Chapter 6- Ain't you my brother?

Anastasia POV

   I smuggled my pillow not wanting to wake up even after my alarm had gone off,I turned off the alarm and rolled around in the bed for a while before deciding to stand up.

    I didn't read last night and I was certainly not ready to go to school this morning. What is there to look forward to and expect to learn,it's not like I have friends in school.

   I sat at the edge of the bed thinking about how much I have nothing going on in my life except books and studying,Sarah the only friend I have now, has a boyfriend and she barely spends time with me.

    Even if we meet up all she talks about is Anthony. I am not jealous or anything but I also want someone to date and laugh with.

   I want friends to talk to and hang out with.I tried interacting with my classmates but they always ignored me or bullied me.

     I just don't know if I should be trying this hard to fit in,was it actually worth it?

I looked at the nightstand and it was already 6:33. I am late but yet am not out of bed.

    I can't just stop going to school because of the people there ,my future happiness depends on it,I stood up from the bed and we to my wardrobe and bought out my school uniform after staring at it for a long time, i laid it down on the bed and scurried to the bathroom to take a quick bath and hurriedly wore my school uniform and ran out the door to the kitchen .

     Dad and Daniel were already seated as mum was sitting at the table.

   " Goodmorning sweetie" mum smiled at me.

  "Morning mum,good morning dad" I greeted as I sat .

  "Morning dear, did you sleep well?" Dad asked, flipping the newspaper he was holding.

  "Yea I did " I replied.

  After eating I thanked mum and dad and hurried out the door.I didn't want to walk with Daniel and I knew that he didn't want that as well.

     I can remember when I started going to the same highschool as him because my parents thought that it would be a great idea for the two of us to be in the same school. He never objected to it but when I got there he avoided me and never told anyone I was his sister.

That was when I knew that my brother was embarrassed to have his sister.

 I could say the same as well.

  

  FLASHBACK.

   I carried my tray of food in the cafeteria looking for where to sit and eat and I saw Daniel with his friends laughing and chatting and I smiled I inwardly and started walking toward him ,when he saw me his smile faded and I felt nervous as I came to a stop in front of their table and everyone was staring at me.

  

"H..hi " I stuttered.

 I was so nervous I don't think they even heard what I said.

    " Who's the geek?" a boy said.

  "W..well I am ..i..am.." I became a mumbling mess ,I couldn't form any word in my mouth because I was so nervous.

Interacting with people was not something I did well.

 "Go sit with your kind if you don't want any trouble. '' Another boy said.

My kind?

I was confused as to what he meant and my innocent heart didn't know better so I stood there staring at the one person I knew well, my brother Daniel.

  I expected Daniel to stand up for me and tell them I was his sister but when I raised my eyes with hope he said nothing ,my hope was scattered when the first boy pushed me and I fell along with my food and it spilled all over my school uniform.

    "Are you deaf I said go seat with your kind." He half yelled at me.

  When I turned to look at Daniel he was looking away from the whole scene as if he didn't want anything to do with it,then all the scary stories I heard about highschool and bullies came flashing into my head.

Bullying I didn't experience all that till highschool.

      Sarah saw the commotion and ran to help me up and when I got up and stared at the food on the floor ,I walked away but eyes were on me.I knew I was done for it since that day ,that was when the bullying started.

I should have stayed away from Daniel and his group of friends. If only I knew that it would turn out this way I would have approached him that day.

 I would have stayed away from him.

   And on one faithful day Vincent the number one bully took an interest in me and since then my life hasn't been the same.

     Sarah took me to the restroom to help me clean my uniform and told me to stay away from Daniel and his friends in school.

 "His friends are one of the bullies in school,that's what my friend told me " Sarah said.

   When I got home that day Daniel said nothing about what had happened in school,we didn't have a close relationship but he should at least try and protect me from bullies in school.

      I went to his room to ask him why he said nothing when all that was happening.

    

  "Stay away from me in school. " He grumpily said as he put back the cloth he was holding in his hand on the wardrobe.

   I was taken aback from his words,how can my own brother speak to me in such a way?

  

 "What did you just say?" I asked just to be sure of what he said.

   "I told you to stay away from me in school,having you around me won't be good for me." He repeated his words .

   "Daniel, what are you talking about? I am your sister. How can you tell me to stay away from you in school? " I asked in disbelief.

 How can my brother tell me to stay away from him in school?

   " And so what ....get out of my room if you are done talking Anna I am not in the mood for you nagging." He told me as he walked to his reading table and took his headphone and put it on and jumped into his bed with his phone in hand.

   Is he trying to ignore me?

   I know we didn't have a strong bond but he crossed a line here.

   I walked closer to the bed and snatched the phone out of his hand and took three steps back and he got up from the bed.

   "Give that back." He said as took the headphone off he stretched out his hand towards me.

   "No I won't until you tell me why you did nothing when your friends bullied me?" I asked angrily.

  I just wanted him to at least give me an excuse even if it was a lie.

    "Because you are a nerd and staying around you in school will drag me down Anna. Are you happy with the reply?" He asked sarcastically.

   I was dumbfounded by his words .

  "I am not some alien Daniel I am your sister you know that right?" I asked and he rolled his eyes at me.

 "And I am your brother, I wonder if I would get a reward for putting up with such an annoying little sister. Now give that back and get out of my room." He half yelled at me as he stretched out his hand again.

    I looked at him and then the phone hand and with the anger in me I threw it and it smashed on the wall.

   "Anna!!" He yelled but I had already run out the door into the room and slammed the door shut.

I heard his running footsteps then it stopped in front of my door.

    He banged on my door a couple times and mum had to ask him what was going on and he went away without giving a reply.

    During dinner he never said a word about what happened when asked neither did I .

  That was how I knew that I had no siblings in school.