Stay Strong

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Thank you very much for your kind comments on the first chapter, here is the second one :)

-Ross' POV*

"See you tomorrow" my girlfriend Caissdy says and pecks my lips. After watching Laura fall over and drop her books in the muddy puddle, we all go home. This is how it happens everyday. We bully Laura in lessons, at lunch and even right before she gets on the bus.

I know what you're thinking. Why bully such an innocent girl? Well here's your answer, I don't know. Okay, I do know. I know perfectly well why and I believe the reason is acceptable. I never talk about it to anyone, not even my family or friends. Not even Cassidy.

Cassidy is a beautiful girl with an ugly personality, like me I guess. I'm good looking but I'm horrible and I'll admit that. I'm not proud of what I do but I really have no choice! I have a big group of friends so I'm happy. Josh and Luke are my best buds ever since the first year of secondary school. I never used to be a bully till I met them. They're cool and so am I. If you're not popular in school then you've got nothing. Laura for example. She's an unpopular nerd who practically asks to get bullied.

She's short and wears glasses, hasn't got any friends and her life only revolves around school. She's as skinny as a twig too. No boy in the school is attracted to her, including me. I doubt she'll ever get friends and eventually a boyfriend. Sorry, but that's the cold truth.

Another thing about me you would have probably guessed. I'm a ladies man, also known as a player. It's not my fault I'm not committed and can't be tied down to just one girl. I don't necessarily cheat on my girlfriends. I just dump them when a better offer comes along.

Cassidy and I have been together for a week? Or is it two weeks? I don't keep track of these things, like one week-adversary's and all that romantic stuff. But I can guarantee in the next few days we'll be over and I'll go out with one of her best friends.

The girls in our group are Cassidy, Katie, Amelia, Paris, Chloe and Caitlin. I wouldn't say we're all best friends. The girls are just friends, most ex-girlfriends, but us guys are like three peas in a pod. They wear short skirts, tight tops and heels higher than my standards. They party on the weekends, wear fake tan and most aren't virgins.

Apart from our group there are other guys and girls in our year. Less popular and don't bully Laura, but they're cool enough to talk to I guess. There are no other girls like Laura though. She's the only nerd in the year, though it's hard to believe. There's gotta be other losers right? Well wrong, they all took the right path, she took the wrong one.

Yeah sometimes I feel bad for making her life so miserable, but I'd rather it be her than me again, so I suck it up and get on with life.

I hop into Josh's car and he drives me and Luke home.

"Thanks dude" I jump out of the car and shut the door. Taking out my phone, I enter my house and slam the door shut with my foot. I unlock my phone to see tons of messages, calls and notifications from twitter and facebook. I decide to ignore them and grab something to eat, I'm starved.

"Anyone home?" I shout as I walk into the kitchen and look around. I'm mostly home alone because my mum works a lot. From day till night she'll be busy at work. Sometimes I don't even see her in the evenings and not in the morning before school either. It doesn't bother me much though, I miss her loads but my friends are my family.

My dad left us when I was young. I never met him properly, except when I was born. Then all of a sudden he left and never returned. Anyway, enough about my past. I only live in the present. The past is gone and means nothing to me.

-Laura's POV-

I groan at the sound of my annoying alarm clock ringing. It has this piercing sound that gets louder and faster when you don't answer it soon. I'm the type of girl who is happy to wake up early and get ready for school because I enjoy it, or I used to. School means everything to be because I care about my education and certainly about the future, but now that school is a misery, I don't look forward to it as much as I would like to.

I reach over to feel for my glasses so I can turn my alarm off. Without them, I'm as blind as a bat. I hit it several times, the noise does my head in. Pushing the blanket off me, I swing my legs over and have a quick stretch and a yawn.

Every morning I wake up at 6am. Although school doesn't start until 8:30, I like to be an early bird. It means I can have breakfast, watch some TV and then take my time getting ready. Luckily for me, I don't spend an hour doing my hair and makeup, I simply have a shower and brush my teeth, then pick out some clothes to wear. Again, I don't spend an hour choosing my outfit. I get picked on for whatever I wear, so why does it matter what I look like? No body notice me, otherwise I would make a bit of an effort.

Creeping downstairs, I walk into the kitchen and fill a bowl with cereal. And buy fill a bowl, I mean a small bowl. The size that a toddler would eat from. After finishing my breakfast I head upstairs to have a shower and dress.

I choose ordinary jeans and an ordinary top along with plain flats. No makeup and no fancy hairstyle. I leave my hair down and look in the mirror. I smile weakly, pick up my bag and go.

...

"Bye Ed" I say as I get off the bus and wave. I keep my head down and walk quickly, hoping not to be seen by 'the group'. Still staring at the floor, I unlock my locker and start filling my bag with books, until..

"Well isn't it sweet, little Laura Marano" I hear a voice behind me snigger.

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I have a question, what celebrities should play Chloe, Caitlin and Amelia? x