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Chapter 1: The Start of it all

“Gruby? Gruby! Gruby Alexander Sweets!” I woke up realizing that the teacher was trying to get me to answer one of her boring questions. “Yes Mrs. Hally?” I asked her in a obvious sarcastic tone. “Now don’t get smart with me young man, at least I paid attention in school,” she says staring me down. “Yeah and look at where you are now,” I mumble under my breath making a few kids laugh and the teacher to get infuriated with me. “That’s it I’ve had enough of your smart mouth, get yourself to the principle’s office right now young man!” the teacher yells making me flinch. I grab my things and head to the principle’s office. Sorry, I didn’t introduce myself. I’m Gruby, Gruby Sweets, and this is the beginning of something amazing. After a fair warning from the principle the lunch bell rings signaling that I’m going to be a little late to my friends considering that the lunch room is clear across the school from where i am now. I begin to run, bumping into a few people and then accidentally running into the school bully. “Well well well, if it isn’t Mr. Pipsqueak,” he says staring down at me. “Get lost bird for brains, it was an accident,” i say trying to walk past him but getting slammed against the lockers by his so called ‘friends’. “What do you want now Mr. Muscle?” I ask in my famous sarcastic tone. “Oh nothing much, just all the money you have with you,” he says looking me in the eye and holding his hand out towards me. “I’ll give you my money as soon as hell freezes over,” I say literally spitting in his face. This sends him over the edge, he grabs the collar of my shirt and raises me into the air. “You’d better think twice little man, it doesn’t take long before I stop being nice,” he says, his face directly in front of mine. ‘Man his breath reeks’, I think to myself, trying not to gag on the smell of what seems to be rotten eggs. That is when my best friend “The Wolf” so to speak came up right behind him. “Hey, if you don’t want to be humiliated in front of God and everybody, I would highly suggest that you put him down,” she says with a tone of seriousness in her voice. “Oh yeah? and what are you gonna do little miss Wolfie? bark orders to your little friend group?” “No I’ll just do this,” she says and thens kicks him right in between the legs; making him squeal in pain, and quite frankly, i would to if i was him. “The bigger they are the harder they fall so I’ve heard,” I say and grab both his hands; pressing on the pressure point in them, forcing him to let go of me. As soon as i am free from his grip I grab his arm and sling him over my head and onto his back on the floor. “Now how’s that for a ‘pipsqueak’?” i ask kicking him in the side and then walking to lunch with ‘The Wolf’. “You really saved my butt back there you know.” “Don’t mention it, i was just doing what any good friend would do,” she tells me as we sit at our usual table with our band of outcasts so to speak. People that couldn’t find anybody else so they made their own group, have their own table. and get picked on… a lot.
With the group of friends I’m in there always will be the goofy one (that’s me), the protective one (that’s Wolfie so to speak), the smart one, the weird one, the drama geek, and the one that has no idea what’s going on. Let me introduce you to my friends. We have Symphony Strings, one of my first friends when i moved into this school last year. She’s an amazing person (she’s the drama geek, don’t get me wrong drama is awesome. i can’t say anything cause I’m the bookworm of the group). We also have Ray, she’s the smart one; arguably the smartest girl in our class. She’s new, just started last week and she already has a group to hang with. Then there’s True, he’s the weird one in the group; but he is my very first friend that i had when i first started last year. And then there’s Jane…man all the things i could say about her; mostly good but a few bad things. She’s kinda crazy and is normally off in la la land. Anyway, back to the story. “That was an amazing outburst that you did there in class,” Symphony tells me; still laughing about it. “When it comes to being blunt, I’m the man for the job,” I say giving them all my famous goofy, toothy grin. “So what did the principle have to say?” True asks me, taking a bite of pizza that is today’s school lunch. “She just told me that if I gave any more problems that I’d get detention, i just brushed it off and walked here with Wolfers,” “I told you not to call me that,” Wolfie says hitting the back of my head. Man, that was one of the most eventful days of school so far and it’s only halfway through the school year. I’d expect more things to happen sometime soon as life aint over yet.