"Why do they always pick on me?" sobbed
"I dunno.But everyone gets bullied in their life at some point." replied,trying to make her best friend feel better,but failing.
( and are in the girls toilets trying to get a mud stain out of 's white blouse.)
***In the Boy's toilets.***
"Did you see what happened to that chick?" asked his mate ,whilst doing his flies up.
"Yea.Did you see how fit her mate was?" replied.
"!Anyway the 'mud' chick was fitter!"
( and walk out of the toilets and bang into two boys.)
"Shit sorry dude...ettes!" said apologetically,whilst looking the girls up and down.
"Don't worry about it." said after a few minutes,as it was clear was too nervous to breath infront of the boys,let alone talk!
"We'd better be going" managed to mutter.
"What lesson have you got next?" quizzed,wondering if he would get to spend any time with the girls.
""=( replied,pulling a face at the thought of going on about algebra.
"." replied,starting to regain her confidence.
"Looks like i'm with you erm...?" started.
".But most people call me ." replied,smiling as she caught 'check her out'.
"Oh i'm with you...?"
",but calls me and some other mates call me ." answered .
"I'll stick to "
"It's a pretty name!" blushed,trying to show he was interested without looking desperate.
"Thanks." =) replied,feeling her stomach turn with excitement.
(The bell rings.)>br> "Ok we really have to go now!" shouted,pushing next to and staying back with so they could check out what the boys 'behinds' had to offer!
***In .***
"So what hapened to today?" asked ,fiddling with the pen in his hand.
"Oh some pathetic boys were picking on her and when she ignored them,they decided to lob mud at her!" sighed.
"Maybe it's because of her boyfriend?"
"Na. don't have a boyfriend.Infact she's never had a boyfriend!"
Something changed with and he decided he should find out what his chances with were.
"So if i was to ask her out..."
"She'd be bricking it!" laughed at the fixed image of her friend in her mind.
"Oh" felt his heart sink as he realised 'his girl' might not be right for him.
"I can talk to her if you want." offered.
"Would you really do that for me?"
"Course i would!Even though i've only known you for a few hours,i feel as though i've known you for years.I'm pretty sure likes you anyway!" smiled reasuringly.
"How can you tell?" asked.
"We've been best mates since playschool.I can read her like a book!"
***In .***
"So howz 's love life?" asked happily.
"I dunno.I can't keep track of how many guys she thinks are 'fit' or who she claims she 'loves'.She's always on about some boy.It's hard to tell if she's actually going out with them.or if she just likes their body!" replied,not realising how shallow she had just made sound. didn't seem to mind though!
"Oh.So what do you think she would say if i asked her out?"
"It depends.She could either jump up and down with joy and kiss you..." interrupted quickly,not wanting to hear what else she had to say.
"How about we just stick with that one?!"
"Or she could smile,hug you,and go into this long converstaion on how she only sees you as a friend." managed to finish,despite 's attempts to cover her mouth.
"I can talk to her if you want." said after a tense few minutes of silence.
"PLEASE!" squeled a little too loudly.
"No problem."
"So can you tell me what Oskar Schindler started to feel at this point?" shouted at .
***At Break***
and are sitting in the hall waiting for and to get out of history.
suddenly felt someone tapping on her shoulder,and turned around to be confronted by her friend .
"Hey !Can i sit with you?I'm depressed." said glumly,pulling a face which knew was part of 's act.It was like the cutest guy in the whole world putting on puppy dog eyes.Completely irrisistable to any normal female. just couldn't say no to helping out a mate,like she wouldn't beable to say no to the cute boy!
"Awww hun course you can sit here.Budge up ."Vicky gestured to .When he refused to move saw no other option but to give him a little nudge...or push...or shove him across until there was enough space for to park her b-hind (lol!) next to .
sighed deeply and planted her face into her hands,but could see her eyes poking out the side of her hands,looking at 's reaction.
"Ok what's up with you this time?!" finally gave into temptation and asked the obvious question,which made start off a extremely long explanation...or rant.Whichever floats you boat!
"I NEED A BOYFRIEND! I've gone a whole week without having anyone." shouted,but immediately sighing a obvious sigh of relief when she had finished.
"Oh shame.A whole week!Coz that's a long time!" replied sarcastically.
"Well it's a long time for me.Anyways who's this dude?" asked,finally realising 's presence.
"Oh crap forgot to introduce you guys. this is . this is ."
"So how long have you been going out with for then?" asked,being typical and jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Because for you couldn't JUST be friends with boys,you HAD to go out with boys!That's the way her brain worked,and to be honest, wasn't really surprised that was single right now.She had got a bad reputation because she had a different boyfriend almost every day.But it didn't matter because loved for who she was,and she was there for her when ever she needed a shoulder to cry on or in need of advice.
"I'm not going out with .He's just a mate." explained as simply as she could.She watched the expression on 's face change as if to say 'You weirdo',but didn't care.
She didn't need a boyfriend yet,she was content with her life and a boyfriend would just get in the way.They always had done in the past!
"Hey i know a dude that would love to go out with you!" jumped to 's rescue.He knew was just about to expload with millions of questions,questioning the point in a boy and a girl being nothing more than friends.
"REALLY?WHO?!" screeched,causing and to both crumple their faces up as the eery screaching continued to echo through their ears.
"Woah!Really loud noise.Ear.Exploding!Anyway it's my mate .Your just his type!"
giggled at how bad that sounded.Visions of a cheap,using,but typical man span around in her head.Just 's type!For some reason she got amusement from taking the piss out of her friend's love life,but she couldn't think why!
"Cool well i've gotta go,but introduce me to him sometime?" asked,while raising herself from the large table the three were sat at in the big dining hall.
"Okily Dokily" punched on the arm and burst into hysterics.She had never known a straight man sound so camp before!
"Look there's and !" stated,deciding a change of subject was for the best before grasped the opportunity to hit her.
"I need to talk to you." and both announced to each other at the same time.
"Ok!" and both replied,giggling at the fact that they must sound like parrott's!
and walked down the stairs of the stage,leaving and together.
" likes you!" said as soon as the girls had reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Yea right.Like any guys gonna like me." replied,thinking was lying.
"I'm being serious. lurvvveesss you!" giggled at how high her voice just went.
"But i don't wanna have to go and ask him out and then for him to blow me off." found herself giggling once again.This time at the way her friend had put her words together.It sounded slightly dirty to say the least!
"He won't.He's crazy about you!He told me in ." found her voice after giggling and informed .
"Well missy i've got gossip for you!" said smiling and poking her tongue out at .
"Oooo what?What?WHAT?!" found herself screaming.She always had to know the latest gossip!
" fancies yooouuuu!" replied.
"Shut up!" said simply,not believing a word that had just come out of 's mouth.
"I'm not shitting you!" giggled at her friend's response.
"That's cool!" sighed,deciding not to dwell on the matter any more.
"Don't you wanna take a chance with him?" questioned,confused by 's attitude.
"I'm not sure how i feel about him." replied,twirling her hair around her finger whilst she thought.
"Well we'd better get back to the boys." stated,interrupting 's short moment of thought.
"Wait!Are you gonna ask out?" asked,knowing had tried to escape that one question.
"Maybe!"Was all said,leaving wondering...
***Two weeks Later***
did ask out,that very day infact!Some slags didn't like the fact that was with .Simply because she wasn't very popular and to be honest was!
However looked after and she'd learned to deal with the shit that was pelted at her every day.(Not literally by the way!)
and had got together soon after as well,and to 's surprise was still with .She had guessed was pretty special because never usually stuck to the same guy.Infact they were lucky if they lasted two days!
And and are still just mates.
decided she just wanted to be friends and wasn't ready for a relationship as she had just broken up with her boyfriend, ,a few days before.
Anyway back to the story...
***In ***
"So how are things with you and ?"
"Everything's great.But i can't say the same thing for ." explained,desperately trying to get his two best friends together.
"I've already been here before.I'm not ready for a relationship so soon after ."
"Well if was ready for one,you've got to be ready for one!" joked,but knew he was right.
"Well maybe i just wanna be mates with ." replied sternly,before waving her hand in the air and being granted permission to leave the class.
"I dunno.But everyone gets bullied in their life at some point." replied,trying to make her best friend feel better,but failing.
( and are in the girls toilets trying to get a mud stain out of 's white blouse.)
***In the Boy's toilets.***
"Did you see what happened to that chick?" asked his mate ,whilst doing his flies up.
"Yea.Did you see how fit her mate was?" replied.
"!Anyway the 'mud' chick was fitter!"
( and walk out of the toilets and bang into two boys.)
"Shit sorry dude...ettes!" said apologetically,whilst looking the girls up and down.
"Don't worry about it." said after a few minutes,as it was clear was too nervous to breath infront of the boys,let alone talk!
"We'd better be going" managed to mutter.
"What lesson have you got next?" quizzed,wondering if he would get to spend any time with the girls.
""=( replied,pulling a face at the thought of going on about algebra.
"." replied,starting to regain her confidence.
"Looks like i'm with you erm...?" started.
".But most people call me ." replied,smiling as she caught 'check her out'.
"Oh i'm with you...?"
",but calls me and some other mates call me ." answered .
"I'll stick to "
"It's a pretty name!" blushed,trying to show he was interested without looking desperate.
"Thanks." =) replied,feeling her stomach turn with excitement.
(The bell rings.)>br> "Ok we really have to go now!" shouted,pushing next to and staying back with so they could check out what the boys 'behinds' had to offer!
***In .***
"So what hapened to today?" asked ,fiddling with the pen in his hand.
"Oh some pathetic boys were picking on her and when she ignored them,they decided to lob mud at her!" sighed.
"Maybe it's because of her boyfriend?"
"Na. don't have a boyfriend.Infact she's never had a boyfriend!"
Something changed with and he decided he should find out what his chances with were.
"So if i was to ask her out..."
"She'd be bricking it!" laughed at the fixed image of her friend in her mind.
"Oh" felt his heart sink as he realised 'his girl' might not be right for him.
"I can talk to her if you want." offered.
"Would you really do that for me?"
"Course i would!Even though i've only known you for a few hours,i feel as though i've known you for years.I'm pretty sure likes you anyway!" smiled reasuringly.
"How can you tell?" asked.
"We've been best mates since playschool.I can read her like a book!"
***In .***
"So howz 's love life?" asked happily.
"I dunno.I can't keep track of how many guys she thinks are 'fit' or who she claims she 'loves'.She's always on about some boy.It's hard to tell if she's actually going out with them.or if she just likes their body!" replied,not realising how shallow she had just made sound. didn't seem to mind though!
"Oh.So what do you think she would say if i asked her out?"
"It depends.She could either jump up and down with joy and kiss you..." interrupted quickly,not wanting to hear what else she had to say.
"How about we just stick with that one?!"
"Or she could smile,hug you,and go into this long converstaion on how she only sees you as a friend." managed to finish,despite 's attempts to cover her mouth.
"I can talk to her if you want." said after a tense few minutes of silence.
"PLEASE!" squeled a little too loudly.
"No problem."
"So can you tell me what Oskar Schindler started to feel at this point?" shouted at .
***At Break***
and are sitting in the hall waiting for and to get out of history.
suddenly felt someone tapping on her shoulder,and turned around to be confronted by her friend .
"Hey !Can i sit with you?I'm depressed." said glumly,pulling a face which knew was part of 's act.It was like the cutest guy in the whole world putting on puppy dog eyes.Completely irrisistable to any normal female. just couldn't say no to helping out a mate,like she wouldn't beable to say no to the cute boy!
"Awww hun course you can sit here.Budge up ."Vicky gestured to .When he refused to move saw no other option but to give him a little nudge...or push...or shove him across until there was enough space for to park her b-hind (lol!) next to .
sighed deeply and planted her face into her hands,but could see her eyes poking out the side of her hands,looking at 's reaction.
"Ok what's up with you this time?!" finally gave into temptation and asked the obvious question,which made start off a extremely long explanation...or rant.Whichever floats you boat!
"I NEED A BOYFRIEND! I've gone a whole week without having anyone." shouted,but immediately sighing a obvious sigh of relief when she had finished.
"Oh shame.A whole week!Coz that's a long time!" replied sarcastically.
"Well it's a long time for me.Anyways who's this dude?" asked,finally realising 's presence.
"Oh crap forgot to introduce you guys. this is . this is ."
"So how long have you been going out with for then?" asked,being typical and jumping to the wrong conclusion.
Because for you couldn't JUST be friends with boys,you HAD to go out with boys!That's the way her brain worked,and to be honest, wasn't really surprised that was single right now.She had got a bad reputation because she had a different boyfriend almost every day.But it didn't matter because loved for who she was,and she was there for her when ever she needed a shoulder to cry on or in need of advice.
"I'm not going out with .He's just a mate." explained as simply as she could.She watched the expression on 's face change as if to say 'You weirdo',but didn't care.
She didn't need a boyfriend yet,she was content with her life and a boyfriend would just get in the way.They always had done in the past!
"Hey i know a dude that would love to go out with you!" jumped to 's rescue.He knew was just about to expload with millions of questions,questioning the point in a boy and a girl being nothing more than friends.
"REALLY?WHO?!" screeched,causing and to both crumple their faces up as the eery screaching continued to echo through their ears.
"Woah!Really loud noise.Ear.Exploding!Anyway it's my mate .Your just his type!"
giggled at how bad that sounded.Visions of a cheap,using,but typical man span around in her head.Just 's type!For some reason she got amusement from taking the piss out of her friend's love life,but she couldn't think why!
"Cool well i've gotta go,but introduce me to him sometime?" asked,while raising herself from the large table the three were sat at in the big dining hall.
"Okily Dokily" punched on the arm and burst into hysterics.She had never known a straight man sound so camp before!
"Look there's and !" stated,deciding a change of subject was for the best before grasped the opportunity to hit her.
"I need to talk to you." and both announced to each other at the same time.
"Ok!" and both replied,giggling at the fact that they must sound like parrott's!
and walked down the stairs of the stage,leaving and together.
" likes you!" said as soon as the girls had reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Yea right.Like any guys gonna like me." replied,thinking was lying.
"I'm being serious. lurvvveesss you!" giggled at how high her voice just went.
"But i don't wanna have to go and ask him out and then for him to blow me off." found herself giggling once again.This time at the way her friend had put her words together.It sounded slightly dirty to say the least!
"He won't.He's crazy about you!He told me in ." found her voice after giggling and informed .
"Well missy i've got gossip for you!" said smiling and poking her tongue out at .
"Oooo what?What?WHAT?!" found herself screaming.She always had to know the latest gossip!
" fancies yooouuuu!" replied.
"Shut up!" said simply,not believing a word that had just come out of 's mouth.
"I'm not shitting you!" giggled at her friend's response.
"That's cool!" sighed,deciding not to dwell on the matter any more.
"Don't you wanna take a chance with him?" questioned,confused by 's attitude.
"I'm not sure how i feel about him." replied,twirling her hair around her finger whilst she thought.
"Well we'd better get back to the boys." stated,interrupting 's short moment of thought.
"Wait!Are you gonna ask out?" asked,knowing had tried to escape that one question.
"Maybe!"Was all said,leaving wondering...
***Two weeks Later***
did ask out,that very day infact!Some slags didn't like the fact that was with .Simply because she wasn't very popular and to be honest was!
However looked after and she'd learned to deal with the shit that was pelted at her every day.(Not literally by the way!)
and had got together soon after as well,and to 's surprise was still with .She had guessed was pretty special because never usually stuck to the same guy.Infact they were lucky if they lasted two days!
And and are still just mates.
decided she just wanted to be friends and wasn't ready for a relationship as she had just broken up with her boyfriend, ,a few days before.
Anyway back to the story...
***In ***
"So how are things with you and ?"
"Everything's great.But i can't say the same thing for ." explained,desperately trying to get his two best friends together.
"I've already been here before.I'm not ready for a relationship so soon after ."
"Well if was ready for one,you've got to be ready for one!" joked,but knew he was right.
"Well maybe i just wanna be mates with ." replied sternly,before waving her hand in the air and being granted permission to leave the class.
sighed.She knew she wouldn't beable to escape school for ever.She'd have to go back sometime.
'Better get it over and done with' thought as she clambered out of bed.
She got dressed,pausing slightly as she wondered if she should wear trousers or a skirt.
She peered outside.The vision of rain filled her eyes.
'Typical!The two days i have off are the hottest days of the year so far,and when i go back it's raining!' once again found herself thinking,except this time the words slipped out of her mind,and her mouth uttered the words quietly,so as only could hear them.
*********
"Hey !Good to see your back!" said happily as he looked up and realised he wouldn't have to sit alone this lesson.
"Thanks.I must have caught a bug or something." stated,knowing the real reason for her absence was .
"Yea i've heard there's one going around. was really worried about you y'know." said,turning his head to see 's reaction.
became aware that was watching her,searching her face,and started to become very nervous.
"I...erm...really?Well that's cool i guess!" stuttered,scrunching up her nose as she knew she sucked badly at lying.
" you know you can tell me anything.I'm not going to tell ,not if you don't want me to." explained,which made smile,because souded so genuine,sweet and caring.
placed his hand on top of 's and smiled at her.
"Ok ok.I give up.You win!I like .Is that what you want to hear?"
"Yep!" grinned cheekily,as he removed his hand from 's.
" you won't tell will you?" asked quietly,feeling relieved that she had finally let it out in the open that she had more than friendly feelings for .
"Of course i won't.I don't lie to people ,and i would never lie to you!" smiled once again.Any fears she had of coming back to school had totally vanished...for now anyway!
***At Break***
After having maths first,and then another boring lesson,this time without , walked up to the canteen alone.She knew her friends would be eating in the dining hall.
"But babe i swear i haven't done anything wrong!" heard 's familiar voice.But something wasn't right. 's voice sounded as though it was filled with hurt,and was pleading and begging for some reason.
followed 's voice and stood behind a girl,which she recognised as .
"What makes you think i'm going to believe a word you say now.You were caught . saw you two in .She said you were holding hands.I know you never loved me at all.You just used me to get to .You probably thought i'd be a good way to get to her because i'm so vunerable.You know,because i've never had a boyfriend and everything." shouted,causing many heads to turn,but neither or took any notice of them.
also noticed that sounded as though she was crying,but she was extremely confused as to why her name had been mentioned in 's nag.
" ?As in .As in the that's spent her whole life trying to ruin your best friend's life?" asked.
"Best friend?I don't have a best friend anymore.I lost her when you cheated on me with her." replied in disgust.
"This is stupid !I DIDN'T CHEAT ON YOU!I love you!I would never cheat on you,and not with .She's your best frie...was your best friend." was stunned.Her and ?That's ridiculous!She had never seen as anything more than a friend.She was too interested in to even think about ,about anyone or anything else.
"Whatever." said simply,before turning around and walking straight into .
"I might of known you'd be here.Well it's ok now,i'm out of the picture. 's all your's ...i mean .HAVE HIM!" shouted in 's face,her warm breath touching 's skin.
ran off,the tears streaming down her face,but before she could escape for good,she banged into .
" ? what's happened?" asked,but just kept on running,to her new friend,and 's enemy - .World's biggest slag EVER!
***
It didn't take long for to find and .
Stunned faces were all looking in the direction of the pair.Then there was ,a look of shock spread across his face,and then .
fled to the table and were sitting/standing at/by.
The tears flowed freely down 's face,like a never ending flood,leaving black mascara lines,trailing behind the salty tears.
had never seen a girl cry before.It seems sad right?But he wasn't brought up in a family like that.Nobody ever cried in his house.Even after a death,his family seemed to always look on the positive side,instead of the negative side.But it didn't stop from knowing what was the right thing to do.
He pushed down slightly,telling her body to sit,and he wrapped his arms around her,encircling her with warmth.
sniffed as the tears carried on falling from her eyes.
" .I'm so sorry.I never thought would break your friendship up,over something so stupid and innocent." started,as he started to feel guilty for the pain was suffering.
said nothing,just buried her head in 's chest as he stroked her hair.
*********
was taken to the medical room later that day as she became stressed and couldn't stop crying.Her teachers had become really worried about her and sent her there,after a few minutes of class time.
looked around the boring room.She was sat on a old and tatty leather sofa,with a hole in the middle.
The dull colour of yellow blurred through her eyes as the return of the tears blurred her vision.
She felt pathetic.She was crying over something that really wasn't worth it.Sure was worth it,and would rather was happy with ,then to be happy herself with ,but and had been wrongly accused.They had done nothing wrong and were completely innocent.
A weak knock on the door shook from her thoughts. entered.
"How you doing?" asked lightly,looking at sympathetically.
Only one good thing had come from all of this,and that was and 's relationship.
When was in 's arms,it felt so right to her.She felt as though she was finally safe,and as though was protecting her.His warmth and aroma had comforted her,and she could still smell his sweet scent on her blazer now.
"I still feel like shit to be honest." replied,quite bluntly but telling the complete truth.
"It will get better .I'm always here for you.Don't forget that.Anyway it's lunch so i was just wondering if you wanna go get something to eat." said,not waiting for a reply,and pulling up off the old sofa.He picked her bag up from the corner it had been thrown in and handed it to .
For a brief moment their hands touched,and felt as though a bolt of lightening had struck her inside,and exploded into tiny waves of electricity,tingling through her body.
***In the Dining Hall***
"There she is .Look she's so two faced!She's obviously dumped for ,and left you with nothing.Oh well at least you've got me!"The cackling,that was apparently a voice,filled both and 's ears.
"Ignore her." said simply,whilst taking 's hand and leading her to a almost empty table.The only person sat there was .
and sat down and looked up from the empty space he had been staring at for a while.
" are you alright?" asked. "Yea.It's just strange without .I just want her back." started. switched off.
She felt partly to blame for this as well.
was only telling that she could talk to him whenever she wanted,and showing his affection in a friendly way by placing his hand on top of her's.It's not as though they were holding hands,their fingers entwined in a loving way.
raised to her feet,deciding that her and needed to talk.
"What do you want?" quizzed,whilst she looked at up and down with a look of disgust on her face.
"I've come to talk to ." said simply,clenching her fists,deciding it was best not to cause another fight today.
"Well doesn't want to talk to you!" sneered. ? ? hated that nickname! had even slapped when she persisted to call her that! " it's fine.I should at least hear her out." said. was shocked.She couldn't believe that had given in so easily.
The two girls walked down the stairs to the hall.
"So you and are best friends then?" was the first to start.
"Yep.Got a problem with that?" asked,flicking her hair slightly.
"Nope.If you want to hang around with a saddo like that,don't let me get in your way." replied calmly,secretley really proud of the way she was handling this.
"What really happened ?" suddenly asked,starting the conversation on a completely different topic.
"Nothing. just told me i could tell him anything,and then he placed his hand on top of mine,in a friendly way." said,emphasising a few words in her sentence.
"What did you tell ?" questioned.
"I...erm...i...told...him...i told him i like !" suddenly blurted out,after a few moments of stuttering.
"I KNEW IT!"Was all said,or rather shouted!
"But you can't tell though." warned ,not realising what was going to come next.
"I think you just told him yourself!" giggled,as she walked up the stairs to make up with .
Vicky turned slowly on her heel and gulped as she saw what she was dreading - .
"You like me?!" repeated what had just been said a few moments ago.
'It's now or never' thought to herself.
"Yes."Was all could think to say.
"Why didn't you just tell me ?" asked.He had made it obvious that he liked her.
"I don't know.I guess i was just shy." said.She knew that was actually the truth,and couldn't believe she had just admitted it to .
"So you wanna erm..." trailed off.Now it was his turn to be shy.
responded by kissing him lightly on the lips,pushing their soft lips against each other and entwining her fingers in his,before slowly pulling away,with a smile spread across her face.
"Does that answer your question?" asked,as grinned cheekily,and started to kiss again.
***1 Year Later***
So much had changed in 's life since that day,and it was all definately for the better.
Her and had moved in together after finally finishing school later that year.They were very happy together,although still taking things slowly.
and had made up that day,after realised had been bullshitting to her the whole time.They hadn't moved in together yet,but they were engaged.Their parents weren't very happy about it.
They said that 16 was too young to get married,but does age really matter when your in love?
And finally and had proved everyone wrong.They moved away to America a few months after finishing school,as it had always been a life long ambition for both of them.
I guess the only people that ever miss out are the bullies themselves then!