Finally

Chapter three

Layla's POV

Summer holidays has ended and its the first day of school today.

I dreaded going to school. I wasn't the popular one and I didn't have my 'group' of friends. I was the one who just tagged along with some girls who are nice to me.

The teachers were fine seeing how I didn't really do anything to make their job hard. I just stayed quiet, answered questions when they asked and did my work. I hated it when we were allowed to choose our own seats though, when everyone else would be happy picking seats with their friends I somehow always end up getting dragged along with Hannah, one of the girls I like, to her table.

Mum dropped me off at school and said have a good day! But I doubt I will. I waved back at her and heard the car drive away. The bell doesn't go until five minutes and i didn't really know how to just play and join the other kids in hand ball so I just walked around the school until the bell was about to go. I made my way to class and a few people said hi and some even came up and hugged me saying I missed you so much, blah blah blah.

Of course we got to choose our seats as it is the start of term. Hannah had her bag on the seat next to her and said that the seat was 'saved'. I didn't really think that she'd be saving it for me so I walked over to a spare seat. But Hannah called out my name and waved for me to come and sit with them. The teachers always asked us to talk about our holidays every term, luckily this time she asked us to share with the person sitting next to us. Hannah was actually the closest friend I had in primary school, she wasn't a drama queen or anything, she was really nice and funny to me.

2 weeks later

Scarlett's POV

Ugh I am so bored its the weekend and I have NOTHING to do. Soccer has been cancelled due to the stupid rain. Layla Daniel and I haven't caught up in weeks. It's just not the same. So I pulled on a sweater and told mum I was going to see if Jessica, my best friend at school, was free. Jessica lives next door so mum let me go. While I pull on my gum boots I wondered how Daniel was doing. He's obviously going to be very sad. I'd be devastated if josh died. Josh is my older brother. My boots squeaked on the tiles in my front yard. It turns out Jessica was stuck at home too, so i played at her house for the rest of the afternoon.

When I got changed for dinner I heard mum talking about Daniel. But josh scared the living day lights out of me. He tapped my shoulder with a really cold hand and said really suddenly Whatcha doing!? I was so scared I jumped out and fell on my butt. I pushed back up and dusted the dirt off my butt which I didn't have.

"Where were you today? I was SO bored. But I had a great time with Jessica!" I asked him

"I was checking up on remy Jess and Daniel to see how they were doing." He replied casually

Remy and Jess is Daniels brother and sister. They are both older.

"YOU! WENT! WITHOUT! ME!? I was bored to DEATH at home and all I could think about was them and you were there! You are de-ad to me...." I said evilly pronouncing every syllable.

We had potato salad and chicken wings for dinner it was delicious. It was Monday again and school was going to be a long day but at least I will see my friends.

Layla's POV

Again I drag myself to school and always hate it. Unlike other kids I have nothing to look forward to! At least they can say that they see their friends and stuff. I put my bag on the bench and went in class Nick Gall looked at me as I put my bag down, he was mean to people, the class bully.

The rain started again during class and I could not concentrate so I stared out in to the rain and wondered about Scarlett and Daniel. I haven't seen them in weeks.

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Finally the bell rang for the end of school but it was still raining. I walked carefully to avoid puddles so my shoes wouldn't get wet. But out of no where Nick and his 'group' of bullies appeared. They started doing a 'oooo' thing and nick came up to me and said

"you are so weird, no wonder you have no friends." He punched me straight in the face and pushed me to the ground. Soaking wet I hugged my knees and cried silently, my tears blending with the rain. My face felt numb now. In fact my whole body did. Hannah however saw this and reported it to the teacher. I ran back home to avoid being questioned by the teacher. I got home dripping. Mum turned around with a shocked expression on her face as she wraps a towel around me and asked why I was so wet when I had my umbrella and it was only a two minute walk. I opened my mouth to talk but tears steamed down my face And I cried in mums arms mumbling about me not being good enough and never will be.

Nick got in huge trouble for that but I decided not to tell Daniel or Scarlett because they won't understand. They never will. Because they are the popular kids

who have no idea what it's like to be the one without any friends. They can't walk across the playground with ten thousand people saying hi to them. Me? I would be lucky to have one person say hi to me in a whole day and that person would probably be Hannah.

Even though Nick apologised and did everything the teachers said I still feel it every time. I can feel how they laughed at me when I fell to the ground, how they would snort and laugh at me and agree with nick when he said I was nothing. As much as I didn't want to believe it. I did. I believed that I wasn't good enough, and I never will be. I can never be someone like Scarlett or Hannah. I can't do anything right and I will always be the odd one out.

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