My Name is Samantha... Sam for Short

“Hey there, ‘walleyes’! What’s your sister been running into now?”

“Hey, Sam! How’s your dad? Oh wait, you don’t have one!”

“NERD!”

A chorus of mean comments came from the surrounding students.

“Come on, Sam,” said one of my best friends, Lila Harrings.

Bella Blanche walked up next to us, “Yeah, you don’t need to listen to them.  They’re just being mean because they have nothing better to do with their life.”

I looked at her, “I know that, but everybody is mean to me!  Why don’t they pick on Forest?  He’s really nerdy, too!”  I said in disappointment.

Lila and Bella both exchanged glances.

“You’re pretty likable.  I mean, you’re nice and all,” Lila said to me, trying to cheer me up.

I let out a sigh as we went over to our lunch table.  I took an apple and started eating.

“Umm, excuse me.  What are you doing at our table?”  Diamond Ruiz asked as she walked over to us.

I looked up at her.  “Last time I checked, you sat all the way over there,”  I snapped, as I pointed to the other side of the courtyard.

Diamond’s brainless minion, Sara, looked at us like we were dirty socks.  “Hahaha.  I’m bursting with laughter,” she said sarcastically.  “Now move before we make you.”

We got up as Sara and Diamond smirked at us.

“Yeah!  And don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”  Sara yelled after us.

Bella, Lila, and I laughed because, well, there aren’t any doors outside!  And, of course, Diamond thought that it was the best comeback that ever existed.

As we sat down, Lila started to get really mad.  “Oh sweet Celestia! I hate them so much!”  she yelled to no one in particular.  “They’re mean!  They’re stupid!  They’re...  they’re...   really MEAN!”

“You said that already,” Bella replied calmly.

This just made Lila even more mad.  “WHATEVER! THEY ARE! THEY TREAT US LIKE-”

I used my magic to mute her so she couldn’t say what I thought she was about to.

“Good idea,”  Bella praised.

I looked at Lila and then back to Bella again.  I smiled and said, “I really don’t want her suspended!”

We both laughed but were interrupted by the bell.  With a touch of magic, Lila was ranting again.

“-IT!”  she screamed finishing her very loud monologue. Everybody turned to look at her.

“Ummm...”  Lila began, looking really embarrassed,  “I-Oh look!  Owls!” she yelled randomly pointing to the trees.

Everyone looked in the direction of the ‘owls’

“Come on!  Let’s get out of here!”  Lila shout-whispered to us.

We all ran inside, but the tardy bell rang as soon as we got to Magic History class.

“Uh-oh! This isn’t good,”  Bella said tensely.  We heard footsteps come up behind us.

“Why are you not you in class, girls?”