Chapter 14
Rory froze, the swarm of kids surrounded her. She tried her hardest to shrink into herself. They started taunting her, throwing around insults. Tears were forming in her eyes, her hands were shaking.
"HEY, STOP IT, LEAVE HER ALONE!" Rory's saving grace came in the form of a brunette teenager. She looked up, her tears had started to fall, but now out of relief. The teens snickered as they walked away. Georgia put her arm around Rory.
"You okay?" Rory couldn't talk. Georgia looked at her worried.
"I can help you find your mum's car if you want?" Rory nodded gratefully. The pair walked with their arms interlocked until they found the small black car.
"T-that's the one" Rory said pointing.
"Okay, I hope you feel better Rory, don't worry about those idiots. Text me okay!" Rory smiled and hopped into the car where Beca was waiting.
"Hey little one! How was school?" Beca looks up from her phone and see's the tear tracks on the teen's cheeks.
"Rory? Did something bad happen?" Rory shrugs.
"I don't know. I just want to go home." Beca decides to let it go and heads back to the apartment. Rory was silent the entire ride, offering yes and no answers every once and a while.
In her mind she knew that she should be talking to Beca, but her old habits of shutting down kept taking over.
The two walk into the apartment. Chloe was still at the office with a few more clients to go for the day.
"Hey squirt, Chlo's gonna be working late tonight so it's just us for dinner! Wanna order pizza and ignore all responsibilities?" Rory smiled.
"That sounds perfect." Beca walked closer to Rory and puts her arm around her.
"So you wanna tell me how your first day back at school was?" Rory shifted uncomfortably as they both sat down on the couch.
"I guess it wasn't that bad. Except the end part." Beca furrowed her brows urging her to continue.
"Well I made a friend and she seems nice. Her name is Georgia and she's really outgoing. During my first class some boys were laughing at me because I'm so small. Then afterschool the same boys surrounded me a-and started saying s-stuff but then Georgia came and got me out."
Beca was proud of Rory for opening up to her. Her heart beamed with the progress she saw.
"Are you okay now?" Rory nodded.
"I think so. I was just scared."
"I'm really glad you made a friend hun, maybe you can invite her over sometime?" Beca offers, she sees the worry in Rory's face.
"Uh yeah, maybe." She smiles to hide her uncertainties about the brunette's proposal.
"Well you probably have some homework to do I presume?" Rory nods "Cool, you go work on that and come get me when you're hungry and we'll order some pizza and watch some TV, you up for some Full House?" Rory lights up and nods eagerly. Beca knew that would get her to cheer up, Full House was the teen's favourite TV show.
"Okay, I'll be done in an hour or so I think!" and with that the teen went to her room.
Rory was just finishing her Biology questions on the influenza virus when her phone buzzed.
Hey! It's Georgia. This weekend I'm having a sleepover with my best friend Cassie. She wasn't at school today, but I'm sure you'll meet her tomorrow! We were wondering if you wanted to come?
Rory was taken back by the sudden offer. She had only met this girl today, how could she know that she could trust her?
The blonde goes and finds Beca.
"Uh, Beca?"
"Yeah little one?"
"The girl, Georgia, she um, asked me to go to a sleepover on the weekend."
Beca turns and looks at the teen to see a look of apprehension on her face. "Do you want to go Ro?"
"I-I'm not sure. I mean what if I have a nightmare, o-or they see my scars?" Beca smiles sympathetically and gestures for Rory to sit next to her on the couch.
"Honey, I know you're scared. But I think this will be really good for you. And you can always text Chlo or I and we'll come get you straight away." Rory nodded.
"O-okay. I do want to go, Georgia is so nice to me."
"Well then squirt, you better go text her back." Rory goes and gets her phone.
Hi Georgia, that sounds like fun, I'd love to join you.
Rory is surprised when her phone buzzes only a minute later.
Great! I'm so excited! I'll text you the details tomorrow, or I'll just tell you in class! I can't wait!
Rory smiles at the enthusiasm and sends an emoji to match her expression.