Chapter 1: First day of school

(Henry's POV)

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"Henry! Let's go, we're gonna be late!" My older brother, Grey, yelled from downstairs. This was our first day of school, and he had try-outs for the football team in the afternoon. He wants to engage with the other players first, and leave a good impression on them, and so maybe... he'll get a smooth pass.

Though even without doing it, I think he still has a high chance of getting in any way, since he was the captain in his previous school, and he's amazing at it, and I'm not saying that because he's my brother, it's just he's really the best in my opinion.

"Boo, wait! I can't find my glasses. Please help me look!" I shouted calling him by the nickname I gave him, and I instantly heard my brother jogging up the stairs while I travelled my hands to every piece of furniture in my room with my knees on the floor. Except, I really couldn't find my glasses.

Just where did I put it?!

"Thud!"

Grey opened the door to my room, and I suddenly felt his hands below my armpits as he guided me up. I tightly gripped his shirt for support and was having a hard time stabilizing myself, since I'm totally unable to see without my glasses.

"Hey buddy, why were you on the floor just now? You could have said so earlier, and I would've quickly come." Grey whispered gently to me. I really like this side of him, he's always considerate of my feelings, knowing I can be quite sensitive at times.

"Thank you, my knees kinda hurt Boo, can you help me look?"

"Where'd you last put 'em?" Grey asked me and I shook my head telling him that I don't remember.

He didn't question me further and started digging my room, or at least I think he is based on the ruckus he's been making.

"Yup, found it!" Grey shouted as he held my hands and placed the glasses in my palms.

"Thank you, I thought it was... wait... what do you think you are doing?!" I complained to him since he suddenly picked me up and placed me on his shoulder.

I messily put my glasses on and saw him picking up my bag from the floor and strided with wide steps out of my room.

"Sorry bud we have to be quick. No offense, but you walk like a slug. Big brother has important business at school today so we better hurry." Grey said with a modulated voice while he fastened his pace and went outside our house to his sedan car.

He opened the car door and set me on the front passenger seat and jogged back around to the driver's seat.

"Boo, do you know where mom is? When I woke up she was already gone." I asked him since I was a bit worried.

From what I know her work won't start till Monday. And she didn't even leave a message to tell us where she'll be going. It was so unlike her.

"Nope bud, no idea. I'll call mom later and check in on you." He replied, and I didn't press more on the matter. I leaned my head on the car seat and gazed outside the window. A lot of things were going on in my mind right now.

I'm already eighteen this year, but my height isn't even close to the average height most guys my age reach.

Standing at 5'5 while my brother was 6'1, too bad I inherited my mother's inches.

Plus, my traits were quite strange. Well, I got the idea from the people in my old school, but I do know that their words hold some truth in it.

Cause if I were to describe myself, then it would be that my lashes were long, and quoting my brother's words 'Lashes longer than a lady's', and another trait that I have is that my skin was pale as snow.

That's why Grey would always bite my arms when I was little, because he liked it when his teeth marks went easily red without putting much strength in his bite. He's quite a bully before really.

And those traits of mine are the reason why I would get teased or bullied verbally in my old school.

My brother of course would be there for me most of the time to defend me. But there are occasions where I get cornered and receive endless hurtful remarks from other students.

"Your face doesn't look good. Are you nervous bud?" Grey asked with a worried voice.

"I'm fine boo. I hope I make friends today." I tried voicing it out with a vibrant tone so that Grey would ease on me a little. He lingered his eyes on my face for a while and resumed looking at the road shortly after.

About five minutes later, I saw a big gate in front of us that was surrounded with large ivory trees.

"We're here." Grey said, but my attention was already in the huge building that was ahead of us.

When the car entered, I was breathless and awed by the landscape of the school. Surely the one who was asked to do the job was paid heftily.

Grey drove the car forward, and we reached the parking lot next, and I was once again amazed.

"Woah, it's huge." My brother exclaimed, and I looked at him nervously when he finally parked the car in the free spot.

"Let's go, bud." Grey slightly pinched my face, and that was enough to bring me back to my senses.

"Oh...right, okay..."

"I'll be fine, it'll be a great day. I'm going to make lots of friends." I muttered slowly under my breath, trying to be optimistic about the day ahead of me.

I opened the door and slowly stepped out of the car.