Penny's POV

I walked with Hiro towards our social studies class feeling springy and happy. I was glad that I was talking to Hiro and not worried about if he was late to class. He and I were just talking about random stuff till someone purposely bumped Hiro into a wall. It was the guy who bullied Hiro at lunch yesterday! He gave a smirk, "Oops, sorry short stack." He made an evil laugh and pushed me out of the way to get in front of us.

I looked over at Hiro who just scowled at the guy walking away and into our classroom. I asked with concern, "Are you okay, again?" Hiro tried to give me a smile but it still looked more like a frown, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He playfully flexed his arm, "I'm a strong guy." I giggled. You can always count on Hiro to give a good attitude.

Hiro's POV

I smiled when Penny laughed at my muscle joke. I looked at her. She's so pretty..I wish I could just--never mind. Not important.

We walked into Social Studies class and there were sticky notes on the tables and names on them. I looked a little bit and then found my name on the back table and grinned when I saw who was my table buddy: Penny. YES!

I sat next to her and blushed a little. Gosh I've not been this close to sitting next to her before. Mr. Verducci, our teacher gave a brief introduction which was pretty cool. I had a feeling I'd like this class. Then the carpet was pulled out from under me.

A crumbled up piece of paper was thrown at my head. I looked at it as it fell on my desk. I looked up and the teacher was still talking. He didn't see anything. I looked over to the desk in front of me. Ricky was facing me. He mouthed, "Read it." I looked at the wad and uncrumbled it. I smoothed it to read the note clearer.
It said: Your a Loser.

I stared at the word ignoring the bad grammar of Your. Loser. Is that what he thought of me? Was that to just get back at me for getting him a whack from my brother? Making fun of him in front of his friends? ..Or was I a loser?

I looked over at Penny. She was listening to Mr. Verducci. Good. I don't want her to know. I put the paper in my book bag and shut it. I glared at Ricky who gave a silent cackle and turned away. Don't worry. I've been made fun of before. Mostly because people were jealous of my intelligence. Ricky had nothing over me..I can take care of this myself.

Then Mr. Verducci let us have some free time so me and Penny started talking to each other. I tried to get that word out of my head...but it's still there.

Penny's POV

Hiro looked like he was agitated by something. I was a little worried but I didn't let it get to me. I just asked, "A lot on your mind?" Hiro laughed nervously, "Oh heh heh yeah. Mr. Verducci has me thinking." I just smile, "Haha, yeah."

I thought something, "Hey, we need to get Wilbur and Violet together." Hiro looked surprised, "That was out of the blew." I laughed. I'm a nervous laugher, "Yeah, but I'm right, right?" Hiro nodded at me, "Yep, what should we do?" I thought for a minute. I wasn't really sure. I suggest, "How about we think of something at lunch?" Hiro smiled showing the gap between his teeth. It was so cute!

I've liked Hiro ever since I met him in seventh grade. He was the first person I met when I moved from Hollywood. I remember it as if it was yesterday.

I was surrounded by a fan mob of all different grades because they knew me from the new release of my first movie. I was trying to get through and I fell on the ground. A voice asked me, "Hey, you okay?" I look up to find the cutest boy I've ever seen holding out his hand and smiling with a gap between his two front teeth. It made me smile. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. And that's how it started. I hope we'll always be close and friends, maybe even more.