write his name on it. He finished all that and went back to his 1 bed room apartment. He plopped down on his bed thought about what school would be like.

It
Was
Monday
Finally he would start school in the U.S, he dressed up in his uniform, put his notebooks in his bag and went out the door. He soon realized how unforgiving U.S school was. Bullying was a serious problem, he was treated like a lesser species for being large. People just as fat as him would make commotions and do anything for attention. Edo didn't want to be like them he just wanted to learn as he had came for. So he isolated himself from other, interacting only when there was group work or if he bumped into someone in the hallway. Sure, he was learning but he wasn't happy. Weeks went by of him isolated and light bullying, after second period one day a group of people swiftly walked towards him, thinking he would be bullied he tried walking away. Obviously though they caught up. Instead of bullying him though, one of them put their arm around him. Slightly shocked he looked up at the person, a lanky taller boy. Edo recognized him as Marcus Allen, the student body president a 10th grader , a grade higher than him. Edo stared into the dark eyes of his peer.
"What do you want," Edo said somewhat coldly.
"We just want to be friends," said Marcus cheerful and sincere.
"What?!"
That wasn't something he was used to hearing. All his life and especially the few weeks he had spent at this school, he had been bullied and called fat relatively often he barely had friends and even less that came to him.
Edo looked around at the rest of the group he 2 more that he recognized and a girl he didn't know. One was Jermaine Sato a classmate of his who was Japanese and Haitian which resulted in long curly hair, dark eyes and a overall Asian look. The other was Kimi Paris a extra popular 11th grader even among the group she was probably the most popular, she was lightskin with hazel eyes, pretty, curvy, had long, got good grades any decent male wanted her. He didn't know the last girl and when he looked at her she flinched and hid behind Marcus' tall figure so she was clearly shy.
Edo joined their group and they all became good friends, they hung out after school, went home together the works. After a few months they were the best of friends and being with some of the most influential people in the school like Marcus and Kimi he was never bullied, but he still heard murmurs like why would people friend up with him, when there are better people but he ignored them. Edo would live his life as best as he could regardless of what people said about him of his friends. 3 months into his time at the school there was a trip to BBP (Brooklyn Bridge park), luckily for him it was free. The high schoolers came a hour before school, got on the yellow school buses lined up in front of the school and they were off. Edo did what he usually did, he sat near his friends and talked with them. At some point the bus started to speed up and then suddenly
CRASH!
The bus collided with a wall or building he guessed , Edo was slammed into a seat. He was a little nauseous but fine, he got up looked around and everyone seemed fine, but he wasn't sure about the bus, looking out the window he saw smoke coming from somewhere he wasn't sure from where though.
Continuing to look through the window he saw a car racing down the street coming to.... tow... towards them. The car slammed in to the side of the bus that Edo was leaning against right before he lost consciousness he heard an explosion.

He woke up later at least he thought so, and looked around but, wait this isn't his apartment?