Rydel's POV:I change into a pair of sweatpants with my white hollister shirt and uggs. Just when I plopped back into my bed my door opened.

"Heyy"Vanessa said as she came fully into my room then shut the door.

"Finally your here"I say as I sit up into my bed.

"How ya feeling"Vanessa as she sets the plastic Walmart bag onto my desk.

"A little better I guess."I say as turn on my air conditioner.

"So what should we start with, movies and ice cream or gossip?"Vanessa says sitting my bed next to me.

I shrug"Either one works."

"So what happened today that was interesting?"

"Umm...nothing really I got invited to Kelly's birthday party and Ratliff and I had a little talk."

"Wait, what did you and Ratliff talk about?"

"We'll he asked was I ok and I said I was but he knew I was lying, so he tried to get me to talk to him about it."

"So what did you tell him."Vanessa asks anxiously waiting for the rest of the story.

"That it was girl talk and that I would talk to you about it, so he made me promise that I would tell you"

"See he really does care about you"

"Duh, as a friend as a sister not in any type of romantic interest"

"How do you know"Vanessa asks seriously.

"Nessa, he has a girlfriend for crying out loud"I say reminding her.

"But, that doesn't mean that he has no type of feelings for you."

"Nessa, why would he like me, I've never had a boyfriend or a first kiss."

"Rydel, just because all of that didn't happened doesn't mean that no one would want to be with you."

"Then explain it Vanessa, explain why no one would bother trying to be with Rydel the 'weird girl' that no one would ever like."

"Rydel, that stuff your talking about was in high school, they were just bullies trying to get you and your self esteem down."

"Guess what, it worked" and with those last words I left out my room. I didn't know what to do. Everything from what happened in high school kept rushing in my head. How I was bullied for not having a boyfriend. Yeah, I had friends and they would take up for me, but they weren't there all of the time. "Rydel, where are you going" I hear someone say. I turn around to see Ratliff standing there in front of my house. I just turn around and continue to walk. I might not know where I'm walking to right now but I just need time. Time to think about everything that has happened to me.