There For You- Flyleaf

Alicia&Olivia Friendship

Sometimes I'm a selfish fake,

"Alicia, you lied to us. You're just a fannish, slut, and I'm proud to say you are no longer welcomed into the Pretty Committee."

I look around to the three other girls in the room. Dylan, my favorite red head, is staring at me with her eyes showing looks of betrayal in them. Kristen looks at me with disgust on her face, like I'm a piece gum stuck in the crevice of her Puma's that refuses to come out. The last one's blonde hair covers her face, but I can still see her eyes in the reflection of Massie's window. Pity. I don't deserve pity.

"Bye Alicia, why don't you run along and go play with Duh-Livia. She's the only one dumb enough to actually want to still talk to you."

You're always a true friend,
I don't deserve you

"Hi, Alicia," comes a soft voice from behind me.

"How'd you know I'd be here?" I ask, cleaning my face of all emotion, though I know she knows how I'm feeling.

"Claire, texted me, and this is where you ran last time this happened. I don't understand why you're still friends with them. They use you because your looks make their group look better." She says sitting next to me on the ledge of the school building.

"You wouldn't understand, Duh-Livia. I'm pretty sure it's beyond your comprehension." I spit out, regretting the words before they where even out.

"What comprehension mean? Never mind. Don't call me Duh-Livia, you're not like her Alicia." She says, pity lacing her voice.

I don't need pity.

"No, Duh-Livia, I'm not like you. You're stupid, and you sleep around. No one likes you except for a bunch of C-Listers and guys are only interested in getting in your panties, if you're wearing any." I say, getting up ready to climb down the ladder on the left side of the school. I don't need anyone's pity.

"You don't mean it." She whispers.

"I know."

'Cause I'm not there for you
please forgive me again

Sentenced to life with the B-Listers. Walking over to Olivia's lunch table was torture, by now everyone had found out and where shooting me glances waiting for me to trip or make some type of fool of myself. Table 15, here I come.

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"Where's Olivia?"

"You didn't hear? She and Cam broke up two periods ago. She's been in the bathroom flooding the toilet with her tears since." Amanda Barnet-Seaz says, some B-Lister.

"Oh, well I should probably go tal-"

"No, wait. We want to talk to you. We think what Massie did to you, was rude and unfair, and she definitely needs to be bought down a couple of notches. You can help us with that."

Olivia's been in the bathroom for at least two hours.

"We have a semi- foolproof plan, and with you it'll definitely be foolproof." Some C-Lister named Tessa said.

Foolproof. I'll admit I deserved a bit of a slashing out, but Massie went too far. She doesn't need to just be taken down a notch, she needs to be turned off.

Olivia can wait a little while longer. She'll forgive me.

Swirling shades of blue
Slow dancing in your eyes

Tears. I have never seen Olivia Ryan cry, and I have been friends with her for years. Massie's done some wicked things to her, but no one could make Olivia Ryan cry.

Except me; her best friend.

Wow. That's great, Alicia, you're the World's biggest bitch.

I honestly never meant to do it, but when the Pretty Committee invites you to rejoin, you do it.

"I thought you were different, Alicia! I trusted you! But you decided to go throw that away for a stupid spot in some stupid clique. All I ever was was good to you. I basically kissed the ground you walked on and you just turned around and walked all over me. Well you know what Alicia, screw you. Screw your fake friends, and screw our friendship. We both know that was shit anyways." Then the crying Olivia Ryan stumps away.

The sun kisses the earth
and I hush my urge to cry, cry

I feel like crying.

It was a joke. They aren't allowed to joke like that. They have no right to walk all over people. Do they not understand that people are falling over themselves just to speak to them?

I basically kissed the ground you walked on and you just turned around and walked all over me.

I lost Olivia for a joke. I broke Olivia's heart for a joke. This whole thing was a joke.

And for the first time in four years I, Alicia Rivera, am crying.

I wanna be there for you,
someone you can come to
runs deeper than my bones
I wanna be there for you,

"Hi Alicia." A soft, comforting voice says from behind me, followed by thin, tan arms wrapping around me.

"What are you doing?"

"Comforting you."

"Why?"

"Because I love you." She says this word with such a conviction, that I know it's true. She's not saying 'ILY' or 'love ya, girl' she's saying, I love you. And as simple as those three words are, when she says them, they mean so much.

'Cause I hear the whispered words
Within you're masterpiece beautiful
Speak the unspeakable phrase
I love you too

"Why are we friends?" I question. We are two separate Worlds apart. She's Faux-Livia and I'm The Alicia Rivera. She's Duh-Livia and I'm on a straight passage way to being a celebrity lawyer.

"Because we fit each other. I'll admit I need someone to lead me, so I follow you and when you talk, I listen; while you need someone to listen to you for once. We need each other, Alicia."

"That's that?"

"That's it."

"I think I love you too."

Love runs deeper than my bones
And you, you're beautiful, don't you know?

I rejoin the pretty committee again a week later, but without sleeping with my best friend's ex-boyfriend this time. I make time for Olivia, and she makes time for me. I talk and she listens. We get closer, and closer, and I begin to realize. That no matter how much makeup she wears, how low her grades get, and how fake her clothes are, Olivia Ryan is beautiful, and she deserves to know it.

"Hey, Liv."

"Yeah."

"You're inexplicably beautiful."

"Thanks, what does inexplicably mean?"

"Can't explain."

"Fine, suit yourself then."

Hi, 2 DOWN 99 TO GO. Tell me what songs you want me to do, or what characters, or what relationship. The more ideas the better. Feel free to give me advice, I really need it. This one was hard for me, I never imagined I'd be writing a songfic about Alicia and Olivia's friendship, but after someone suggested it, I had to take the challenge. Thank you for reading. Stay beautiful, live your life.

P.S. First person to tell me the part inspired by Skins get a dedication one chapter.(: