First time

Third Person's POV.

Sam and Mio had finally reached the school gym where all the first-year seniors are to be gathered to find their sections and schedules. even though the majority of the students there have already been studying there since their junior years and one of them are Sam and Mio.

Mio was very nervous not because of having a new section but she was afraid that she might end up being in class with Amanda and Zoey who are looking at both her and Sam from the distance. Sam however was quite excited, she was excited that another school year, and this year she finally befriended Mio.

Sam was babbling to Mio that she hopes that finally this time around they would end up in the same class but she noticed the other head facing the floor and fidgeting with the coat of her uniform when she caught two pair of bratty eyes glaring at Mio, and it made her patience decreasing.

"Hey, Mio!" Sam said with an annoyed tone that made Mio jumped startled by her voice. "...don't mind those two, okay? Don't let them messed with your mind! They are just a bunch of brats and insecure people!" Sam added linking her arm with the smaller hand and pulled Mio near the bulletins where the names and sections of the first-year seniors are posted.

"I'm just nervous tha-" even before she could finish her sentence she heard Sam squeals and was now jumping up and down while her hands still linked with others. Mio was confused causing her to tilt her head and thinking why Sam's mood changes so easily. "Sam! wait my arms hurt. Why are you suddenly jumping like that?" and again tilting her head while pouting, 'my poor arm' Mio told to herself.

"LOOK! LOOK! Mio we're in the same freaking class!" again still jumping and cheering, finally for the first time! she finally got into class together with Mio. Sam thought that this day was going to be bad but no. She finally got close with Mio and now friends with her and now she's finally in the same class with her, like 'frickle finally' Sam shouted in her mind trying to control her emotions.

After Mio calmed the very jumpy Sam they headed to their respective room. Well, you can imagine that Sam fought with the other students in their class just to make sure she and Mio would be sitting beside each other and giving Mio the seat beside the window. It was the first time Mio felt like that, she finally felt happy going to school, she was less scared going to school, and most importantly she found someone that would not bully her, call her names, hurt her physically and mentally, for the first time she felt she finally found a true friend.

Although Mio did had a friend before but it was fake and she was scared of making friends but she never felt scared being around with Sam and it made her happy.

'Time skipped to lunch break'

At the cafeteria, Mio and Sam went to eat well more like Sam dragging Mio to the cafeteria because Mio refused to eat lunch that Sam finds ridiculous like who doesn't like to eat!

The tiring push and pull of the two friends, they had finally reached the cafeteria but Mio still refuses to eat lunch that took Sam's patience out.

"What do you mean you don't want to eat!" Sam yelled at her little friend very annoyed over the little one. "Sam, please don't yell," Mio whispered while hiding behind the furious Sam. Because of Mio's action, Sam really got annoyed but did not want to yell at her more. Before facing Mio, the taller heaved a sigh and spoke more calmly. "Why don't you want to eat? Even though you are very smart, you should know that food fuels you, right?" raising an eyebrow to the shorter waiting for a response or explanation but she just received a nod.

Another sigh Sam is released when she finally knows why Mio doesn't want to eat. Well, she already knew from the start, Mio never ate lunch and if she does she will bring her own packed lunch. Sam knew that Mio can't afford lunch, she knew ever since junior-year but she did not want to say it because she was scared that Mio might not want to be friends with her anymore.

"Mio, we're friends now, right?" Sam asked receiving another nod from her short friend. "...and, you trust me, right?" another question but received another nod, "then, do you mind find as a table while I go get something to eat?" Sam trailed off and was faced with a nervous look by Mio, there and then when she knew Mio got the hint from Sam.

Without another word, Sam turned around and went to the food stands and all the foods there were quite expensive that a person like Mio couldn't afford, also the reason why Mio doesn't eat there...she can't afford them. Mio just shrugged and tried finding a table for her and Sam, but it wasn't easy especially when almost the whole school hates you for no god damn reason. And that's were Mio got scared.

Mio's POV.

I am currently in search of a table for me and Sam to sit. I didn't want to go but Sam really wanted us to eat lunch together and I am also very sure that Sam knew that I can't afford the food here. At the thought of food, I can hear my tummy grumbled and I remember that I only had one sandwich this morning and...I got slapped and bullied by Amanda and Zoey.

I sighed as I remembered what happened earlier and I could feel my cheek sting in pain from the slap. I finally found a table for me and Sam. I was about to sit when I felt someone pulled me and I fell my back hit the cold floor of the cafeteria. It was painful and I heard someone yell at me, "GET UP BITCH!" and there I knew who it was...it was Amanda!

I was so scared that my eyes got teary and my glasses were also now on the floor where it fell from my face when I fell. I was completely terrified and wished that they won't hurt me again. 'please! please! please!' I pleaded in my mind. The next thing I knew I was grabbed by the collar of my uniform...and like what happened this morning, I got another slap in my face and once again I fell but not on the floor, someone had caught me before I fell for the ground and I am sure it was not Sam who caught me, and it made me more scared from the unfamiliar presence of a stranger.

'Sam...help!' I cried while still in the grasp of a stranger. All I wanted now was to run away but I am too scared. I want to be beside Sam again, and for the first time, I could say...

'...I want to be with my friend...'