Thank You For Being There For Me

Chapter 30

Helen:

When I make back into the Prom, I went up to Achilles who was sitting on the bleachers as I went up to him.

"Hey" I smiled as I sat next to him.

"Hey" he smiled back "Where you been?"

"Oh I was in the restroom, talking with Hera."

"Hera?" he said surprised.

"Yeah" I said with a small sigh.

"Why were you talking to her?"

"Because, I found out some things about her. I learned about her background and how she became a bitch, did you know she was friends with Phoebe?"

"That girl who killed herself?"

"Yeah, turns out she became friends with Phoebe because Phoebe used to be like me until she joined this crew of bitches and stopped being friends with Hera. And after she killed herself, Hera became like her and started bullying people, mostly me because I remind her of Phoebe."

"Oh damn" he gasped.

"I know" I sighed "But after talking about it, I think she's done bullying me."

"Really?" he said surprised.

"Yeah, all she needed was to talk things out. I think I helped her well."

"Well, that's great" he smiled "You know, I had a little chat with Randy."

"Seriously?" I said surprised.

"Yeah, and I found out some things about him. Like did you know he used to be like me?"

"He, used to be like you?" I said even more surprised.

"I know right?" he agreed "But that's not all, his father used to beat him, and that's the reason he bullies everyone, because he was tired of being the victim."

"Oh my God" I gasped "But wait, why does he bully you more?"

"Because I reminded him of himself, back when he used to be an outcast. And did you know that his father used to dunk his head in the toilet?"

"What?" I gasped.

"Yeah."

"Whoa" I said surprised "Well that explains a lot."

"Yeah well, he even promised me that he's gonna try to control himself now."

"He promised that?" I said with doubt "And you believe him?"

"Well we shook on it, but we'll see how it goes."

"Okay."

"And you know what else? I think this bullying problem is over now?"

"Yeah" I agreed with a small smile "I mean only from Randy and Hera, but we could still get picked on by others."

"I know" he sighed "But at least the main ones are done."

"Yeah" I smiled.

"Oh by the way, I have a surprise for you, come on."

He has a surprise for me? Oo I wonder what it is. So I followed him through the crowd until we came to the side of the stage where Glinda and Ismene were.

"Girls" he smiled as Glinda reached behind the stage and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her pull out a violin.

"What?" I gasped with my eyes widen "Is that my-?"

"Yep" Glinda smiled as she handed me my violin "It's all fixed."

"But, how?" I gasped as I took my violin.

"It was Achilles's idea" Ismene smiled as she pointed to Achilles.

"What?" I gasped again as I turned to Achilles "You got my violin fixed? How?"

"Thank Promey" he smiled as he pointed behind me as I turned around to see Promey waving at me with a smile "His uncle owns a music store, and he let me get a great deal on fixing your violin."

Oh my God. Achilles actually got my violin fixed. I couldn't even describe how I was feeling right now.

"I- I don't know what to say" I said still surprised.

"I think a Thank You is what you would say" he smiled.

"Right, thank you" I smiled as we went into a hug.

"Well since your violin is fixed" Glinda suddenly said "I think it's time for you to preform."

"Wait what?" my eyes widen.

"Come on" she smiled as she grabbed my hand and started to pull me onto the stage.

"No no no Glinda!" I gasped as I tried to pull away, but she was surprisingly strong as she pulled me onto the stage "Glinda please don't make me do this, you know I have stage fright."

"Well how are you gonna follow your dream of performing when you have stage fright?" she said.

Okay she has a point there.

"But-" I started to say when she cut in.

"Look" she said "Everything's gonna be okay, just pretend you're in your room."

"But-".

"Hey everyone!" she suddenly said into the mic "We got a real treat for you tonight. My friend Helen here is going to perform a song for us on her violin!"

At that point everyone turned to me as I felt my stomach drop and my heart pounding.

"And be nice" Glinda added as she turned to me "You're gonna do great."

"I really hate you right now" I frowned.

"I know" she smirked "But don't worry, I know a song you can do."

And with that she walked off the stage, leaving me alone as I turned to the crowd.

"Uh, hi" I said nervously.

I didn't know what to do, but maybe Glinda was right, I really do need to face my fear. So I worked up my confidence as I got my violin ready. And soon the music started to play. I realized that it was one of Lindsey Stirling's music, my favorite to be exact. The violin part had been cut out so I could play it, and that's exactly what I did.

Following the music, I played my violin like I would do in my room. And I gotta say, I enjoyed it, I didn't even feel that scared anymore. As I continued to play, I felt as I was really Lindsey Stirling, her performing her music on stage, letting the world hear her play. And now I'm letting everyone hear me play, just like how I imagined it.

And as I peered into the crowd, I saw that everyone was smiling, they were enjoying it, I couldn't believe it. I even took a glace at my friends, they all seemed really proud of me. And I must say, I was proud of myself, I was facing my fear and doing something I love at the same time. Thank you Glinda.