Alone: Chapter 1 — School
First Day
First day in school , A short kid , hazel grey eyed , wearing a navy blue sweater over the school’s uniform, walking slowly towards the door of his class while his mom waving him goodbye from the far away school gate. The kid stops at the door and just looks inside to see that the teacher is already here. “M.. May I come in, Ma’am?” , said Sid in a really low tone. The teacher doesn’t respond as she could barely hear him . Sid, just standing there waiting for her to grant him permission.
2 minutes later he just asks for it again, “Excuse me Ma’am, may I come in?” , in the same low tone. The teacher still can’t hear him, the girl on the first bench did see him and informed the teacher that there’s someone at the door. The teacher stares at Sid and asks him to come to her table , “Are you the new student ?” , she asked Sid. “yes.” , answered Sid. He is asked to take a seat. He takes the first empty seat and just continues taking notes in his not so neat handwriting over the next few sessions while trying to avoid any interaction with the teachers or his fellow classmates.
Lunch Break
Sid was used to his mom feeding him during lunch as his previous school was just around the corner and his mom would bring and feed him food where as in the new school had a lunch hall where all the students would gather and choose from whatever was made in the school’s kitchen, not knowing about this he just stood near the classroom door waiting for his mom. He waited, 20 minutes pass and now he’s tired and decides to sit near the door with his head looking down with his eyes getting wet.
When a teacher passing by asks him “ Why are you sitting here? “ , “I’m …. waiting for my mom.” said Sid while he tried to wipe his eyes and tries to explain how his mom would bring him lunch and feed him everyday in his previous school whilst stammering.
The teacher understands the situation and walks Sid to the lunch hall whilst explaining him about the whole lunch scene in his new school. She also helps him pick the items that he fancies and asks him to join his classmates. Not knowing who his classmates were , he walks to the nearest empty table and stares at his plate that had a bowl of curry and slices of bread.
A senior observes Sid looking at the plate for a few minutes and then walks up to him to ask , “Anything wrong with the food?” . “I don’t know how to eat…” , said Sid as he looked at the senior and looked back at the plate ,“I like when my mom feeds me” , he continued. The senior not knowing what to say just shows him how to break the bread and helps him finish his lunch then he walks Sid back to class. Sid politely thanks the young man and walks back to his bench. He continues jotting down stuff from the black board while eagerly waiting for the final bell.
