Why Do Bad Things Always Happen to Us?, chapter 1
I was only 11 when my parents divorced. I lived with her dad and sister and moved to California with them. On the first day of school I was getting rocks thrown at me by this bully because I was new and these two boys stopped it. "Leave her alone Tyler! She didn't do anything to you!" The one with blonde hair said. The other one who had blackish/brown hair yelled back, "Yeah leave her alone!" Apparently he didn't want to to fight both of them so he ran off. They took the me to the nurses office because I was bleeding. "Why are you helping me?" I asked confused. "Because.." The one with blonde hair said, ".. You didn't do anything wrong and you needed help. So we helped you. My name is Mike." He said.
I smiled for the first time in a while. The one with blackish/brown hair said, "My names Billie Joe. What's yours?" They said as they became closer to the nurse. "My names Stephany." I said quietly. "That's pretty." Mike said. "I like it." I couldn't help but smile. Finally they got me to the nurses office. The nurse was there and said, "Billie Joe, Mike what happened to her?" She said worried about my wounds. "Tyler was throwing rocks at her for no reason. He's such a asshole!" Billie Joe said. "Now, now Billie. No need for that kind of language. I'll speak to the principal about Tyler. In the mean time I'll clean up..." She paused. I looked up and said, "Stephany." The nurse smiled and got out a white box with a red cross on it.
She opened it and got some cotten balls, band-aids, and paroxide. "Okay now dear.. This might sting a little bit." The nurse said to me as she dabbed some paroxide on the cotton ball and dabbed it on my cut which I had one on my knee, forhead, and arm. I winced in pain as the nurse did that. "Sorry deary but we don't want it to get infected." She said as she put a band-aid on my knee and started on my forhead. She was finally done and I was glad. "You boys were very sweet for bringing Stephany here." She said smiling at Billie, Mike, and then me. Mike smiled and so did Billie Joe. The school day was nearly over and the nurse asked if I wanted to go home.
Billie Joe and Mike said I could hang out with them for now on so I said I'd stay. I was very happy about my new friends. And they were boys! Boys normally are all 'eww girls have cooties' and what not but they were cool. "Thank you guys again for helping me with that stupid Tyler kid. Is he always like that?" I asked. "Yeh.. He's such a asshole like I said." Billie Joe said. They were just leaving the nurses office so the nurse heard him again. "Mr. Armstrong please stop with the language. Just because you did something good today doesn't mean you can't get in trouble." She said being serious. We walked away and Billie Joe whispered, "Asshole." And Mike and I both laughed.
I wasn't used to kids our age cussing. Even though we were 11 I came from a catholic school. A lot of the kids there were obediunt. I had heard many cusswords however from my parents fights. I always hid in my room with my older sister. My older sister would cover my ears as good as she could. My older sister was very protective of me. Her name was Lexi. She was 13 and going to the junior high part of the school. The day was nearly over and Mike, Billie Joe, and I stayed together the whole day. We really had fun together. We all waited out front where we were going to be picked up and Lexi yelled my name. "Stephany come on!" She said, waiting for me to come.
"Coming, Lex!" I said and looked at Billie Joe and Mike again before saying, "Thank you guys again." They both nodded and then I hugged them quickly and ran over to my sister. "Who are those boys?" Lexi asked, giving a cheeky smile. "Their just.. My friends. Billie Joe and Mike. Mike's the blonde and the others Billie Joe." I said walking with my sister. "Aww.. You made a new friend." Lexi may have been a protective sister but she was still a pain at times like any other older sister.
After a while of walking in silence we made our way to the front door of our house and entered it to find our father in the living room, drinking again. "Why are you girls late?" He slurred standing up. "We're not late. We have to walk." Lexi said. He walked over to her and smacked her across her face. "Don't talk back to me!" Lexi grabbed her cheek tears coming to her eyes. I looked up at my father and sister scared. "You want one too!" He said looking angery. "Please daddy, no." I said looking scared. "Dad please don't hurt her! She didn't do anything!" Lexi said. He looked at Lexi and smacked her across the face one last time before sitting on the couch again and drinking.
Lexi grabbed my hand and took me to the room we were sharing while Lexi and our father were painting the other one for me. "Lexi.. Are you okay?" I said looking at her cheek. Lexi was rubbing it and said, "Yeah.. I'm fine." I saw down on my bed and looked at my sister. "Lexi, why is dad always like this? Why won't he stop? I want him to stop!" I said. "Shhhh!" She said grabbing sitting next to me on my bed. "Don't let dad hear you. That's the last thing we need. He's probably passed out on the couch but still. We should be quiet." She said sighing. "Do you have any homework, Stephany? Be honest." I chuckle very sligthly. "No I don't. It's like the first day of school, Lexi." Lexi put her arm around me and I frowned. "Lexi.." I said. "Yeah?" She said. "Why do bad things always happen to us?" I asked.
I smiled for the first time in a while. The one with blackish/brown hair said, "My names Billie Joe. What's yours?" They said as they became closer to the nurse. "My names Stephany." I said quietly. "That's pretty." Mike said. "I like it." I couldn't help but smile. Finally they got me to the nurses office. The nurse was there and said, "Billie Joe, Mike what happened to her?" She said worried about my wounds. "Tyler was throwing rocks at her for no reason. He's such a asshole!" Billie Joe said. "Now, now Billie. No need for that kind of language. I'll speak to the principal about Tyler. In the mean time I'll clean up..." She paused. I looked up and said, "Stephany." The nurse smiled and got out a white box with a red cross on it.
She opened it and got some cotten balls, band-aids, and paroxide. "Okay now dear.. This might sting a little bit." The nurse said to me as she dabbed some paroxide on the cotton ball and dabbed it on my cut which I had one on my knee, forhead, and arm. I winced in pain as the nurse did that. "Sorry deary but we don't want it to get infected." She said as she put a band-aid on my knee and started on my forhead. She was finally done and I was glad. "You boys were very sweet for bringing Stephany here." She said smiling at Billie, Mike, and then me. Mike smiled and so did Billie Joe. The school day was nearly over and the nurse asked if I wanted to go home.
Billie Joe and Mike said I could hang out with them for now on so I said I'd stay. I was very happy about my new friends. And they were boys! Boys normally are all 'eww girls have cooties' and what not but they were cool. "Thank you guys again for helping me with that stupid Tyler kid. Is he always like that?" I asked. "Yeh.. He's such a asshole like I said." Billie Joe said. They were just leaving the nurses office so the nurse heard him again. "Mr. Armstrong please stop with the language. Just because you did something good today doesn't mean you can't get in trouble." She said being serious. We walked away and Billie Joe whispered, "Asshole." And Mike and I both laughed.
I wasn't used to kids our age cussing. Even though we were 11 I came from a catholic school. A lot of the kids there were obediunt. I had heard many cusswords however from my parents fights. I always hid in my room with my older sister. My older sister would cover my ears as good as she could. My older sister was very protective of me. Her name was Lexi. She was 13 and going to the junior high part of the school. The day was nearly over and Mike, Billie Joe, and I stayed together the whole day. We really had fun together. We all waited out front where we were going to be picked up and Lexi yelled my name. "Stephany come on!" She said, waiting for me to come.
"Coming, Lex!" I said and looked at Billie Joe and Mike again before saying, "Thank you guys again." They both nodded and then I hugged them quickly and ran over to my sister. "Who are those boys?" Lexi asked, giving a cheeky smile. "Their just.. My friends. Billie Joe and Mike. Mike's the blonde and the others Billie Joe." I said walking with my sister. "Aww.. You made a new friend." Lexi may have been a protective sister but she was still a pain at times like any other older sister.
After a while of walking in silence we made our way to the front door of our house and entered it to find our father in the living room, drinking again. "Why are you girls late?" He slurred standing up. "We're not late. We have to walk." Lexi said. He walked over to her and smacked her across her face. "Don't talk back to me!" Lexi grabbed her cheek tears coming to her eyes. I looked up at my father and sister scared. "You want one too!" He said looking angery. "Please daddy, no." I said looking scared. "Dad please don't hurt her! She didn't do anything!" Lexi said. He looked at Lexi and smacked her across the face one last time before sitting on the couch again and drinking.
Lexi grabbed my hand and took me to the room we were sharing while Lexi and our father were painting the other one for me. "Lexi.. Are you okay?" I said looking at her cheek. Lexi was rubbing it and said, "Yeah.. I'm fine." I saw down on my bed and looked at my sister. "Lexi, why is dad always like this? Why won't he stop? I want him to stop!" I said. "Shhhh!" She said grabbing sitting next to me on my bed. "Don't let dad hear you. That's the last thing we need. He's probably passed out on the couch but still. We should be quiet." She said sighing. "Do you have any homework, Stephany? Be honest." I chuckle very sligthly. "No I don't. It's like the first day of school, Lexi." Lexi put her arm around me and I frowned. "Lexi.." I said. "Yeah?" She said. "Why do bad things always happen to us?" I asked.
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