Taming my bully

New home

Leah’s

P.O.V

Finally we arrived at our new home, it was a big two story house and the neighbourhood looked quiet. The house was beautiful, mom would have loved it.

“Come on, let’s go check it out!”

Dad all but squealed

That got me laughing so hard, I raced after dad and if I thought the outside was beautiful the inside looked even better But all I was really interested In was seeing my room.

The bottom part of the house had the lounge, kitchen, gaming room, pool room, a bathroom, fully stocked library, small theatre like room and a dinning room.

Upstairs was four bedrooms all with it’s own bathroom and closet, I picked the one with the biggest window and a patio, I opened the patio door and looked out.

“This is beautiful isn’t it?”

Dad asked me

“Sure is daddy, mom would have loved everything about this house.”

“You’re right Leah bear she definitely would have. Come on and help me get the things from my truck so you can get settled in.”

“Okay.”

Dad had most of our stuff moved here before we moved and the house was already furnished so most of our things was still in storage until dad would decide what to keep, what to replace with our own things and what he would donate to charity.

I helped dad with the few things we hand in the trailer and when we were done dad suggested we leave what we don’t need right now so we could get settled in bed for our big day tomorrow.

After taking a bath and dad reading a book too me from our very own little library, he pressed a kiss to my head and left me too sleep. Only I couldn’t sleep, I missed mom

I wanted her here with us, seeing me off for my first day of school tomorrow, helping dad with his tie in the morning my heart felt so heavy and this big house felt empty without her.

‘I love you momma, I miss you so much, I wish you never left, I wish you could see how I’ve grown, how good dad looked after me. This house is just want you’ve always wanted but it doesn’t feel like him momma not without you here’

I prayed

I couldn’t imagine what dad was feeling he has loved her for far longer then I have, they were high school sweethearts. The one was never without the other, Mark and Julia were proms king and queen, high school and college power couple.

I wanted the kind of love my parents shared when I grew up, this was my last thought before I finally drifted off to a dreamless sleep.

“Morning Leah bear it’s time to wake up”

Dad whispered

“I just closed my eyes daddy.”

“Come on wake up or you gonna make us both late and who wants to be the late new girl?”

“Ag okay I’ll be down soon.”

I did my morning routine, picked out some things to wear and dad came up to help me with my hair, his good at that too. Once we had breakfast and checked that we had everything for the day, we were on our way to my school.

Chirewood primary school was written in bold letters on the front of the school, I hopped out and walked inside with dad.

“Pretty nice huh?”

Dad asked

“I guess”

“Oh come on honey brighten up its your first day.”

“Fine”

I put a smile on my face as we entered into the office, behind a desk sat a beautiful woman with glasses working on her computer. She eyed dad up and down then put on her most amazing smile and asked in a very funny kind of voice.

“Good morning Sir welcome to chirewood primary how may I help you?”

“Good morning miss?”

“Oh I’m Danielle and you are?”

What’s up with every name starting with a D around here and she clearly didn’t even know I existed until dad mentioned me.

“Good morning miss Danielle, I am mark Lockwood and this is my daughter Leah. Today is here first day and we would like her schedule please”

“Oh hi there, I was expecting you please follow me and your new teacher will be giving you your schedule okay dear?”

“Yes ma’am”

We walked down a long corridor then stopped at room 39. Miss Danielle knocked on the door and a older looking lady opened.

“Welcome dears, thank you Danielle. Come on inside. Settle down everyone, I’ll be right with you all in the mean time continue with your work.”

While she spoke with dad it gave me a chance to look around, the classroom was very colourful with many pictures that hung on the walls, different kind of drawing which I guessed is probably the kids drawing.

Some of the kids stared at me and some of them continued with what they were doing, until my eyes landed on a very pretty boy.

“Okay then you are all set. Welcome too our class and the school we hope your time with us here will be wonderful. I am Mrs Wembley, can I have every one’s attention please?”

She asked clapping her hands together she seemed nice like a grandmother kind of way.

“This is our new learner Leah Lockwood”

Every one said a cheerful welcome Leah, everyone but the pretty boy.

“Okay sweetheart greet your father so we can start our class”

I said goodbye to dad and he promised to pick me up after school was over, I found myself a seat but I couldn’t bring myself to sit and listen to Mrs Wembley.

I felt someone staring at me and when I looked to see who it was, it was no one. I can’t shake the feeling that I was being watched I just didn’t know by whom.

Lunch time came and this is how everything started! I stood in the line of the cafeteria and just when I got my lunch someone knocked into me and sent my lunch flying.

That was the beginning of how my life changed of how Emmett Daniels the pretty boy started bullying me, soon after his friends joined in on the bullying as well.

Not everyone was allowed to thou he would stop those he didn’t want bullying me saying.

‘She’s mine to bullying find your own pet’

I sat everyday in the girls bathroom during lunch time to afraid of what he would do next. I would ask dad to pack lunch for me and when he asked me why because well school served lunches I brushed it off by saying I didn’t like the food most times and he bought it.

Emmett’s bullying was just to take my lunch and juice box of anything I had for the first few month’s too leaving me his book and a friends so I could do their homework, then came the name calling he said my name was to long.

Couldn’t he read I mean my name consisted of four letters yet he called me little mid brace face, I had buck teeth and mom was afraid the kids would one day make fun of me so she took me for braces not knowing that they would make fun of this too.

After the name calling he would take my glasses and only return them to me once lunch time was over. As time went on he would shove me out of his way or push me into the lockers down the hallways. Taking my glasses for longer times.

He even stuck bubble gum in my hair a few time’s. Until the physical bullying started. Sixth grade Matthew Johnson, a new kid asked me to sit with him during lunch.

I was a little shocked, who wouldn’t be if you sat alone for all those years and someone comes up to you and asks you if they could sit with you at lunch? And he was cute so I agreed turned out to be the biggest mistake.

Matthew came to school the next day with a broken arm and when I wanted to ask him what had happened he simply said

‘Nothing you need to worry about brace face!’

I was hurt, just when I thought I was finally gaining a friend he found out I was the loner and turned on me. I ran straight for the girls bathroom and cried.

It didn’t take Emmett long to find me,

‘Crying over spilt milk huh? Think someone like him will like someone like you brace face? You are nothing but a stupid ugly girl! You’re my pet don’t forget that.’

He sneered in my ear, with every word he said his grip on my arm got tighter and that lady’s and gents is how I got my very first bruise from Emmett pretty boy Daniels