Bullies

Lyrics for Bullies

After what happened in P.E. I didn't want to go back - I knew it wasn't going to be good. But it turned out so much worse than I would ever have thought it could - Blanked by my best mates, taxed at the school gates, punched in the face on the bus... For a while it got a little too much. Laughter resounding along the corridor, me in a puddle on the floor. Anthony Pape leans over and spits - I don't want to remember any more. Anthony was expelled - for something else entirely - and term rumbled quietly on. I just tried to keep my head down but ended up messing up my GCSE's, much to Dad's disappointment, though, mainly thanks to the encouragement of Mrs. Kovacic, I managed an A and a B in English. I'm in the library every lunchtime, far away from the noise outside, putting the finishing touches on my entry for this short story competition. I got a phone-call at work today from Joshua's school asking me to come right away. I was in the middle of a Zoom with one of our most important clients - Majestic Wine. He's been scrapping again, broke a lad's jaw, and now he's suspended pending further investigation. What am I going to do with this kid? Shaking the hand of the dour Assistant Head, "I asked, does Mrs. Kovacic still teach here?" "She's taking some well-deserved leave" - The old brick buildings have been replaced with glass and steel. At Blue Flames to watch the Under-21's, after a week of hardly talking at all, During a lull in play I finally say: I know you've got a good heart.