Chapter I

"Look guys it's the party pooper!" Ashe shouted. I'm currently walking to the school's corridor when a famous bully shouted. I heard everyone laughed, some of them even shouts at me, and some of them throws random things.

"Aww" I silently exclaimed when a small pebble was thrown straight to the back of my head. I want to run away, I want this to stop. I ignored the people and proceeds walking as fast as I can.

My tears are starting to fall, but I have to stop it. There's no way I'll give these people satisfactory. I won't show them any tears, they don't deserve it. My eyes are starting to became blurry, that I'm having a hard time to see.

A loud thud is heard around the corridor. It's me, who completely fell on the floor with tears coming out of my eyes and people laughing as hard as they can. By this time if I'm still the little girl way back before, I would be really wishing that someone should help me stand up by offering their hands.

F L A S H B A C K

"Hey are you okay?" I looked up and saw Blue, a famous basketball player of our school. He offers his hand and I reached out for it. "Thank you, why are you helping me?" I asked. "You know there's no charge for helping people." He bids goodbye and messed with my hair before leaving me.

After that scene, I'm not scared of people bullying me again. My mind thinks that I have a friend now that can stood up for me, but I was wrong. Ashe tripped me in front of Blue, he just looked up to Ashe and offers me his hand once again.

I smiled and reached for his hand, but even before I could reach it, he withdraw his hand that makes me fall again on his feet. Ashe laugh hard and so as Blue. "So you thought he's helping you?" Ashe wiped off the tears that's coming on her eyes.

"I thought we are friends? I stood up fast and run away to all of them.

What a piece of crap, I'm never gonna trust anyone ever again.

E N D  O F  F L A S H B A C K

I silently laugh when I remembered every little details, I stood up straight and rubbed off the dirt on my clothes. These guys are seriously wasting my time. I ran off the nearest school's comfort room and locked myself inside the cubicle.

Avoiding to make noises, I cried silently. Why can't people just let me live in peace? Why do bullies exist? Ashe, the person who hates seeing me and is the queen bee. Blue, the person I thought I could rely with and is the lover of the queen bee.

I closed my eyes preparing to get out of the cubicle, it's almost time for the next class. "Did you saw that weirdo's eyes when she tripped? It doesn't have any reaction at all! It's like she's already used to being tripped!" I heard Ashe talking with her temporary  friends this week.

"Ashe, may I ask you something?" One of the girls asked. "Make it quick and make sure it has sense. Give me my gloss." Ashe stated. "There's this rumor, about you and Aria." I sat down and listen to them. Also, I can't get out of here while they are literally outside this cubicle.

I guess, I have to wait for them to be gone. I actually don't mind being late right now. "What rumor?" Ashe replied, based on her tone she's completely starting to get irritated.

"That you and her are friends before way back elementary." The girls gasped. "You are not supposed to say that!" I'm confused, what do they mean? "Get out of my face." She's angry.

I opened the cubicle and saw Ashe holding one's face, looks like she didn't notice me at all. "Pack your things up, I don't want to see your face here later in the class." She throws the girl's face hard, and when the girl was about to leave Ashe looked at me.

She smirked and grabbed the girl's hair and pulled her back to Ashe. "I swear little girl, you're going to regret everything you have said. Soon enough, you'll be leaving the school as well." She whispered.

My eyes followed the girl, she is crying while walking out the comfort room. When I looked up to Ashe, the remaining girls on her back looks scared. "That's barbaric Ashe, you should not treat your friends like that." I glared at her.

Before I can get out of the comfort room, Ashe grabbed my arms making me look at her. "Do you really have a death wish?" She smirks. I looked up the ceiling pretending to think.

"Why are you acting like this? This is not who you are before you know? Are you scared that people might know what friendship we have before?" I didn't give her time to speak. I saw her temporary friends on her back mouth wide open with what I said.

I forcefully revoked my arms to her hand and turn my back off of them, please don't misunderstand. What the girl said about me and Ashe is just plain rumor. How would be an introvert person like me would be able to get along with an extrovert person like her?

Walkig straight to the next class, I saw the girl that is with Ashe a while ago. She's crying on her knees, doesn't care about the people who's looking at her.

I pity you, I can see myself way back before but there's no way I will reach out for you. Be strong, and stand up for your own. Learn to grow up without depending on other people. Open up your mind and glow ahead, you don't need a people like her.

I whispered to myself and goes straight to the class completely ignoring the girl who is crying.