he's so mean [harry styles]

"Boys"

Cassia's POV:

So here's the thing with me and boys.

I've always been completely awkward around them, besides one.

His name was Luke.

He still goes to my school.

We were best friends through my 7th year, and halfway through that school year, he asked me out.

I said yeah, and we went out for probably 3 months.

But after that, that's' when everything went to hell.

Luke broke up with me, and since then, he and Victoria have been dating. He's been obsessed with her since day one of their relationship.

I liked Luke a lot. Not enough to say I loved him, since I was only 13.

But here's where my life got complicated.

In my eighth year, Victoria and I became extremely close, actually, Victoria, Dani and I.

We were inseparable, until things between Luke and Victoria started to get more serious.

I've hated Luke almost as much as I hate Harry since the day he broke up with me.

He broke my heart, he took my best friend from me, and now he completely ignores me. To him, I am just another brick in the wall.

So as I've been saying, I haven't had much luck with boys, unfortunately enough.

And with the way things are going, it seems as if I never will.

•••••

I remember being punched in the face.

I remember blanking out for a few minutes.

In those few minutes, I flashed back to when Luke and I were dating.

I guess that's why I felt like I needed to tell you...everything.

I woke up a couple minutes later, lying next to a cold brick wall that belonged to my school.

"Guys! She's awake!" I heard Dani yell in a voice, one that had been worn out by plenty of tears.

Even though I flipped out on her, she still stayed by my side, always.

"Cassia? Can you see me?" I heard Jackie saying, pushing her face in front of mine.

"Yeah." I mumbled, pushing myself up slightly so that I was in more of a sitting position. I brushed off my shoulders.

"What happened?" I asked, trying to remember why I was lying here unconscious.

"Um..." Dani whispered, her strong British accent overtaking her voice, which happened especially when she was nervous.

I sighed and sat up completely. "I don't care. Just please tell me."

She nodded, her eyes meeting mine for a quick second before darting back to the pavement below us.

"Well, you were mad at me, and you were yelling at me right after school. You remember that?" She asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, kind of."

She continued. "So you walked away from me, pretty mad, I must say." She pushed a fallen a strand of hair behind her ear. "And you must've looked pretty pissed, because something about you made Harry upset."

I raised an eyebrow. "He punched me because I looked mad? Because I looked upset?" I asked, shaking my head, not understanding how someone could be so crazy.

She shrugged. "I guess. And then after he yelled at you, you umm..." She played with the collar of her shirt.

"Tell me."

"You were begging him to not hurt you, but he did, and then he just...left." She said, trailing off at the end.

I felt more anger bubbling inside me.

"And none of you tried to stop him? To stop him from hurting me, to stop him from damaging me mentally and physically? And only because he's attractive and popular?" I screeched, burying my head in my hands, sobbing.

Dani didn't yell back this time.

"Cassia." She whispered.

I kept sobbing.

She lifted up my head with her finger.

"Cassia," she repeated. "I didn't try to protect you because I like him."

I inhaled deeply. "Then why didn't you?"

She looked me straight in the eye for the first time in days.

"Because I'm scared. I'm scared he'll hurt me too."

And with that, she took my hand and pulled me up.

"I'm sorry," she said.

I didn't say anything. She knew I forgave her.

How couldn't I?

-Gigi