The class is a mess. A room filled with kids roaming around, destroying every little thing that is in their way. Teacher shouting from every corner. Why shall they not be silent, why shall they not have peace. Here in my little space, acting like nothing happening though I shall still get in trouble for my class mess. The bell rings. I shall go to my next class, kids running around the halls like there is no tomorrow. I get to my next class, it's maths so I did not expect the difficulty to be high as I am an expert at it. I sit at my desk quietly, ain't trying to make a mess. My teacher presents me with a challenging task when she announces ¨Hello, my class today we got a new student please present yourself.¨ I was lucky enough to skip this last class since the class would not let the teacher talk yet it seems impossible to skip it. The teacher asked ¨Would you please present yourself¨ with one of the fakest smiles I've seen and that's saying a lot. I stood up and said ¨My name is Agnes.¨ All the kids stopped doodling and drawing on their desks and looked at me, I started sweating, never liked so many eyes on me. ¨Agnes? Huh never heard that name¨ the teacher claimed. ¨THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WITCHES NAME¨ a kid added. The teacher made the student shut up, yet I couldn´t stop thinking about it. ¨A witches name? Huh that sounds interesting¨ I whispered, ¨Yes Agnes? You said something?¨ I shaked my head. Class was over, lunch was starting. I put on some headphones since I could not stand the sound of the cafeteria. One of the headmasters walked up to me and said ¨You can not wear headphones,take them off¨ I had to follow the rules so I did. I sat at a table alone, eating my lunch. A lot of kids came up to me to try to talk but it just felt like my brain did not funcion enough to bring words to  my mouth. Thankfully lunch ended and I had just one more class to go until I could go home. Nothing really interesting happened at class. School was finished. I was at my locker getting my stuff when out of nowhere a girl appeared, she was wearing really high boots, a white turtleneck sweater and a skirt. She looked like a model. ¨Hey! I heard you're new, my name is Autumn, what's yours?¨ She asked, I responded ¨My name is Agnes..¨ without a second passing by  Autumn shouted ¨AGNES!? That's SUCH a cool name¨ which I smiled at. ¨Well Agnes, I think your fit is amazing just needs more colours but neutral colours are amazing!¨ she claimed, I smiled and said ¨Thanks I like yours too.¨  She smiled and asked me ¨So you walking home hm? Where is your flat?¨ I told her where my flat was and it ended up being the same path as her flat. We walked together. At the walk she was telling me about her dream to become a model but had trouble because she got really angry easily if people did not agree with her then we chatted a little more. Out of nowhere she asked a very particular question ¨Why did you not talk to no one at lunch?¨ which I replied saying ¨When too much sound is going on, I feel like my brain does not function which is a weird thing but it's probably because of me being introverted and never liked being around crowds.¨ Autumn smiled and said ¨I used to have that problem too, not the brain not working I used to be really anti-social but I learnt  people aren't as bad as I thought.” She looked around ¨Well isn't this your flat¨ she claimed. I smiled and let out a small ¨mhm¨ then waved and went in. I saw nobody was home so I guessed dad was at work or out with his friends. I went to my room and saw my  moving boxes had arrived. I knew I had to unpack them before the end of the way so I did. Me and my dad had moved from our old town since my parents got separated. Tomorrow I had to visit my mum so while unpacking I was also trying to get all my things prepared for tomorrow. I heard a little ring, I knew my dad had arrived and I went rushing downstairs to open the door for him. I opened the door, ¨Let me guess, your gonna tell I was wrong about me being earlier to home than you¨ he claimed, I let out a big laugh and said ¨Mhm, as always you're wrong.¨ We walked into the flat, we sat at the couch, watched some tv then he asked ¨You got all your things ready for Elizabeth´s flat?¨ Well that was creepy he had never called mum by her actual name no matter though I still nodded.  After that we just unpacked more and ate dinner. My mum had got me some new pjs so I just decided to try them on but when I touched them I felt like I would never want to touch them again. I felt a little shiver through my body and closed my eyes like a big sound was near. I decided to put on my old pjs. I told my dad about it yet he just said it was probably the fabric was weird that he would look into the fabric later. I ended up going to sleep after that. When I woke up, I did all the things I do every morning, take a shower, eat breakfast and dress. I wore the same clothes that I do every day, just a very used brown hoodie, dark grey sweatpants, and some used tennis. Sadly, I had to wear two backpacks, one for school and the other one for the things I need for when my mum picks me up. I got to school and put my backpacks at my locker. On my way to class I found Autumn in the hallway ¨HEY AGNES¨ she roared while waving aggressively.  “H-hey Autumn '' I stuttered, I didn't want to catch anyone's attention. Autumn ran so fast like they were a racing car to hug me, I'm not a really huggy type yet I hugged her back. “Soooo you're heading to class? We have our first period together right” she expressed “I don't really know, I didn't see you at class yesterday, but to be honest I was highly distracted by everything that was going on” I added, ¨ Well your room is also 245A?¨  I asked. She nodded, I think I  made a friend. She's one of the people who I do not find weird. It is like they are not like others if I explain it myself. She walked up to me and they asked “Also I got you a biscuit you are not allergic to anything right?” Then I stated “No, I'm not allergic to anything for what I know” She handed me the biscuit, and said “Eat it at lunch unless you want Mrs.Jonhs to catch you”  Mrs.Johns huh so that's the name of that teacher, I did not know any name of my teachers and I could not bother to ask them plus it would be embarrassing since it means I did not pay attention to them introducing themselves to me. “Ok.” I added. When we arrived at class, everyone was handed a worksheet yet I was handed a “Let me know you” sheet. Never liked this type of sheet, they just asked insignificant questions that she wasn't gonna read. This wasn't the case this time though, since I was the only new student of course she was gonna read it. First question “What's your name you go by” A name I go by? Ummm Agnes- I mean thats my birth name I guess. “Pronouns?” For some reason they only had he/him, she/her, they/them. I wanted a mix of them so I just put “All” at the corner and circled it. I never care much about pronouns since I dress feminine sometimes and sometimes I dress masculine, since a child I never really understood gender norms. “Sexuality/Gender” Why does she need to know this? She does not need to know my sexuality, what does she need it for? To ship me with someone huh like I would let that pass, I just wrote “Queer” for the gender I just put “Non-binary or Agender” I could care less about gender, yet it is something I think about everyday. More questions appeared “What do you like to do for free time” “Vibe to music while being at a silent room” and then more questions “Favourite movie” “Dunkirk” “Favourite Singer” hmmmm well that's a hard one- I wrote more than one because I could not choose “Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malk, Girl in Red, One direction (I know I just named them already.)” Yeah….I could not choose one and the questions continued like they were an essay for the whole class. When I finally finished, I handed it to her. She added “So you're a big fan of One Direction huh?” and let out a big laugh “I remember the days I used to be in love with them, used to be a big directioner I even went to a concert with them, sadly you guys shall not see their amazing shows but you know Louis promised right” she stated with a smile. I smiled back while thinking Should I tell her some fun facts about them that she might not know?? No, I would be too annoying but I mean I can still do it…..NO! NO! Be a normal kid and stay quiet and just smile so that's what I did. I stayed quiet. I always felt that I needed to stay quiet for anything I felt passionate about, all the kids didn't talk about each individual bone of an otter at age 5. I just wasn't normal for what I knew. I want to be normal. Then all my classes went like normal, noisy kids, couples acting like they are gonna last more than 2 days, teachers mad, fights, you know a normal tuesday. Then recess came, gosh I hate recess. The amount of sound, kids shouting, adults shouting to shut up the kids, lights everywhere. There is just too much going on. So like usual, I shut off and try to don't cry. Something is different this time, Autumn saw me and ran with me with another kid. I had never seen them before but that wasn't important at that time. They saw me and went to me and started hugging me saying everything shall  be alright then they were talking but the only thing I heard was “That is called a sensory overload” from the random kid. Sensory overload? I never heard of that before, I had no idea what it meant, but I had the urge to find out what it was. I kept the whole day quiet, and I was following Autumn when she said “Oh also the kid that helped you when you know what happened…well his name was Ezra.” I responded “Oh well if you see him tell him I say thanks.” “School is about to be over innit?” I asked, I knew the answer but I wanted to create a new conversation. I didn't want to talk about what happened. “Yea you got anything to do?” asked Autumn. “I don’t know, I'm going to my mum’s house today.” I told her, “Oooooo sounds like so much fun” she responded.

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