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Colby's POV:

I hated not feeling safe at home or school. At home, I'm not only abused by my stepmom and stepbrother but I'm also their servant. At school, I'm constantly bullied by Tyler, my stepbrother. But there's nothing I can do about it. I can't tell my dad cause I know he'll believe Nancy and Tyler instead of me. But I don't care cause I'm just counting down the days until I graduate high school so that I can finally leave this hell hole. Anyways, I'm on my way to come out to my dad. I am extremely nervous cause I don't know how my dad is going to react.

"H-Hey dad," I greeted as I walked into the living room. My dad and Nancy were in the living room talking when I walked in. "Hey son what's wrong?" my dad asked me. "Oh nothing, I just wanted to know if I could talk to you privately?" I asked him. "Whatever you want to tell your father, you can tell me too," Nancy butted in. I knew there was no way to talk to my dad alone. "Nancy's right son, she's your mom now," my dad told me. "She'll never be my mom," I muttered to myself. "So son, what did you want to tell me?" my dad asked me. "Well, I just wanted to say that I-I'm g-gay," I responded as I shut my eyes tight. I waited for my dad's reaction when suddenly I felt a warm embrace. I opened my eyes to see my dad hugging me.

"Y-You're not mad?" I asked him. "Of course not son. I'm proud that you came out to me," my dad told me. "D-Do you think mom would've been mad?" I asked him. "Of course, not son she'll be very proud of you for coming out to me," my dad assured me. Nancy on the other hand just glared at me with disgust. Suddenly Tyler entered with a straight face.

"Hey mom just thought I came to tell you that I'm bi," Tyler blurted out. "Oh Tyler, you know I'll always love you no matter what," Nancy said while hugging Tyler. "I'm proud of you two for coming out," my dad told us. "What are you talking about?" Tyler asked. "Well Tyler, Colby came in before you and told us that he's gay," my dad told him. "Oh," Tyler replied while glancing at me.

Just as my dad left, Nancy right away smacked me hard across the face. "Just so you know Cole, you better not steal any of Tyler's future crushes," she hissed at me. "Don't worry I won't," I replied while rolling my eyes. "Now go make dinner," Nancy demanded. I sighed and made my way to the kitchen. I can't wait til I leave this hell hole, I thought to myself.

Next Day:

I was at my locker getting my things for first-period Biology class when suddenly my locker was slammed shut. I was then turned and pinned against my locker. "Sup wimp," Tyler smirked. "What do you want Tyler?" I said while rolling my eyes. "Don't roll your eyes at me," Tyler said while punching me in the stomach. Tyler then threw me to the ground and aggressively kicked, punched, and slapped me nonstop. Suddenly the bell rang, "see you later wimp." With that, Tyler smirked as he left. I painfully got up and opened up my locker and grabbed my things and left for class.

I just opened up my notebook to write down notes when the door opened. There stood a boy with blonde hair and baby-blue eyes. He was wearing a red hoodie and black jeans with black sneakers. "S-Sorry I'm late Ms. I was just trying to find your class," he apologized. "It's alright. You must be new correct?" our teacher, Ms.Martinez asked him. The boy just nodded his head. Our teacher motioned for him to come in since he was standing in the doorway. The boy soon entered and stood in front of the class. "Would you like to introduce yourself?" Ms.Martinez asked him. "Hello, my name is Samuel Golbach but I prefer Sam," Sam said while looking at everyone. "Ok, Sam you can now choose your seat."

Sam then looked around and began to walk my way. He then stop and sat next to me. "Hi, I'm Sam," he whispered. "I'm Cole but you can call me Colby," I whispered back while smiling. I'm low-key kinda hoping Sam will be my friend. Since all my old friends left me for being a bullied nobody. "Alright, class we have a mini-project due at the end of the week. You guys have to make a model project of anything you choose," Ms.Martinez explained. "You'll be working with the people next to you. Now get to work." I can't believe Sam and I are partners.

Time Skip

It is finally the end of the day, Sam and I were going to work at my house. I already gave him my address so he can come over. I just hope Nancy and Tyler won't be bothering us. As soon as I got home I quickly went upstairs and tidied up my room a bit. I already cleaned my room along with the house this morning but I really want to leave a good impression on Sam.