I sighed as I walked up to the school gates. I hated school! All the other kids always teased for having lost my parents when I was younger. They always said things like: 'Oi y/n! How are your parents doing today?' This always made me upset and it usually ended with me locking myself in the bathroom and crying all the way through first period.

Little did I know that today would be the day where things would start to get better for me...

I kept my head bowed low as I walked up to the school building. I threw the hood of my hoodie over my head as I blasted Mercy by Muse through my earbuds.

As I was walking to my first lesson of the day, which was math, I heard a voice behind me. I already knew that it was one of the bullies so I tried to ignore him and kept walking.

My music suddenly stopped and it took me a few moments to realise that my earbuds had been ripped out of my phone.

'Looking for these?' The bully, whose name was Luke asked, dangling them in front of me. 'Give them back!' I pleaded, trying desperately to grab them. 'I don't think so!' Luke taunted me by dangling them just out of my reach.

'Oi! You!' I heard a new voice snarl. I looked past Luke and saw a tall boy with dirty blonde hair and piercing blue eyes walking towards us. 'Hey.' The boy said, looking at me. 'Was this jerk bothering you?' 'Y-yeah.' I replied. 'He took my earbuds. 'Give them back!' The boy said sternly, holding out his hand and glaring at Luke.

Luke gulped and immediately handed them to the boy. I assumed that this boy was probably one of the leaders around the school. Luke then ran off down the corridor at full speed. 'Coward.' The boy muttered under his breath.

'Thank you.' I said, smiling at the boy, getting lost in his dazzling blue eyes. 'No problem!' The boy replied, grinning. 'I can't stand people like that. Thinking that they're better then everyone else...' I only smiled in response.

'What's your name?' The boy asked. 'Y/n.' I replied, blushing slightly. 'It's nice to meet you y/n.' The boy replied. 'My name's Mike.' 'Mike...' I repeated in my head. 'Mikey...'

The sound of Mike's voice brought me back to reality. 'What lesson have you got next y/n?' He asked me. I handed Mike my schedule. After studying it for a few seconds, a huge grin spread across his face. 'We've got all our lessons together y/n!' I smiled happily. Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all...

When we got to math Mike and I went and sat at a desk in the back of the room. The lesson was boring as hell and we mostly talked the whole way through it.

After math we had English. Another hellish lesson if I might add. That lesson was very uneventful. All we did was read Romeo and Juliet.

Finally, it was lunch time. Mike and I both had packed lunchs so we went outside and sat on a bench to eat our food.

Suddenly Luke, the bully from earlier came striding towards us. He had a wicked smile on his face. He walked over to me and kicked me hard in the leg. 'That's what you get for getting this jerk to protect you from me you little bitch!' Luke spat in my my face. He then walked away, looking very pleased with himself.

I bit my lip as tears started to well up in my eyes. 'Y/n?' Mike asked, putting his hand on my shoulder. 'You ok?' I shook my head as the tears began to spill.

'Oh y/n.' Mike whispered, pulling me close to him. 'It's alright. I won't let that bastard hurt you anymore. I promise.' 'Thanks Mikey.' I sniffed. I blushed at having called Mike Mikey, but he didn't seem to mind at all.

'Let's gat out of this hell hole for the rest of the day y/n. It's Friday after all, so I'm sure no one would notice if we went missing for the rest of the day.' 'Sounds good to me!' I replied, grinning widely.

Mike asked me if I wanted to come to his house and I said that would be great. So we walked back to his place.

When we got there Mike asked if I was hungry. 'I'm always hungry!' I replied. We ordered a pizza and watched The Fault In Our Stars. I was crying for most of it. At one point I buried my head in Mike's chest and sobbed uncontrollably. Mike gently rubbed my back, trying to soothe me.

About half way through the movie I felt myself getting sleepy. Without realising it, I lay my head on Mike's chest, listening to the sound of his gentle heartbeat. Mike wrapped his arms around me and I snuggled up to him.

My eyes began to get heavy and I knew that I couldn't stay awake much longer. Just before I fell asleep, I felt Mike gently kiss my forehead. I smiled as I fell asleep in his safe, comforting arms.