~|Your POV|~
I watched in despair as my house disappeared further and further away in the wing mirror as my mother drove down the road. Today was the first day of school and I wasn't excited about it. I've always dreaded going to school. Nobody liked me there in the slightest. I had no friends, and it's not like Penny was going to hang out with her younger sister. She says quote, "I wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with you."
That leaves me with no one to hang out with.
But I guess that's fine...I get to spend time to myself since I'm not really a people's person. I'm more of an introvert. I'm just very shy, quiet, and keep to myself since I never really had any friends before. Though, it does get lonely at times.
Most kids like my older sister Penny were happy to begin the new school year because they're popular and have tons of friends to go to. But the shy kids like myself dread stepping foot on a schools premises, knowing that we had no friends to go to and the only thing that awaited for us was teasing from the other students.
I guess that's why Penny and I don't get along. She's confident, pretty, and popular. She has tons of friends and has amazing grades, all the boys are head over heels in love with her, and Mom and Dad always appreciate her more. That's the complete opposite of me.
I looked up in the rear-view mirror to see my older sister, Penny, applying some lip gloss onto her already glossy lips. She must have felt my eyes on her because she stopped applying lip gloss and glared at me with a look of disgust.
"What are you looking at?" she sneered.
Penny and I aren't exactly close with each other. In fact Penny hates me. I'm nothing like her; she's popular, pretty, smart, and has tons of friends. Me? I'm just a loner that'll never be as successful as my older sister.
"N-nothing..!" I stuttered quickly, darting my eyes to the window beside me.
"(Y/n), you know it's not nice to stare." my Mother lectured, catching me a quick glance in the rear-view mirror.
"Yeah..I know," I muttered.
"Well you should learn to treat people with more respect, (Y/n)." Penny scolded, and I could practically sense Penny smirking as mother nodded her head in agreement.
"How ironic coming from you..." I mumbled under my breath. She must've heard me mumble because she immediately shot whirled herself around and gave me a dirty look of hatred.
"Um, Excuse me?"
"N-nothing!" I quickly added. She scoffed and rolled her eyes and turned around, continuing to apply lip gloss on her lips.
"(Y/n), be nice to your sister. You two are related, after all." Mom stated, and Penny shot me a look of satisfaction because of this.
I sighed to myself and rested my head against the window.
I don't really get along with my parents either. My parents treat Penny like a princess and me like some peasant. They spoil her to death but what do I get? Nothing. Penny always passes the blame onto me whenever something bad happens. Of course they believe her- they think she's a precious angel and me as just some liar and manipulator when in reality that's Penny. I've tried to fight back, stand up for myself but it just ends up worse for my case so I just bottle it all down inside. I just let it happen.
"Well were here!" my Mother announced cheerfully as she pulled into the schools parking lot. I felt my stomach sin as mom said that.
I looked out the window and saw many kids entering the school, all energetic and boisterous as they walked in pairs or groups of friends.
"Have a good day at school Penny! I love you!" Mom said to my sister and not me of course.
"Love you too mom! Bye!" Penny cooed and gave mom a kiss on the cheek before exiting the car. Mom turned around to face me.
"See you at home (Y/n)," Mom said to me with a forced smile.
I do not want to be here at all! Maybe I could come up with an excuse to stay at home or something. I need to think fast!
"Um m-mom, can I please stay home..Maybe? I'm not feeling well.."
"Oh (Y/n), not this again! You're fine! We can't have you missing school again now go on," she said, ushering me out of the car before slamming the door behind me and driving away.
"So much for missing school.." I sighed and smoothed out my outfit a little bit. In the corner of my eye, I noticed Penny approaching me, skipping happily with smirk outstretched on her face.
"See you later, loser," Penny sneered. She shoved me and with the flip of her blonde hair, she hopped away over to her friend by the entrance of the school who was snickering at me.
I sighed once again and trotted to the main doors, passing by Penny who chatted with her friend. I couldn't help but listen into their conversation as I passed by them.
"Hey, is that the new boy?"
"I think it is,"
"Oh my god. Look at those glasses,"
"I know right? And do you see his hair?" they both giggled.
Curious at who they were talking about, I turned my head and looked into the direction in which Penny and her friend were talking about.
I noticed a boy with messy red hair talking to a.. dog on a...scooter?
That's something I don't see everyday.
The boy seemed to be my age. I couldn't see his face since his back was towards me and he was talking to that dog who wore a red bowtie and glasses.
Before I could even get a quick glance at the boys face, the chiming of the schools bells knocked me out of my thoughts. I looked around and noticed that I was the only one outside.
'Oh shoot! I'm gonna be late on the first day!' I panicked in my thoughts.
I whipped around and ran to the entrance doors and pulled them open. I stepped into the hallway and scattered to class along with all the other students. The halls were crammed with students, all rushing to get to their first classes.
I lowered my head, looking at the ground and hid my face behind my hair.
Some of the kids pushed me and called me names such as "dork" and "freak" as I quickly walked down the hallway.
'Let's just get through with this day..' I thought to myself.
As I was walking to my first class, my mind went back to that boy. I don't know but something about him interests me...
I got so caught up in my thoughts that I wasn't going looking to where I was going, thus causing me to bump into someone accidently. We both fell onto our bottoms and I immediately panicked. Oh, they were going to be so mad at me for knocking into them!
"I'm so sorry! I-I wasn't looking to where I was going..!" I apologized in a panic, my face turning beet red from embarrassment and I hid my face.
"No, no, it's alright! I should have been more careful," the person replied. A hand came into my line of sight.
"Here let me help you up," they offered.
I looked up and was met with the same boy I saw outside talking with that white dog. He had combed, slicked up red hair, big glasses, and shining brown eyes.
To be honest, he was kind of cute.
Blushing, I reached my hand to his and grabbed his hand. He hoisted me onto my feet and gave me a big cheeky grin that showed off cute dimples.
"Are you okay?" he questioned softly. "I apologize for running into you like that! It's my first day of school ever, and I'm so excited!"
"Y-Yeah..I'm good." I blushed and looked away, twiddling with my thumbs. Haven't he ever been to a real school before? Wow, he's lucky.
"We haven't been formally introduced. I'm Sherman! What's your name?" he inquired, sticking out his hand for me to shake.
"I'm (Y/n).." I said shyly, taking his hand into mine.
He gave a big shake and smiled. "Cool! It's nice to meet you!" he beamed happily.
Why was he being so nice to me? Was this some kind of joke? No one has ever been this nice to me before. Though he looked innocent..but I can't trust him just yet.
Before anything else could happen the warning bell rang for first classes. Sherman and I looked at each other and we quickly scattered to the class room which we also happened to share together.