As I walk through the school, I surprisingly seem a lot more confident than usual, maybe its my new look. I receive several glances from boys in the grade above, along with a few whistles and some compliments from a small group of guys in my year as I pass them.
I turn a corner and see my four bestfriends, Birgitta, Bonita, Christine and Martha hanging out by my locker.
"There you are!" Christine smiles, suddenly noticing me. I hug all of them then unlock my locker and take out the books I need and hold them to my chest.
"You look so cute today" Birgitta compliments, gently pulling one of my curls down then watching it as she releases it and it springs back up.
"Thanks" I grin
"You seem awfully happy today" Bonita observes "Did something good happen?"
"Nope, I just feel like a entirely new person" I explain, locking my locker back up
"So I'm guessing you haven't ran into Aaron and them lot yet" Martha says. I shake my head.
My friends are the only people that know about the bullying thing, and I hope it stays that way, I couldn't bare it if the whole school found out.
"Well if you do run into him, try to be the bigger person. Turn and leave...or run" Birgitta suggests
"I'll try" I half-smile "I just don't want the entire school to find out about it, I'd never hear the end of it" we begin to walk off towards our first lesson. Art.
When we arrive, the five of us sit down in our normal seats whilst everyone else in our class does the same. We take out our sketchbooks and begin to draw the objects in the centre of the room.
"Christine, Lauren, can I talk to you two for a minute" Miss Pymm calls us
"Sure" we agree, picking up our sketchbooks and walking over to her desk
"Now you two, I have been extremely impressed with your work recently that I have decided to move you two up to the Senior's class. From now own, you'll be working with the 12 Graders. You will head there now" Miss explains, giving us the room number on a piece of paper
"Alright then" We smile, picking up our bags and walking out of the room.
"I can't believe we're getting moved up two grades in Art" Christine squeals
"I know" I agree. We carry on walking until we reach the door to our new class "Here we go" I say. I knock on the door twice then wait.
"Come in" I hear the teacher shout.
Christine opens the door and leads the two of us into the noisy room. As soon as we step inside, the whole room goes quiet, everyone looks in our direction.
"Are you two the 10th graders that Miss Pymm was talking about?" Mr Watts wonders, looking down at his papers "Lauren and Christine, am I right?"
"Yes sir" we reply
"Take a seat" he instructs
"Where abouts?"
"You Christine, can sit beside Derek, and you Lauren, can sit in between Legacy and Aaron" Sir says.
Both of us freeze.
"Th...those two?" I ask, pointing to Legacy and Aaron at the back of the classroom; both of them smirking at me
"Yes, those two" Mr Watts smiles
"O...Okay" I agree, me and Christine slowly walking to our seats.
As I approach my seat, Legacy and Aaron turn to look at me; big grins on their faces. Legacy pulls out the chair for me to sit on, so I do. I look down at the table and try to avoid the two pairs of eyes staring me down.
"So" I hear Aaron say. I can tell he's smiling.
"Did you have a good summer?" Legacy asks me
"...yes..." I mumble
"Boys stop talking back there and get on with your work!" Mr Watts orders
"Sorry sir" they apologise, but don't make any attempt to even open their sketchbooks
"So how you been Lauren?" Aaron says
"Why do you care?" I sigh
"What's that suppose to mean?" Legacy fake gasps
"We care" Aaron defends
"No you don't" I say but it comes out as more of a whisper
"Of course we do" Legacy assures. I shoot him a glare. "Its true"
"Boys, get on with your work!" Sir shouts
"Ugh...yes sir" they say aggrivatedly, but still don't open their books
"You don't care about me, you never have" I sigh, continuing with my work; a tear from my eye, landing on the page.
The two boys sigh, then decide to change the subject.
"What's your friend's name?" Aaron wonders
"Christine"
"Is she nice?" Legacy asks
"Very" I scowl, wondering why they're asking me all these questions
"Really?" Aaron questions "She looks like a bit of a b*tch to me"
"What?" I say sharply, my face flushing red with anger
"She does though, doesn't she Legacy"
Legacy looked over at Christine working, and nods.
"Yep, definitely"
I can literally feel my blood boiling.
"Don't call her that" I mumble
"What did you say?" the two of them question
"Don't call her that!" I snap
"What is going on back there?!" Mr Watts shouts, shooting up from his chair and walking over to us, standing in front of us "Well?"
"Its her fault sir" Legacy points to me
"What?" I question, looking at Legacy then up to Mr Watts
"Is this true Aaron?" he asks him
"Yes sir" Aaron nods
"Sir its no my fau-"
"Lauren. I let you in my classroom, I let you sit beside my best students, I let you work, I-"
"But Sir, its not my fault. They're the ones wh-"
"Get out" he says calmly
"But Sir, she didn't do anything" Christine steps in
"Thank you" I say
"This doesn't concern you" Mr Watts shoos Chrissy away
"No! This does concern me. Lauren's my bestfriend" Christine defends
"That's it. You. Get out!" He shouts and Christine, pointing to the door
"...fine..." she sighs
I mouth 'Thanks for sticking up for me' to Christine before she makes her way to the door.
As she walks past a group of boys, one sticks his foot out. She trips over it and hits the floor with a thump; everyone in the room laughs.
"Chrissy, are you okay?" I stand up and begin to run over to her when Mr Watts calls my name. I stop before I could reach her.
Christine pulls herself to her feet then runs out crying. I wince as the door slams behind her.
"Lauren. Get back here" Sir orders. I sigh, then walk back to where I was sitting.
"I hate that I have to do this..." Sir begins, looking at Legacy, Aaron and me "You three to the principals office"
"What?!" we gasp
"Go" Mr Watts adds as he walks away.
I scowl and pick up my bag before storming out of the room, not even bothering to wait for the other two. As I turn right as I leave the room, I crash into Christine.
"Sorry for getting you in trouble" I apologise
"Its fine" she hugs me "No biggie. And besides, you've been having this done to you for over a year, today's the first day for me, so don't worry about it"
"I'm so glad someone actually understands" I smile "I'll catch you later"
"Where ya going?"
"Principals office" I halfsmile before turning and leaving.
I walk down the empty hallway until I reach the bench outside the principals office. I sit. I place my elbows on my knees and bury my face in my hands.
Its a few minutes later when I see two figures sit down o the bench opposite. I look up and see Aaron and Legacy. They spot me, and scowl. I brush it off and lean back and fold my arms.
"What?" I ask
"This is all your fault" Aaron glares
"My fault?! How is this possibly my fault?" I question, shooting up from my seat "You're the ones who started it, the first day I came to this hell-hole"
"We didn't start it, we were just trying to be friendly and you decided to disrespect us.
What's up with that? Do you have a problem with us or something?" Legacy wonders.
I scoff loudly, practically fake laughing. "What's my problem with you? Are you serious? On that day, I was just trying to get to my lesson on time, make a good first impression; and then I run into you guys. You and your assh*les make one of the most exciting days of my life into a living hell!" I scream
"Watch your mouth, do you even know who you're talking to? We practically run this school, so I'd suggest keeping that beak of yours shut" Aaron threatens, standing up from the bench and looking down at me
"Trust me, after a year of going here, I think I'd know who you lot were" I frown
"Why do you suddenly seem a lot more confident than usual when you talk to us?" Legacy
observes, standing up beside Aaron.
My frown drops. Its only now that I remember what they did to me before the Summer break.
"I...I..." I stammer, both of the boys in front of me towering over me
"That's what we thought" they grin smugly
"Look, I don't wanna start anything off again...but you cannot just call my bestfriend a b*tch and think you'll get away with it" I scowl.
"Is that a threat?" they laugh
"You think that you can take us down" they chuckle.
My flushes red with rage, and my fists clench.
"No-one messes with my friends" I mumble.
They laugh again. I can literally feel my blood boiling, then I lose control of my body. My fist flies forwards and hits Aaron right in the nose.
"ARGH!" he cries, crippling over and cupping his bleeding nose.
That's when I hear someone clear their throat.
Legacy and I freeze, Aaron slowly straightens himself up still cupping his nose.
I turn around and see Principal Walker standing behind me; his arms folded, and a scowl on his face.
"I...I can explain" I stutter, but he puts his hand up to stop me from talking anymore
"You three, in here" he gestures to his office.
The three of us walk in and sit down on the seats provided, the Principal followed us, shut the door then sat down at his desk. He comes the big speech; so I just sit back and listen.
This could take a while.
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