Befriending A Bully

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HAYLEY POV:
Tyler stood up from where he was sat and put his Pepsi on the counter next to the sink, where I was previously sat and pulled me into a hug, being cautious of where my cuts were. "Want to wear my bandana to cover your eyebrow? So no one asks you loads of questions," Tyler asked as he engulfed me into a hug. I nodded against his shoulder before pulling away. He left the room and started to walk to his bedroom so I went to mine to see Leo. As I got to my door I saw Lucas sat on the floor, leaning against the wall next to it and he was petting Leo. He noticed my feet then his eyes trailed up my body, stopping at my arm and he stood up, "What did you do?" His voice with worry. I gave a faint laugh then took a deep breath in "Uhm, I kinda fell over a twig then fell into glass, nothing too serious," I said, trying to make eye contact as his eyes just scanned around my face. I sighed and was about to say something but I was cut off as Lucas kissed me on the cheek and pulled me into a hug. Confusion filled my mind as I hesitantly hugged back. His hug felt different to anyone else's, it was cold, as though he didn't mean it. After a few minutes, I pulled away and softly kissed his cheek in return from his a few minutes ago. Then as I started to walk away he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into him.

His lips connected to mine, kissing me soft but passionately. My eyes fluttered shut and my arms snaked around his neck as his hands lay on my hips so he could pull me closer to deepen the kiss. Before anything got too heated, I pulled away and smiled at him as he half-grinned in return; I turned around to open my door and I walked inside my room. Realisation kicked in as my bully made-out with me, "Oh my god," I whispered as I was replaying what had just happened. I walked up to my mirror to see that I was blushing really badly, "I-I, oh no" I nervously started to laugh as I just kissed my bully. I sat on the floor in front of my mirror and calmly sat cross-legged; Leo walked over to me and stood in the middle of my legs to get attention. There were knocks at my door which I ignored, trying to figure out who was at my door as no one normally comes to my room, they text me if the need something. I couldn't hear footsteps walking away, but instead the door slowly opened, "Hayley" I turned to see who it was and I saw Lucas standing there. He walked over to me and sat next to me, a sigh escaping his lips.

"I'm sorry, sorry that I kissed you, I don't know what came over me. You probably hate me more than before and I'm okay with it. I just, I-I wasn't thinking straight-" I cut him off with a soft kiss on his cheek, "It's okay, I don't hate you. But could you give me a warning or something next time?" I gently chuckled towards the end of what I was saying as I saw Lucas start blushing. I took my phone out of my pocket to see how long we had before we needed to start walking to school, luckily we still had about five minutes. Lucas stood up and held a hand out to me to help me stand which I refused but smiled to say thank you. Walking down the hallway, I reached Zane's room and knocked twice before entering; he was laid on his bed with Sasha curled on his stomach with his phone in his hand; most likely scrolling through Twitter. When he noticed I entered, he turned his phone off and put it in his pocket before moving Sasha off his stomach. She laid down on Zane's bed as he stood and walked to where I was and hugged me. His hugs were so calming, I could hug him all day. Zane and I helped each other through so much pain and stress; especially when Lucas bullied us. Zane cut for over two years, it hurt me to see him punish himself for something that wasn't happening to him; luckily I persuaded him to stop but before I managed to do that, I tried overdosing. Drinking full bottles of vodka then swallowing as many pain killers as I could, hoping I wouldn't throw up; I almost succeeded but Zane found me sprawled across our bathroom floor. If he was a few minutes later I would've died. That was only last year.

I miss hearing Zane's voice, sometimes I wish he didn't go mute. I miss having a conversation with him. He's helped me through so much. We heard someone enter the room but instead of looking, I decided to act like I didn't hear the door open. "We need to be going if we want to be on time," Amber whispered, I felt Zane nod as if to say alright then the door closed again. "Come on then," my eyes widened. I slowly pulled away and looked at him as my eyes started watering. "Crap, uhm don't tell the others I spoke please," he begged after he realised what had just happened. A tear fell down my cheek and I cupped my mouth. "Y-you haven't s-spoke in years.." I stuttered as he hugged me again, "I know, you know what? How about I talk again but only if it's between us? Then I can comfort you properly, and not only pat your back or cuddle with you," he suggested whilst I cried into his shoulder with happy tears. I couldn't pull myself together to talk so I nodded into him. We pulled away again and I wiped my eyes before gently laughing at how dumb I look. "If anyone asks, I caught my arm on my door and that's why I started crying," I told him as he smiled and nodded as to say alright.