14 Days

Chapter 3

Shawn's POV:
  I haven't gotten beaten by Ricky today. Maybe it's because he's tired of me, or maybe it's because of the new girl. Her name is Ariel like the mermaid. Everyone calls her fish breath for it. I would say something to help, but I don't want to be beaten again.
Maybe I should be nice to her and then she won't feel bad, but then again she'd probably get a worse punishment. I sigh as I look around the library, the place I'm forced to eat lunch, and notice that Ariel isn't in here. Bad mistake on her end.
"Hi," a strange voice says. I look up and see the girl who distracted my bully for today. "I'm Ariel."
"Shawn," I say quietly. "Nice to meet you." We talk back and fourth for a bit and I feel myself forgetting about Stella. We bond over things like Harry Potter and music.
   "Hello," a familiar voice says. I look up and see Stella. I wave at her before turning back to Ariel. "Um hi I'm Stella." Ariel only nods before turning her attention back to me. I have a feeling that she doesn't like Stella. "So have you gotten better Shawn?" Ariel raises her eyebrows and I explain how I was beaten up. "I don't get how someone can hurt someone else physically."
"Maybe you should ask you boyfriend princess," Ariel snorts. "He'll know all about it." This can't be good.

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I got out of the library as soon as I could. There's obvious tension between Stella and Ariel, and it's obvious that Stella will tell Ricky what happened. Ariel and I are both doomed. There's only eleven more days, but what about Ariel? What if she becomes my friend? I can't leave her can I? No, I can't that'd be cruel. Maybe I should back away from her and make her realize she shouldn't hang out with me, but she's so amazing. She's a Potterhead like me, but so is Stella.
We get along so well. It probably seems like we've known each other for years which is bad for us, but I don't care. I want a friend no matter how much time I have left be it fourteen days or fourteen minutes. Maybe with Ariel and I hanging out I can forget Stella and Ricky can forget our beatings. It probably won't happen, but hey you got to have hope.
Hope...... what a funny word. It has no use to me really, for I gave up on hope. Instead I put it towards music a huge dream of mine that was quickly shot down thanks to my grandpa. No hope means I've basically determined my fate and I can't wait until the day finally comes.