Maxi
" hey move it freak, your in my way" laughed Stella and her mates as they pushed passed me, nudging me in to the wall banging my shoulder. As each of her g**g walked passed me they all said "freak"., I blinked back the tears and waited I was the only left in the schools corridor I headed for the exit and ran, I ran as fast as I Coul in to the forest at the end of the schools playing fields with no one seeing me.
I made it to my favorite place in the world, a little area in the forest where it parts yo a hidden little lake and parting a sat on a slab of stone near the water and dangled my long legs in the freezing cold water. Only then did u let the tears roll down my face, the reason they call me freak is that I stand at 6"1 at the age of 16,with the frame of an athletics spots girl with curves in all the right places, along with my height I have flaming red hair as bright as a fire engine with natural highlights looking like it had somehow been grown from the light of a fire.
I have no friends and my mum and dad died in a car crash when I was eight, from then on I lived with my aunt zeni, from my mums side, she herself has strawberry blonde hair now slightly graying at the sides and she stood at a normal height of 5"6 the same as my mum as they where twins and my dad had bkack hair and stood at 6" so u must take after him.
"please let me leave this miserable place and be with my family" I cried out in pain of my sudden memories of them on that fatal day when the headed of to some business meeting after dropping me of at my aunties that sunny day. I sank from the stone on to the grass with my back to the rock and sobbed till I lied down fully curled in a ball and went to sleep where I dreamed my recurring dream of a young man with an old soul looking for some one or somebody I never full see his face but I always felt peace when I dreamt of him.
When I woke I found my self in my bed surrounded by my blankets and pillows along with my rabbit who I got of my mum and dad on the night they had a fatal car accident when I was six it was the only teddy I didn't get rid off as it reminded me of them. I wondered how I got here as all I remember is falling asleep near the lake yesterday afternoon, I had slept since then till this morning.
I slipped out of my bed into my Slippers and followed the smell of breakfast to the kitchen where Zeni is making breakfast I sat down at the small dinning table and as soon as I did a big plate full off food showed up next to me, with a big smile Zeni turned and said
"good morning Max how are you"
Through a mouthfull of food "good I'm feeling better sorry for running out on school yesterday but I-I had enough of Stella and her mates I began"
"what happened?"
"well nothing much this time, but it just built up from the past months of snide comments, pushes pinches" I exclaimed "I wish I never had this growth spurt I was happy before even my best friend as freaked out and joined the others" as I sobbed with my head in my hands the food now forgotten "they keep calling me freak"
My aunt came over to me and rubbed my shoulders using me, I turned my upper body till my face was in her chest and hugged her breathing in her scent. My aunt as always felt like a big sister I was always able to go to her with problems including my bulling at school, you could never hide anything from her she alwaslys seemed to know what was going on.
After a few minuets Zeni soothed "you know they are only jealous as they haven't got those long legs to die for and your hair which is always soft and silky and your gorgeous looks"
"I don't feel like they are, but you always know what to say"
"Have you finished? There is something we need to talk about, let's go into the lounge where we be more comfortable" Zeni said a little nervously, I nodded and followed her there wondering what I have done wrong.