Chapter 3: Oh the joy

Before I can react, Mathew punches me in the face, knocking me to the ground. He lifts his hand up and I cover my head ready for another punch. When I don't feel the punch I look up to see Noah standing behind Mathew, holding his arm. Mathew turns around to look at him and Noah punches Mathew while Ace and Jane come over to see if I am alright.

After they make sure I am alright I get up and look over at Mathew who is on the floor and looks like he's about to kill someone. Ms. Drake appears around the corner before he can do anything thankfully. She looks at me and then she turns to Mathew with a stern expression.

"Mr. Hall what is happening here?"

Mathew looks at Ms. Drake and turns to me and whispers "Don't think this is over Sam." before walking off.

Ms. Drake looks at me and I just nod at her and she lets us go to class. Jane, Ace and Noah stay with me till I get to my next class.

The first few classes went by with no problems. It was just people looking at me sometimes because they probably heard what happened. As the last class before lunch ends, I am walking out of the classroom when I notice Noah waiting outside the door. He notices me and comes over.

"Jane and Ace said that they had to talk to a teacher about a project or something so they told me to meet you."

"Well then let's get some lunch." I say as I start walking to the cafeteria.

We go in get are lunch and sit at the empty table near to door. As we begin eating the door opens and Jane and Ace come in. I'm about to shout over to them when someone stands in front of me blocking my view.

"Well hello there Sam. Fancy meeting you here." Mathew says as he glares at me.

Before I can say anything Mathew is emptying a bottle of water over my head. Noah is up off his seat instantly as he punches Mathew right on the nose. His nose is now bleeding slightly and he notices that.

He drops the empty water bottle and goes to punch Noah. Before he can hit him Noah knocks him on the floor and pins him there.

"Stay the FUCK away from Sam or next time I won't just give you a bloody nose." Noah says as he gets up off Mathew grabbing me and walking out of the cafeteria.

Noah brings me to the boys changing room where Ace and even Jane followed us in.

"Are you all right?" Jane says as she runs over to me looking really worried.

"Ya I'm fine, just a little wet." I say as I look down at my soaked clothes.

Luckily it is only my shirt and tank top.

"Do you have any spare clothes with you?" Noah says looking at my wet clothes.

I shake my head and he starts to walk over to a locker. He opens it and takes out a dry shirt. It's a dark blue, short sleeved shirt.

"Here take this." he says as he hands them to me.

I take it and take off my wet tops and put the dry one on. When I am finished I put back on the badge after drying it.

"Thanks." I say to Noah but he shakes his head.

"It's no big deal. I always have a spare set of clothes in case anything happens."

We then hear the bell ring and we rush out of the changing room to our lockers to get our books. Noah has the same class as me after lunch so we walk together to class. As we walk into class Ms. Drake looks at us and asks if she can talk to us after class. We nod and take the empty seats at the back of the class and get prepared for the lesson.

We go through class like normal, taking notes and doing questions and other stuff. At the end of class me and Noah wait for everyone to leave before we go up to Ms. Drakes desk.

"Sam, Noah why were you two late to class." Ms. Drake asks us with a knowing look.

Noah tells her what happened at lunch and she just nods and says she will talk to me later about it. We leave the class and go to the next class. The rest of the day goes by peacefully with a few people just staring at me like they always do.

Finally the bell rings meaning school is over. Instantly everyone jumps off their chairs and sprint out the door eager to get home. I take my time and when I get to my locker, Noah is waiting for me.

"How did you get your books so fast?" I ask as I open my locker, getting the books I need for homework.

"I got out of class early because I had to clean my hands because my pen burst and I got ink all over them." He says as I look at his hands and notice a tiny bit of ink still on them.

"You still have a bit of ink on your hands." I say trying not to laugh. "How did the pen burst anyway"

'Well we were doing work and I got stuck on a question and it was annoying me so I subconsciously started biting my pen and then slammed it on the desk. I guess I bit it enough to nearly break it and me slamming it was the last straw and it went boom." Noah explains annoyed.

"That is super unlucky wow. Guess you should stop biting pens then." I say with a smirk. "Well I am ready so let's go."

As we leave I spot Jane and Ace and wave goodbye. Noah spots Danielle's car and we go over to it. When we get in the car she turns to us.

"So how did you get that bruise on your face Sam."

I didn't even realise I had a bruise I think as I look in the mirror. Sure enough there is a light bruise on my cheek. So as Danielle starts to drive us home, me and Noah explain to her what happened at school and how I got the bruise.