Broken promises

From hope to disappointment

A/N: hey guys so here is the second chapter of the story as promised. As always comment, share and favourite it means a lot and I love to hear your guys feedback because after all you guys are the readers and I write for you.

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Chapter 2:

I took a long look at emma and her pose of plastics and in that moment I realized that I couldn't and wouldn't just sit her and take her crap. I refused to be this girls punching bag and allow her to install fear into me. She had taken my best friend, my confidence and my solace that I couldn't allow her to take the one last thing that I had... My dignity and my voice.

I stood up a little straighter and looked Emma directly in the eyes. "You know what emma I may be fat and ugly but I have 3 things that you will never be abler to have. I have self dignity, I have a real friend that loves me because of who I am and not because they have something to gain or are afraid and lastly unlike you I am not a coward who inorder to feel good about myself I have to make others feel like shit" I spat

For the last year Emma never hurt me physically instead she found enough joy with the taunting and emotional scaring, but that all changed now, because my remark, my short lived courage had rewarded me a slap across my face.

Instinctively I reached towards my warm and undoubtedly red face. Like i said before, my courage was gone and what had replaced it was warm wet tears. As the tears silently fell i swear I saw something flicker across Mikey's usually emotionless face, what I thought I saw in his eyes was a feeling of remorse, sadness and pain...but that couldn't be he hated me right?

I naively thought that a slap would be the only backlash I got from my comment, but as per usual I was wrong. Emma began to raise her leg preparing to kick me, but something stopped her and this something was a someone...it was Mikey. Mikey gently placed his hand on Emma's shoulder and told her to stop and much to my surprise she listened.

Emma and her pose of plastics fled the scene and before Mikey followed he mouthed the words "I'm so sorry".

I walked to my first period in a daze, a daze that was only broken when I hear Madison's voice.

"Riley, how was your morning, did Emma do anything to you, was Mikey with her?" worry littered his voice

"What, ummm no actually she didn't" I replied still a bit shocked and pensive about what Mikey had said earlier.

Sure I had just lied to madison but I did it for his own good. Mikey and madison were still great friends despite the relationship I had with him. However, their relationship was getting a bit rocky and I couldn't help but blame myself.

Madison was growing more and more bitter towards Mikey and hated the fact that he had chosen Emma, he couldn't stand that Mikey just stood their while emma verbally abused me day in and day out. On the other hand Mikey didn't understand why madison hated emma so much, because in his mind emma was a perfect angel...this just speaks to how blinded he is by infatuation (notice how i didn't use love, its because i refuse to believe he can love her) and how tight of a grip she has on him. So I decided to keep my mouth shut about this mornings occurrences because in my mind it was the least I could do to help preserve a friendship that I was coming between.

Madison and I had spent the rest of history class talking about pointless things and we also threw in a couple of intense games of would you rather to pass the time of the most boring class with even more boring teacher ever.

When the bell rang signalling that our boredom was over with I gave madison a quick squeeze since I wouldn't see him until lunch during fourth period.

The rest of my classes passed rather quickly and I got away with minimal participation in most of them. Lunch was full of laughs as me and madison hung out in our usual spot under a large maple tree and I even managed to get Marge the lunch lady to give me extra pudding by complimenting her new haircut...overall I would say I was having a pretty good day, but I knew it wouldn't last to long.

------------------during last period--------------------

"Today class we will be starting a new group project, but don't get to excited and go choosing our groups just yet because I have decided that for this project I will be putting you into groups" mrs Nadim our english teacher announced proudly...is as if she found joy in our misery, oh who am I kidding all teachers find joy in their students misery.

Mrs Nadim began reading out the partners and all I could think is that I hope I didn't end up with Mikey or emma.

"Mikey you will be paired up with Natasha" mrs. Nadim said. Yes one down one to go

Mrs Nadim had almost finished reading out all the partners and I was good enough at math to know I had a 50 50 chance to end up with emma or madison.

" madison you will be partnered up with Jasmine" mrs. Nadim said. I knew what words would come out of her mouth next even before she had the chance to utter them

"That means that Riley and Emma, you two will be partners"

"What no, I refuse to be with that little ugly bitch, I demand a knew partner. After all we wouldn't want to risk Riley's ugliness to rub of on me now would we" emma screeched.

I didn't even give emma a second look I just ran out of the classroom and didn't stop until I was in the safety of the girls bathroom. I opened a stall door and just sat there weeping .

Minutes later I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around my body, I didn't even flinch because these arms brought comfort, comfort that could only be given to me by 1 person... Madison. So there we sat on the dirty bathroom floor until the end of school.