It has been 2 weeks since I was relased from the hospital. A lot had happened in that time. Cole told his parents about my situation. This lead to the decision of me moving back to their house. They hired bodyguards to be with me/near me at all times. The only exception is at school because I begged them not to. I didn't want all the unwanted attention. They allowed, but either Robin,Chase,Cole or Matt must be with me. I'm not to be left alone. That was the condition of Brian.

As soon as I entered the house, I was attacked by a big dog. Cola licked my face and wouldn't let me out of his sight. Marie hugged me tightly and told me how much she missed me. Mom and Dad hugged me as well, and told me it was great to have me back.

Cole did his very best to make it up to me. It was very awkward for us at first, but I slowly opened up to him. Everyone did everything they could to make it up to me as well. I have told them many times that I forgave them already, but they don't believe me. Another thing they did was makig sure Alyssa didn't go anywhere near us. They despised her. I don't hate her; I just dislike her.

Currently we're discussing our field trip. We were going to a beach. We're going there to scuba dive and learn more about the creatures under water. Our teacher said that everyone must be in a group. The group must have 4-6 people. In each group, you must have a partner.

As we were discussing the field trip, a shadow loomed over us. We looked up and saw the teacher smiling down at us. Behind her stood Alyssa and Jackson. We all tensed at Alyssa's presence.

"Would you all mind if Alyssa and Jackson join your group? You see everyone else already has a full group." The teacher says. Everyone looks at me.

"Miss, we're already full too." Jess says

"Yes, but you guys are friends with these two right? I've seen you guys hanging out with them, so I thought they could join your group." The teacher smiles brightly at us. I chuckle as I watch all my friends looking at each other hesitantly. They were all so very cautious. We would take Jackson, but if we take Jackson then we're forced to take Alyssa as well so that he has a partner. I honestly don't care if we take them in or not.

"So?" The teacher prompts an answer

"S-sure?" Hailey says unsurely.

"Great!! Thank you very much. The other students didn't seem to want them in their group." The teacher says. She ushers Alyssa and Jackson to grab a chair and sit. Cole scoots nearer to me.

"So...uhm...what were we talking about?" Jess speaks up after a moment of awkward silence

"Partners." Hailey answers her question

"I'm obviously partners with Jess" Chase grins

"I'm taking Hailey." Robin says

"Then I guess that means..." Jess smirks

"...Cole is with Alex" Hailey finished her statement. Our friends all smirk at us. They've been trying to get us back together, but Cole refuses. He says he wants to earn my trust and love back. Yeah...I know. Swoon.

"That's not up to you guys." Cole says

"She has no choice. Brian said that she has to have either you, Robin, Chase or Matt with her if the bodyguards aren't. Robin and Chase already have partners, and Matt isn't in our group. I'm also sure the bodyguards won't go with us to the field trip." Jess smirks

"Actually they will. They'll be watching from a distance." Cole points out

"Plus there's still these two who she can choose as partners" He adds as he glances towards Jackson and Alyssa. Everyone raises their eyebrows at Cole, looking at him like he's an idiot.

"I'm just saying. There's a probability" He raises his hand in surrender

"If Alex won't...I'll be Cole's partner" Alyssa mutters under her breath. Everyone was busy talking with each other. They were all talking about why Cole should be my partner. That's why no one heard what Alyssa said. Well...except Robin and I. Robin tenses when he hears this. He briefly glares at her before turning to me.

"Cole's your partner. That's official." He says to me

"I was gonna say that anyways" I shrug. He nods in relief.

"Hey guys?" I decide to cut their conversation and just tell them

"I'm taking Cole as my partner." I say. They all cheer, and Cole's face lights up like the sun. He gives me a wide smile and two thumbs up.

Alyssa obviously ended up with Jackson. By the end of the class, everything was pretty much settled. We went to lunch peacefully. No thoughts or conversation Alyssa. It was like she wasn't even there earlier.

You may think that Ariana has backed off now that my friends and I have made up. Unfortunately, she has not. She still bullies me in secret. My friends think that I have been slowly getting better from my depression, but truthfully it's been getting worse. I just got better in hiding it, and I take my medicine. My friends also seem to be oblivious to the disgusted faces of other students.

Today, Ariana decided to go public for her bullying. She had a smug smirk on her face as she struts towards our table. My heart pounded faster and faster as she got closer. When she finally reached our table, she shoved me off my seat and stood ontop of my seat.

"Ahem!! I would like to have everyone's attention." She loudly announced. Everyone turned to look at her. She then looked at me evily. She grabbed my by the hair and tugged me to stand in front of her. My friends stood up to defend me, but some jocks held them back.

"This is Alexandria Brians. The BIGGEST slut and attention whore that you will ever meet. She has been having an affair with not 1, not 2, but 8 guys. She has been seen with Cole Reynolds and his friends Robin and Chase. She's been seen with twins, Jackson and Harrison. She's also been seeing a college student names Jordan. She has also recently been with Josh Edwin from a different school. It's also said that she works at a BAR. She's probably fucked many more guys." Ariana says. She tugs my hair backwards to make her look up to me.

"And you know what everyone? She told them the same sob story. That she's a poor depressed girl. She almost committed suicide just so she has a sob story. She's been gone for a while because she was apparently hospitalized. She probaly did it to herself so she gets more attention." Ariana sneers at me. People start booing and shouting at me. Ariana pushes me to the floor and steps on my back. She takes my food, and slaps it onto my face. People follow her and start throwing food at me. Ariana walks away,proud of what she has done.

All this time, I didn't react to what she said. I didn't flinch or show any tears. I stood up and wiped all the food from my face. I caught up with Ariana and threw food at her perfect blonde hair. She turned around to face me. I slapped her hard on the face before shoving her down

"And this people is Ariana Williams. She's a low life bitch who has nothing better to do than bully people. She does all this stupid things because she thinks that Cole likes her when in fact he just used her for a quick fuck. She thinks she's sooo special when in fact she's just an easy lay." I take a step closer with every word. She crawls back with every step. Once her back hits the wall, I pick her up and slap her again on the same cheek that was already bruising

"You can bully me all you want. You can make the whole school hate me. You can turn everyone against me. Just know that once we graduate and go off to college, you're gonna be nothing. Your reputation will be nothing. No one will care about you and your popularity from high school. And then when the time comes to have a reunion, you'll come. You'll be asked what your job is and it's probably a cashier in McDonalds. Worse case scenario is that you'll be a prostitute. While you're working in greasy fast food restaurants, everyone that you have ever bullied will be way more successful than you because we worked our ass off in high school. All you did? Was try and push us down." I drop her again to the floor

I turn around and see that everyone was watching the scenario in front of them. The principal and teachers are watching as well in shock.

"Listen everyone, and listen good. Go ahead and push people down like this low life bitch right here. Go ahead and keep pushing them down because the more you push us down, the higher we'll spring back up." I say loudly

"Look around. I want you to look at the person you've been mean to. That person is gonna be WAY MORE successful than you. If you want to be more successful than them, then fuck off. Stop messing with their lives, and focus on yours."

And with that, I walk out of there. No one dared stopping me. No one dared to speak up. I ditched school, and went straight home.

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