WHY ME?

[Chapter-VIII]

                        C O N N O R

Finally, the bell rang and it was time for lunch. I grabbed my book, for the next class and then made my way to the cafeteria, where I saw a bunch of kids headed.

As I was walking someone pushed me on the ground. I grunted in pain and slowly turned around. I saw some guys towering over me. I gave them a furious look.

"Welcome to Harvard-Westlake, Connor!" A guy with blond hair said, I could tell he was a lot taller than me. I collected my textbook and tried to stand up, but the guy snatched my book and pushed me back onto the ground.

"G-Give me m-my book." I mumbled.

"Give me my book." he mocked, while his goons snickered behind.

"Please.." I said, but he passed it to another guy.

"He's fun, Dexter." A guy, with black hair, laughed.

Dexter clenched his fist before stepping forward. He put his arm up, ready to punch my face. I quickly closed my eyes, waiting for the hit to come, but I didn’t feel anything.

"What the heck, Dexter? Don't you have anything else to do? For God's sake, it's his first day." I looked up to see a guy holding Dexter's fist.

"Whatever CC!" Dexter gave me a last smirk, before he walked away with his goons.

The guy held his hand out to for me, so I grabbed it and pulled myself up, to stand, stumbling a bit. Once I gained my balance, I just stood there. The guy had bright blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was tall compared to me, but everyone normally was, since I'm only 5'4.

"I'm sorry about them, they are the biggest bullies at the school." He said, in a sympathetic way.

Bullies? What are bullies?

He chuckled a bit when I looked down for my textbook.

"Here it is." He handed it to me, and I whispered 'Thanks' in return, my eyes never leaving the ground.

"Wanna have lunch with me?" He asked. I slowly shrugged in response.

As we walked into the cafeteria, everyone began to stare at us. I quickly looked down and continued walking behind the guy to a table, where one girl and another guy were already sitting.

"Connor!?" A familiar voice exclaimed.

"H-hi Lucas!" I stuttered out.

"You two already know each other?" The blue eyes asked.

"Yeah. I walked him to his first class." Lucas said while gazing at me.

"Hi! I'm Shelby!" The girl, who was sitting next to Lucas said. She has emerald green eyes and blonde hair.

"Cameron Constance." Blue eyes said.

"C-Connor." I mumbled, this time, I didn't tell anyone my last name.

I was feeling nervous and my heart was beating as hard as it was going to jump out of my chest.

"You can sit down." Lucas said and Cameron nodded. I sat down quietly, staring at my pizza. I don't feel like eating right now.

I began to tug on my sleeves of my sweatshirt, to try and ease my terrible nerves. I don't know what was happening to me, but my anxiety was growing.

"Why aren't you eating?" Lucas asked in between bites of his sandwich.

"Yeh. You're not eating." Cameron mumbled.

I swallowed hard.

People were staring at me, which was causing my anxiety to grow. My hands tightened around each other and my stomach twisted into knots.