*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP* The alarm wakes me up from my sleep, although I wasn't really dreaming at all, I do my daily routine, shower, change, have breakfast, watch momos, finally I decide to leave, when I leave the apartment I decide to take the way I took with Anon yesterday, to see if at least we meet, while I walk to the bus stop I meet Anon in the middle of the way. "Hey Anon!" Anon turns to my direction waving at me anyway "!Oh! Hey Roscar, what's up buddy?" I walk over to him as we both start walking towards the bus stop, "Nothing, yesterday I just came in and did my chemistry homework, plus I spent some time playing on my Xrox" Anon nods "And what did you do?" Anon freezes when he hears my question, I can see him start to shake "N-nothing, I was just on my PC and that's it" "Oh well that's fine" Anon breathes a sigh of relief, I guess he didn't want to tell me the truth, but to each his own, we finally get to the bus stop, as we wait I decide to throw the first stone "Hey Anon, what are you doing today?" Anon puts his hand on his chin "Well first I'll go to Principal Spears, then I'll go apologize to Naser" I nod my head as I flash him a big smile, "Way to go bro" "What classes do you have today Roscar?" I pull the schedule out of my backpack as I look it over, "Math and Sports" "Oh cool we have the same Math class, what do you say we sit together?" "Oh yeah bro that would be great, so we could also help each other with problems" As we continue talking finally the bus arrives, in the truck we talk more about us, I find out that Anon has a Xrox and a PC, maybe later I will tell him if we play COD or Halo, after a while the bus drops us off in front of the high school, Anon and I split up, Anon leaves towards Spears office, while I head towards the hallways. As I walk down the halls, I see Naser who is being harassed by the little triceratops I met yesterday, " I SAID YOU INVITED THOSE IMECILES!" " Wait, Trish, you don't understand-" " DON'T INTERRUPT ME YOU GREY BITCH OF GRAY SHIT!" Okay, here's where I come in. "Hi Naser, who is the little triceratops?" Naser and Trish turn to see me, Naser looks surprised, but the little triceratops is looking at me with fury in her eyes, I make eye contact with her, she has purple diamond shaped pupils, I don't know why, but in my head a Romeo Santos ballad starts to play The little triceratops points her finger at me with a threatening look " YOU DON'T INTERRUPT SKINNIE!" Suddenly she starts to analyze me " WAIT! YOU WERE AT THE CONCERT! YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE ASSHOLES WHO LAUGHED AT US WERE YOU?!" Naser turns to me with a look of disbelief, I quickly raise my arms as I deny with them. "What, of course not!!!! I'm not like those assholes, I didn't even laugh at you I swear!" Trish doesn't look so convinced, she pulls back and gives an impulse trying to stick her horns in my torso, I react fast putting my hand on top of her head stopping her onslaught, even so, she manages to push me back a little bit " Hey calm down! I'm telling you the truth, I wasn't one of those assholes who laughed at you" " You're lying!" " Just listen to me! I'm not one of those assholes, trust me, I would never make fun of you like that!" The little triceratops starts to stop her onslaught, "Seriously I'm not lying to you, Spears was there, he himself complimented me for not making fun of you and showing respect" Trish finally stops her onslaught when she hears the name of Director Spears, she looks at me again, she is questioning me "But if you are not the Skinnie I saw laughing, did you...? Were you the one who hit him in the head?" Shit... You should have seen how I gave Anon that slap. I barely nod my head, the triceratops looks surprised, Naser on the other hand is annoyed, before I can explain what happened in the auditorium the bell rings, so I rush off to my next class. When I get to the classroom I see Anon, he is greeting me, I greet him back and sit down next to him, as I sit down I breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time exhausted "Wow buddy, it looks like you ran from the entrance of the campus to the classroom" I complain as I settle into the chair. After an awkward silence I decide to tell Anon what happened "Hey Anon" Anon directs his gaze towards me "I think you'll have to look hard for your words of apology to Naser..." "Hm and that?" "He...He found out that you laughed at Fang" Anon freezes as his eyes widen like saucers "H-he looked angry?" "Furious" Anon looks at the ground as he gives a sigh of defeat "Shit..." I put my hand on Anon's shoulder as I give him a soothing smile "I'll be there dude, I'll explain well what happened, so maybe Naser won't want to kill you" "I don't deserve to have you as a friend Roscar" I let out a laugh at Anon's words. Finally, the teacher arrives "Alright you damn brats, everyone take out your books and do pages 15-19, that would be it so don't bother me" The teacher sits at his desk, pulls out an adult magazine and starts looking at it, Anon and I start doing the book work, as we do a piece of paper hits me in the head, I grab it and turn towards the direction from where it was thrown at me, it's Reed and Trish.... Reed is greeting me and pointing at me to sit with them, Trish on the other hand... She is looking at Anon with a murderous fury, I must act before Trish can do something to poor Anon, I tell Anon that I will change places for a moment, he understands and lets me go to sit with them, when I sit down Reed greets me as if we were lifelong acquaintances. "Bro! How are you?" Reed and I high five "All good we, ah and sorry about what happened yesterday in the auditorium..." Reed raises his hand stopping me "Chill bro, what I'm glad to know is that at least s you didn't make fun of us bro" I nod as my eyes focus on Trish, she's still glaring angrily at Anon, so I decide to try to talk to her "Hey Trish" She completely ignores me "Uhm Trish?" She continues to ignore me " Hey Trish!" " What do you want you fucking Skinnie?!" " I want you to listen to me!" Trish gets annoyed, but decides to listen to me "Ok, I know Anon was one of those jerks who made fun of you guys, but the guy is sorry, seriously yesterday he realized his mistake and he feels like shit for what he did, at least try to forgive him" Trish huffs a little blowing air out of her nose "So what? Just because he feels bad about what he did doesn't justify him doing it" I try to say something, but the words won't come out. "You see, besides why would I have to listen to a Skinnie like you" This damn Trigga and her racist insults, as I return my gaze to the two of them, Reed is dumbfounded, and Trish is furious even she is shaking with anger "What?" "How did you call me Skinnie?" OH SHIT DID I SAY IT!!!! Before I can apologize Trish intercepts me with her horns. " FUCK!" Her horns feel like they are burying a razor in me, I fall out of my chair as Trish lunges at me, I manage to stop her fists as she is on top of my torso like those UFC fights, " QUIET WE CAN TALK!" Trish gets angrier, as I turn around me the students are watching the confrontation as they are all saying "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" Reed tries to grab Trish, but she won't let him, Professor Carlwenski stands up from his desk and walks over to us he separates us. "Ok you damn brats, stop fighting, you're both going to the principal's office!" Professor Carlwenski pulls Trish and I out of the classroom, and directs us towards Principal Spears office, upon arrival Mr. Carlwenski leaves Trish and I sitting outside the office, he knocks on the door "State your business" "Principal Spears these two were fighting in class, I had to separate them or else who knows what would have happened" "I see...let them in Mr. Carlwenski" We both walk into the office, it looks very minimalistic, on the walls there are pictures hanging with old photos, and there is also a shelf with school trophies, "Sit down you two" Trish and I sit down, Spears looks at us with a serious expression "Tell me what happened" Before I can say anything Trish is the first to speak "He insulted me Principal Spears!" Spears turns to me "Is that true Roscar?" "Well yes... But it was unintentional, plus she was calling me "Skinnie" and I missed the T Word" Spears carves his eyes, this seems to happen to him often, he gives an exhausted sigh. "Okay, you both offended each other, but why did you fight?" Before Trish says anything, I'm the first to give the floor "Well Principal, when I said the T Word she lunged at me with her horns, then I fell off the table and she tried to hit me in the face, after that Mr. Carlwenski brought us here" Trish is looking at me angrily but before she says anything Spears voice interrupts "Is that true Trish?" Trish starts to stutter "I-I... It's true..." Trish looks at the floor in embarrassment, I can tell her eyes are watering. "Alright, I have no choice but for you both to go to detention, there you will apologize to each other, you will be there until the lunch bell rings Understood?" Trish and I nod, Spears nods with a slight smile "Alright you are dismissed" Trish and I leave Spears office, and head to detention, when we get to the hall there is no one there it's totally alone.... Trish sits down, puts on her hat, takes out her headphones and starts listening to music from her cell phone, I just take my churro de mota out of my backpack, take out my lighter, light the weed and give it a big puff... "Ah putamadre" I grab two chairs and put them together to make a small bed, I lie down while looking at the living room ceiling, as I wander through my thoughts I hear how the little triceratops is humming a song, I get up and decide to gossip what she listens to Black Hole Sun-Soundgarden, hey that song I know, I see it's just starting, I take another puff on my mota churro and start singing the words to the song 🎵In my eyes Indisposed In disguises no one knows Hides the face Lies the snake And the sun in my disgrace Boiling heat Summer stench Neath the black, the sky looks dead Call my name Through the cream And I'll hear you scream again🎵 🎵Black hole sun Won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun Won't you come Won't you come Won't you come🎵 Before I can continue with the next part, Trish's voice stops me "Wow Skinnie, I didn't know you sang so well" I am a little surprised to see that Trish was staring at me while singing, Get out of my head Romeo Santos, I turn back to Trish who is waiting for my answer " Oh! Sorry Trish, only in my family there were several singers, besides since I was a kid I like music, that's all" Trish nods while putting her phone away. "So... Roscar right?" I nod my head "Ok Roscar, what kind of music do you like" "Yeah" Trish looks at me confused "Meaning how?" "I like all kinds of music honestly, rock, rap, hip-hop, banda, bachata and reggaeton" Trish is a little surprised at all the styles of music I like "And from rock, favorite bands?" I put my hand on my chin as I think about my answer "Queen." "Wow Skinnie I didn't know you liked Rock Boomer" Trish looks at me with a smirk "It's not that, I just like bands that use vocals more than instruments" Trish now looks at me more interested "So you like vocal artists?" I nod as I affirm to her question "Now you tell me Trish What's your favorite band?" Trish without a second thought answers me "Audioslave" "Favorite instrument?" "Bass" "Favorite Rock song?" "Long Cool Woman" Damn she's fast, Trish makes a smug smile, damn that damn smile is beautiful, I blush a little, take another puff on my mota churro and decide to apologize to Trish. "Hey Trish... I'm sorry for what I said to you in class, I just didn't think when I opened my mouth, I was trying to talk to you and you just ignored me, plus you called me Skinnie, I thought by returning the play maybe we could get along... But it looks like I screwed up, sorry..." Trish's face is one of surprise and shock, I can notice a small blush on her face. "N-not right Roscar, I'm the one who should apologize, I lashed out at you without even thinking about it, damn it, you were even one of the ones who didn't make fun of us at the concert, I should have treated you better, I'm sorry Skinnie..." "Alright Trish, Friends?" Trish gives me a smile as she nods "Friends" after a few minutes talking about our tastes, finally the lunch bell rings, we both get out of detention and head towards the cafeteria. When we get to the cafeteria Trish and I split up, as we look at the tables I can make out a familiar bald head, it is Anon who is talking to an annoyed but exhausted Naser, while Naomi is holding him, I approach with them and manage to hear what Anon is saying "I screwed up Naser, and that was really bad, I understand if you are still mad at me I just wanted to apologize for what happened, I hope and you can forgive me..." Wow Anon is moving on this very fast, Naser looks less upset, he is looking at the floor with a sad expression, "It's ok Anon... I'm glad you apologized, I'm just tired that's all..." Finally he arrives at the table drawing everyone's attention. "Oh, Roscar, is everything all right? Anon told us that you and Trish got into a fist fight, and that Mr. Carlwenski took you both to Principal Spears office" I give a slight sigh "Yes Naomi, everything is fine, Trish and I made up, we even became friends" Naomi looks happy, although for a moment I see an expression of disgust, still I ignore her and focus on Naser. "Damn dude, you're totally out, what happened?" Naser looks up, I can tell his eyes are dull "Fang... He wouldn't let me sleep all night, when I went down in the early morning to the kitchen elle was making herself some dino-nuggets, I asked her what she was doing, elle told me to go to hell, I tried to get dad to help, but it only made things worse, dad and Fang started arguing until they yelled at each other" Naser looks back at the floor with an exhausted look on his face "Wow... I'm sorry dude, you know what? Try to rest, you deserve a good rest" Naser gets up refusing, but this one falls down because of exhaustion, Anon, Naomi and I help him to stand him up, "Guys could you help me to take him to the infirmary?" Without thinking twice Anon and I carry Naser and take him to the infirmary, when we arrive Naomi puts the stretcher and we lay him down, Naser is already asleep, Naomi thanks us and says goodbye to us As we leave the infirmary Anon asks me a question "So man... What happened between you and Trish?" I give a sigh as I tell Anon everything that happened "We went to management, Principal Spears sent us to detention until lunch time, while we were in detention we each started talking about our stuff, in the end we both made passes and became friends, that's all" Anon nods as he refocuses his eyes on the hallway. "So what did you do Anon?" Anon didn't expect the question, he turns to look at me as he decides to tell me about his day so far "Well Roscar, after you left, I went to sit with Reed, I decided to apologize to him, the guy is super cool and accepted the apology without any problem, in the end we both finished the math homework, If you want I'll pass it to you?" I nod to Anon, who opens his backpack, as he opens it Anon looks confused and then shows a panicked expression " Oh shit! I switched backpacks with Reed! We gotta look for him dude!" We return at a brisk pace to the cafeteria, while looking for Reed we manage to spot the pink raptor in the cafeteria line, "!Reed!" The raptor turns towards our direction while raising both hands making a gun gesture "!Bros! What's the count, why are you guys coming in such a hurry" Anon raises his backpack and points it at Reed's "We switched backpacks by accident" Reed raises his backpack again as he realizes "That explains why it's lighter, here bro" Reed and Anon exchange backpacks "Hey bro, why did you want your backpack so bad?" "Hey he's right, when you realized you didn't have it you almost yelled out that you needed it" Anon totally freezes, I can tell he's starting to sweat, after a few seconds he finally gives an answer " My lunch card! I couldn't have bought my lunch" Reed raises his hand as a sign for him to stop "Don't say anymore bro, I'm so sorry I heard that, being new to the school and having to use the lunch card, I'm so sorry for you" Anon looks confused "Wow Anon I'm so sorry about that, even look at me I'm the Mexican and I have money to buy my lunch myself." "N-not this one and-"The doorbell echoes throughout the cafeteria, interrupting Anon, Reed and I say goodbye to Anon as we head towards our next classes, the next classes pass by normally, only weird looks and whispers of the fight I had with Trish in Math class, still like in the creepypastas "I didn't give it importance" Still, I was thinking about poor Naser, the guy looked totally exhausted, I don't want to imagine what he had to endure with Fang, but maybe he's right, I haven't known Fang very well, although she gave me a very bad first impression, even so, she and her group of friends didn't deserve all that crap they were told at the concert. In the rest of the class I honestly became an asshole, nothing interesting really happened, just work and homework, then the bell rang, so I grabbed my stuff and left the school, but before that I met Anon again, we both know that we will have to go together to Skin Row for the rest of the school year, even so, we did not complain, we started to talk about our day, Anon even passed me the math homework he and Reed did in class. As we walk to our apartments, Anon tells me what happened with Naser while apologizing "When I met Naser, he was furious with me, as you had told me, but then I decided to tell him what really happened in the auditorium, he was still upset with me, but he relaxed when I told him that you had made me shut up and realize my mistake, even so, I think it will take him a while to forgive me for what I did, still I deserve it for having laughed honestly." I feel proud for Anon, he managed to realize his mistake and try to fix it, I see that he is starting to mature little by little, but he still has more to learn, I put my hand on his shoulder while I look at him with a proud smile "I'm quite glad about that my friend, you showed at least a little maturity on your part, you even tried to apologize, I respect that a lot Anon". Anon smiles, but fixes his gaze on the ground "You know Roscar, today when I went with Director Spears he said a phrase that left me thinking, Everyone is facing their own battles, I've been thinking about that phrase all day" I get reflective for a moment thinking about the meaning of that phrase, "Maybe Spears has a good point" Anon says as he puts his hand on his chin. After walking several streets we both finally split up, as I walk through the apartments, I start to remember everything that happened today "Wow... It was a long and strange day, I started fighting with Trish, I went to detention, I got to know Trish a bit more, we even made the passes and became friends, then Naser tells what happened with his brother, then he faints... Poor Naser" finally I arrive at my apartment. After checking if Trish's onslaught didn't hurt me, I realize that the triceratops did hurt me, "Fuck that Trigga is strong, if I couldn't hold her I can't imagine the damage she would have done to me" After putting alcohol and bandages I decide to do the task that Mr. Carlwenski left us, to my luck Anon told me what they did so I copy everything that happened to me. After finishing I turn on my Xrox, I remember that Reed gave me his user name to play, so I sent him a message to see if he wanted to play, Reed accepted and we spent the night playing COD Dino-Zombies mode, finally Reed and I stopped playing and we said goodbye while we disconnected from the call. I throw myself on my comfy bed while I use my cell phone, I open Twitter and start looking for momos and news about my favorite artists, while I look at my cell phone the thoughts of these last two days come back to my mind, "Wow, in just two days several things have happened, unfortunately not so good..." The memory of Fang getting mad at me for calling him her instead of elle, what happened at the concert, how Trish rammed me in the hallway at school and then how she lunged at me in math class I frown as I remember that last "Damn Trigga..." Still, I remember that smile she gave me in detention, that damn smug smile... That pretty smile... That pretty smile. Finally I decide to rest and close my eyes, ending this strange day. Actions