Short story about beating the bullies: Andy Shares his True Feelings

There was a 15-year-old boy called Andy who had been away on holiday in Florida with his family. He visited lots of theme parks and went on exciting rides. Andy had a wonderful time and he was very happy.

However, when Andy came back to London he was a bit nervous about starting his new school. He was very keen to make new friends. Sadly, some of the boys were hostile. They were busy on their phones and rejected him because of his special needs.

When Andy said “hi” they told him to get lost and pushed him. This made Andy cry. He ran away and hid from the group of bullies.

Andy talked to his mum, Jessie, when he got home. He asked her what she could do to help. Jessie suggested that she could speak to the teachers.

Meanwhile, Andy’s older brother, Oliver was listening to their conversation. Oliver came in and gave Andy a big hug and suggested they go out to see a film. Oliver wanted to take his brother’s mind off the bullying.

The next day Jessie spoke to the teachers about the bullying that Andy was experiencing. The teacher asked the bullies why they were treating Andy so badly. They could not give an answer. They stayed silent.

Sadly, the bullying went from bad to worse. At lunchtime in the canteen, the bullies threw food at Andy.

“You fat, stupid, ugly twat!” they said. This made Andy feel sad.

When Andy went home he thought the bullying would stop. All he wanted to do was relax but he could not. His phone kept going off with negative messages on Instagram. He received a picture of a clown. “Hi stupid! What you up to?”

Andy started to cry again. The bullying continued. Andy didn’t know what to do about it.

Andy went into a state of depression. He stopped eating and disowned everyone. He locked himself in his room and lay on the bed all day listening to sad music. He didn’t want to leave the house.

“Andy! Dinner’s ready,” called his mum but Andy said “no”.

It got to the point where Andy was thinking about taking his own life. He started sobbing really loudly.

Oliver knocked on Andy’s door but Andy just carried on crying. Oliver came in and helped Andy look online for advice on how to deal with bullying.

Andy realised he had tried all the advice that was given, telling his mother, telling his teachers, and nothing had helped.

Oliver said, “Come to the youth club with me. There are nice people there that we can ask for help.”

Oliver introduced Andy to Luke, the youth worker. Luke suggested Andy could write a story about what had happened to him and put his feelings on paper.

When it was done, Oliver asked Luke to email Andy’s story to the school. The following day in school assembly Hannah, the head teacher, made an announcement. She had a story to tell.

A few minutes later, Hannah finished and asked Andy to come up to the front. As he stood up, the whole school rose to their feet, clapping enthusiastically.

Andy looked around and said thank you for listening to my story. It was very hard to write because it is hard to say how I truly feel.

Then Andy saw, at the back of the hall, that his mum was there also. She was crying with joy.

The boys that had bullied Andy before shook his hand and said sorry for what they had done to him.

Brian likes playing and watching football, dancing and listening to music. When he is older he would like to be a dj, specialising in hip-hop and rap.
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