The next morning, I was pumped to start at my new school. Though, I was little nervous too. All night, I couldn't stop thinking about what was wrong with my brother so I decided that I was going to push him a little bit more. After I took a shower and got ready, I went to my brother's room to see if he was ready to get to school. Since my dad is going to the store to buy food today, we didn't have any breakfast food to eat before we leave so we have to eat at school which I didn't mind.
I went into my brother's room to see him sitting on his bed and staring down at the floor with a sad look on his face. I walked into the room and watched my brother.
"Hey, you ready to go?"
Logan looked up at me. "Yeah. I guess."
I walked over to the bed and sat down next to Logan. "What's wrong? You're not excited for school?"
Logan shook his head.
I sighed. "I know this move hasn't been easy but you'll meet new friends. Why don't you-"
"I don't WANT to meet any new friends!" Logan shouted as he stood up and stared at me.
I stared up at my brother, confused. "Logan..."
"Just leave me alone okay?" He said, grabbing his bookbag and left the room.
Things were definitely NOT going to get any easier.
***
When I got to school, I was confused on where everything is. I went by the office and got my schedule and now i'm having trouble finding my first class which is Science. I walked around and tried asking for directions but it seemed like nobody heard me or wasn't willing to give me any information. Typical. Just because i'm the new kid, people didn't want to help out. Just great.
"I know where the Science room is." I heard a female voice say. I turned around and saw a girl with black square framed glasses and black hair tied in two braids.
I smiled at her. "Hi. You know where my room is?"
She nodded. "I have that class too for first period. I can show you?"
"That would be great!" I grinned.
"Cool. Follow me."
I followed after the girl. She seemed pretty cool. She was wearing a purple hoodie with a Hello Kitty on it, purple skinny jeans and low rise purple converse. She looked pretty young. Like...fourteen or fifteen so it's a bit strange that she's in my Junior grade.
"Here we are. My name is Lizzie by the way. What's yours?"
"Luis. Thanks for showing me where the room is, Lizzie."
She smiled. "No problem."
I watched her walk into the room and go to her seat before walking in myself and up to the teacher. The guy was pretty burly and had white hair and a small white beard.
"Excuse me. I'm new here." I said to him.
He turned to me and took my schedule, looking it over. While he was looking over my schedule, I looked around the room for a place to sit. Lizzie caught my eye and waved at me. I smiled and waved back. Too bad there wasn't a seat available next to her. She's pretty much the only person I know at this school. The school late bell rung and two guys walked in.
"You're late. Don't do it again." The teacher said.
I glanced over to see who the two guys were when I realized that the blue haired hipster is in my class. My heart started to pound in my chest. This is my chance to talk to him. To be friends with him. Especially since nobody is sitting next to him at a table. I watched the blue haired hipster until he noticed that I was looking at him. I decided to give him a smile but instead of him smiling back, he gave that 'don't care' look and stuck his earbuds in his ears. I didn't really think much about his reaction.
"You can go sit next to Walter, Luis." The teacher said then pointed to the blue haired hipster.
Yes! I knew I was going to sit next to him. I walked over to Walter's table and sat down in the chair next to him. I continued to smile at him but he continued to ignore me until he noticed that I was staring hard at him.
"What are you staring at?" He asked.
I blinked my eyes. "Oh...nothing. Just...the door." I wish I hadn't said that.
"Uh huh." Walter looked at me like he was bored. I noticed that he had baby blue eyes.
"So...your name is Walter? Cool."
"It's Walt. I hate Walter." He quickly said as he sat back in his seat.
"Oh. Okay. Well, i'm Luis."
"That mean something to me?"
I blinked my eyes. Wow. This guy had some cocky attitude. Is this how ALL hipsters act?
I sighed. "Forget it." Then I turned to the front of the class and listened to the teacher.
***
Lunch rolled by and I ended up sitting out in the courtyard with Lizzie. The courtyard consisted of a few tables for kids to sit and eat at. Students can also sit and eat lunch on the grass.
"I saw you trying to talk to Walt." Lizzie said to me.
"Yeah. What's the deal with him? We haven't even known each other for five seconds and he acted like he wanted me to disappear."
Lizzie nodded. "That's Walt for you. He acts different around certain people."
"What do you mean?"
"If he doesn't know you, he acts sorta mean. If he's friends with you, he's really nice. If he likes you, then...well, I dunno." She explained.
"What do you mean 'like'? Like as in crush?"
Lizzie nodded. "I'm not sure how he acts when he likes someone. I don't think he has ever liked anybody before." She said then took a bite out of her sandwich.
"How long have you known him?"
"I don't know him persay." She said with a mouthful. "We've gone to the same school since 8th grade. I haven't really seen anybody break his barrier." She said then swallowed her food.
"And he's a hipster? My brother, Logan described him and his friends as that." I said.
Lizzie nodded. "He's your typical hipster. They don't really care about anybody. They feel like they 'can't be bothered' with anybody."
"Pfft. That's crazy." I said, taking a sip of my lemonade. "So, since he's never liked anybody, I guess you don't know his type huh?"
Lizzie shrugged. "I think only his friends would know his type. Why? Do you like him?"
I sighed. "Why does everybody keep asking that? I just think he's...I dunno."
"I think you should watch out for him. He's troubled."
***
I was happy when school finally ended. I said goodbye to Lizzie and started to make my way home. Since the school wasn't that far from my new house, I don't really mind walking to and from school everyday. I sorta saw Walt throughout the day but like Lizzie said, Walt acted like he couldn't be bothered with me. I had more classes with him but in each class, he kept being late. I mentioned it to Lizzie and she told me that hipsters like him walk slow because they think they don't have any place to be at.
This whole thing with Walt is pretty confusing and complicated and yet, I kept finding myself drawn to him. Like, I can't stop watching him. There's just something about him that makes me want to be around him. Anyways, now I can stop thinking about Walt now that school is over. Once I reached home, I saw a distant figure at the beach. He looked like my little brother. I started to make my way over to the small figure. And once I got closer and closer to him, I noticed that it WAS my little brother. He was staring out into the ocean while a giant breeze blew through.
"Hey, Logan. How was school?" I asked once I reached him.
He shrugged. "It was okay. You?"
"Guess who I saw?"
Logan looked at me. "Who?"
"The blue haired hipster. His name is Walt. I also met a girl named Lizzie. She told me all about Walt."
Logan nodded then looked back at the ocean.
"Did anything special happen at school?" I asked.
"Nope."
I sighed. I couldn't take this anymore. I NEED to know what's going on with Logan.
"Logan, why can't you tell me what's going on with you? You seem so sad and angry. Why won't you talk to me?"
"I dunno. I guess I...I dunno."
"Do you think I won't understand? Because I will. You seem to be angry at Andy. What happened between you and him before we left?"
Logan just stood there, not saying anything. I watched my brother, closely, waiting to see if he was going to answer me. Then, he finally spoke.
"He pushed me away."
I blinked my eyes. "Go on..."
"I...I told him something and he ended our friendship."
I nodded slowly. "What did you tell him?"
"I told him..." He sighed. "I told him that I liked him."
Now I was completely shocked and confused.
"You liked him meaning...You had a crush on him?"
Logan nodded. "Yeah. I told him in private and he just...he just..."
"He just what?"
Logan started to sniff. "He said, 'My brother calls people like you faggots. My brother told me to never be friends with people like you.' That's what he said to me."
I felt my heart drop. "Oh...Logan."
Logan shrugged and continued to sniff. "That's why I've been sad and pissed. He's the only guy I've liked and he just dropped me like that."
I walked up to my brother and hugged him. "I know. It's not easy."
"Crushes suck." He said.
I nodded. "Indeed they do." Well, i'm glad that my brother finally told me what's been on his mind. My dad knows that i'm bisexual but he doesn't know that Logan is into guys too. Hell, I didn't even know that my little brother is into guys until now. Logan has always been the type to keep to himself. Now all I can do is comfort my little brother and be there for him while also trying to survive my new school and wanting to be Walt's friend and everything. Life sucks.
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