Sticks and Stones

Chapter 3

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Thanks for hanging in for chapter 3 everyone! I really hope you all enjoy this next chapter. Kelly sure isn't done with Bryn yet, believe me and you're about to find out what she's cooking up. Thank you so much for reading and don't forget: Vote and Comment! Your feedback really does help me so thank you all so much and enjoy!

-Molly

For a few weeks things started to calm down a little. I mean all of my friends still hated me but Kelly didn't seem to be so bad. However, one day at lunch I went to sit with Jenny and Avery. They were pretty cool about it and I thought that maybe Avery was starting to realize that what Kelly was saying was all a lie. That's when I saw her. That pale, veiny girl walking straight towards us. She sat down right next to Avery and then it all began.

I'm not going into details. Don't get me wrong, it's not because I don't want anyone to know but rather that I can't seem to bring the memory back. But it was bad. That much, I can tell for sure. I remember it vaguely but well enough to tell that as soon as Avery and Kelly left for their next class, I burst into tears. Jenny was there for me but nobody seemed to get that at this point, I was done trying. I went the rest of the day trying my very hardest not to talk to anyone. At that point it was like nobody understood. It was as though nobody could understand unless they walked a mile in my shoes.

That week things started to heat up a little bit. Kelly seemed to develop an obsession with me. The next day I heard her and all of my former friends talking about having a party at Anna's. She had recently gotten a pool added to her backyard so they were all going to go over to her house and have a pool party. Kelly, of course, made a nice emphasis on the fact that I couldn't go. I cared of course because all of my friends were going to be hanging out and I was all alone with no one to care.

As I said before, Kelly's obsession was growing and it was burning with a raging passion. After school that day, I began my trek home just as I had everyday. Only today it was much different. A girl in our grade, Alyssa, lives pretty close to the school and she was friends with Kelly. So, that night Kelly was walking home with Alyssa. She saw me walking home and began to run after me.

Normally I would think nothing of it but that day I could tell it was her and when I turned around, my thoughts were confirmed. I turned back around immediately and my pace quickened but not on purpose. I guess that's just what happens when my instincts kick in. And as my pace quickened, so did hers. She ran up behind me and began to walk beside me. She talked to me as if we were best friends again. Only when she spoke, sarcasm leaked through her words.

"Hey" she said in a perky voice.

"What do you want?"

"What, I can't just talk to you?"

"Whatever."

"I know what you're planning."

"And what is that Kelly?"

"Don't act like you don't know."

"Just get away from me Kelly."

"Fine. If I must tell you everything. I know that you're planning to crash Anna's party in the skimpiest bikini you can find."

I rolled my eyes at her and began to cross the street. She didn't follow me but she did do the very same thing for the next few days. I won't go into detail about those times because they were honestly the same as the first day. Almost the exact same dialogue and the exact same ending.

That's not where it ended though. Almost every time I passed her in the halls, she'd find some way to "accidentally" push me over or knock my books out of my hands. But every once in a while, she wouldn't even make it seem like an accident. She'd just grab my book and throw it or punch me in the stomach or even shove me into a bulletin board. People saw it happen but nobody did anything. Who would blame them? It's better to be a bystander than become the next victim right?

Well it doesn't matter now. All's forgiven. I mean I never forgot what Kelly did to me but I know that I forgave her for it. I was never so mad at her that I could never forgive her. But she felt that way for me. I guess that's just how it goes.