The morning light leaked through the gap in my curtains, shining on my face and waking me from my deep sleep. I slowly opened my eyes and rubbed them, the light blinding me. I then remembered that this would be my first day at my new school. Grumbling slightly I got up out of my warm and comforting bed and started my morning routine. Luckily, this school did not insist on making us wear school uniform, so I pulled on my skinny jeans and khaki green t-shirt.
I started to make my way downstairs and saw my mum leaving for work. Her hair was neatly pinned into a bun, and she had her best work clothes on.
"See you later, have a good day at work." I called out, my voice cracking slightly as I hadn't woken up properly yet.
"Good-bye dear, have a great day at school. I'm sure you will be fine." She turned and smiled at me, then headed out into the cold.
I poured myself a bowl of shredded wheat and made myself a cup of coffee, adding far too much sugar without realising because I was still groggy from having to get up so early. I sat down at the oak table and quickly ate my boring breakfast, now I was starting to feel butterflies in the pit of my stomach. Despite knowing that Phil and Dan would be waiting for me outside school I couldn't help but feel nervous. After I had brushed my teeth and pulled my messy hair into a ponytail, I set off for school.
Twenty minutes later and I could see the gleaming iron gates, I texted Dan asking him whereabouts he was.
Just outside the main doors, come sit with us before lessons start? x
A kiss on the end of the text? What did it mean? He probably meant it in a friendly way, but I couldn't help but blush and feel excited.
"Hey Cara!" I heard Phil's voice and turned to see him waving over at me.
I was surprised, I expected to see their other friends sitting with them, but no one else was there. Suddenly a football flew directly at Phil and hit him square in the chest. I could hear laughter so I looked over in the direction of where the football came from, a large group of football players were sniggering and pointing at poor Phil.
"Hey what do you think you're doing? Idiots!" Dan shouted, glaring at the group of boys.
I strided over to my friends and sat down next to Phil, he was looking down at the floor, his eyes glistening with the tears that he was desperately trying to hold back.
"Are you alright?" I asked, looking at him with a concerned look on my face.
"Oh, I'm fine." Phil muttered, "I'm used to it by now."
Wait, what? Used to it by now?
"What do you mean 'used to it buy now'?" I was shocked to hear him saying something like this.
"He means that we get this kind of shit every day." Dan interjected. "We are constantly being targeted by those idiots over there; they think they're better than everyone else." He stared off into space, a sad look etched across his usually bright and happy face.
The bell signifying the start of lessons started clanging, the noise echoing around the school grounds.
"Better get to class." Dan mumbled, looking solemn as he started to make his way inside the building.
I nodded and followed him, helping Phil off the stone wall.
The first couple of lessons went by quickly, seeing as I found Maths and Science immensely boring. I started walking down the corridor towards drama, the only lesson that Dan and I shared today, when I spotted his mop of brown hair bobbing up and down above the crowd.
"Dan, hey, Dan!" I called, waving in his direction.
He caught my eye and smiled, and he was just beginning to walk my way when he was viciously pushed into the wall.
My heart jumped, what was going on? Panic spread through my veins as I battled my way through the crowd.
"Next time, don't answer back to us, Daniel." A large, muscular boy said to Dan, he then spat on his face and walked off.
"Oh god, are you alright Dan?!" I hurriedly knelt down next to him.
He said nothing and immediately burst into tears, luckily no one else was around to see him in a state like this; they had all ignored him and walked off to their next lesson.
"I-I don't know, Cara." He stuttered, "I thought they'd stop but it's gone on for too long now."
I felt so angry, why had they been picking on my two friends for so long?
"Well, don't worry because we are going to sort this out." I stated confidently, "We are going to get back at them, see how they feel when they're embarrassed in front of everyone."
Dan smiled up at me, and I felt better for giving him sense of hope. Now, all I needed was a plan.
"We need to meet up, tonight, you and Phil are going to come to my house and we are going to plan the most epic prank that has ever been." I smiled back at him.
"That sounds like a great night." Dan leaned up towards me, and before I knew it I was in his arms and we were kissing. The moment was perfect, it was just us, I couldn't care less that my hair was messy and that I was late for drama. I wish I could have stayed like that for ever, but eventually we pulled apart and a grin spread across his tear-stained face.
"Well, we better get to drama, Cara. Unless you would prefer to stay here on the dusty floor, where people will probably come and wonder what the heck has been going on." He smirked.
I playfully punched his arm and together we got up and made our way to drama, hand in hand.
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