Just Another Day

Chapter 1

Another day. Another day in hell, in a place where I don't belong and don't fit in. school has been nothing but torture since 9th grade when things got really bad with all the bullying I get. I've tried telling teachers, the principal, even my parents but no one listens cause I just don't matter. Somehow I find the courage to face everyone at school everyday without crying, but that doesn't mean I haven't before.

The clock read 6:38 am. I pulled myself out of bed and put on a pair of my leggings from Christmas and headed out to the kitchen to get some breakfast. My sister, on her phone of course, comes into the kitchen not knowing I'm there and starts talking about me. "I feel bad for her ... I know ... It's because of that Andrew kid in her grade ... alright bye."

When she hung up, I walked past her to check my bag and make sure I had everything, then went back to the counter and grabbed my smoothie. Em saw me but didn't care cause she was too focused on getting herself and our little brother, Sean, ready. Pulling out my phone, I check the time to see that it is 6:55 am, meaning the bus would be here any minute to pick us up.

"Lexie, are you okay?" she asked me. I nodded my head then walked out the door since the bus had pulled up to the house. The bus was dark and empty, meaning the other kids had missed the bus the first time through. I walked to the back of the bus and sat in my seat, then put my earbuds in so I could drown out everyone else. As I sat there, I started to think about how everything was different last year when I was dating David, but after that, things changed.

I loved someone that I thought was the greatest person in the world, but I realized about 5 months later that I was wrong. He started acting weird, around my parents he was normal, but when it was just the two of us was when I saw the true David. He beat me every chance he got and even broke one of my ribs but I just told my parents that I slipped and fell on the stairs.

Pushing those thoughts away, I watched the scenery go by as we stopped continuously to pick up a kid or two. I always did this, not cause I didn't want to talk but because I had no idea what to say to anyone. At school I barely talk unless I know the answer to the question the teacher calls on me, but I'm so terrified that sometimes I say nothing. Sometimes I just wish that I could go back to when things weren't like this.

We arrive at the school and as soon as the bus driver opens the door, I get up out of my seat and basically run into the school so I can hide. As I enter the school I suddenly get tripped and fall flat on my butt, causing everyone to laugh. I try to get up but Andrew pushes me back down and as he walks by, he "accidentally" kicks me in the ribcage.

"Whoops ... sorry, I didn't see you. Maybe that's because you're invisible to everyone here." he said, laughing.

I didn't say anything because I knew if I did then I would get my ass kicked by Andy and his whole group of friends. "What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" he asked before kicking me in the ribs again and walking away laughing. No one liked me, but I didn't care because this was my everyday life at school and home. I'm nothing but a mistake that everyone hates cause they don't like my look or my music selections. After seeing them leave, I got up and walked to my first period class, Global History 2.

I walked in and immediately everyone's eyes locked on me since I was the last person to walk in but I wasn't late. I sat in my seat in the back of the class like always and focused on my drawings since I always did my homework and passed all my tests and quizzes. "Lexie, do you have your homework done?" the teacher asked. I took out my binder that had the homework sheet in it and handed it to him, then went back to my drawings.

Throughout the day everyone just pushed me out of the way and into lockers, then laughed and walked away. It was the day of the musical and I wasn't sure if I really wanted to perform tonight, but if I didn't, then I'd let everyone down. I had thought about ending it, after the show cause I mean the entire school is gonna see the performance, then I become the laughing stock of the whole school.