AN: Chapter two of Looking Back!
Five year old Rebecca was sitting on one of the swings at the park, which happened to be right across the street from her house, and frowned when she saw two of the older bullies, Joshua and Liam Anderson coming towards her. Both boys were ten, and were twins.
"Hey, what's up shrimp?" Liam asked, pushing the swing a little bit, making it go higher and higher. "Stop it!" Rebecca yelled, holding on to the chains of the swings tightly, not sure what else to do. If she jumped, she would land on Joshua, which would only make him mad, and if she didn't hold on, she would fall.
"Why don't you make us, shortie" Joshua teased, pushing the swing a little higher. "Stop, I'm gonna fall!" Rebecca yelled, before her grip slipped, and her hands flew off the chains, and she fell backwards off the swing, landing on her back.
"Awwww, shrimp's got a boo-boo" Liam teased, standing over her, Joshua at his side.
"Leave her alone!" a small voice yelled, and Liam and Joshua both spun on their heels, only to see six year old Nicole standing there, trying her hardest to look scary enough to frighten the two older boys.
"Oh, how cute, it's shortie's protecter!" Joshua yelled. Nicole made a face, one that normally would have made Rebecca laugh if she wasn't crying her eyes out and holding her sore arm, which was now bleeding.
"Is that the best you got, shortie and shrimp, think of something new, those are getting boring" Nicole said, and Liam's mouth dropped open in shock, and Joshua stepped forward.
"What was that?" he asked.
"I said, get some new insults, you two are stupid" Nicole spat, and Liam still looked too shocked to move. "You're stupid, you-" Joshua started, but Nicole cut him off.
"I just said you were stupid, you can't use my own insult against me, you really are lame" she muttered.
Liam finally moved, but it was only to pull Joshua away, muttering about how they should just leave, but Joshua turned back and shoved Nicole to the ground, making her gasp.
Rebecca stood up and through her tears, screamed "Don't push her!", then charged forward, knocking Joshua to the ground. Liam pulled him up and they both walked off, whispering to themselves.
Rebecca felt the anger leave her, wondering where it had come from so suddenly in the first place.
She walked over to Nicole and sat next to her.
"You saved me" she muttered. "I know" Nicole muttered. Rebecca frowned, not exactly the response she had hoped for out of her best friend. Nicole saw the look, and smiled.
"You saved me too" she said, and Rebecca smiled.
"So we saved each other" Nicole said, nodding her head, laughing as Rebecca did the same, a small smirk on the younger girl's face as she stood up and pulled Nicole with her.
"Thanks" she mumbled, and she saw Nicole smile.
"Thanks to you too" the older girl said, and this time, Rebecca smiled.
