Chapter 3

Friends

No One's P.O.V.

"Come sit with me, Bex." Mason offered, passing a very lost and confused looking Bex. She was standing in the cafeteria, trying to find a place to sit. After watching Mean girls, she knew it was crucial to find the right seat. "Come on." Mason laughed. "We won't bite." Bex smiled at him and followed Mason over to a table. It was full of football players and cheerleaders, all wearing the bright blue and white outfits. The group was all messing around, acting like wild animals, but stopped instantly as Bex and Mason appeared at the side of the table. "Guys, this is Bex, she cool to sit with us?" No one answered. "Guys?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"She's cool."

"She can hang." One of the other football players even pulled out a chair for her to sit on and Bex gave Mason a funny look.

"Guys." His voice was slightly stern with the group, but they all listened, anyway. Mason pulled the seat out beside the one Bex had pulled out for herself and sat.

"Hey, baby!" A cheerleader cooed as she walked over to the group. She had slightly tanned skin, but an Asian look about her. Her eyes were lime green and her hair was raven colored. Her face was plastered in make-up and her smile had a hint of evil in it. She pulled Mason's innocent face towards her own and pushed herself onto him. Their lips crashed together and it was pretty obvious that she slid her tongue inside his mouth. Mason was practically gagging before she moved away.

"Hey." Mason smiled his perfect smile towards the girl and she took a seat on his lap. She was wearing an extremely short cheerleading outfit- it looked half as short as the others. It was blue and white, just like the rest, but you could see more than half-way up her skirt. Mason gave her a slight nip on the neck and she purred out loud.

Bex was watching, but pretended not to be. She stared down to the table instead. She was starting to regret sitting with Mason and his friends, she just didn't belong there.

"I don't believe we've met." This girl said, leaning forward and looking Bex up and down.

"Get off Mr. Porter's lap, Miss. Burromuerto." A teacher called out and the girl slipped of Mason's lap and onto the edge of the table instead.

"I'm Marisol Burromuerto." She smiled towards Bex and Bex gave an evil smirk back.

"Bex Evers." Bex replied. The two girls exchanged evil smirks at each other. It was just something that seemed to fit, as if the two girls just weren't meant to see eye-to-eye.

The group of boys were silent, each watching Bex with intensity. They all looked to be mesmerized by her. All the girls were pulling faces at the guys, probably their boyfriends, because they were ignoring them and paying Bex all the attention.

Marisol, clearly the ring leader, scoffed as she looked around at the guys. Bex gave her a peculiar look, and Marisol returned it. There was just something about the way the two looked at each other that screamed 'Enemies for life.'

"What's wrong, sexy?" Mason asked, noticing his girlfriend's look. He placed a hand on her leg and she placed hers on top, slowly moving it higher and higher.

"She just thinks she's so much better than the rest of us." Marisol narrowed her eyes on Bex and Mason snatched his hand back. "Just because she's famous, she thinks she's so much better."

"Okay, I so don't need this!" Bex pushed her chair back, scraping it along the floor, and jumped to her feet. She had her hands on the table and her eyes were staring straight at Marisol's.

"Then go back to where you came from!" Marisol's words tore through Bex like a knife in through her heart. All she had wanted to do was be a normal girl and go to High school. But, obviously, Marisol didn't think she belonged there. Bex hated the feeling of standing out, and right now, right then, everyone was staring at her. Not just the group of jocks, oh no, the whole cafeteria had stopped and was now watching the argument going down between the two.

"Yeah, maybe I should." Bex gave Marisol one last look before turning on her heel and storming from the cafeteria. All eyes were now set on Marisol.

"Nice one, Mar." Mason spat at his girlfriend. "What the fuck did she do to you?" Mason also got up from his seat, scraping it along the floor, and chased after Bex.

Bex's P.O.V.

I ran down the corridors of the school, wanting to get as far away from those guys as possible. My first day at school and it just wasn't working out. Everyone was staring at me and I felt as if I didn't belong. And, of course, it was because I didn't. Mason greeted me into his group and that slut only made me feel more out of place than I had before.

The first thing that came to mind was run to the girl's toilets. So, I headed straight for them. Lucky for me they were empty, so I locked myself away inside one of the stall. I fell back onto the closed toilet seat and wiped away a few tears from my eyes.

I pulled my cell from inside my pocket and saw I had a text from Duncan. I flipped it open and read;

Hey bby grl hows skool?

A few more tears started to form in my eyes and I wiped the back of my hand over my face. I clicked dial and I began to ring Duncan.

"Hello?" He answered.

"H-Hey." I stuttered, trying to sound strong, but it was just not happening.

"How's school going, darling?" He asked. I could hear the happiness in his voice and I couldn't upset him.

"I-It's okay, but-"

"Bex, what's wrong?" I obviously wasn't hiding it very well. "Tell me, baby girl."

"Duncan, come pick me up, please."

"I'm on my way, Becky. Meet me out the front."

"Okay, bye." I hung up and placed my cell back in my pocket. I stood up and smoothed out my clothes for the second time that day. I unlocked the stall and walked out.

"Calling daddy to come bail you out?" I snapped my head towards the sink where I found Bella perched. "You take one bit of crap from Miss Queen Bee and you get up and leave. I thought you were better than that, Bex. I thought you were gonna be the one who stood up for yourself, for everyone who's scared to face Marisol themselves. But, obviously, I was wrong. You're just like the rest of us; too scared." I turned my head down to the floor. Bella was right...I was too scared to face up to Marisol. I'd stood up for myself against everyone. EVERYONE! Why couldn't I do it now? "Come on, I'll walk you to the parking lot." My friend-my only friend-slid off the counter and held the bathroom door open for me.

"Thanks." I mumbled, leaving the room, Bella walking behind me.

"Bex!" I looked up and saw Mason leaning against the wall opposite the toilet door. He walked up to me and placed his warm hand on my cold arm. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, no thanks to your stuck up girlfriend!" I snapped. Why was the courage coming out now? Marisol was the one I was mad at, not Mason.

"Marisol was way out of line, I know she was." Mason's voice sounded almost pleading. "Marisol's just a hard girl to get to know..." He trailed off, seeing how unconvinced and upset I was.

"I've called Duncan, he's picking me up outside in a few minutes." I told him. Mason. I guess he was my other friend. Two friends... "Bye." I walked past him, slightly nudging his shoulder. Two friends weren't bad for my first day.

Bella and I walked outside. I jumped up on the wall and Bella leaned against it beside me. I could hear footsteps running up behind us, but I chose to ignore them. It was only Mason.

"Hey." He sounded out of breath. "Don't think you're going anywhere without a proper goodbye." I smiled a little. Mason was my friend and he cared. And so did Bella. They both wanted me to stay in school, I know they did. But I couldn't. School just wasn't for me.

I jumped down off the wall and opened my arms for a hug. Mason happily accepted it. He felt warm, warmer than what he should have been for the hanging winter air, even if it was spring. We broke apart and I was cold again, as if Mason was the reason I hadn't felt the cold before. And now, after we'd said goodbye, I was feeling the coldness in the air.

"So, I guess you're not coming back, huh?" Bella asked, but, as usual, she didn't let me answer before talking some more. "I really wish you'd stay in school, don't let Marisol get to you. She's just a bitch, no offence, who wants to bring everyone else down around her. I really want you to stay; no one's been this friendly to me in forever! I like having a friend to talk to and you are an amazing friend, Bex."

"You are, too, Bella." I hugged the chatty girl, squeezing her tightly. I had only met Bella and Mason that morning, but it felt as if we'd all been close for a long time. Something had drawn me to those two people in the first place, and now I had to leave them.

Duncan's car pulled up in front of the three of us and I gave a small smile to my friends as I climbed into the passenger seat.

"Bye." I waved and they waved back. Duncan looked over to me, a peculiar look on his face. It was as if he was trying to read my mind. "Drive then, you freak." I teased and he smiled at me, starting the car up and driving away from the school.

"Now, tell me why you wanted to come home?" He said and I turned my head back to the school, watching it grow smaller and smaller, the further we drove away.

"I'll tell you later."

A/N: NOOO! BEX!

WAHH!

It's 2:57AM! Excuse my lack of editing to this chapter...

And the lack of A/N chit-chat to be done...

MEX OR DEX?

BUT I STARTED TWO NEW STORIES TODAY! One is a new GO! And the other is called Electric Role! It's a SPIN-OFF from this story! :O! YUP! In which Bex lands her dream role...But things get BAD! (What's new around Bex? XD) I'm co-writing it with the always epic AwesomeMan327! And it's a cross-over with Danny Phantom! So PLEASE go check it out :D

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AwesomeMan327: I've never been taught it! I had to do Macbeth instead -.- All of Shakespears plays are like that...Thank you :D

icarlyfanatic101: hahaha! How on Earth could you forget Mason? :O! LOL! WHOO! hahaha! I did not! I named a bunch of Blonde evil guys and then I mentioned all of them PLUS Peeta! Thanks :D

TheNextAlice: I LOVE THAT SONG! It tottaly rawks xD That sucks...It's only good when they're cute...Mason is the best! xD hahaha! :O! That's true...He is xD Thank you :D

ThatSuperHotSexyBookWorm: There is more than one type of dyslexic, Maddi. I still think I am. Yes! I am VERY happy! Because you're too young to be drinking in a pub anyway...That's you're own fault! You KNOW you have a bad knee and you STILL went skiing! But I won't argue because we've already had this argument...I think...Thanks :D

KlaineLuneville: YAY! Oh, the Mexiness ;) hahaha! Thank you :D

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