Starting Over

Chapter 3

*Cali's POV*

I walked inside of Starbucks and was greeted with a very strong smell that makes me want to gag a little. Maybe I'm overreacting. Who am I kidding I am. I look around and I got a little bit nervous since there are a lot of people here. I found a table and I walked towards it dodging and squeezing between people as best as I could.

I didn't look back to see if C was following me cause I knew he was. I finally got to the table and sat down. I huffed and put my head down and closed my eyes since the strong smell was giving me a headache. "You want anything?" I heard a familiar voice ask. "Just get me a chocolate chunk muffin and hot chocolate." I said lifting up my head while my left hand was getting my wallet from my back pocket. "Okay." He said. I handed him a 10 dollar bill from my wallet. He took it and walked away without saying a word.

I looked around and it was pretty crowed. I took out my phone and started reading on Wattpad. My book was about a girl with depression living with a band but also is getting bullied by viners. The author is ILoveTheMuffinMan. I stared blankly at the user name and sighed. I continued reading until I heard voices that I didn't recognized talking to me.

"Um, are these seats taken?" I looked up to see who was talking. It was a boy who looked at least a year older than me and was a couple inches taller than me. He had brown hair that was in some sort of quiff. He had green eyes, tan skin and was carrying a skateboard. He had a white tank top that had black lettering saying Hot Mess, he had grey skinnies and black hightops. I looked behind him and noticed 2 other boys goofing off. I blushed a little and slowly brought my head down. "No." I said in a small voice that anybody could barely hear but I was surprised when he sat down in front of me.

I kept my head down still and felt my heart rate go up. I started to play with my sleeve and my hair. I looked up and looked around, trying not to make eye contact with the 3. My leg was bouncing up and down. My breathing was short and quick, I was hyperventilating. I decided to get up, not noticing Christian and the 3 guys staring at me. I made my way towards the bathroom, bumping into some people along the way.

I got into the bathroom and went into a stall as fast as I could. My eyes were stinging since I've been holding in tears. I closed my eyes tightly and let the hot tears fall.

What if they're like them? I asked myself. The memories shot through my head like bullets. The pain, the emptiness, the sadness that I felt for most of my life.

I didn't notice that Christian was in front of me. In the girls restroom but I didn't care. I flung my arms around him and cried quietly. He was whispering calming things in my ears.

After a few minutes passed I've calmed down and had walked back out of the restroom. I felt dead and empty inside and I'm pretty sure I look like a mess. I sat down and Christian sat across from me. The 3 boys were still there and they were looking at me but I kept my eyes in the table. I sighed.

"Are you okay?" One of them asked. I looked at him with a fake smile and nodded. "Y-yeah. I'm just tired." They nodded. He had shaggy brown hair, grey eyes and olive skin. He was slim like the others. He wore a black shirt with a red flannel and he wore black skinnies which were ripped at the knees. He also had black and white shoes.

"Well my name is Xavier." Said the one that was just talking. He pointed to the boy who talked earlier. "He's Roxas, yes Roxas as in Kingdom Hearts, got it memorized?" I faked a chuckle and it hurt. He then pointed to a short haired blonde boy with one crystal blue eye and one green eye. He had a white t-shirt that had holes in it, white skinnies that had holes in it, a acid washed jean jacket with rips. He had white hightops. "And he's Jax."

I waved. "My name is Cali but you can call me Cal and," I jabbed my thumb in Christian's direction, "he's Christian." He waved as well. I act like this when I meet new people but on the inside I'm about to burst into tears. I start playing with my bracelets. "You guys new around here?" Jax asked, motioning between C and I. We both nodded. "Are you guys brother and sister or.." Roxas trailed off. "We're best friends." C answered. 'Oh's where shared between the 3 of them. "So how old are you guys?" Asked Xavier. "14 years young and he's 15." I said smiling. "Sweet, I'm 14 and so is Roxas but Jax is 15 too." Xavier said while the other 2 high fived each other.

I laughed. I looked over at C and see that he's smiling too. "Do you guys want to hang out sometimes? You guys seem like fun." Roxas said. I nodded and handed them my phone to put their numbers in. They texted their number saying who it was.

Once we were done I said bye and a see you later then grabbed my things and my drink plus muffin. I dragged C out of the Starbucks and started walking. "So when did you become Miss Social huh?" He asked once we stepped outside but I couldn't focus on him. I saw a boy and a girl around our age being cornered by 4 guys. Christian noticed I wasn't paying attention and looked in the direction I was staring in. I looked at him and saw his jaw tighten. I look down at his hands and see his knuckles were turning white.

I pulled out my phone and pulled up the messenger app then tapped on Roxas's name. 'Come outside now plz.' I heard the doors burst open I looked behind myself and see the familiar brown and blonde combo. I turn back and C wasn't by my side. Instead he was getting closer to the group of bullies. I turned around with tears brimming my eyes. "Please, we gotta help him guys. I don't want anything to happen." They nodded with their jaws already tightened and knuckles clenching at their sides.

I ran towards the group and punched one of the guys that were cornering the 2 as hard as I could. He turned around pissed off. I punched him again in the face about 2 more times then gave him a roundhouse kick on his side then a pevet towards his chest. He stumbled back a little then I kicked him where the sun don't shine, as he was falling down I grabbed his head and kneed him in the face about 3 times. Once I was finished I was breathing heavily and my knuckle hurt and were bloody. The boy was laying on the cement bleeding from his nose but still conscious. "Don't fucking lay a hand on anybody or else I will find you and make sure you're not okay. Got it memorized?" I spat at him. I grabbed my wallet and grabbed a 20 out and threw it at him. "Go buy yourself a fucking life."

With that I turn my back to him and walked away to the 2 frighten teenagers.