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Leigh-Anne tapped her foot anxiously. She couldn't sit still as she waited to see the headmaster. She knew she had nothing to fear regarding school approval for the rally that will see every student who has ever felt undermined or bullied finally taking a stand and showing their support for one another. What she did worry about was Blaine, the other bullies, and the whereabouts of the spell book.

'Miss Pinnock, the headmaster will see you now,' a stern-looking woman said from behind an overgrown desk. Leigh-Anne almost didn't catch her at first, but she soon snapped out of her trance and headed to the headmaster's office.

'Mr. Cowell?' Leigh-Anne meekly asked as she stepped through the doorway.

'Miss Pinnock, please, close the door behind you and take a seat,' he told her and waited for her to sit before continuing. 'You shouldn't be alarmed, I can see it in your eyes.'

Leigh-Anne stifled a laugh. 'I'm fine, well, as long as you don't go back on your word about the rally.' She felt she may have been a little too bold, but Mr. Cowell gave her a supportive laugh.

'Don't be silly, of course I haven't! It's in two hours, isn't it? It's a bit late to cancel now. I called you in because there is now a lot of attention on this rally. Depending on the outcome, the reception of this school could either be positive or negative. I'm hoping we can keep it positive.'

'Absolutely,' Leigh-Anne said. 'The entire mission of the anti-bullying society is to make sure we have a positive school environment so no student ever feels like they don't belong. I know first-hand how hard it can be to come to school every day anticipating some kind of abuse. If more people showed their support for one another, this school will see less bullying every single day.'

'It won't be as easy as that and it can't change overnight, but you have the full support of myself and the school board. I believe in this cause.'

Leigh-Anne felt relaxed. 'Thank you, that means a lot.'

'I just wanted to make sure that you and everyone going to the rally is prepared.'

'We are meeting in the auditorium this morning; I'll be heading straight there after this meeting.'

Mr. Cowell moved back in his chair. 'By all means, go to the auditorium. I think I've said all I needed to say.'

Leigh-Anne was about to leave, but then remained seated. 'I really am thankful for your support in all this. I truly believe that change will only happen when it's not just the students, but the staff too. This is a community and it's fundamental that those higher up pay attention and listen to our concerns. So thank you, thank you very much.'

'Any time, Miss Pinnock, and good luck.'

Leigh-Anne nodded at him and left the room. She headed for the auditorium, but stopped when she came across the doors for the dressing rooms. Her mind wandered back to Gary, feeling his issues suddenly pressing down on her. He wouldn't be in the changing rooms at that time, but she still entered.

She looked at the empty chair in front of the mirror with the lightbulbs. This was where he would shine and come alive, and every single problem he would have would die away. She sat in the chair and felt his presence. The rally would be important to him; she would do it for him. She checked her phone to see if he called or sent her a text, but he did neither.

Jesy walked down the corridor with Hughie. She looked at him with happiness, knowing he had nothing to do with Eliza's attack and that he was fully on board to support the bullied. She was proud of the positive change in him and she hoped that he wouldn't change back to his old, ignorant ways.

'So about the wedding,' Hughie broke the ice after a moment's silence. 'I have been thinking about a New Year wedding, once the whole Christmas break is out of the way and we can begin our lives afresh for 2017, you know?'

Jesy smiled but felt guilt. 'Yes, that is a wonderful idea actually. How have your parents taken to it?'

'They're confused and they think we are too young, but they also married when they were young so it's nothing too out of the ordinary for my family. They just want to meet you first.'

'I'm worried about that,' Jesy confessed. 'What if they don't like me? What if they think I look wrong for the family?'

'You need to stop focusing on how you think you look to how you feel about yourself. What I've loved about you lately is how confident you've been. You need to start showing that confidence to the people you love so you can know for definite that you deserve the love they give you - you deserve the love that I give you.'

'Hughie that is the damn most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me,' Jesy said as she stole a lingering kiss from his lips. The kiss was interrupted by Jade, who came around the corner the same time they did.

'Good job it's me,' Jade said when they didn't see her. They broke their kiss and looked at her in shock. 'Otherwise other people would have been sick all over you two lovebirds.'

Jesy shot her a wicked smile. 'Don't be a debbie downer. Why are you coming this way, the auditorium is in that direction.'

'I have to talk to Kyle first. He's coming into the school now,' Jade told her. As she did, she could see someone down the corridor. It was Kyle, and he stopped in his place, waiting for Jade to go to him. 'Speak of the devil.'

Jade left Jesy and Hughie and walked towards Kyle. She crossed her arms as she approached. Kyle put his head down.

'Feeling ashamed, are we?' Jade asked.

'What do you want me to do?' Kyle asked in frustration. 'I don't know what I'm supposed to do to make this right.'

'Tell the police what you saw,' Jade said bluntly. 'It's not hard. You should have come forward ages ago.'

'Exactly, and if I do they'll lock me up too for not coming forward sooner. I was hiding crucial evidence.'

'You deserve to get some time for just letting something like that happen, but if you explain your situation, I'm sure they'd be lenient.'

'I don't think I can do that.'

'Well you need to do something to make it right,' Jade told him, and before she let him speak, she turned away from him and left him alone in the corridor.

On the other side of the school, Perrie walked through the car park. Her movements were tense and quick, fearing the appearance of Blaine. Her head darted in every possible direction to ensure she wouldn't be surprised.

Fortunately, she made it to the building. She opened the door, passing a couple of students she assumed would be part of the rally. She smiled at them and continued to the auditorium. When she got there, she saw that the majority of people had turned up, a general buzz of excitement in the air. People had made banners with bright and colourful words of expression, giving sign to the voices that had previously been minimised by bigger voices.

Perrie looked for the other girls. She saw Jade, Jesy and Hughie up by the stage and headed towards them. As she walked down the aisles, she swore she saw Blaine in the crowd. She looked back at the person she thought was him, but it turned out to be someone else. Her mind seemed to be playing cruel tricks on her.

'Hey, there you are,' Jesy said as Perrie approached. 'Now we are just waiting on Leigh-Anne and we're set.'

'Where is she?' Perrie asked.

'Right up there,' Jade said, pointing to the doors Perrie just came through. She turned to see Leigh-Anne finally make it to the auditorium. She didn't have a look of triumph or happiness on her face as they expected.

When Leigh-Anne finally made it to them, Jesy asked, 'what's wrong?'

'It's Gary,' Leigh-Anne told her. 'He said he would be here today but he isn't answering my calls or texts.'

'Maybe he's still too scared, he probably needs just a little more time to adjust,' Perrie pondered.

'I want to believe that,' Leigh-Anne said, and tried to look away from their gazing eyes. 'But, he's been through some hard, hard times lately. I'm genuinely concerned about him.' She looked at the room full of people. 'But all of these people here are also relying on me today. I can't let them down.'

'I'm sure Gary is fine,' Jade said with a comforting arm rub. 'With all the attention and the local news station picking this up, I'm sure he just wants to take a step back and watch it from home. He'll come out when he's ready - both figuratively and literally.'

Leigh-Anne smiled at her. 'You're right. Okay, let's do this.'

The girls scrambled around and walked up the stairs onto the stage. Hughie took a seat in the front row, watching with pride as Jesy took the first microphone.

'Alright, alright, listen up folks, it's almost time to get out there and show everyone what we're made of.' The room hushed as Jesy spoke and an atmosphere of excitement kept them silent. 'So today we are standing up for ourselves against bullies, against anyone who thinks we aren't worth it. What we have learned from each other is that we are worth it. With the support of absolutely everyone in this room, we have shown that we can stand tall and prove our worth.'

The room applauded her. Jade took the microphone. 'I got picked on because I liked to dress differently to other girls, and I know for a fact a lot of people in this room have been picked on for the same reasons.' She looked at the drag society, all wearing the clothes they were proud to wear. 'We have been embracing our differences and learning that it's acceptable to be different. In order for other people to love and accept us, we need to love and accept ourselves.'

The room cheered again. Some people dabbed their eyes with tissues. Perrie took the microphone this time. 'Today we are making a statement that we are united, that we are together and that things are going to change dramatically. Believe in yourself and don't care about the haters. No longer are we allowing them to define us or label us. We define and label ourselves.'

A random voice shouted from the crowd. 'But people still think that we're ugly or weird. They label us.'

Perrie handed Leigh-Anne the microphone. 'They do, and that's what we are standing up against. It isn't their right to say we are ugly, because nobody in this room is. Fair enough, we can be a little weird, but that's a good thing. Weird means different to what they are, and if that makes me weird, then I'm totally fine with that.'

► She heard people agreeing with her. 'We're here to embrace the different and the weird people that we are. Let's get weird.'

'When I was just a little kid, I was sitting on the garden wall. Well I must've bumped my head 'cause I don't dance the same no more.'

Now that everybody brewed with excitement and self-empowerment, the girls walked off the stage and led the crowd out of the auditorium. Everybody chatted with one another, holding their signs up and holding hands. It was almost nine-o-clock and the people from the news stations would be waiting for them outside.

Everybody was surprised when they opened the entrance doors... and nobody was there.

'What the...' Perrie said, looking around the empty courtyard.

'Where is everyone?' Jesy asked Leigh-Anne, who pulled out her phone.

'I don't know! The journalists should be here!'

Disappointed sighs sounded behind them. Leigh-Anne could feel the pressure of broken hearts. As she went to phone the first station, she saw a figure up ahead.

The small hope she had was diminished as soon as she saw who it was.

Rachael Parker and a small group of her friends swanned to the girls and the hundreds of people in their rally. Leigh-Anne, Jade, Jesy and Perrie looked at each other.

'Oh,' Rachael said once she reached them. She stood firm against them, arms crossed. 'Was your rally today? Oh my God, I am so sorry. When the journalists came, they thought we were the rally, and we told them that it's been cancelled due to lack of attendance.'

'How could you, selfish little bitch,' Jesy spat at her.

'Selfish? I did those journalists a favour. Please, there's nothing to see here, just a crowd of chaos with nothing better to do than to preach their own agenda. Save everyone from this waste of time and call it quits. Chow.'

Rachael spun around and led her own small crowd away from them. The girls felt angry, and looked at one another for support. The disappointed people behind them were about to walk away, defeated, when Leigh-Anne spoke up.

'Hey! Bitch!' She shouted to Rachael. 'Get your cronies back here. You think this is over? We haven't even begun.'