When Athena was young, they had a hard time in life. Her parents earn enough to feed them everyday. His father only works as a tricycle driver and her mother is just looking for garbage to supplement their food purchase. So that's it, because they both just finished elementary. That happened because, it was also caused by extreme poverty. So, they stopped studying. One day, Athena overheard her parents talking.
"Next week, Athena is 5 years old. So, we need to buy all her needs at school like school supplies Gardo." Sandra said.
"But I have no money Sandra, so how can we buy all Athena's needs at school?" Gardo said hesitantly.
"Okay, we can help each other." Sandra said to Gardo.
"How?" Tell me." Asked Gardo.
"Nothings impossible, because God is here to help us." Sandra's encouragement to Gardo.
"Okay." Gardo said.
Athena was just stunned by what she heard, then she wondered if she could study at the upcoming entrance.
"Lets eat Gardo and Athena." Sandra invites Gardo and Athena.
"Okay Sandra." Gardo said.
"Okay Athena, pray now." Sandra's task to Athena
"Okay mommy." Athena said then pray.
After Athena prayed, she thought of asking her parents while they were at the dinner table.
Athena called Gardo and Sandra. "Mom dad."
"What is it Athena?" Asked Gardo and Sandra.
"Can I going at the school?" Asked Athena to her parents.
"Yes, you can enter at the school. Don't worry. So, eat now." Gardo and Sandra tell Athena to encourage her.
Athena's parents kept their promise to her that she could go to school; and Antipolo National High School. She had just entered there for the first time, other students were avoiding her. So when she was in the classroom, Angelica introduced her to her classmates.
"Okay class, she is Athena Salvador Mendoza. Greet Athena." Angelica said.
"Hello Athena." Greetings to her by her classmates.
"Alright Athena, sit down. Angelica's task to Athena.
"Okay Ma'am." Athena said then sit down.
Giana covered her nose and called Angelica. "Uhhhmmm, Ma'am Angelica?"
"Yes Giana, why?" Asked Angelica to Giana.
"Can I move seats?" Asked Giana to Angelica.
"Why?" Asked Angelica again.
"Athena's stinks and gets dirty." Giana said stunned at Athena.
"Stinky and dirty. Athena and Jessica's classmates said they teased her.
"That's enough class. All right Giana, here you are next to Ivy and Patti. Angelica said to Giana.
"Okay Ma'am." Giana said then sat down next to Ivy and Patti.
Jessica approached Athena and greet her. "Hello Athena."
"Why are you sitting with me? I'm stinky and dirty." Athena asked walking away from Jessica.
"What are you? I'm not like them. And, everyone has the right to graduate ih. So please take this." Jessica said.
"What is this?" Asked Athena.
"That's tissue, wipe that in your eyes." Give the tissue to Athena.
"Thank you." Athena said.
"You're welcome, I'm Jessica." Introducing Jessica said to Athena.
"Okay." Athena said.
"From now on, we're going to be best friend Athena ah." Jessica's smiling said.
"Of course Jessica." Athena's smiling said also.
Giana and her friends laughing. "hahaha."
Athena is happy because Jessica became her friend this first day of class. But, Athena could not avoid the insults of her classmates. Like this.
"Stinky and dirty." They insult Athena.
"Don't teasing her." Jessica says defending Athena.
Giana poured Athena and Jessica the trash cann full of garbage and she said to them. "You deserves that."
"That's right, so clean it up ah. Her classmates told to her and Jessica then leave the classroom."
Jessica also experienced the bullying of their classmates because of Athena. So Athena's apologize to Jessica.
"Sorry Jessica ah." Athena said.
"Athena why?" Asked Jessica
"Because of me, you're involved to their bullied at me." Athena says guilty.
"Its okay." Jessica's smiling said.
"Are you okay Jessica?" Asked Athena.
"Yes. What about you? Are you okay Athena?" Asked Jessica.
"Yes." Athena smiling said.
Athena's first day at school, she experienced the insults of her classmates led by Giana and her friends. While Jessica and I were littering the classroom, Rj approached them.
"Who are you?" Asked Athena to Rj.
Rj introduced to Athena. "I'm Rj, you?"
Athena introduced to Rj too. "I'm Athena."
Rj is helped Athena and Jessica pick up the trash. After Rj helped Athena and Jessica, she spoke to him.
"Thanks Rj ah, you help us." Athena said.
"You're welcome Athena, its okay. Alright, I'm gotta go." Rj's smiling said then leave.
"Okay." Athena smiling said.
As Rj leaves the classroom, Harry's approached him.
Harry called Rj. "Hey Rj."
"Harry?" Rj said."
"Wait, why the dirt and the stench of your hand?" Asked Harry.
"I even helped a novice student pick up trash in the classroom." Rj said.
"Ah, that dirty and smelly new student girl?" Harry's insult.
"Don't be like that tol." Smirk Rj said.
"Well I'm just saying tol." Added Harry said.
"I don't know about you." Rj's sigh.
Athena went home, when she came home her parents asked her.
"How's your school?" Asked Gardo.
"Its good mom and dad." Athena said.
"Are they are bullied you because we are poor?" Asked Sandra.
"No mom." She lying said to her parents.
"Don't lying, tell us the truth." Gardo forces Athena to tell the truth.
"Yes mom and dad, they bullied me because we are poor." Athena forced said to tell to her parents the truth.
"Let them to teasing you, just study until you graduate." Encouragement that Gardo and Sandra say to Athena.
"Yes mom and dad." Athena smiling said.
The next day at school, as soon as Athena entered the room, Giana and her friends bumped her.
"What the heck?! Where does the stinky and filthy look? Did you smell it Ivy and Patti?" Giana asked Ivy and Patti who were disgusted with Athena.
"Yes Giana." Ivy and Patti also said to Athena in disgusted.
"What did you say? Asked Athena.
"Oh, I ask. How do you speak english? Eh, you are poor. As far as I know, only rich people like us can speak english. Not like you stink and dirty." Giana said insultingly to Athena.
"Correct." Ivy and Patti said insultingly also to Athena.
"You don't care." Athena said.
"Okay. And what the heck?! Your stink and your dirty smell stick to my body, yuck!" Disgusted again Giana said to Athena.
"Sensitive." She whispered to herself.
"What are you saying to our friend?" Asked Ivy.
"Nothing." Lying said.
"Liar. She said at you Giana, you are sensitive." Patti said to Giana.
"Sensitive ah. You, stinky and dirty. Going to school without taking a bath."
Giana, Ivy&Patti are teased Athena. "Stinky and dirty."
"You, you over." Athena tweaked Giana.
While Giana and her friends were fighting with Athena, Jessica came to help her.
"Hey! Let her go." Jessica said.
"Don't tell us that you are intervene in their fight?" Asked Ivy to Jessica.
"I'm really intervene in their fight, because you teasing my friend." Jessica said.
"If so, we won't let you go." Ivy and Patti said they didn't want to let go of Jessica.
While Athena and Giana were fighting, Rj and Harry came and approached and asked them.
"What's going on here?" Asked Rj and Harry.
"This three girls, they bullying my friend." Jessica's angrily said.
"Why, its true that your friend is stinky and dirty ah. Then, she collide us." Lying Giana said.
"That's right." Ivy and Patti said also.
"You start to collide them Athena ih." Harry said that angry.
"Hey, that's not true. You start to collide me." Athena said.
"That's enough." Harry said again.
"You are lucky because Rj is here, but remember. We're not done yet." Giana said to Athena then, left with her friends.
"Get out! Are you okay?" Asked Jessica to Athena.
"Yes Jessica, you?" Asked Athena to Jessica.
"Yes Athena." Jessica said.
"Sorry for what Giana and her friends did to you ah." Rj said to Athena.
"Its okay Rj." Athena said.
"Can we be friends?" Asked Rj.
"Of course." Athena smiling said.
"What, you will be friends with her?" Harry asked Rj in shock.
"Yes of course Harry." Rj's smiling said to Harry.
"I don't know about you Rj." Then, Harry left Rj.
