It was little Billy Norris's first day at the big school. All his life he had be taught at home by his mother and father but now he was getting ready for University and he had to get a proper transcript.
So here he was waiting on the corner for the school bus for the first time in his life. He had on new jeans and a clean golf shirt and a brand new pair of Nikes. Still he felt alone and afraid. His dad had bought him a new knapsack and he had his lunch and a binder in with with fresh sheets of paper and 2 pens inside. He really did not know what else to bring.
He looked at his watch, the bus was due in 10 minutes and still no one else was there. He wondered if he had shown up on the wrong day. No that was silly. Both his parents had helped him get to the stop early, his mother by serving his favortie breakfast and his father by driving him there. It was one of the only times his father had driven him anywhere as he had always encourgaged him to walk or ride his bike.
Five minutes later the other kids started to arrive. Vulcan and Pooh were the first to get there. They were both bullys but Billy did not know this as he had never met them before. They saw the new kid on the corner in his new cloths and with his new knapsack and decided to teach him a lesson.
"Hey kid what are you doing here" snarled Pooh as he took quick strides over to where Billy stood.
"Waiting for the bus. I was home schooled last year" replied Billy wondering what he had done to get the greasy looking kid upset with him.
"Well you are standing on our corner and that means you owe us some money" said Vulcan in an equally unfriendly voice.
"I don't have any except for some lunch money my Dad gave me" said Billy backing up and looking over his shoulder for help.
"Well we will just have to take that then" said Pooh "you can owe us the rest".
Billy could not take it anymore. He started yelling at the top of his voice "DAD DAD COME BACK". But his Dad had left long ago and he was alone.
Pooh did not like the shouting and stepped up and took a swing a Billys face. His fist connected hard with Billys forearm which had swung up instinctively to protect his face.
Pooh howled in anger. "Now you are really going to pay for that" he said shaking his injured fingers.
He and Vulcan steped in and started swinging.
That evening Billy's father came to the stop to pick him up. He waited anxiously as the Bus stopped. He had heard there had been trouble at the school and a kid or kids had been taken to the hospital and he was very concerned.
The bus doors opened and out steped Billy, still looking clean in his new cloths.
His father Chuck gave him and hug and asked how the day went. Billy said it was fine. No problem. His Dad was relieved. He wondered if teaching his son martial arts for the past 11 years at home had been a good thing. He had never been in a group situation before and Chuck was afraid he might have used his skills to get attention.
However he could see that his son was fine and he was relieved. The bus drove away and Chuck Norris noticed no one else got off.
"Are you the only one who uses this stop Billy" he asked?
Yes replied Billy. There used to be 2 other boys but they have decided to get home schooled this year.
