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weird. He just fell over on his own. I never
touched him! Freak!”
He started laughing. Abby was cross. She
grabbed her own bag and coat and then took
Jay’s rucksack and coat off his peg.
“Here,” she said, handing Jay his things.
“Just ignore him. He’s a bully.”
Jay had worked that one out himself. He
was hurting though. Not just the bruise on his
head, but that name Tom had called him.
Freak. What if everyone started calling him a
freak? He felt a prickly sensation under his
eyelids. Clutching his coat and rucksack he
stood up and made his way to the door. He
wanted to get out of there as fast as possible
and never go back. Once outside he ran
towards the gates.
“Bye, Jay!”
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