"Hello." The young girl sat down next to him, she was new. Introduced in the morning of the class, Sherlock almost immediately knew she had an older brother and most possibly an older sister also.

He couldn't help but just stare at her as she sat next to him. It was a surprise, he is in year 3 and nobody liked him. Since the start of school he had been bullied and called a 'Freak' because he is a genius, the work was way too easy and boring, he knew his parents were talking about home tutoring him, but they decided to let him finish primary school first. He always spent both break and lunch on his own, well apart from when his face was being stuffed in the toilet or lunch stolen.

He didn't care that the other kids didn't like him, but it would be nice to not be bullied all day, and to get through the week without having his lunch taken away and he guess to talk to someone, although he wasn't a big talker. He wouldn't know where to start.
"Hello." he replied eventually to the obvious relief of the girl as she seemed to relax and grinned at him.
"I'm Evie."
"Sherlock."

"Do you wanna be my friend Sherlock?"
"Um..." Sherlock wasn't sure what to say to that. He'd seem others do this of course but nobody has ever asked him.

"You don't wanna be friends with that! He's a freak!" a voice yelled, Jake, Sherlock vaguely recognised, his main bully. A ball came flying towards them, but Sherlock has fast reaction and hit the ball away from Evie.

Evie immediately picked up the ball and threw it back at him. Jake wasn't expecting it and didn't have fast reactions so the ball hit him right in the face. "You're the freak." With that Evie turned back to Sherlock, "Friends?"

Sherlock couldn't help a grin spilling out in his face, it felt strange. He couldn't remember smiling so hard. "Friends." Sherlock agreed.