The next morning I made sure to get up early and rushed my siblings out the door. As I made my way out the door I made sure to put my hood up again to cover the bruises. I dropped them off at school before heading to the high school. When I arrived I headed right up to my math class. The door was open even though mr. Rush wasn’t there, however there were a few other students inside. However they paid me no mind as I walked to my usual seat and laid my head down on the desk.

A few minutes had passed before mr. Rush came walking in. When our eyes met, shock took over his face. He walked over to me and sat on the desk in front of me.

“Nice to see not only are you here on time, but are actually early.”

I kept my head down and didn’t reply. I didn’t want to deal with him, or let him or anyone else see all the bruises.

“What’s wrong?” he asked

“Nothing.” I quietly replied.

“Well I did talk to your father and he said to leave your punishment to him.” he said and I slightly raised my head. “So I guess you’re off the hook with me for now.” he laughed.

“Ya I guess.” I replied.

He got up and started to walk towards the front of the class. “ One more thing,” he said, turning back around. “You can’t be wearing your hood inside the school and especially not inside my classroom.”

“I know, but-”

“But nothing.” he snapped. “Take it off. Now!”

I slid the hood off my head, but kept it bunched up on my neck as high as I could.

What the hell happened to you?” he asked.

“I uhh. I fell.” I lied.

“You fell?” he asked skeptically. “Then why do you have marks on your neck that look like hand prints?”

I dropped my head down on the desk and pulled the hood back up.

“I will see you again at lunch.” he said as he walked back to the front. “Oh and keep that damn hood down.”

I ended up falling asleep, but was startled awake by the bell.

“Class I have an announcement to make.” mr.Rush called out.

I turned my head slightly to see what was going on.

“You're leaving!?” 

“Shut it!” he snapped back. “We have a new student today.” he continued walking around the room. “And with her family background you all better treat her nice.”

“Is she hot?” Brawn shouted.

Mr. Rush walked up behind him and slapped him in the back of the head, causing the class to laugh. I couldn’t help but crack a smile.

“Settle.” he continued walking back to the front of the class. “Everyone remember what I told you, unless you want detention for the rest of the year. Now, you can come on in.”

A short and pretty girl walked in. She had long blond hair with the ends dyed blue and  tied in pigtails. 

“Phwwwwwhhht Phwoooooh.” Brawn whistled, causing laughter to erupt.

“And that’s detention for the rest of the year for you.”

The class went silent.

“Welcome to Nethercutt Alexa.”

“Thank you.”

“You can take that empty seat near the back.” mr. Rush said. “Oh and can you wake up the boy who will be sitting behind you.”

“Sure.” she replied.

I quickly found myself nodding back off. I could still feel her poking at me, but I just ignored her. If mr. Rush wanted me awake. He'll come back here and wake me up himself.

I felt a tap on the top of my head causing me to momentarily raise my head, but quickly dropped it back down.

I woke up with only a few minutes left in class. 

When the bell rang I slowly made my way out the door and headed to english. After English I headed downstairs to my locker.

I took my phone out to check the time and saw I had a missed message. 

I opened it. 

‘Hi you were sleeping when I was introduced to the class-'

“Hey loser!” Brawn called. “What do you think you’re doing talking to my girl?” he asked, walking over.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I replied confusingly.

Brawn drove his fist hard into my stomach, causing me to drop to my knees gasping.

Brawn grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled me up. “She’s too good for you. That’s why she’s with me.”

I pushed his hand away. “I told you I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“How dare you!” he yelled, pushing me against the lockers.

As soon as I hit the lockers Rick and Mike jumped on me and started punching and kicking me. I tried desperately and yet in vain to cover up. Brawn out is hands on their shoulders and they both backed up.

“Fuck you asshole.” I snapped back.

“You little.” Brawn snarled, grabbing me by the throat and slamming me against the lockers.

A crowd was forming around us, however no one was rushing in to lend a hand and stop the fight.

“Hey! Let him go!” a female voice called out.

Brawn turned to see a small girl standing behind them.

“Anything for my girl.” he said before dropping me.

I hit the ground hard, gasping for air and coughing.

“I’m not your girl” she snapped walking over to me. 

“Oooh.” the crown jeered.

“I would never be with a lowlife like you who bullies and assults those smaller than them.”

“How dare you.” Brawn snarled.

“The only losers I see around here are you three.”

“You bitch!” Rick yelled, grabbing her arm.

She stomped on the inside of his knee causing him to let go, she kneed him in the stomach buckling him over. Then she grabbed his head and repeatedly kneed him in the face before she did a spinning heel kick knocking him into Mike and they both fell to the ground.

There was a moment of silence before mumbling and whispers began.

“Teacher!” someone in the crowd shouted.

Quickly everyone started to scramble and the halls cleared. I used the chaos to slip away. I made it into the gym before collapsing against the wall outside the teacher’s office.

“What’s going on here?” the coach asked, coming out of his office.

I couldn’t answer.

“There you are.”

“Miss what happened?”

“A few kids attacked him.”

“He looks pretty rough, would you mind taking him to the nurses office?”

“Of course.” she replied. “But today’s my first day, could you tell me where it is?” she continued putting my arm over her shoulders and pulling me up to my feet.

“Do you know where the snack bar is?”

“I do.” she replied.

“Well it’s right beside it.”

“Alright.” she replied before we headed to the nurses office.

“What can I do for you two?” the nurse asked as we walked in.

“Yes. My friend is hurt.”

“I can see that.” the nurse replied. “Come on back.”

“Sit there and take your jacket off for me.” 

I sat on the edge of the bed and unzipped my jacket.

“What’s your name?” the nurse asked, walking over with a clipboard.

I hesitated before finally replying “Khaos.”

“Alright. Can you take your jacket off for me?”

I reluctantly removed my jacket.

“Oh my god!” the nurse shrieked. “What happened to you?”

“I-I can’t tell you.”

“Then I’m going to have to call your parents.” she said as she turned to walk away.

“No!” I yelled, grabbing her arm. “Please don’t.” I begged. “Please just let me rest here for a bit.”

“I have to report this.” she replied.

“Please. Please let this one slide.” I begged. “Or you could make things a lot worse for me.”

“Is there something going on at home?” she asked.

I shook my head.

“Then how could things get worse?”

“I can’t tell you.” I replied quietly. “I just need you to let this one slide.”

The nurse bent down in front of me looking right into my eyes.

‘Please’. I mouthed.

She took a deep breath. “Alright, but this is the only time. Alright?”

I nodded.

“Then you lay down for a bit and rest and I'll come back and check on you a bit later.”

I nodded and layed down.

“If you need anything just call.” she said before walking out the door.

“Why did you help me?”

“I saw your bruises this morning and wanted to help you.” she replied. “Didn’t you read the text I sent you this morning?”

“I started reading it–wait, how did you get my number?” I asked, looking over at her. “Who are you anyway?”

“When mr. Rush asked me to wake you up and I tried, but you’re a really tight sleeper. You barely stirred, but you did momentarily raise your head and that’s how I saw your bruises. And so I took your phone and entered my number and sent you that message.” 

I looked away. 

“My name is Alexa by the way. I just moved here.”

I looked back at her. “Khaos.” I replied. “You don’t have to wait here with me.” 

“I know.” she replied putting her feet up on the bed. “But I'm gonna anyway. It may be my first day here but this beats sitting in a boring classroom.”

We both laughed.

“You should get some rest now.” she said, pulling her phone out.

“Alright.” I replied rolling over and quickly fell asleep.

“Khaos! Khaos! It’s time to wake up!”

I groaned, rolling over and putting my arms over my face.

“Come on young man, it's time to wake up.”

I rubbed my eyes and slowly sat up.

“The bell’s gonna ring soon and I thought it’d be best if you left before the halls begin to fill up.” the nurse said.

“I can give you a ride home if you want.” Alexa said.

“No, it’s okay.” I replied. “I have to pick my siblings up from school anyways.” I continued sliding off the bed and headed out the door.

“Even though he’s hurt he sure can move fast.” I heard Alexa joke.

I picked my siblings up from school and walked them home.

I was surprised to see my mom was home when we walked in.

“Hey mom. Is it okay if I go meet up with a friend for a bit?” I asked.

“Yeah that’s fine honey.” she replied. “But don’t stay out too late.”

“Thanks mom.” I replied before running out the door.

I headed straight to Kurts. I walked in and Kurt was quickly there to meet me, however I was surprised to see the cafe full of people. 

“What’s going on?” I asked Kurt.

“My workplace is just having a business meeting today,” he replied.

“I think I’m just going to head home then.” I replied as I started to back towards the door.

“Don’t worry Puppy, I'll be right beside you the whole time.” he replied, grabbing my arm.

He dragged me to the same table as the other day and Adam was sitting there waiting.

“Hello again.” he said when he saw me.

 I waved at him with my free hand.

Kurt slid in beside Adam and pulled me in beside him.

“What exactly is going on here anyway?” I whispered to Kurt.

“It’s a very important meeting for work.” he whispered back. “So behave.”

A tall well dressed man with short dark hair suddenly walked around the corner and immediately caught my attention.

“Hey Kurt, who's that?” I asked, pointing at the man.

“That’s mr. Cook.” Adam said. “He’s our boss.”

I looked from Adam back to the boss. He was looking back at me and when our eyes met he smiled back at me and winked.

I looked away, but could still see him out of the corner of my eye walking over to us. He sat down beside me, I tried avoiding direct eye contact with him. The room went quiet, the meeting began and everyone turned their attention to the woman presenting.

It started as a typical boring meeting and I struggled to stay awake. That was until mr. Cook grabbed my leg. I jumped at the sudden contact and quickly pushed his hand away. I kept my head down and kept pushing his hand away. I slid as close to Kurt as I could and he stopped for a bit. However he hadn’t stopped for long before he gently put his hand on my knee and began to slide it up my thigh.

“Don’t touch me!” I shouted, jumping to my feet and knocking the table over.

Everyone stopped and turned towards me. I felt my face turn red and body was burning.

“Is there a problem?” the presenter asked.

“Yes young man, what’s wrong.” mr. Cook asked with a cheeky smile.

I just stood there completely frozen.

“I’m sorry everyone, he hasn’t been feeling well the last couple days.” Kurt said, grabbing my arms and pulling me down onto his lap. “Please continue. He won’t cause anymore problems.” he continued sternly squeezing my arms.

“Kurt I feel like hell can I please just go home?”

“No!” he snapped. “This is almost over and when it does I want an explanation. Now be good!”

“It wasn’t my fault.”

“Hush now!” he snapped.

The meeting went for another hour and a half before it finally ended. 

Mr. Cook got up and walked away to join the other employees. Kurt pushed me out of the booth after him. He then grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the cafe counter.

“What the hell was that?” he yelled. “Why did you knock the table over and make a scene.” he angrily continued squeezing my arm. “Were you trying to embarrass me?”

“No.”

“So did you think it would be funny?”

“No!”

“Then why did you do it?”

“Cause your boss kept grabbing on me!”

“What?”

“He was almost grabbing my dick when I jumped up.”

Kurt turned and dragged me back to where mr. Cook was. “Sir we need to talk to you for a moment.”

“Kurt no.”

“Of course,” he replied, following us back through the crowd. “What can I do for you two?”

“Pup here told me what you did during the meeting.”

“Oh he did, did he?” he questioned looking at me.

Kurt stepped between us and pushed me behind him. “Sir, with all due respect this is my new Puppy and you don’t get to touch him.”

“Well i’ve taken a liking to him.” he said, reaching around Kurt, grabbing my arm and pulling me around Kurt. “And after what just happened, I think he could use some training.

“Let go!” I yelled trying to pry his hand away.

He grabbed my other hand. “Just give me some alone time with him and he’ll learn what it means to be a good boy.” his voice was threatening as he pulled me closer.

I froze in fear.

“No!” Kurt snapped.

“What?” mr. Cook angrily asked.

“You’re not taking him anywhere.” Kurt said. “Now let him go!”

“Kurt you of all people know I always get what I want.”

“Not this time sir.”

“We’ll see about that.” he gloated before releasing me. “I’ll see you soon, little puppy.” he continued before turning and walking away.

“Are you okay?” Kurt asked.

“Ya, I’m fine. But I should get home.”

Two things before you go.” he said.

“Okay?”

“One, don't take your usual route home.” he started. “And two text me when you get home so I know nothing happened.”

“Whatever.” I replied before walking away.

I didn’t take my usual route home, even though the route takes much longer and by the time I arrived home it was very late. 

I quickly texted Kurt that I had arrived at my apartment Before heading up.

I walked in to a very intoxicated father and worried mother.

“Where the hell have you been?” my father shouted.

“I’m sorry, I was at the library and lost track of the time.” I replied walking in and closing the door.

I turned away from the door, to have him shatter a glass bottle across my face. “Liar!” he yelled. “The library is closed! So where were you?”

“Paul, what's wrong with you?” my mom yelled running over. “You could have blinded him!”

He pushed my mom out of the way and grabbed me by the throat. He slammed me to the ground and started whaling on me. He didn’t stop until I fell unconscious.

I could feel cold liquid pouring over me.

“Hey boy, wake up!” I heard. “Hey punk focus!” he continued slapping me.

I could feel and hear him, but I couldn’t open my eyes.

“Can you hear me?” he asked.

I nodded.

“Good then listen closely. You are not to leave this apartment and you are also not getting your stuff back until I say so. That includes your phone and computer. Got it?”

I nodded again.

“Good then it’ll be best for you if you stay out of my sight.” he stood up. “I’m going for a drink, put this piece of shit in his room and make sure he stays there.”

“Alright.”

I heard the door slam before passing back out.