Chapter Nine
My first few weeks at school went by in a blur. We were in and out of classes. As usual, I started to get into a groove. My homework and class work went smoothly. At this school, the top academic student scores are posted on the weekly school bulletins, which I tended to be at the top of after the first week. This however did not go unnoticed by my wonderful tormentor Ms. Mary Jo and her two minions. They find pleasure in tormenting me any chance they get.
Matt has made a few friends. Lots of girls are trying to get his attention. The poor girls don’t know he's gay, but they'll figure it out sooner or later. The rest of us have made some friends as well. There are now about twenty of us in our group of friends. We take up an entire section of the cafeteria at lunch, and of course Miss Queen B is taking notice, but the friends we have made seem to be the outcasts of the school. So that at least is something.
I've gotten close to a girl who seems a bit shy, but I’m getting
