“Are you excited for the first day at your school?” Lucy’s mom asked her in the middle of her phone call.
Honestly, Lucy wasn’t very excited. She had been changing schools for a long time because of her mom’s job, and making friends was difficult. Maintaining friendship wasn't her best trait since she was always on the move. She knew her feelings didn’t matter because her mom would not listen to her anyway.
“Ya, super excited.” She said as she held on to the Batman’s Lego her father had gifted her on her 4th birthday. She missed her father very much; she often wondered if he were here, he would have been her best friend. But now, it is just her and Batman.
Lucy’s mom dropped her at school, “I know it is difficult for you, baby; I promise I will not change this place soon. You are going to love it here. Trust me.” She placed a kiss on her forehead. Lucy smiled; it didn’t matter to her anyway. Nobody is going to befriend her, she thought. She is already ten, and the kids at the school probably have been studying together for a long time, so that she will be the weird kid here.
She was asked to visit the Principal’s office on the first day, so she went directly to the office. From there, her teacher, Ms. Walleys, took her to her classroom. Ms. Walleys seemed very friendly to her. Maybe her mother was right; she should give this place a chance.
As she got inside, her teacher introduced her to the class. Someone from the pupils shouted, “Is that a batman lego? How old is she? 5?”
Other students laughed along with it. Ms. Walley asked everyone to stay silent. Lucy held back her tears, ‘Maybe she is a misfit after all.’ She said nothing and moved to a vacant place; She felt suffocated. How could she even think that her classmates would accept her? She waited for the class to end. As the bell rang, she ran to the girl’s washroom, locked herself inside one cabin, and cried. She heard someone entering the girl’s bathroom and tried to hush herself.
She heard a knock at the door. “In a minute.” She said with her voice cracking. She listened to the other kid slowly opening her bag’s zipper. She placed something on the floor; it was a Superman Lego!
Lucy was surprised to see that. She slowly opened the door and searched for the owner of the Superman Lego. There stood a young girl as tall as her with a broad smile. Lucy picked up the Lego from the floor and handed it to her.
“Don’t mind Tom. He’s mean, nobody likes him.” Lucy tried to smile.
“I am Lucy,” she said finally.
“Hi Lucy, I am Trixie. It looks like Batman and Superman have to learn to stay friends.”
“Yeah.” Both laughed.
As she exited the girl’s washroom, she knew she had made a friend, maybe her very first friend after her Daddy.
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