Chapter 109

"Mom, the bus is outside. I got to go,"

" Okay, honey, have a good day at school."

Jamie puts on her Jacket, heads outside, and climbs into the bus,

"Come on, Lilah, you are going to be late."

It feels odd not having her friend sit beside her.

"Hey, I am Justin; nice to meet you."

This boy sits beside her. He is the same age as her.

"Do I know you?"

"Jamie, honey, come downstairs and have your breakfast."

Jamie enters the kitchen; her mother is baking pancakes, her favorite.

"Hey guys, look, it is Justin the retard," says the bigger guys who enter the bus.

"Do not be so mean to him he has done nothing to you."

"I am not talking to you says the bigger kid. Shut your mouth, little lady."

Nick walks up to them, Joe. "What is your problem? Why are you picking on them?"

"Nick, you know we are playing, man. Why are you, friends, with these losers?"