Somewhere To Belong: Chapter 1 A Very Bad Day

"Hey, give that back!" Suko yelled at the boys who were teasing her, "give me back my notebook, Haru! It has all of my homework in it!"
"Yeah? Well I think it has all of my homework in it!" said Haru, the obvious ringleader of the group.

This wasn't the first time Suko got bullied by these guys. In fact, it was getting to be an everyday occurence at school. But, that's the way things happen in Junior High when you're the "odd" one in school.

"What's going on out here?" asked Mr. Flagsdale the fat, balding, chauvinist pig of a man they called a gym teacher.

Everyone in school knew how he let the "jocks" slide on their schoolwork and even allowed them "private" screenings of the cheerleading squad as they took their after-practice showers. And, since Haru was the best player (not to mention, Captain) on the soccer team, he was usually never held responsible for his "out of line" behavior.

"Haru took my notebook and he won't give it back!" Suko whined.
"Well, you can have it back, but it'll cost you," replied Haru.
"But, I don't have anything. I don't get paid until Friday."
"Well, I guess we should find some other means of payment then, huh, Red?" he taunted as he grabbed her by her hair and pulled her to his chest.
"All right, all right, let her go." (Finally some intervention from Mr.Flagsdale.) "We don't need her going to the principal about this."
"Yeah, yeah. This isn't finished, babe," Haru said as he threw her notebook at her feet.

B-R-I-I-N-N-G-G! The bell! Now, thanks to that asshole and his ass-kissing soccer pals, she was late for class!