"New School"
By D.B.
The world is falling apart. It’s breaking. It’s going to shatter. It’s going to split in two and I’m gonna be the one to fall in between. I had seen this all happen with my own eyes, I think.
I open the door to my new school’s classroom.
EYES.
GAZING.
DON’T LOOK BACK AT THEM.
THEY HATE YOU.
YOU IDIOT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING HERE?
STOP IT.
YOU CAN STILL LEAVE.
I stand in the doorway.
I manage to walk to the first empty desk I see.
The teachers stare at me
LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE.
“Sorry, someone already sits there, could you move to a different desk?”
MORON.
“…Sure..” I say as I stand up out of my chair. I hear a slight snickering around the room.
They’re laughing at me.
“Are you new here?”
“…” I nod up and down, awkwardly.
“What’s your name?”
“…Dylan.” I somehow manage to stumble out my own name.
“Oh. Hi Dylan!”
I smile.
They’re nice.
Maybe it won’t be as bad as I made it out to be.
I open the door to my new school’s classroom.
EYES.
GAZING.
DON’T LOOK BACK AT THEM.
THEY HATE YOU.
YOU IDIOT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING HERE?
STOP IT.
YOU CAN STILL LEAVE.
I stand in the doorway.
I manage to walk to the first empty desk I see.
The teachers stare at me
LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE.
“Sorry, someone already sits there, could you move to a different desk?”
MORON.
“…Sure..” I say as I stand up out of my chair. I hear a slight snickering around the room.
They’re laughing at me.
“Are you new here?”
“…” I nod up and down, awkwardly.
“What’s your name?”
“…Dylan.” I somehow manage to stumble out my own name.
“Oh. Hi Dylan!”
I smile.
They’re nice.
Maybe it won’t be as bad as I made it out to be.