Athena

I finished putting the last item of clothing in my closet before sitting down wiping the sweat from my forehead. I had been unpacking for hours now, obviously having several snacks breaks in-between. Well by a few... I mean all of mine and my brothers. The yelling from my mum and the trip up caused by my brother- ultimately leading to a fight to break out and even more havoc and shouting from my mother- was all worth the delicious treat.

I looked around my room and my heart filled with excitement. Especially, when I think back to my old room. I was grateful for having my own room and all but it was very childish being light pink, not the cute kind, the ugly discoloured kind. With a princess wallpaper wall. I hadn't redecorated my room since I turned 7.

My room, now, was pretty much all white. I adored the clean look it gave as well as the contrast my various plants had with it- green and white was a great combo hence why I ended up having my sheets a pretty emerald green colour to add to it.

I had a walk-in closet which I would hopefully keep clean, as that was sometimes a struggle for me to do. Especially on those days, you're in a rush and you have no clue what to wear- eventually leading to a mass of clothes piled in the middle of your room. I also had an en suite which I was INCREDIBLY greatful for. I was scarred a few months ago at our old house when I walked into my younger brother taking a shit. I felt myself shiver at the memory, of the image and the thought of the smell. What was that boy eating?

I decided to take a shower and clean myself from working so hard on my masterpiece of a room. When I came out in my towel I looked in my closet and searched for pj's. I finally found a pair of shorts and a big top, that was a man's size medium, and tied my dark brown hair into a bun.

"Dinners ready!" My mum screams from downstairs and with excitement over food I run downstairs. However, I hear footsteps matching mine from behind me. I turned around to see my brother and that's when the race to precious food started. He took over when I looked behind stopping for a slight second gave me a disadvantage but that wouldn't stop me. I practically grabbed him by his neck dragging him back as I tried stepping in front of him but he put his hand all over my face. I bit it and he somehow slapped me right in the nose with bad accuracy as he was trying to do it backwards.

In no time it was barely a race as we had barely moved from the spot we had been in for the past few minutes, just a fight that was less hitting and more me trying to make him go on the floor. despite my brother being 14 he was much taller than me. This was very annoying from my perspective but of course, was an advantage in his. Especially during our mortal combats. He shoved me onto the ground and was about to walk off when I grabbed hold of his leg when he was close to the stairs.

"Get your asses down here before I slap you both in the back of the head" My mum yells. My brother and I both turn to each other and we both showed a scared face and ran downstairs to see the food presented beautifully in the new kitchen. You could say our house was very modern based with colours mainly being grey, black and white. And this kitchen was a clear example of that. The promotion my dad had got had definitely benefited us in terms of the house.

I sat down taking one bite of the food my mum had made and instantly melted into my chair at how amazing it was. My mum noticed and smiled brightly at me.

My mom's name was Amelia. unlike the rest of us, she had blonde hair which looked great on her. Much like mine, she had bright green eyes that turned even lighter in the sun. My mom stayed at home most of the day as she was a stay at home mother. But since she was alone while we were at school she has decided to look for a small job to fuel her boredom and loneliness.

And I must say I'm proud of her because I am extremely lazy and would take that opportunity to just lay down all day. My mom was pretty short, being 5'2 which is probably where I got my height from.

"How's the food?" My dad says looking at us "It's amazing" My brother and I say in unison. My dad's name is William and he had brown slightly curly hair like mine and my brothers. Much like my mum, despite his age, he looked reasonably young. He works most days but that doesn't stop him from spending time with us which always makes me feel warm inside as well as giving me a gentle reminder to be greatful towards my family. His eyes were blue and when I looked at them I felt as though I was looking at a clear ocean. He was on the tall side my dad was around 6'1

My brother's name was Alexander, but I just called him Alex most of the time, he was practically identical to my dad. If you look at pictures of my dad at my brother's age you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. The only thing was my brother had a scar going through his right eyebrow from when he fell and a piece of glass scraped ever so slightly over that area. I thought it suited him and looked cool but I wouldn't tell him that because his ego was already bigger than him. My brother was 14 yet he was a giant and was 5'11 already, he was going to grow more.

Then to me. My hair was curly and brown like my dad and brothers but theirs was a dark chocolate brown shade whereas mine was many shades lighter. I had the same eyes as my mum and looked similar to both my mum and my dad. My figure, I mean I would say it was reasonably nice, I had confidence in myself and knew that although I wasn't toned, my stomach was flat and I had womanly features. But what I was certainly not confident in was my height. I was 17 and 4'9. I was the smallest in my last school and I hoped that I wouldn't be when I go into to school tomorrow.

My friends often made fun of me, obviously as a joke, and I would hit them as payback. No one insults my height and gets away with it apart from myself. Oddly, I was pretty strong. Especially when it came to my brother making fun of my height...and just being alive. I mean what's the point of a little brother if you can't occasionally hit him.

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We finished the meal after talking the whole way through it as our family was close. I was glad as I knew so many people didn't have this type of relationship with their families.

When I got upstairs I looked in my closet and decided what to wear and packed my bag with most of the things I would need for tomorrow. I looked at my phone and it was 9:00. I wasn't that nervous for my first day and just decided to watch some Netflix on the tv that held to the wall. Halfway through a movie, I ended up falling asleep from exhaustion.

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I woke up from the awful alarm on my phone. One day I'm gonna force myself to buy a song for my ringer otherwise I will end up throwing my phone into a wall. It said 6:30 on a Monday morning. I pulled myself out of bed and hopped into the shower and woke out 10 minutes later all clean. I dried my hair and got dressed, filling in my eyebrows ever so slightly since my hairs were pretty thick already and putting on mascara and lipgloss to end the makeup routine. I would do more but makeup was far from my forte and I never bothered to learn.

I plucked out some little hairs that I had missed yesterday and smiled because I was satisfied in the mirror. "Looking hot" I winked to myself then instantly cringed.

Note to self, never have self-confidence. (I take that back, self-confidence is key ladies!)

I looked in my body-sized mirror, I was wearing straight leg jeans, they wrapped well around my hips and butt but then flowed down and we're loose on my legs, I loved them. And I wore a cropped black top that was pretty plain but simple can be good. My hair flowed down to my mid-back and I was wearing black and white Jordan 1's. I had a necklace that my mum had gotten me a few years back and I had treasured it ever since. I also put on a few more necklaces and rings to add to the fit.

I went downstairs as I made toast for myself and my brother came down to do the same but by the time he had done preparing his toast I had scoffed mine down. I finished my glass of water and grabbed the lunchbox that was on the side. "Have a fun day on your first day, I'm looking for a job, I'll be back later x" I read the note out loud but in a whisper and smiled. I walked upstairs with it and put it in my bag.

I walked back into my bathroom and brushed my teeth. I checked into my mirror again before grabbing my phone and earphones. I ran downstairs and checked the time and it was 8:00. If you were wondering why all that took long well I missed out the minor details of me singing along to the music that I was playing on my phone, using the mascara wand as a microphone... and the hairbrush.. and honestly anything I could find in the moment of my on and of my concert.

I looked up to see my brother swirling the keys around his fingers and walking out the house with me. "Your first day at high school~ How do you feel" I sang and he laughed "Ehh whatever. I'm gonna get all the girls anyway" I looked at him in disgust " no girl will want you with an attitude like that." His ego was as big as his head. Well, his head isn't that big but I always said it to annoy him.

When we walked into the school gates and people turned to us, obviously knowing we were the new people at school. I looked sadly much smaller than my brother so I knew people were going to assume I was the one in freshman year making me glare down(more like up) my brother. I was considered small for freshman year too which didn't help my case in all honesty.

We both walked through the halls together both receiving stares, although I knew everyone loved a bit of gossip, they were a little bit too determined to sink their eyes into our souls. Some boys who I assumed to be jocks came over to us. And some stared at me, rude. I stared back and raised an eyebrow. They simply looked away, as they should. This only allowed other people in the hall to stare at me, my brother and the jocks that were around us.

And I didn't blame them. I mean they were crowding us like the stereotypical high school movies. It was unnecessary and embarrassing really.

"So you're the new senior. You should join the football-" My brother interrupted quickly "Actually I'm a freshman. My older sister, Athena, is a senior" They all stared wide-eyed as if they had seen a three-headed monster. The reaction was a bit much honestly, and it was pissing me off.

"uh-Be- But why is she so short. She could get away with being a middle schooler, minus her body off course." He looks at me and winks I just roll my eyes and scoff, I put my finger and thumb very close to each other, insinuating that his dick was small. In which it probably was, with the way he's acting it's only left me to presume it is no more than 3 inches.

"Ew don't talk about my sister like that" He pretends to barf but I hit him in the back of the head. He just looks at me and grins.

"Anyways, I would like you to try out for our football team even if you are a fresh-" My brother interrupted him once again. "Sorry not interested, where can I sign up for basketball though?" My brother said curiously and people around us laughed. Even I couldn't hold a giggle in. Instantly getting a look from the Jock speaking to Alex.

"Whatever." The jocks walked off and Alex looked confused as if he didn't just make a fool out of the 'head' jock, I'm guessing again. Did I mention how dumb my brother was? It was his blunt and uncaring manner towards football that came off as rude. But I knew my brother and I knew he had no ill intentions behind his words. He just couldn't care less.

We walked off, still receiving stares- annoyingly.

"We are here for our timetables. We are new." Alex said and the headmaster smiled. He was quite old and he seemed nice. "Ah! Alexander and Athena, right? I have prepared them for you" he smiles and passes us each our timetable and I look at it and so does he. We both shrugged at the same time and hear the headmaster and turned our heads up. "you both are very similar" He states and Alex of course had to open his dumb mouth "I'm not a midget" He faked being offended and laughed so I hit him and replied "I'm not some kid with an abnormally large head that's unproportionate to the rest of my body " His expression immediately changed into a frown and I was the one to laugh this time.

The bell rang and the headmaster smiled at us and we said goodbye at the door. We then said goodbye to each other and walked away. I had English and when I walked in people looked at me.

"hey that's the short new girl"

"She's so tiny? Why?"

"She looks like a middle schooler"

"Why is her brother so tall when she's..y'know?"

Ugh, the sound of people was annoying me so I just sat down at a random seat in the middle. Before the lesson began, the girl next to me turned to me. "Hey there, everyone here likes a bit too much gossip and clearly don't like to hide it, sorry about them all" She smiles sweetly and I smile back, a half-decent human being? "No need to apologise for other people, MAYBE" I begin speaking loudly so people could hear me "THEY SHOULD APOLOGISE FOR SPEAKING ABOUT ME REGARDLESS WHETHER IM IN FRONT OF THEM OR NOT"

"Ooo feisty, I like you already."

"I already like you too, probably the first person to talk to me and not about me to another person" I state and we both laugh.

Her name was Olivia which is a pretty name. She has blonde hair that was down to her chest and I could tell she was tall just by sitting. Most of English it was us talking about ourselves, we got told off a few times but it wasn't much, We showed each other our times table and we had most of our classes together, minus one. I smiled and knew she was going to be a great friend.

After a few hours, lunch rolled around and we both smiled with joy. "Finally," we said in sync making us both giggle. But just as we were going to turn a corner into the cafeteria I bump into something making me stumble backwards and onto the floor and I look up to see 3 godly looking boys looking down at me.

It shocked me for a second at how good looking they were but I instantly snapped out of it as Olivia took pulled me up and they noticed how short I was, it was the same look everyone gave me. I huffed and turned around walking off.

"Annoying freshman" I heard one of them say about me. Then someone else who didn't appear to be with them opened their mouth, the only reason I thought that was because it came from a different direction than just straight behind me.

"She's got nice ass and tits though" I don't know which comment to be annoyed at more. The second one.

"What the fuck did you just say?" I raise my eyebrows.

"Annoying freshman?" One of them replies. "No not you. The other one. Nice ass and tits? Who said that?"

"I did, and what's wrong with that?" Some boy who indeed wasn't with the other three stepped forward and looked down on me.

"what's wrong? What's wrong you ask? It's not like you just sexualised me for doing fucking nothing. Get your act together, no wonder you're a virgin. Misogynistic prick" I glare intensely.

"Fucking bitch. Your ass and tits aren't even that nice anyway"

I start laughing. Quite loud really. "You think I grew tits and an ass not because it's natural and literal basic human anatomy but completely for you to think they're nice. Because my entire existence is to please a scrawny ugly small dick male like yourself who hasn't had a woman a day in his life."

He had no words and I gave him one last dirty look before leaving. To be honest I put all my anger from the constant gossiping and poured all over him which maybe lead me to go overboard.

"Omg!! Did you see his face? He was speechless! And so was Ryder Johnson, Mason Elliot and Michael Phillo!" Olivia was half yelling. "Why do you say their full names like they're some sort of celebrities?" I ask weirdly.

"Athena!!  They are the 'bad boys of the school. I know it might be hard to believe because of their amazing looks but you gotta watch out, there are some rough rumours about them." she says looking deep into my eyes but I just shrugged "I wasn't going to anyway". "But still Ryder thought you were a freshman" She giggled. "Whatever, they are just dumb and can't see that I'm obviously a senior".

We walked into the cafeteria and Olvia started walking over to her group of friends, dragging me like her puppy. I didn't mind it to be honest. I found out Olivia was 5'7, I was jealous of her beautiful, model-like figure.

"Guys!" Olivia yelled waving her hands like a lunatic at a table when she half-ran over there. Now, this is dragging. My legs couldn't keep up.

"Meet Athena, she is new today. She's a senior like us. Treat her nicely" They all smiled at me and I smiled back. We sat down and instantly they started introducing themselves.

A boy with blonde hair shook my hand and began to speak. "I'm Romeo and this is my girlfriend Evie" He turned to face a girl with red hair who had some freckles on her nose. She smiled at me, Romeo had dark brown eyes while she had light brown eyes with small hints of hazel. "Hey!" Evie smiled politely.

An Asian boy who had dark brown hair and eyes turned to me and greeted me. "Nice to meet you I'm Jason." I waved at him "Nice to meet you too". He turned to a girl who was beside him and I knew what was coming. "Hello I'm Charlotte, his girlfriend" She chirped, I knew it! "Nice to meet you charlotte" "You too" she had curly dirty blonde hair that stuck out in little places and had glasses on the tip of her nose

The same happened and another boy with tanned skin and dark hair and brown eyes greeted me, his name was Carlos. And lastly was a boy called Kai who greeted himself he was actually Romeos cousin and they looked alike, with blonde hair and blue eyes. "And I thought Evie was short!" Kai provoked. "Hey, I'm 5'4." She yelled back. I guess no one was that short in this school for some reason. Woopie for me.

"5'4 is considered short?" I asked worriedly and they nodded. "Especially for seniors, it was around an average height of a freshman, but not even freshmen were as short as you" Kai joked with me. "Right. That's great to know" I mumbled sarcastically  "Aww don't worry. You'll live, just living a bit short that's all" Kai mocked. "Leave her alone! " Olivia protected me "My hero" I snugged into her and we laughed.

For the rest of the lunch, Olivia and I spoke with ourselves quite a bit despite being in a bigger group. Although they were super friendly at the start, it died down and they began speaking among themselves.

The last lesson arrived but I wasn't with Olivia this time. She walked me to this lesson and I came almost late and sat down near the back since all other seats had been taken. The teacher walked in and settled his stuff on his desk and just when he was about to walk in a boy walked in late and when I turned around I saw the boy who I bumped into earlier. He just walked to the back near me he was just about to sit in the seat next to me when his eyes landed on mine and just as he was about to look away he took a double look at me

"What is this midget freshman doing in here?" He pointed down at me and I went red and everyone looked back some laughing. "I'm a senior!" I shout turning back at him. I was getting frustrated at how many comments had been made on my height. People thought I was a middle schooler, it might not seem too bad but the constant reminder