childhood bully | ambrollins

Chapter Four

An hour after hanging out at Starbucks, Roman dropped me back at my house.

"Where were you, Seth?" My mother came rushing towards me, "I was worried about you."
"I was only gone for 2 hours mom, and I was with Roman." I answer.
"Oh...make sure you don't stay anywhere later than 6." She points a finger at me.
"Yeah, yeah." I roll my eyes and drop my bag on the couch.

I was going through Netflix on the TV, when I got a text message from Roman.

Ro:
Hey Seth, did you make it inside okay?

Seth:
roman you saw me enter my house 😂

Ro:
I'm sorry, just wanted to make sure.
You know your mom would kill me if you didn't come home
and she knew I was the last one with you.

Seth:
yes trust me i do lol
but im home dont worry

Ro:
Good. Did you get Miz's invitations?

Seth:
no...invitation to what

Ro:
To Miz's party this weekend.

Seth:
nope guess im left out again 🤷‍♀️

Ro:
Nah, I'ma bring you with me anyway.

Seth:
hey
who said i was going

Ro:
I did. Talk to you later buddy.

Seth:
ttyl

I threw my phone on the couch next to me and watched Netflix until I fell asleep.
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When I woke up, I wasn't on the couch. I was on my bed.
My mother must have picked me up and brought me there.

I groaned and rubbed my eyes, getting out of my bed to check the time.
7:30.

"Shit, shit!" I whisper shouted.

There's no way I would be able to walk to the school on time.

I threw on my clothes, grabbed my backpack and ran out of the house, not caring that I didn't eat anything.

I started speed walking but a car stopped me.

"Seth, your hairs a mess." Roman laughs.
"Roman? What are you doing here?" I gasp.
"Picking you up and driving you to school, silly." He chuckles.
"You idiot! You didn't tell me you were picking me up." I slap his arm.

Roman shrugs and opens the door for me.
I get in the passengers seat and immediately try to fix my hair.

"Need a hairbrush?" Roman tries his best not to laugh.
"I can see you trying not to laugh, you jerk. You mind as well just let it out." I roll my eyes and grab the brush out of his hands.

Roman shakes his head but starts bursting out laughing anyway.

"I hate you." I mumble as I comb my hair.
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I didn't get to school late, thanks to Roman.
I need to remind myself to be prepared in case Roman decides to pick me up.
Or maybe I should tell him to actually let me know.

I tiredly sat into my seat next to Sasha and put my head down.

"Rough morning?" She asks, making me look up at her.
"Yes, I woke up pretty late and then found out Roman was picking me up anyway so I didn't have to rush." I explain.
"Wow." Sasha says and laughs.

I playfully glare at her, before pulling out my books.

"Welcome back. I hope you had a great day yesterday and I'm sure you'll have an even better one today." My teacher, Ms Giller smiles. "But today, we have a bit of work to do."

I hear everyone groaning and whining, making me chuckle.

"We are going to start working on a project with groups of 2." She continues, "Don't worry, it's not going to be hard. It's just a project that will help you all get to know each other better."

A girl with blazing red hair and hazel eyes raises her hand.

"Do we pick our partners?" She asks,
"No, Becky. That would defeat the purpose of this project." Miss Giller laughs, "You see, we are doing a polar opposites project."

Polar opposite project? What the hell is that?

I can tell Sasha is thinking the same thing because she looks at Miss Giller with an unsure expression.

"Your partner will be someone completely opposite of you. You have to get to know them, and by the end of this week, you'll have to answer questions about them." She explains further.

The pale girl I spoke to yesterday, Paige, rose her hand.

"Personal questions?"
"No, not personal questions. But just enough that shows that you know them better." She answers,

Everyone starts whispering to each other, panicking about who their partner would be.
I look behind me.
There is a lot of people who could be chosen to be my partner.

"Here are the partners, Becky and Charlotte, Paige and Aj Lee, Finn and Bayley, Dean and Seth, Sasha and John, Brie and Daniel, Alexa and Aj Styles..." She reads out the names.

Dean? Who is Dean?

"You're with me, two tones." A voice says, startling me.

I look beside me and it's Randy's friend that I keep seeing everywhere.
It can't be a coincidence that he's my partner now, can it?

"Don't call me that, my name is Seth." I narrow my eyes.
"Woah, feisty are we?" He smirks.

Sasha whispers in my ear before going to John,
"Good luck, Seth."

I'll need luck.