Thank You For Being There For Me

Chapter 3

Helen:

Poor Achilles, that Randy being a douche as always. I feel so bad for Achilles, him having to go through this everyday, I mean I do too, but he says he had it worse. By the time we went our separate ways, I was heading down the hallway to my class when I spotted 3 girls dressed like sluts standing by the lockers.

They were the 3 biggest bitches in school, I know that because they've been picking on me since Freshman year, calling me names, making fun of my looks. And even though my looks have improved over the years, they still find excuses to taunt me. And I can see it coming again as I made my way pass them. I try to avoid eye contact, but I can feel their eyes on me as one of them gave a snicker.

"Pathetic" I heard the leader Hera snicker as the others gave small laughs.

Athena and Selene were her two 'friends', but I saw them as her evil sidekicks. I tried to ignore them as I made my way into my English class. I didn't have any of my friends in English, so I practically alone. I made my way to the back of the class where I always sit so I wouldn't draw much attention. No one ever talks to me, and I didn't mind that, cause I didn't want to talk to anyone.

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Achilles:

Just like what he said, right after lunch was over, Randy dragged me into the restroom where he pulled me into an empty stall where he dunked my head into the toilet. This has been going on since Freshman year, so I was used to this happening. I mean, at least the toilet is clean, but if it wasn't flushed, well, let's not even go there.

He pushes my head in as I try my best to not swallow in any of the water while forcing myself not to barf. It's happened before, and it was not pretty. As soon as Randy pulls my head out, I'm gasping for air as he tossed me to the side with water dripping down the head.

"Same time tomorrow" he warned as he headed out the restroom.

Thank goodness he's gone, but I know he'll be back tomorrow, and so on. After catching my breath, I got up as I headed to the sink where I looked into the mirror to see my hair dripping wet onto my shirt. I pulled out some paper towels and started to dry my face and hair. I have to deal with this every day, I have it worse than Helen, at least she doesn't get her head dunked in the toilet.

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Helen:

By the time school was over, I make my way to see Achilles at his lockers as he was putting some notebooks onto the shelf of his locker.

"Hey" I said as I went up to him.

"Oh, hey" he said with a fake smile.

That was when I realized his hair was a bit damped.

"Let me guess" I sighed "Randy ducked your head in the toilet again?"

"Yep" he sighed.

"Is he ever going to stop? I mean he's been doing this since Freshman year, it's should of gotten old by now."

"It never gets old" a voice suddenly said.

We looked around to see who said that.

"He's been doing it since middle school" the voice continued.

At that point we heard that it was coming from a nearby locker.

"Who's in there?" I asked.

"It's me" the voice sighed.

"Promey?" Achilles gasped.

"Yeah."

Achilles turned the combination of the locker until he managed to pull it open as Prometheus, the biggest nerd stepped out. He was your typical nerd, wearing thick glasses, suspenders with his button up shirt, and always carrying books and notebooks. He's even more bullied than us, and what makes him odd was that he doesn't seem to mind it, he could be faking it, but I couldn't tell. He usually hangs with Achilles so I didn't really know much about him.

"Promey how long have you been in there?" Achilles asked with shock in his eyes.

"Since lunch" Promey said.

"Since lunch?" Achilles gasped.

"Yeah" Promey sighed "You got any food?"

"Sorry no."

"That's okay, I'll eat when I get home."

"Who shoved you in there?" I asked.

"George."

George was one of Randy's friends, and he was just as tough as Randy.

"Are you okay?" Achilles asked him.

"Yeah I'm fine, just hungry. Which reminds me, I gotta get home, I'll see you tomorrow."

"K, bye" Achilles said as Promey headed off.

"Poor kid" he sighed.

"Yeah" I agreed with a sigh.

Now outside, Achilles and I headed towards the parking lot where I saw Ismene waiting for me by her car.

"So uh, you wanna come over later?" he asked.

"Oh I can't" I said sadly "I got a lot of homework."

I really did wanted to come over, I enjoyed spending time with Achilles. But I really did have a lot of homework that needed to be done.

"That's fine, maybe tomorrow then."

"Yeah" I agreed with a small smile as I looked into his brown eyes.

I gotta say, Achilles has gotten more attractive over the years, I remember when he used to look so geeky, I actually thought he was pretty cute. But now, he's gotten more cuter, he's actually been working out some more, and his arms looked stronger now, if only I can feel them, that'll be weird if I asked him if I can feel his arms.

"Helen!" Ismene called which caught my attention.

"Oh uh, I should be going now" I told him.

"Alright" he said.

"I'll text you tonight."

"K" he smiled.

"Bye" I smiled back.

"Bye" he smiled as I headed to Ismene and got into her car.

As she stared it up, I looked out the window to Achilles and waved at him as he waved back. As we drove off, I put my earbubs in and listened to MIKA as I thought about Achilles. I really do like him, I'm glad I met him, he's a really great friend.