I *Marcel's P.O.V*
-The next day-
Lauren and I got dressed for school. Mum was worried about me but I told her I'd be okay. We had breakfast and left. "Will you be okay today?" Lauren asked. I nodded. We got to school, and went straight to the principals office. "Yes, can I help you?" He asked. "Erm, we need to speak to you about a few people." Lauren said closing the door. "Who are we speaking about?" He replied. "Chad, Luke and David" Lauren said. "And Ashley,Karen, Zoe and Georgina" I added. Lauren looked at me with a 'why' look on her face. "Not so much about them" Lauren sighed. "The boys, beat Marcel up yesterday at the bus stop...and left bruises and fractured bones with him." Lauren said. "That's at the bus stop....not much I can do" The principal said. "The bus stop is part of the school!" Lauren snapped. "Not school grounds!" the principal snapped back. Lauren stormed out and I followed her into the locker room, for the door to shut behind us and Chad standing in front of me... "Chad no!!" Lauren yelped as Ashley and Karen were holding her back. Chad tripped me up and hit me across my face, Luke and David started kicking me. Lauren was squealing but Georgina was helping Ashley and Karen hold her back. I got up on all fours when Chad grabbed me and chucked me into the lockers causing me to feel weaker. The girls pushed Lauren into the door, as they left and slammed the door behind them. I got on my hands and felt around for my glasses. I got them and put them on to feel a bit of blood drip from my head. Lauren crawled over to me, helped me up and I couldn't help my grab my stomach. "C'mon, this happened in school, lets go to the principals office" Lauren sighed holding her nose, that looked broken. "That looks sore!" I whisper under and out of breath. "I'm okay" she replied. I put my arm around Lauren and we made our way to the office. Lauren got a tissue and put it on her nose. I felt really bad. If she wasn't friends with me, she wouldn't be hurt, at least nothing of mine was broken, I hope. "Now do you believe us?! They just beat Marcel up in the lockers!" Lauren snapped and the principal looked at me. "The days hardly began! How do I know this didn't happen before school?" he asked. "You think we'd have come into school after this?!" Lauren snapped. "Anything to get that group into trouble!" the principal raged. Lauren put my arm around her neck and we went back to mine. I knew mum would be at work, but Lauren suggested we went to the hospital. So we did. We were seen immediately and right away the nurse knew Lauren's nose was broken. The doctor cleaned me up and took me for an xray to check if any ribs were broken. We waited half an hour for the results. "Does it hurt?" Lauren asked me. "Quite a bit actually" I sighed between breaths.
"I'm sorry Lauren" I say looking at her with a tear in my eye. "What for?" she asked turning to face me. "If you didn't become friends with me...you wouldn't be hurt" I started to cry. "Don't be sorry! I want to be your friend!" she said nudging closer to me. "Marcel, I wasn't going to sit back and let them do that to you" she reassured me putting her arm around me. I don't know what it is, but every time Lauren touches me, I get a weird feeling in my belly. "Marcel Styles!" a nurse called. Lauren helped me stand up, and the nurse guided us into the room. "Well, there are a few broken ribs, so I'm going to have to put this bandage around you and then this rib cage support" the nurse said wrapping me up. I got a few stitches above my eye and Lauren and I went back to mine.
Still finding it hard to stand up straight, we got to mine and Lauren lied me down on the couch. "Would you like a drink?" Lauren asked. "No thanks, you've done enough for me already" I replied.
*Lauren's P.O.V*
I was sitting on the sofa opposite Marcel, when I saw a tear roll down his face. "What's wrong?" I ask going over and kneeling next to him. "Why me?" He starts to sob. "I've never had any friends, no one except you has liked me for me....whats wrong with me?" He sobbed even more. My heart broke into a million piceces. I couldn't help but rub my hand up and down his arm as tears filled my eyes. "I'll always be by your side Marcel, I won't be leaving you any time soon" I give him a half smile. He takes off his glasses, wipes his tears, and half smiles back at me... I went up stairs to get a blanket for Marcel. I found one and walked bsck down stairs, not looking where I was going and tripped. Just as I thought I'd hit the ground...someone caught me....
