My Bully

Chapter 29

Veronica's POV

-the next morning-

I wake up and stretch. I look at the clock and realize it's 10:30.

"Hope come on! Africa awaits us!" I say then look over expecting to see Hope but instead I notice that my bed is the only one in the room. The events of yesterday start flooding back into my head and I start crying again. They hate me. They really hate me. I lost them. Forever. I can't handle being around them. I haft to leave.

I quickly take a shower and put on some comfy sweats and a plain white t-shirt with a cardigan. (Outfit above) I throw my hair into a messy bun and walk out the room. While walking to the elevator and texting Nash on my phone, I bump into someone.

"Um sorry" I say and look up to see Dakota. I smile.

"Oh hey" I say and he smiles.

"Hey Veronica" he says and hugs me.

"I have some bad news......" He trails off.

"I'm leaving back to California today" he says sad. I'm sad but then I realize something.

"Hey why don't I go back with you? There's nothing for me here. When's your flight?" I ask him. He perks up.

"Sweet! Umm it's tonight" he says checking his phone.

"Okay so do you want to spend the rest of the day together until the flight?" I ask while looking at my phone to book the flight. He nods and we walk to the elevator together.

-back at the hotel, before the flight-

"That was so much fun" I say as we enter the elevator after our long day. We found a zip lining place not far from here and we zip lined through the Sahara. Then we went and grabbed something to eat and now we're back.

"Yea it was" he said to me. I smiled. I got a lot of great pictures of everything and I got a picture of both us zip lining together and it looks so cute.

"So I'm going to get my suitcase and then I'll meet you in the lobby?" He asked as we exit the elevator. I nod and start walking back to my room. I enter and grab my stuff and put it all in my suitcase. As I'm packing, I get a text from Hope.

H-where are you? We need to talk.

Me-I don't need you yelling at me too.

H-I won't yell I promise.

I don't respond and I put my phone away. I'm definitely not meeting up with her. She didn't even try to defend me or anything. She just shut me out. I don't need that.

I exit my room and start to the elevator.

-lobby-

I walk into the lobby to see Dakota waiting there for me. I quickly return my room key and walk over to him.

"Ready?" He asks. I nod and we walk out to the uber he called for us.

"Are you sad to be leaving your friends?" He asks me.

"Not at all. They're not my real friends if they don't believe me." I lied. I am sad to leave them but they don't give two shits about me.

"Oh okay." He changed the subject and we laughed the whole way to the airport. Once we got there, we showed our tickets and then put our suitcases on the carousel thing and then went to our gate.

"I absolutely love flying on airplanes" I said to Dakota smiling and he chuckled.

"So where in Cali do you live?" He asked.

"LA"

"Me too!" He said excited. I smiled at his excitement because it was too cute.

"Flight 548 to Los Angeles California now boarding" the intercom said and we stood up. Mine and Dakota's seats aren't together and that made me sad. We boarded the plane and went to our seats but Dakota sat next to me and I gave him a questioning look.

"I'll tell the guy sitting here that he can take my seat. I want to sit next to you" he smiled. I returned the favor.

-after the flight-

Ah I'm finally back home. It's nice to be back. But I'm sad I didn't get to go to Mexico. Oh well next time. Me and Dakota found out that our houses were a few streets away from each other.

"Wanna do something?" I asked him once we got into the taxi to take us to our houses.

"Yea how about we go to the movies?" He asks. I nod.

My life is already getting better without my old 'friends'.

We arrive at my house and we both get out. We drop our suitcases inside and go out to my car. Once at the movies, we decide to watch The Scorch Trials. I literally loved the first movie and I'm excited to watch it.

-after movie-

"Oh my god Dylan O'Brian is so hot" I say and fan my face with my hand. Dakota chuckles.

"Whatever but I'm hotter" he smirks. I slightly push him and laugh.

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.