Another story I know but I have put a couple of my other stories on hold as I am not in the right frame of mind to write that sort of story at the moment. I hope you will like this story even though it is sad. Some of this story I have taken from some experience with bullying not myself personally but someone I know. It may seem a bit harsh some of it but it really did happen I'm afraid to say and it was horrible.

What If Jeff and Dixie had 2 daughters Olivia 6 and Maddie 10. Maddie is being bullied at school and hides it from Jeff and Dixie so they knew nothing about it until something happens to Maddie and it's then that they realise that something isn't right. Will they protect her in time? And how far will the bullies go making Maddie's live a living hell?

"Maddie, get ready for school" Dixie called up the stairs. "School" that was the word Maddie dreaded the most knowing that "they would be there" and they would haunt her dreams so nowhere was safe from the living nightmare she lived Monday-Friday .Maddie lay in bed staring at the ceiling dreading school. Ever since Maddie started at saint Mary's all girl school a couple of girls took a disliking to her because she was clever and bright and happened to wear glasses. They started calling her names which wasn't too bad she could tune them out but now they had stepped it up a level by physically pushing her and tripping her up.

"Maddie, are you up yet?" Dixie called again not hearing Olivia's steps.

Maddie unwillingly grabbed her glasses and got up and decided to make her bed. She rushed down stairs and into the open planned kitchen where her mother, father and Sister Olivia sat at the table eating their breakfast.

"Morning sweetie" Dixie said smiling at her eldest daughter who gave a weak smile back.

"Morning princess" Jeff said brightly

"Morning dad" Maddie said weakly

"Hey Olivia" Maddie said to her youngest sister

"Maddie" Olivia said excited that her sister chose to sit near her.

Maddie sat down next to Olivia and started eating her cereal but after 2 bites Maddie started playing with her food and this didn't go unnoticed by Jeff and Dixie who shared a glance at each other.

"Maddie eat your breakfast sweetie instead of playing with it" Dixie said

"Everything alright Princess you seem a bit off today" Jeff

"I'm just nervous about...my English test today" Maddie lied she never was nervous about English as it was her favourite subject and she was a quite gifted child.

"Oh I'm sure you will do just fine sweetheart, but please try to eat some more breakfast please" Maddie nodded and took a spoonful of Cereal and forced herself to eat more to please her parents.

One she had eaten what she could she had a quick shower and changed into her school uniform which consisted of a pleated skirt with the colour of the Scottish kilt and a white shirt with a black tie sort of thing and flat black shoes and Maddie choose to wear black knee-high socks. Once she was dressed she brushed her long mousey long hair which was straight which she got from her mother. Maddie looked at herself in the mirror.

"I look like such a geek, no wonder they all hate me" Maddie whispered to herself. A few tears slipped down her cheeks but she brushed them away.

"Maddie? Are you ready love?" Maddie smiled hearing her mother's voice. She loved her mother very much and loved to spend time with her and so many times she longed to tell her mother about her secret that she was being bullied at school but she couldn't break her mother's heart so she chose to keep it quiet.

"Coming mum" Maddie called out. Maddie grabbed her school bag and rushed down stairs where her mother, father and Olivia were waiting for her.

Jeff pulled up outside the school and Maddie and Olivia gave their father a quick kiss on the cheek and stepped out of the car. Dixie got out of the car and hugged both of her daughters tight.

"Bye sweetheart, be good and have a good day at school and I will pick you up after school, I love you" Dixie said hugging Olivia first who rushed off the friends.

"It's your turn to pick us up, Yay... I mean I love dad but he's not you haha" Maddie said brightly.

"It certainly is, I know sweet pea, have a good day at school, I love you" Dixie hugged Maddie and placed a kiss on the top of her head and said her goodbyes and headed towards the car but stopped seeing a group of girls walking towards Maddie with bright and friendly smiles.

"Maddie" a blonde girl squealed and rushed up to her which clearly was for appearances sake more than anything. Emily hugged her but whispered "morning freak" Maddie tried to pull away but Emily had a firm grip on Maddie. Dixie smiled seeing the girls hugging Maddie and they clearly were her friends Dixie thought so she got back into the car and drove off happy but little did she know that when the car turned the corner they shoved Maddie sending her flying face first into wet mud. Maddie landed on her arm which crunched and now began to throb.

"Ha-ha that's just to our way of saying morning to you but that's just for starters you wait until later Geek" Emily said walking away with her followers walking closely behind leaving Maddie in the mud. Maddie got up out of the mud with tears slipping down her cheeks as she walked past people pointing and laughing with their friends who snigger and smirked at her covered in mud. Maddie rushed into the girls toilets and tried her best to wash the mud out of her hair and off her freshly clean on school uniform. Maddie looked at her appearance in the mirror. She was covered in mud from head to toe, her glasses were caked in mud and her hair began to dry and the mud sticking together so, she wet her hair and took a brush out of her bag began brushing the mud clumps that began to dry. The pain in her arm was now so painful she knew she wanted to go to the school nurse for painkillers but she knew that the nurse would phone her parents so she chose to rather put up with the pain than her parents coming to the school which would make the situation worse. Maddie was busy drying her uniform off when she heard that laugh she knew all too well so she rushed into a cubical with her bag and locked the door and quietly climbed on to the toilet seat so her feet weren't seen.

"Ha-ha did you see me push that geek... what's her name?" Emily asked one of her sidekicks.

"Yeah I did and it was awesome Emily I mean did you see her face?, it was worth it just to see that. I think her name is...Maddie"

"She was crying she was actually crying what a looser. Such a big baby. I can't wait to see what you have in store for her next Emily" all of Emily's friends laughed. Maddie stood on the toilet with her hand over mouth muffling her cries.