3 Kieran I

"Hey loser where do you think you're going"

"'C'mon guys do we really have to fight?"

"Oh no you won't be fighting. We're gonna kick the crap out of you and you'll take it like the girl you are."

"Why do you have to do this?"

"Hmm, 'cause I enjoy it nerd" Lance said as he grabbed Kieran by the shirt and threw him to the ground. He had his bully friends around him as usual he needed them to feel alpha male.

"Get up I dare you" Lance threatened before laughing and waiting for his posse to laugh too. He kicked Kieran in the stomach then took off his hat -

"Give that back!" Kieran cried. Lance put it in the toilet with a flush -

"You want your hat now sissy?" he said. Kieran tried picking himself up and Lance stomped him back down. He picked him up off the ground and put him up against the bathroom wall by the neck.

"What's going on in here?" Mr. Wiggins the science teacher said walking in from the commotion.

"Nothing Mr. Wiggins" Lance said letting Kieran go.

"Is that true Keiran?" Mr. Wiggins asked before Lance gave Kieran a glare. The type of glare that said

"You snitch on me and you'll be dead meat idiot." Kieran looked back to Mr. Wiggins and said

"Yeah, we're just rough housing."

"Oh is that so? Alright get to class" Mr. Wiggins said and then Kieran was out of the bathroom passing by quick.

"I'm keeping an eye on you Lance" Mr. Wiggins said. Kieran hurried to his locker and put in his combo to grab his books.

"I can't believe that jerk ruined my favourite hat" he thought. His father left him that hat before he took off when Kieran was just six years old. So his father never showed him how to be a man and stick up for himself. His mom also babied him a lot which didn't help sending him into the real cruel world but he still loved her. Kieran rushed to his class -

"You're late Kieran"

"Sorry Mrs. Evans" Kieran replied taking a seat. Five minutes passed before there was a knock at the classroom door. It was Lance,

"How can I help you?" Mrs. Evans asked. "Uh yeah this is 234 right? I'm getting put in this class" Lance informed.

"Take a seat then. Now if that will be the last interruption we can get started" Mrs. Evans said. Lance went and sat right behind Keiran -

"Of course the only empty seat is behind me" he thought.

"Hey sissy now we can be in the same class all semester" Lance whispered over his shoulder. Kieran didn't even understand how Lance could be in this class. He could barely count by twos, forget following Mrs. Evans along in an academic math class. The half an hour left of class felt like eternity knowing Lance was staring at him. He chewed on the eraser of his pencil watching the seconds tic away on the clock. Finally the bell rang and Kieran was the first one out the door. He made his way back to his locker to drop off his books and retrieve his lunch. That tuna sandwich, salad and banana sounded like a gourmet meal he was so hungry. As he was digging through his locker he heard the voice of an angel. His crush since kindergarten and she hadn't talked to him since then. Now she probably didn't even know he existed even though they had English and Art together. Her name was Savanna and she had big, gorgeous green eyes with straight, bouncy brunette locks. She was the most prettiest and popular in school and of course the most popular dated the biggest douche. Who was that douche you ask? Take one guess... that's right it was Lance.

"Hey baby"

"Lance" Savanna giggled taking his hand off her ass. That was before they started to French up against her locker for the next three minutes until the bell. Kieran grabbed his lunch and proceeded outside where he ate, feeling like he didn't belong in the cafeteria. He began thinking as he munched down on his tuna sandwich.

"I'll never get a girl like that with this curly head of mine and these noodle arms. Wearing these stupid glasses doesn't catch me a break either. A kid like me with his initials sewn into his backpack by his mother doesn't get a girl like Savanna" he thought. His only friend Ben came and joined him handing him a Twinkie. Kieran's mother packed his lunch and never gave him any type of sweets so Ben would bring him some.

"Thanks."

"No problem Kieran. Hey you catch that episode of Elves and Magic last night? It was so epic."

"No, I haven't really been watching that show lately."

"Oh really? Well I was thinking after school wanna come over and play video games?"

"I haven't been playing games lately either."

"So you're not watching Elves and Magic or playing video games, what's wrong with you?" Ben interrogated. Elves and Magic was Ben and Kieran's favourite show of all time. They used to make sure they were at one of their houses to watch it together. They hadn't even hung out lately though, Kieran had been too busy feeling lost.

"I gotta tell you something...I'm moving away Kieran."

"What, where are you moving?"

"Chicago but we can still call every night and talk."

"Who am I supposed to eat with now at lunch? Or hang out with and relate to? You're the only kid like me."

"You'll be alright Kieran don't worry."

"Easy for you to say you're getting away from Lance beating you up everyday. How could you do this to me?"

"It's not my fault man."

"I gotta go, the bells gonna ring in a couple minutes. Goodbye Ben" Kieran said checking his watch and packing up his lunch bag. He walked back into school not being able to comprehend that his best friend since grade four was leaving. He started down the hall through the talking groups of friends and loving couples. Right when he was at his lowest and he believed he couldn't get any lower Lance came up behind him and tugged his pants to his ankles. Kieran's face went beat red and everyone in the halls began cackling and giggling. He felt like he couldn't breathe and his heart no longer beat. Out of all the faces in the crowd he spotted out Savanna, his long time secret crush laughing. He pulled his pants back up to his waist and pushed passed Lance who put his foot out and tripped him. He got back up so quick he seen stars and started running out of the school half blind.

"Kieran what happened?" Ben asked as Kieran kept running, more so sprinting home. Never being so embarrassed he swore to himself he would never ever go back to that school.