Our Love

New friend

P.O.V Will
*Next day*
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My alarm goes off and it's 5 am. I start by going to my shitty bathroom and doing my morning routine. Then I head to the diner and open up shop and I put up a help wanted sign in the front. I've been running this diner mostly by myself and I have to admit it's a lot of work. By now I'm used to the routine but I think it's time to get some more help. 

Slowly customers start coming and my mind can't help but think about the girl from yesterday and what happened to her. High school girls can be so cruel.

I look down at my watch and see it's the usual time Athena comes in. Almost poetically she walks in. We lock eyes for a moment but she immediately looks down and walks quickly to her usual spot. She probably still feels some type of way about what happened the other day.

I go to take her order. "Good morning what can I get for you?" I ask politely

"Pancakes with a side of eggs please," she says in a barely audible voice keeping her head down.

"Would you like syrup with that?" I ask.

"Yes please" she replies looking down at her lap.

A few minutes later I bring her her food. And I head back to the kitchen. I can't help but watch her out of the corner of my eye. Studying her little mannerisms. Like how she cuts her pancakes into squares and then puts just a drop of syrup on it.

Within 30 minutes she finishes and I come to me to pay.

"The total is 10 dollars," I say. She just nods and starts fidgeting with what I assume is her wallet. Which is this little crochet purse.

In the meantime, I'm just standing there watching her awkwardly. So I decided to talk to her.

I clear my throat and start "So after yesterday are you ok" I ask worried.

She looks up embarrassed
"Y-Yes, thank you for your help again," she says shyly.

"OH no I forgot your hoodie, I promise I'll bring it tomorrow," she says warily.

"It's ok you can keep it," I say calmly.

"Are you sure?" she asks.

I just nod. She finishes paying for her food and leaves the diner.
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Athena P.O.V
*At school*

I walk into school aka hell. I sit in the library by myself until the first period.

I'm always by myself because of Bailey my ex-best friend. All of middle school she was my best friend but then when high school started she changed.  She became really pretty and suddenly she was getting attention from different people. Which made her cocky. Long story short she dropped me like a bag of rocks when she became popular. And now she's made it her personal goal to make my life a living hell. Because of her, I'm the school outcast.

Well, it's not completely her fault I'm an outcast. In the middle of freshmen year, my dad died and I was going through a hard time. And at the same time, Bailey decided that she would start hating me when I needed her the most. I had a normal social life. I even had friends and a boyfriend but then Bailey turned them against me. I collapsed into myself, meaning I stopped chasing after my friends trying to get them to believe me and not Bailey. I broke up with my boyfriend and stopped talking at school. I see now that I should've handled the situation better but I didn't know how to at the time.

I go through the day like normal and then it's time for English. I walk in and sit in the back of the class like usual and put my head down.

"OK class today we have a new student" my English teacher Mrs. Davenport announces gesturing towards a girl I have never seen before. "Please introduce yourself"

The first thing I notice about the new girl is how beautiful she is.

"Hello, my name is Felicity it's nice to meet y'all," she says with a southern drawl.

I can already see the boys drool over her. Poor thing, the popular girls look like they wanna snatch her up.

"Alright Felicity there is a free seat in the back next to Athena," Mrs. Davenport says.

Oh no, why is it always me getting caught up? The boys turn their heads almost immediately towards me and I shrink back into my chair as much as possible.

The new girl walks towards me and sits at the empty desk. The teacher begins the lesson. Midway through I hear a  hushed whisper towards my right.

It was Felicity talking.

"Do you have a pencil I can borrow, mine just broke" she asks.

I just nod reach into my bag and hand her the pencil.

"Thank you," she says as she flashes me her perfect smile. 

A few moments later the bell rings and I pack up my stuff and scurry out of the classroom. I can hear Felicity call out my name but I ignore her.

The rest of the day went smoothly until of course my least favorite class. P.E.

I quickly change into my clothes and try to hurry to the gym trying to avoid another altercation with Bailey.

But I wasn't quick enough. 

As I was walking out of the locker room she blocked my way. "Hey Athena," she says in a fake nice tone.

"What did I tell you about changing in here" she questions.

She walks closer to me she comes close to my face.

"Dogs aren't allowed in the girl's locker room," she says devilishly. She starts barking in my face and her little minions start laughing.

"I-I don't know where else t-to change" I almost whisper.

The bathroom is too far from the gym I'd be late for class.

"Well that's not my problem now is it" she yells.

"HEY" someone yells.

We all turn around and to my surprise it's Felicity. She walks over to us with this mean look on her face.

"Leave her alone," she says in a serious tone.

Bailey scoffs "Or what"

"Or imma put my foot up your ass bitch" Felicity threatens

I was quite shocked to see this behavior from this 5'0 little girl.

Bailey look scared for a second but quickly composes herself.

She clears her throat and walks away and her minions follow. But before she does she turns around.

"If I were you new girl I wouldn't get involved with this loser. Let's just say that things won't be pleasant for you at this school" she says looking at me in disgust. She then walks away.

I turn to Felicity and utter a quick thank you.

"You're welcome, I just can't stand bullies," she says.

We walk together to the gym and talk. Felicity is nice and I apologized for ignoring her in English. She tells me about herself and I do the same. There's some awkwardness because it's been a while since I've talked to someone to be friends.

The gym ends and I head home. Despite all that happened, today was a good day. :)
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Hey guys I'm so sorry for not uploading for 4 months. It's been hard since going back to school and having to balance everything I didn't have any time. From now on I will try to upload at least once every 2 weeks if not more.

Thanks for your patience ❤ 🤍 💙 🧡

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