first day of school

04Sep07

well, today was the first day of school for the year, for me and for MATTHEW! it went okay. there were a LOT of people who had a problem with him being in the school. we weren’t keeping it a secret (obviously) but we (and the school board) were keeping it quiet, so most people were surprised by it. my parents got several phone calls tonight after school; it looks like there might be some picketing tomorrow morning. :( oh well. hopefully, they won’t cause too much trouble. and not everyone was upset by it. a bunch of matthew’s old friends were actually pretty happy to see him. that’s one of the more depressing things about getting turned, most people just cut off contact with you. only a couple of his friends have actually come by to see him since he got turned, so today a lot of them were really surprised (and impressed:) ) by how… alive? he seems. how much he’s still like he used to be. as for matthew himself, he handled it all really well. no disturbances (at least none that were his fault), and he seemed to be enjoying being in school again (more than i was, definitely). i only had one class with him, but he was paying attention and everything. but, heck, i’d be excited about school too if i didn’t have to do any homework or anything. lucky zom :P.

when we pulled into the parking lot this morning, and walked into the building, people just STARED. it was like one of those moments in movies when everybody just stops talking and watches you. Every Single Person. crazy. i had told some of the kids in the dla, so they walked up and started talking to us, and after that, some of his old friends came over and said hi, and then people started talking again, even if they were mostly talking about matthew. when we left at the end of the day, same basic thing. peope just watched us leave.

as we were leaving, there was one bit of unpleasantness. two guys, who i had never even met before, tried to intimidate us. told me i shouldn’t bring my “CORPSE” of a brother back to school tomorrow. i couldn’t believe it, i mean, i knew that there were people at this school who weren’t crazy about zombies, or didn’t get why we need to protect them, but i guess i just assumed that people were smart enough not to toss around slurs like that. i was so angry, i didn’t even know what to say to them. i just told them that matthew was definitely coming back and then i asked them to get out of our way, so we could get home. they didn’t seem too happy with that, but they didn’t say anything else. they were the only ones who really said anything bad about it, to me at least. a bunch of people told me how surprised they were, and told me they figured other people would have a problem with it (but THEY were fine with it, of course)… i don’t know. i just hope those phobes, and their friends, leave matthew alone. i don’t know what i’d do if something bad happened to him, especially over this. i mean, him going back to school was my idea, so… i just hope nothing happens to him.

well, i’ve got homework to do. oh, and get this. for matthew, every day we have to fill out a report on how his school day went. his companion keeps notes on his behavior during the day, and then we have to put that together with our own observations, and any other notes. those two necrophobes in the parking lot this afternoon are definitely going in the report. hopefully, the school board will keep an eye on them. that is, if anybody over there actually pays attention to these reports. i can totally see them just scanning it to make sure matthew didn’t bite anybody, then tossing it in a filing cabinet.

anyway, i’ll keep people posted on matthew. only three more days until the first weekend of my SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. :D!

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