Thank You For Being There For Me

Chapter 23

Helen:

By the time I make it home, I'm in even more pain, everyone kept making fun of me and looking at me like I'm a geek the whole day. So when Ismene drove me home, I went inside to see my dad and Amy in the living room. I didn't even care that Amy was here, I didn't care about anything.

"Hey honey how was-" my dad started to say, but I ignored him as I ran upstairs "School?"

I ran into my room and slammed my door as I took off my glasses and plopped on my bed and balled my eyes out. My life is over, the bullying in never going to stop, and I lost my best friend, this just can't get any worse. All of a sudden there was a knock on my door.

"Helen" I heard my dad call as he opened my door "Are you okay?"

"Go away" I sobbed with my face buried into my pillow "I wanna be alone."

I heard him sigh as he closed the door. I wished I could just stay in my room forever, away from people so I wont get hurt. But this is reality, that can never happen. Just then there was another knock on my door.

"Helen" I heard Amy call "Can I come in?"

"Go away" I sobbed.

"Look I know you don't want to see anyone right now, but I wanna talk to you."

"I said go away" I sobbed again, why can't she just leave me alone?

"I'm coming in" she said as she opened the door.

Seriously? Was she deaf or something? I just said go away.

"Look" she said "I just wanna talk that's all."

I ignored her as I continued to cry into my pillow.

"Your father's worried about you, and since you wont talk to him, maybe you can talk to me, you know have a little girl talk."

I continued to ignore her, I didn't want to anyone, especially her.

"Helen please talk to me" she begged as she sat on the foot of my bed "I know you don't like me, but you're father's really worried about you, he needs to know what's going on. Is something going on at school?"

"I don't wanna talk about it" I sniffed.

"I know you don't but I wanna help you honey. Are you having friend problems?"

At that point I sobbed harder, the mention of 'friend' just reminded me of Achilles.

"Is that a yes?" Amy asked "Is something happening between you and Ismene?"

"No" I sniffed.

"Is it with Achilles?"

Even the mentioning of his name made me cry harder.

"I'm taking that as yes" she said "What's going between you and Achilles?"

Even though I didn't want to talk about it, Amy seemed that she really wanted to help me. I then remembered what Achilles told me, that I should give her a chance.

"We-" I started to say as I tried to force the words out "We had a big fight."

"About what?"

"It's complicated."

"It's okay you can tell me."

I gave a sniff as I tried my best to explain.

"I saw a photo of him-" I sniffed "Kissing this girl."

"What girl? Is she a friend?"

"More like a bully" I cried.

"Helen" I heard Amy say with a small gasp "Are you being bullied?"

At that point I cried harder, now she knew the truth.

"Oh my gosh" she gasped "How long has this been happening?"

"My whole life" I sobbed.

"Does your father know about this?"

"Only till middle school."

"So he doesn't know you're still being bullied?"

"No" I sobbed.

"Helen" she gasped "Why didn't you tell him?"

"I didn't want him to worry, I thought I can handle it on my own. But I can't!"

I continued to cry as Amy rubbed my back.

"Helen I'm glad you told me" she said "Because now I can help you."

"How?" I sobbed "How am I suppose to handle this I don't know how to handle this."

"I know it's hard, but the best thing you can do is to tell someone, and you did, I'm proud of you."

"Yeah but I still lost Achilles" I put in as I continued to cry my eyes out.

"So let me get this straight, you saw a photo of Achilles kissing your bully?"

"Yes" I sniffed.

"Do you know why he did it?"

"Well, I didn't exactly let him explain."

"What?"

"I was so pissed at him that I never gave him a chance to explain, he said it wasn't his fault as he didn't explain why. But when he broke my violin and I shoved him off."

"He broke your violin?" she said surprised.

"Well, it was more like an accident, but I was so mad that I shoved him away. But now I'm starting to regret it."

And with that I went back to crying.

"Oh Helen" Amy said sadly as she pulled me up and into a hug "I'm so sorry."

She rubbed my back as I cried on her shoulder, which was exactly what I needed right now, and I appreciated that Amy.

"But once again I'm really glad you told me this" she said as we pulled away.

"But what about Achilles?" I sniffed.

"Well, I think you should make time with him to talk."

"But what if he doesn't want to talk to me?"

"Then give him some time, sometimes people take longer to calm themselves before they're ready to talk. You just have to be patient."

I gave a sniff as more tears poured out.

"Hey it's gonna be okay honey" she assured "I promise you everything's gonna get better. And tell you what, I'm gonna go talk to your father, and I'm gonna tell him for you to take a day off tomorrow."

"What?"

"I don't want you to go to school in pain, you need a break, especially from those bullies. Use tomorrow to freshen yourself, and if possible find a time to talk to Achilles."

Wow, I can't believe Amy's doing this for me, I really do need a break from school.

"Thanks" I sniffed.

"I'm always here for you" she smiled as she pulled me into another hug.

"I want Achilles back" I sniffed on her shoulder.

"And you will get him back" Amy assured.

I was actually starting to feel a bit better, thank you Amy. Maybe you're not so bad after all.