"Mom, is this really necessary?" I groaned. I hold on to my seat as she speeds down the street and her face as red as her fur.
"Amelia, I don't know why you didn't tell me earlier. No one is going to bully my daughter and get away with it!" My mom shouted.
We pull up to a Victorian home. She gets out of the car and slams the door while I follow behind with my arms crossed. My mom knocks on the door and an older female fox answers to see me and my mom. She then frowned.
"Oh, hello Ms. Rose.." She said
"Mrs. Fox" My mom responded sternly. There was a moment of silence.
"May we come in?" My mom asks. The woman nodded and invited my mom and I in the house. The place was extremely clean, not a spot in sight. She led us into the living room. It was almost all white, and the couch is covered in plastic.
"Sorry about the plastic, we try to keep the house as clean as possible. Would you like some tea?" The older female fox offers.
"No thank you, I want to talk about your daughter." My mom says, getting straight to the point.
"Of course." She replied
"Your daughter has been harassing my child for god knows how long. I would like an apology from Fiona." My mom said, crossing her arms. Fiona's mom starts to laugh lightly.
"There has to be a mistake, my daughter's no bully. Maybe your daughter is being dramatic, or maybe she's not telling the truth. It's no secret that she's messed up in the head." The woman said, glaring at me.
"Excuse me? For months, my daughter has been coming home crying and even had bruises on her body! You will not bring her mental illness into this! If you're not going to do anything about it, maybe the principal will!" My mother shouts.
"You are not going to tarnish my daughter's name! Maybe we should get my husband involved." Fiona's mother threatened. Silence filled the room as there's no secret that Fiona's father is a well established lawyer.
"Amelia, let's go." My mom mutters in defeat. We leave the house and my mom drives home in silence. We walk in our small cottage home to Sonic doing his homework.
"How did it go?" He asked. My mom storms upstairs and slams her bedroom door shut.
"I guess not good." He said.
"Not good at all, her mom called me a liar, brought up my illness, and threatened to get her lawyer husband involved when my mom said that she'll go to the principal." I explained, grabbing a chair from the kitchen table and sitting down.
"Jesus christ, no surprise that her mom is a bitch too. Why has everything gotten worse for us lately?" Sonic wonders.
"Maybe it's because-"
"Don't even go there" Sonic interrupted. I go to my room to check my Facebook and I got a message from... her
Fiona: Don't you EVER go to my house again you little snitch! See you at school ;)
I shake my head and put my phone to the side and walk over to my billboard of photos and looked at one of my parents. A tear fell down my face as I looked at my dad.
"Why did you have to go?" I whispered. Suddenly, there was a knock at my door.
"I remember when we first moved here and you wanted the pinkest paint possible for your room." Sonic reminisced.
"Yeah, dad went to multiple Lowe's in the city." I laugh, looking back at that moment.
"You know, the bills are stacking up." He mentions.
"Yeah, I know. What can we do? Mom's job is not paying enough and we might even lose the house at some point." I said, putting the photo back.
"I think I have an idea, I'll be back." Sonic says, then leaves my room. He comes back with his laptop.
"You want to sell your laptop? It's a bit outdated." I said.
" No, I found a way to make money." He said, then motions me over to his laptop. I look on the screen to see a weird shady website.
"Sonic, what the hell is this?" I asked.
"It's the deep web" Sonic answered. I gave him a puzzled look and he starts to explain.
"The deep web is something that only people who've been on the internet for a long time know about. You can find all kinds of things. This is basically an online black market. We could sell stuff here and get some serious cash." Sonic explained, scrolling through the website.
"I'm pretty sure that's illegal." I said, then I saw something obscene that almost made me gag.
"Is that a fucking kidney?!" I almost yelled. Sonic just smiled.
"You can sell whatever here. It's mostly just drugs though." He said. My mom then enters my room and Sonic closes his laptop.
"What are you kids up to?" She asked.
"Nothing much, just looking at cat pictures." I lied.
"Ok, well I'm off to work. The leftovers are in the fridge. And Amy, don't forget to take your meds." She said,I nodded and then she walks out of my room.
"Bye mom!" We both shout. I hear the front door close and I turn to Sonic.
"We're not doing it Sonic, end of story." I said, then pushed him out of my room. I hear him mumble something before I closed the door. After I finished my homework, I went downstairs to eat and I noticed that it's getting dark. I heat up my leftover pasta and ate in the living room while watching tv.
"The news on again?" Sonic asked, coming into the living room and sitting next to me on the couch.
"Yea, just political garbage." I replied, getting the remote to change the channel. Suddenly, Fiona's dad on the news.
"Huh, I wonder what slimy bastard he busted out of prison this time." Sonic wonders. We watch the tv to see that Mr. Fox got a rapist out of prison.
"Oh look, another rapist." I said, rolling my eyes.
" Yeah, I'm getting sick to my stomach." Sonic said in disgust and leaves the room. I later turn the tv off and go back to my room after watching the news a while longer. I change into my pajamas and I take my meds. I crawled into my bed and slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Amy, wake your lazy ass up!" I hear someone shout, shaking me roughly. I open my eyes to see Sonic standing over me.
"What the heck?!" I yelled, pulling the cover over my head.
"You overslept dummy, better be ready in 10 minutes or I'm leaving you." He said, then left my room. I groan as I get up from my bed. I rush to get ready and settled on wearing a Panic! At the Disco tee and some ripped jeans I customized. I ran out of the door to see Sonic in the driver's seat of his beat up Toyota. I got in the car and he was tapping his fingers on the wheel.
"It's about time." He said impatiently. He speeds off of the driveway and he turns on the radio to some garbage rap station. We are soon at the school entrance. Sonic parks the car and we walk to the school. As I enter the school, I see Fiona and her friends giving me dirty looks. Sonic notices this.
"Is there a problem Fiona?!" Sonic shouts. Fiona and her friends then look away.
"She's probably pissed off about what happened yesterday." I said.
"Fuck her, let her be pissed." Sonic scoffs. We then split up to go to our class.For some reason, there were people staring at me and whispering but I choose to ignore it. I walked in my creative writing class to see my best friends sitting in the front.
"Hey guys!" I greeted as I sit down next to them.
"Hey Amy. We, um, heard about the situation with Fiona." Cream said. I almost facepalmed. That explains the staring.
"How?" I asked.
"Well, apparently Fiona's mom told Fiona about your mom confronting her and Fiona told Rouge and you know how she is." Sally explained
"Jesus christ." I groaned. Mrs.Star then walks in the room, cheerful as usual. The green middle aged cat has always had a brightness to her that everyone liked.
"Hello everyone, I'm glad to see that everyone is here! Today, you all will be writing poetry. Since it's just poetry, I will give you 20 minutes to finish it. Good luck!" She said, then sets the timer. I decided that my poetry would be a bit dark and I start jotting down what I have thought of. As I finish, the timer was up.
"Ok everyone, time's up! Who wants to go first?" Ms. Star asked. A certain red echidna raises his hand.
"Go ahead Knuckles!" She said, motioning him to the front of the class.
"This is a haiku." He explains and then starts to recite his poem.
For my love I wept
Please don't go, I miss you so
Forever, I cry
When he finishes, a few of my classmates clap.
"I didn't know you were such a big softie knucklehead."
"Shut it Manic." Knuckles said through his teeth. He then goes back to his desk and sits down.
"Great job Mr. Echidna! Anyone else?" Ms. Star asked. One by one, my classmates come up to recite their poetry until I'm the only one left.
"Ok, Amy you're up!" She announced. I slowly walk to the front of the class with my notebook in my hand. I start to get nervous with everyone staring.
"What's wrong? Can't speak, freak?" A yellow meerkat taunted. Some of the students snicker.
"Daryl, stop. It's ok Amy, you got this." Ms, Star encouraged. I took a deep breath and start to recite my poem.
Drowning in pills
Blurry vision
Weak..so weak
Goodbye loved ones,
don't cry for me
I put the phone down
Breath shallow
Eyes slowly close
Goodbye world
Shake, shake
Eyes wide open
"Why…why did you do this?"
Tears fill up her eyes
"I'm still alive?"
I can't stand
Don't know what's going on
Who are these voices?
Anger and sadness in her eyes
"I'm sorry…."
Why am I here?
Handcuffed to the bed
Strangers in and out of this place
"Mom, where did you go?"
I don't belong here
"Who are you people?"
Surrounded by unfamiliar faces
Mouths moving
Dead eyes
Mindless routines
Meds down my throat
Can't eat
Can't sleep
I want to leave
Days go by
This cage is getting smaller
"You're free to go."
Blinded by the sun
I see them
"Welcome home."
Surrounded by familiar walls
Remembering the people I've hurt
I'm alive
I'm alive for a reason
I will live
I will live for my loved ones
I will live for my future
I will live for me
When I finished, the room was silent, except for Sally, Cream, and Ms. Star clapping.
"Holy shit." Manic said and everyone's head turned towards him.
"Manic, watch your language." Ms. Star scolded, then she turned to me.
"You did a wonderful job Amy, bavo!" She said, clapping again. The bell soon rings and I leave the classroom with Cream and Sally when Knuckles comes up to us.
"Hey Amy, you did a good job! What inspired your poem?" Knuckles asked.
"It's based off of a personal experience." I answered. He then pats me on the shoulder.
"Nice, I think you should get into writing someday." He said and then waved goodbye.
"I can't believe Knuckles of all people complimented you." Cream said.
"Yeah, it's quite shocking. Usually people like him don't pay attention to people like me." I said.
"He is right though. You should totally be a writer." Sally said. We continue our conversation as we walk down the hallway and then we separate when the warning bell rings. I walk to my math class to see Rosy, one of Fiona's friends, glaring at me. I decide to sit in the front to avoid her. An adult red wolf that I'm not familiar with comes in the classroom.
"Hello class, I am Mrs. Collins. Mr. Smith is out with the flu, so i'll be your substitute teacher today. Today, I will just give you worksheets to work on. You may work in groups as long as you're quiet." She explained. She first took attendance and then passed out the worksheets. I choose to work alone since I have no friends in this class. As easy as the work is, I can't concentrate because of the whispers I hear behind me. I can clearly make out what they're saying.
"Yo, I didn't know crazy Amy was a snitch."
"Fiona is gonna kick her ass after school."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I heard it from Fiona herself."
I start to shake in fear, then I remember that Sonic will be taking me home and I sigh in relief. The bell rings and as I walk down the hallway, I remember when Fiona first started to bully me.
Flashback
"I can't believe it's been a month already. Did the groups help any?" My mom asked as she was driving me to school.
"Yeah, it was fine. It did take a while for me to get used to the schedule. At least the food was good." I replied. My mom then parked near the school.
"Amelia, from now on, I will be monitoring you medication. I never want that to happen again." My mom said. We are soon at the school's entrance.
"Bye mom." I said as I got out of the car. My mom waved goodbye and drove off. I walked into the school when I heard someone shout.
"Hey, look. It's crazy Amy!" Someone shouted. I then heard people laughing around me. I turned around to see Fiona and her friends Rouge and Rosy.
Well,well,well. Look who finally got out of the nuthouse." Rosy sneered.
"How did you know?" I said in shock.
"Well, someone filmed you having a breakdown in English class and Rouge here caught you getting taken away in a ambulance." Fiona explained, putting her arm around Rouge.
"It's too bad you didn't succeed, the world would've been better off." Rouge chuckled. I stood there frozen, with tears filling up my eyes.
"Aw, what's wrong? Is the little baby gonna cry?" Fiona taunted, getting in my face. The tears come down my face and they start laughing louder and louder.
"Are you gonna run away and slit your wrist?"
"That wouldn't surprise me Fiona."
"What a freak!"
They're laughs got even louder until I had enough. Before I knew it, my fist connected with Fiona's face. It felt like time had frozen. The students in the hallway and Fiona's friends stared in shock, like they couldn't believe what just happened. Fiona was on the ground, looking up at me. She slowly got up and glared at me. She wiped her nose and discovered that there was blood.
"You bitch!" She shouted before tackling me to the ground. A crowd surrounded us, cheering as we fight. Suddenly, the teachers broke us up and dragged us to the principal's office. I look down to see that I had a clump of Fiona's hair in my hand. I threw it away as I walked in the principal's office.
"Ladies, you do know the punishment for fighting, right?" The principal sternly asked.
"But Mr.Robotnik. She started it." Fiona said, pointing at me.
"Doesn't matter. Suspension for three days." He announced.
"But-"
"No buts Fiona. Now, call your parents so that they can pick you up," Mr. Robotnik says before leaving the room. As I leave the room to call my mom, Fiona stands in front of me and steps closer to me.
"This isn't over." She threatens and leaves the room.
Flashback over
Class ends and I go to my locker to get my lunch when a note falls out. I read it and it's obviously from Fiona.
"You're dead meat. I'm gonna make you regret going to my mom and I'll definitely make you regret punching me in the face."
"Fuck..." I mumble in fear. I put the note in my pocket and grabbed my lunch. I go to the cafeteria and went over to Sally and Cream.
"Hey girl!" Sally greeted. I give a small wave and I sit down with them. We usually sit far away from everyone so that I won't have to deal with their crap and neither do Cream or Sally because they're associated with me.
"Amy, you look down. Are you ok?" Cream asked, noticing my sullen face. I said nothing and just gave them the note. As they read the note, I can see their eyes get wide.
"We have to go to Mr. Robotnik about this." Sally said in anger. I shook my head
"It'll only make things worse. And besides, Sonic will take me home so I'm not too worried." I said, trying to be nonchalant but I was internally shaking in fear.
"What's up kids?" Sonic said, coming behind me.
"H-hey Sonic." Sally said, blushing.
"Hey Sonic, surprised to see you here. You're usually outside with Tails." Cream said.
"He's out sick today, so I decided to mess with this brat." He said, ruffling my hair.
"What do you want?" I asked while eating my sandwich.
"Oh, right! I can't take you home today." Sonic said. I almost choked on my sandwich.
"Um why?" I asked
"I got caught skipping class, so I got detention." He said, scratching the back of his head. I start to shake and he notices.
"What's wrong Ames?" Sonic said with a worried look.
"It's Fiona, she wants to fight me." I said.
"Amy, you're 16. You can't let that cunt bully you forever. If she wants a fight, give it to her." Sonic said and walked away. He suddenly stops.
"And Ames?"
"Yeah?"
"Go for the eyes." He said with a wink and walks out of the cafeteria.
"I swear, he's the coolest senior ever." Sally said, watching him walk away. Cream and I giggle at our lovestruck friend.
"Let's be honest, he's the only senior we really know." Cream said while eating her pizza. I nod in agreement and then I felt something hit my head. I heard laughter coming from a table full of jocks with Knuckles mouthing "Sorry".
"What did they just throw at me Cream?" I asked, seething. I touch my hair and it feels incredibly greasy.
"It was just pizza Amy, let's get you cleaned up." Cream said, leading me to the bathroom. The laughter in my head is getting louder and louder and I start to shake once we're in the bathroom.
"Amy, calm down." Sally said, trying to comfort me. My shaking becomes more violent.
"I'-im s-s-so s-sick o-of these a-assholes." I stutter.
"Amy, did you take your meds?" Cream asked. I nodded, then Rouge comes out of the stall.
"Is little Amy having a psycho episode?" Rouge chuckled. Sally and Cream then glares at her.
"Fuck off." Sally spat.
"Whatever. See you after school Amy." Rouge teases as she leaves the bathroom. I stop shaking and I take a deep breath.
"I'm going to class." I said before leaving the bathroom. I walk in my english to see everyone already doing their work. The teacher sternly looks at me.
"You're late. Go get your textbook and get to work." He ordered. I get my textbook and start on my work. Almost thirty pages in and the bell already rings. I put my textbook away and head to my last class for today, history. I walk in the room and I see a certain green hedgehog.
"Well. look who it is. It's nice to see you Ms.Rose." Scourge greeted. I did a small wave and sat down in my desk.
"I heard about Fiona." He said, scooting close to me.
"Yeah and I'll be walking home today so she'll definitely get me." I said while pulling out my notebook and pencil.
"Honestly, with the way she's acting, I'm glad I dumped her." Scourge confesses.
"Why did you dump her?" I asked.
"You know, I like my girls a lil wild. But Fiona, was just a stuck up princess who always wants things her way. I also dumped her cause she's a bully and I don't fuck with bullies, I hate that shit." He explained. Soon, the teacher comes in with a cup of coffee that's obviously filled with alcohol.
"Hello c-class, today we will be learning about the ancient e-e-echidna t-tribe." She slurred. A lavender cat raises her hand.
"Ms. Dillon, are you sure you're fit to teach today?" She asked.
"Blaze, I'm f-fine. Now o-o-open you're textbooks." Ms. Dillon slurred. For the next ten minutes, we had to witness this woman try to teach and she can barely talk.
"Ok, a-a-any q-questions?" She slurred. I roll my eyes while the rest of the class tries to hold in their laughter. She then hands out worksheet, which is hilarious considering that she keeps stumbling over side to side. She then stumbles back to her desk while we get started on our worksheets. The bells soon rings and I walk out of the school while talking to Scourge. I see Sally and Cream and we walk over to them.
"Hey Amy, and, um , Scourge." Sally said awkwardly.
"Hey Sally. Have you asked out Sonic yet?" He teased, making Sally blush.
"Really Scourge?" Cream chuckled. I start laughing also.
"What? There's no secret that she has the hots for him." Scourge said. We start laughing while Sally's face turns completely red. We start walking and talking until I felt someone grab my hair. They dragged me until we were face to face.
"We have unfinished business."