Metanoia

Hell Doesn't Appear To Bad

          It was the first day of school and you already woke up 10 minutes late, you quickly rush out of bed get and get ready for the worst. You couldn't imagine what awkward horrors would be waiting for you. You dreaded this day so much. Your other siblings won't most likely have a rough time as they are all still middle schoolers. Your mini panic attack was ended when the bus finally arrives at the stop. There weren't too many filled seats as you were one of the first stops. While walking through the bus trying to find a seat another boy catches your eye.
          This boy looks about your age, but he was a giant compared to you. Even though he was wearing a thick sweater you could see that he had abs and serious muscle. He also gave some weird ominous feeling. You decided to sit far away from him, not only did he give off very strange vibes he looked like a completely douce. You decide the name for him shall be Kyle if anyone even names people that anymore. You sat a few seats behind him and looked out the window. After a couple of minutes, you turn back around and look at Kyles's seat. You almost miss it but you see a small plant growing from within the seat, it completely captured your attention. The plant lived it's entire life just in front of you. All you could think if was "This was just like the dream". Eventually, your focus on the plant disappears as Kyle noticed you. He turns around and sits next to you without saying a single word. The only thing rushing through your mind was "Oh God, oh some help me I really don't want to die here".
          Once the stranger sat down next to you he actually smiled. He said," Well hey there, my names Robert what's yours". The moment you heard him speak you could immediately hear his very strong accent, although you couldn't really tell what it was exactly. You replied with "Oh hey m-my name is Gianni". "Well Gianni, I can obviously tell your not from around here, you know anyone at school," asked Robert "Cause if not I can introduce you to my Lil group of friends, I knew I'm big but I don't bite". You were quite stunned with how kind this giant of a man was, you felt horrible for what you originally assumed when you first saw him.
          The two of you spent the rest of the best ride talking together and realized you actually had a fair bit in common. You were also quite happy to find out Robert was in every one of your classes. At the very least you'll always have this one friend. School actually wasn't half bad, none of your teachers were complete assholes (so far at least) and it seemed like this year would be a cake walk, for the most part. Your first day of school definitely turned out to be a lot better then you thought it would be, however, there was one thing that kept nagging you. Every now and then a plant would do that thing if living it's whole life cycle right in front of you. It also appeared that no one except you noticed it. Until lunch that is, Robert looked outside the window of the cafe and saw a whole oak tree live its life. Once he saw this a wave of fear came over him which was quite strange. No one else seemed to notice it but I did. It was almost like his eyes change color, and his normal happy demeanor was destroyed. Well at least now I know I'm not the only one seeing it.
          Although you had every single period with Robert you only had one with all of his friends and that was lunch. Roberts's group of friends was quite cool, they also stood out from everyone else in the school, they all had one distinct thing you couldn't miss. There was Eva and she had bright pink hair that couldn't be missed from a mile away. It was also interesting that her hair was genetic, much like my purple hair. She had a very sassy attitude to which you supposed was funny in the right situation, but it did get pretty annoying after a while. Then there was Hagley, he was an English, and art nerd guy, he talked in rhymes for most of his sentences, it was also quite bizarre. The one thing about him that always stood out was his scarf. It was incredibly large, it went all the way down to his feet. You were honesty quite shocked he hasn't been chocked to death by it yet. Finally, there was quiet Grotto. He did not say a single word, he seemed sad, and you couldn't figure out why. He had hair so white it was blinding. Something about him just seemed bad.
           At the end of the day you went to your locker and got ready to go, you would be riding the bus alone as Robert had football practice or something like that. Everyone else had something they had to do like the art club or dance team tryouts. Except for Grotto. Once you closed your locker you saw him there staring at you, his eyes said a million words. He was angered yet sad. He then places something in your hand and said " yours". He proceeded to lick your ear, then flick your nose, for some reason that blinds you for a second, but only a second. Once you opened your eyes he was completely gone. You opened your hand and inside there was a small plant. It was rapidly growing and it was beginning to cover your whole hand.  Fear consumed you as you had no idea what to do. Eventually, the plant began to cut off your bloodstream. At this rate, your hand would be dead from a lack of blood. You began to slam your hand into a locker hoping to cut the plant but it does nothing. Eventually, you just sit down and give up hope. Once you accepted your fate, the plant proceeds to die rapidly, and in a matter of seconds, the plant dissolved to dust. The only thing going through you was pure angry at Grotto, what the hell did he just do to you. You decided to not take immediate action but you would talk to Robert tomorrow on the bus ride, there would be hell to pay for this.