"How did you enjoy the first day George?" Clay asked, looking over at me. 
                          
"It was alright, super boring though." I respond. Then, being the idiot that I am, trip over my untied shoe and start falling forward. Clay apparently has very fast reflexes because he is able to reach out and catch me before I fall, his arms wrapped around my waist. 
                          
"Be careful Georgie." Clay says, letting go of my waist, and giggling a bit. 
                          
"Thanks Clay." I say laughing, trying to hide my bright red face. We walked up to the middle school to be greeted by Henry and Matt.
                          
"Hey guys!" Clay says, hugging both of them, "how was school?" he asks.
                          
"It was good." They both say, as they come over to hug me too. 
                          
"We'll see you guys tomorrow." Clay says as him and Matt start walking the opposite direction towards their house. "Be on discord later." Clay says to me. 
                          
"Alright I will. Bye." I say back. 
                          
"Did you have a good day today Henry?" I asked, putting my arm around his shoulder as we walked. 
                          
"Yea it was ok. They actually gave me homework on the first day though which sucks!" Henry says, laughing. 
                          
"Well make sure you get it done before Dad asks, you know how he gets. I can help if you need me to." I respond. Whenever we don't do our homework right away, our dad gets very angry, and sometimes aggressive, so we just do it straight away to avoid that. 
                          
"Yea I will. Thanks." Henry says back. We then arrive at our house, to see our dads car in the driveway. I open the door and hear the TV blasting in the background. 
                          
"Shut the fucking door George, it's cold." He yells from the living room. I quickly shut the door, and go to my room before he can yell anymore. 
                          
I luckily didn't have any homework to do so I hopped on discord to see that Clay was on. He invited me to a call and I joined. 
                          
"Hey George, wanna play some Minecraft?" he asked. 
                          
"Yea sure, I'll make a new survival world." I say, opening Minecraft. 
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After about 2 hours of playing the world, I start to hear my dad yelling at Henry from the kitchen. Clay can tell the change in my tone because he immediately asks if i'm ok. I try to ignore the yelling but my brother is crying, so I mute up on discord and walk into the kitchen. 
                          
OFFENSIVE SLURS WARNING
                          
"WHY DO YOU HAVE A PINK SHIRT ON HENRY YOU LOOK LIKE A FAG!" my dad yelled at Henry. Henry was sitting in a chair, trying to eat a granola bar. 
                          
"Dad why are you yelling at him for the color of his shirt?" Henry came up to me and hugged me, crying into my shoulder. 
                          
"Because pink is for girls and he looks like a faggot. Henry go change the goddamn shirt and get rid of that one." Henry started to walk away to change, but I grabbed him by his arm to stop him. 
                          
"Dad, colors don't have a fucking gender. Can you leave him alone for once." I yell back, holding Henry's head against my chest.