Here Ya go.
Chapter 3: Bully
In Tiny’s head, she heard voices, voices of children, small children. And one of those voices sounded like hers.
When Tiny opened her eyes, she was mush shorter than she remembered; her hands were half their size, and her voice was smaller and higher pitched. She then realized; she was six-years-old again.
What’s going on, she thought.
Suddenly she heard a laugh. A mean laugh. Of a young boy. She looked ahead of her, saw the boy, and remembered him almost instantly.
“Leave us alone, Shawn,” said the voice of eight-year-old Dixie next to her.
Shawn laughed.
“Why should I, dip face? You gonna cry to your mommy?”
Dixie walked up and sneered the larger boy in the face.
“I’m not afraid of you, you big dummy”, the brave little chimp said, shoving him away from her.
He looked at her and chuckled.
“You’ve got some guts, twig-nip.”
His eyes soon changed direction toward Tiny. He smirked as he ran forward, toward Dixie. He shoves Dixie to the ground and lunges at Tiny. Fear rose in the young girl’s face as he looked down on her six-year-old body. Shawn grabbed young Tiny’s shoulders and shoved her into the cliff wall. Shawn then got a handful of young Tiny’s shirt and raised his fist to her.
“Say your prayers, pipsqueak,” he growled.
Tiny started struggling. She squiggled and squirmed until she finally shoved him off of her. In the process she fell into the water.
Then everything went black.
xxx
As Tiny came to, she felt something warm against her lips and could feel air enter her lungs. As her blurry vision cleared up, she sees the outline of someone. A boy.
“Are you okay, Tiny”, the boy asked.
Tiny’s vision cleared a little more and reviled the face of the boy that shoved her.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to push you. Are you hurt,” he asked.
Tiny rose up and nodded, realizing her forehead burned.
“Just my forehead. I think I hit a rock when I fell.”
She reached up to her forehead and flinched as she touched it.
“Where does it hurt,” he asked, curiously.
“Right here,” she responded, pointing to the middle of her forehead.
“Do you…-“, but she was interrupted by a warm sensation on her forehead. It was soothing yet confusing at the same time. Her eyes widened as he parted. It took him a few good seconds to realize what he had done.
“Uh…I…I’m sorry…” he said, blushing dark red in embarrassment.
Tiny, herself thought it was sweet of him to be so concerned about her, considering no boy has ever cared for her, but she didn’t want the moment to get any more awkward than it already was.
“It’s okay,” she replied.
“I…I gotta get going…”he said, getting up and grabbing his guitar.
Tiny frowned as he starts walking away. Feeling like she was about to cry, she runs up and hugs him, thankfully.
“Thank you for saving my life.”
The boy looked at her, smiling and hugging her back.
“It’s no problem,” he replied, walking away after Tiny lets him free.
Tiny blushed as he walked off. And in some strange sort of way, her throbbing and burning forehead didn’t hurt so badly anymore.
xxx
The blush across Tiny’s cheeks didn’t fade until she was outside of her mother’s home. Lily, who was preparing dinner for her, was relieved to see her home.
“Tiny, sweetie, where have you been? I thought you got lost,” she yelled, in a worried tone.
“Relax, mama. I just met someone on the beach,” Tiny replied. “We talked for a while.”
“Really? What’s their name,” Lily asked. Tiny froze.
‘I never asked for his name.’
“I forgot,” she lied.
Lily shook her head at her.
“Always forgetful, I see. Well, dinner is almost ready. I’m making your favorite.”
“Pineapple Pizza,” Tiny asked.
“Bingo,” Lily replied.
“Thanks, mom. But can in bathe first? I’m kind of messy.”
“Sure, sweetie. It’ll be ready when you are,” Lily responded.
Tiny nodded and walked upstairs toward the bathroom she haven’t seen in over ten years, expecting it to be absolutely disorganized like her mother always kept it.
To her surprise, when she opened the bathroom door, the room beyond its boundaries was absolutely spotless. The mirror she could never see herself in was replace with a somewhat of an HD image; she could see ever inch of her face and more. The bath tub she used to take bubble baths in as a little girl was replace with a walk-in shower with her favorite shampoo; Mango Madness. And the toilet she was always afraid to use was now very shiny and welcoming; like it was never ever used. It was as if she had never been there before. Letting the thoughts escape her, she dropped her clothing and stepped into the shower she never remembered.
xxx
After her shower, she came downstairs, dressed in a short, black nightgown she had rarely used when Dixie was alive, and fuzzy navy blue slippers. Her mother greeted her with a smile.
“Such a beautiful nightgown,” she beamed. “Where did you get it?”
Tiny played with its strap a little bit.
“Dixie gave it to me for my sixteenth birthday.”
“Aww. How sweet of her,” Lily smiled, her expression changing to realization. “That reminds me, isn’t your birthday coming up?”
Tiny thought for a minute, forgetting her seventeenth birthday was only a few weeks away.
“Yeah. On the third,” she replied.
“Yep. March 3rd. I remember now,” she beamed. “My baby girl is growing up!”
Tiny looked at her feet and nodded. She hated her upcoming birthday, especially since her sister won't be spending it with her. She didn't care if she was becoming a woman. She didn't even want to be alive. She was standing on the earth with no reason what so ever to go on.
Lily looked at her downed daughter and frowned, sympathetically.
“I'm sorry, baby. Did I upset you,” she asked.
Tiny looked up at her and smiled.
“No. I just had a major mood kill,” she reassured.
Lily smiled.
“Well, okay then. You should get some sleep, sweet-ums,” she told her daughter while walking back into the kitchen. “You start school tomorrow.”
Tiny's eyes widened.
"School?"
Lily nodded.
"Yeah. You still have to finish school, you know."
Tiny was so caught up on Dixie’s death and moving that she forgot she even went to school.
She sighed and nodded in agreement.
“I guess you’re right,” she surrendered, walking into the kitchen. “But I need to eat. I haven’t really eaten anything in days.”
Lily grinned.
“Well the pizza is ready, you little piggy you”!
Tiny laughed.
“Hey, I’m not a pig. I’m just hungry.”
“Heh heh, I know, sweetie. I was just kidding.”
Tiny smacked her hand to her forehead and topped her paper plate with two slices of pineapple pizza.
xxx
“Hey, Tiny,” said a sweet little voice.
Tiny opened her eyes to see she was six-year- old again. She turned around to the source of the voice, which turned to belong to her friend, Sonia, a peppy Siamese cat. Sonia skipped toward Tiny, her bright lavender eyes bringing in the same unison of her smile; her navy blue and white fur blowing in the wind; and her long, fuzzy tail wagging happily.
Tiny smiled, waving to the young cat.
“Hi, Sonia”, she beamed.
Sonia grinned, glomping Tiny joyfully.
Sonia and Tiny became friends on the first day of kindergarten and have been best friends ever since.
“Hey! Cut that out you two,” said another voice from behind Tiny.
Tiny looked up and saw her other friend Jasmine, a beautiful black jaguar.
Jasmine’s neon green eyes took the angry shape of a diamond.
“Sonia, you’re gonna hurt poor Tiny”, she said, punishingly.
Jasmine was a year older than Tiny and Sonia but was held back in school for misbehavior in kindergarten. Tiny and Jasmine became friends when Jasmine beat up Shawn when he tried to eat Tiny’s crackers at lunch in kindergarten. Jasmine was loyal to Tiny and always helped her out when she needed it.
“Jazz, lay off of her,” said yet again another voice from behind Jasmine.
Tiny’s eyes looked past Jasmine to find Khaki and Rouge, two twin chimp sisters like Tiny.
Khaki had short spiked dark pink hair with black streaks and long bangs covering her slightly large forehead. Rouge had long auburn hair tied into a bun/ponytail. Rouge, being the first-born, was much more mature than Khaki, but had her playful moments. And both girls had the same dark gray eyes, except Rouge’s eyes were slightly lighter, but barely light enough to notice the difference.
Rouge shook her head at Sonia.
“You are always jumping on someone, aren’t you, Son?”
Sonia got up and grinned embarrassed.
“Yeah. Only because it’s so much fun,” she laughed.
Tiny smiled. She could always depend on those girls.
“Tiny…time to wake up…”
Then everything went black…
xxx
Tiny’s eyes opened slowly, disappointed she was awake.
‘Morning already? I didn’t want to leave them so soon.’
Lily greeted tiny back into reality with a warm smile.
“Good morning, honey,” she beamed.
Tiny groaned and arose, stretching out her arms, causing a yawn to escape her open mouth.
“G’morning, mama,” Tiny yawned.
"Did you sleep well,” Lily asked,
Tiny nodded, still half asleep.
“What time is it,” she asked, lazily.
“About 7:30. You need to get dressed so we can enroll you at Credd Rock High School,” her mother replied, beginning to walk out of Tiny’s room.
Tiny got off of her bed and dug in one of her suitcases for something to wear. She pulled out a black t-shirt with the name of her favorite band at the moment, Paramore, draped across the breast, and she found a pair of dark navy blue skinny jeans that has holes in the knees. She finally had a reason to wear anything besides blue. Come to think of it, she like the dark clothing better than her blue tank top and sweat pants. She seemed more confident in the dark clothing. And they looked really good on her.
Tiny dropped her black nightgown and pulled the Paramore t-shirt over her head. Then she pulled the skinny jeans on and looked at her reflection in the HD mirror. She hardly recognized the girl looking back at her. She was so used to wearing blue she didn’t recognize herself, even in the mirror, where all the proof she needed was looking right at her.
“I never knew how amazing this shirt looked on me”, she told herself.
She turned around and looked at her backside in the looking glass, smiling.
“I got a butt in these jeans”, she whispered.
And a cute butt at that…
Tiny nearly had a heart attack at the surprising yet familiar voice come from somewhere in the room. She looked all around her and didn’t see anyone. Then she looked in the shower, where, clear as day, Dixie stood, pretending like she's bathing. She turned around and screamed, jokingly.
Haven't you ever heard of knocking...?
"Ha ha ha. So funny", Tiny said sarcastically.
Dixie giggled.
That's what you get for being so rude.
Tiny glared at her transparent form in front of her but quickly gave up being mad at her.
“What are you doing here”, she asked.
...got bored. And I wanted to check up on how my baby sister is doing!
Tiny frowned.
“Bad” was all she said.
Aww. And why’s that?
Tiny’s eyes welled up with tears and snapped directly at Dixie’s transparent body.
“Because I don’t wanna be alive without you”, she said, her voice crackling as if she was about to cry.
Dixie looked at Tiny, saddened that her sister was about to cry over her. She walked up and put her ghostly hand through Tiny, forgetting she was a ghost.
I know, Tiny. I wish I wasn’t dead right now so I could give you a big hug. But I can’t.
Tiny’s welled up tears soon broke through beyond her eyelids.
“If you were still alive, we wouldn’t be here right now, on Credd Rock Island”, she cried, hiding her face with her hands as she let the sobs escape her.
Dixie looked at her crying sister, wishing she could hug her tight and tell her it was all right even though she knew it wasn’t. The only thing she could do is disappear and leave Tiny alone.
After Dixie disappeared, Lily came into the bathroom, hearing Tiny’s cries.
“Tiny, what’s wrong? Are you hurt”, she panicked, checking Tiny over to see if she hurt herself.
Tiny wiped her tears away and smiled at her mother as if nothing ever happened.
“I’m okay, mommy”, she cheered.
Lily looked at her, confused like a first-grader in college.
“Tiny, you were just crying your eyes out. What made my baby so sad”, she asked, moving a piece of black hair out of Tiny’s eyes.
Tiny just smiled at her.
“I’m fine, mama. I just remember the time me and Dixie would have bubble bath fights”, Tiny reassured, laughing when she mentioned ‘bubble bath fights’.
Lily laughed.
“I remember that! I always had to bring a shield and about three extra towels just to bathe you two”, she teased.
Tiny giggled.
“Well, I’m ready to go to school, mama. How do I look”, she said, twirling.
Lily’s eyes glittered.
“Absolutely beautiful”, she cheered.
Then her cheerful exterior turned into a puzzled expression.
“Although I must say it’s not really anything I saw you wear before. You usually wear blue”.
Tiny looked at her clothing.
“I know, but I like this look better. It makes me feel more confident”, she told her puzzled parent.
Lily smiled.
“Well if you’re happy with your new look, then so am I”, she said, with a thumps up.
Tiny grinned.
“Thanks, mama”, she cheered.
“You’re welcome. Now let’s hurry. You don’t wanna be late”.
“Right”, Tiny said, walking out of the bathroom and into her room and grabbed a knapsack she put together the night before. She strapped on some sneakers and was ready to walk out the door.
xxx
“Okay, sweetie, we’re here”, Lily told Tiny, as the approached Credd Rock High School.
Tiny looked at the large building in amazement. Kongo High School was so small compared to Credd Rock High. The cafeteria was twice the size of the one at Kongo High; The hallways had much more room in them; and she could actually get to her class without pushing and shoving her way through a huge crown or people (err…animals). She immediately got excited.
"You nervous", Lily asked.
Tiny looked at her and shook her head.
"No. I'm ready", she replied, walking into the Guidance office.
At the front desk, a large-chested lady was typing up a school bulletin for the billboard outside, gritting her teeth as if she didn’t want to be there. When she noticed Tiny and Lily, her angry gritted teeth loosened and turned into a smile.
“Hello, and welcome to Credd Rock High School, home of the Dominating Dolphins. Can I help you”, she greeted.
Lily smiled, putting her hands on her daughter’s shoulders.
“Yes. I would like to enroll my daughter”, she said, smiling.
The woman nodded.
“Okay, then. I’ll need your name and age”.
Tiny gulped, finally becoming nervous for the strangest reason. Even though she was nervous, she still managed to speak.
“My name’s Tiny Annalisa Kong and I’m sixteen”, she whispered
The woman smiled and typed in her information.
“Okay, I’ll print you out a schedule and you can go to your first class”, she beamed.
Tiny smiled, nervously s she waited for her schedule to print. When it finished, a jaguar girl with silky black fur walked into the front office from the back.
“You called for me, Mrs. Turnet”, she asked.
Tiny stared at her in awe. She was very pretty and had the most beautiful neon green eyes. Tiny found her very familiar.
The woman greeted her with a smile.
“Yes, Jasmine, could you show this new student to her first class”, she told the jaguar, pointing to Tiny.
The jaguar looked at Tiny and gasped, her neon green eyes growing to external lengths.
“Tiny” she said.
Tiny’s eyes grew larger than they already were.
“Jasmine”, she screeched.
Both girls collided into an embrace, screeching like a couple of teenage girls would.
“I can’t believe it! It’s been like ten years”, Jasmine screeched.
Tiny’s smile grew bigger.
“I know! I missed you and the others sooo much”, she beamed.
“Me too”, she said looking around. “Where’s Dixie”?
Tiny’s smile faded, turning into depression. Jasmine looked at her with confusion.
“Why so glum”, she asked, concerned.
Tiny looked at her, sorrowful.
“She died a few days ago”, she said, a tear finding its way out of her eyes.
Jasmine gasped, taking her hand to her mouth as tears of her own began to form.
“Oh no. I’m so sorry, Tiny”, she said, hugging her friend trying to ease her pain.
Tiny hugged her back.
“It’s okay”, she replied.
Jasmine let go and looked at Tiny’s schedule.
“Okay you have Mr. Yale first. I know exactly where that is. C’mon”, she said, taking Tiny’s hand and leading her out the door.
Tiny waved to her mother as she was lead to her class.
About two minutes of walking led them to a room labeled ‘Room 302-Lambert Yale-Biology/Chemistry’. Jasmine knocked on the door, when an elderly man, around fifty or sixty answered the door.
“Hello, Mr. Yale. This is Tiny. She’ll be starting today”, she told the elder.
He smiled at Tiny.
“Welcome, young lady. Come on in”, he said, clearing the entrance for her to walk inside.
A variety of the student watched her walk inside, but the others just started chatting with their friends. Tiny looked around, nervously.
“Okay, class. This is…Tiny Annalisa Kong. She’ll be starting today. I expect you all to be nice to her, considering she’s new and probably needs help finding her way around”, said Mr. Yale.
The students all looked at the nervous girl, whose expression changed into a cool and composed façade, hiding her scared face.
“Why don’t you sit next to Shawn, young lady”, Mr. Yale told her, pointing toward the back where an empty seat was.
Tiny nodded and walked to the back, realizing he just said ‘Shawn’. She sat down in the unconnected chair and looked to her side, and was surprised to see who was sitting next to her. A boy with a stern and handsome face, eyes the shear color of grey, and shoulder-length brown hair. The boy she met on the beach the day before.
The boy looked at her.
“Hey, Tiny. Nice to see you again”, he said.
Tiny looked at him, dumbfounded.
“Hi. Um…you never gave me your name yesterday” was all she said.
“Oh yeah. Sorry about that”, he said holding out hand.
“I’m Shawn Simian, remember me”?
Tiny’s eyes widened.
SHAWN!!!!
Next chapter is done yet but i'll post soon.
