*Kaitlin's POV*
I had RE again today. A double period. Great. I walked in cautiously. Phil was sat at the back of the classroom nervously playing with his hands. I walked over and grabbed his hands in mine. Phil looked up and smiled at me shyly.
"Phil, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell or leave you or ignore you. It just reminded me of Dan and... I couldn't handle it. I wanted to see you earlier but I was scared. I was scared you'd reject my apology and not want to be friends." I said holding back tears that were thretening to fall.
"No, Kaitlin, I'm sorry. I knew Dan used to call you Kait and I shouldn't have. I should have called you Kat like you asked me to." Phil said pulling me into a hug.
"Hey look! Lester's got himself a girlfriend!" Some random kid shouted
"Shut up idiot." Phil said
"Make me."
"Make him make you." I said knowing that could confuse him
A look of confusion crossed his face before he smirked.
"Would you look at that. She speaks. Lester's bitch speaks." He yelled
"The fuck are you saying about me?" I said walking towards him
"What are you gonna do?"
"First things first. You won't be having kids even if you wanted them. You'll just be a little girl."
"A little girl? Does that remind you of what you are?"
"I dunno does creep bring anything to mind."
A chorus of ohhhhs came from the class, including our teacher.
"If your really that tough come fight me right here, right now." He said challenging me
"Alright." I said clenching my fists
I got at least two steps away from where I was before I got held back. Phil grabbed my waist holding me back from him.
"Let me go Phil." I said angrily
"No I can't let you do this." Phil said putting me in his seat
He sat in my seat and blocked me from getting anywhere. A slow clap came from someone at the front of the class. Slowly everyone joined in apart from me, Phil and the guy I had the bust up with. Someone cheered causing a chain reaction of cheering.
"Phil, why are they clapping and cheering?" I asked
"The same reason I have just realised why and going to join in." Phil said smiling at me and clapping
"What? Why?"
"Your the first person to stand up to David. No one has ever done that before and got away with it."
"Got away with it?"
"He didn't beat you up. Your still like you were when you started it."
The clapping and cheering died down and the class was silent. Our teacher took this as an opportunity to start this lesson seeing as Ofsted was going around. Out lesson was pretty crappy along with me elbowing Phil a lot. At the end of the period we got promised sweets next time we have RE. I honestly think that I'm starting to feel less guilty about leaving Dan behind. He's my best friend. Of course I still miss him but I'm gonna have to learn to live without him. It's tough but I'll get through it.
"Kaitlin!!" Miss yelled
"Yes, miss?" I said
"Answer the question."
"Can you repeat the question please?"
"What is the name of the Hindi god that has an elephant head?"
"Ganesh." I answered too quickly
"Shut up nerd!" David yelled
"Nerd! Oh Hell no!" I yelled back
"Kaitlin, stop. He's not worth it." Phil said
"Your mums not worth it." David yelled
"Your for it..." I stopped and lent towards Phil "what's his last name?" I whispered
"You don't want to know." Phil whispered back
"Why?"
"Dan..."
"Oh... J-just tell me."
"Nah. It won't be good for the state your in."
"Your for it guy who's last name sounds similar to my best friends last name."
"Who? Dan? Daniel Howell?"
That was the last straw. I crossed the classroom with in seconds. I stood tall over his cowering body. In that second I remembered how this was Dan on our first day at secondary. We got split up in most lessons. When I left my 3rd lesson I went to find Dan. I found him trapped in a corner with some older, taller kids picking on him. I was scared to death but I had to help Dan. So I did and Dan never got bullied again. Long story short one of the kids turned up in hospital not long after. Anyway... David took my hesitation as an advantage. David stood up out of his chair resulting him in being taller than me. I heard two chairs dragging across the carpet. I turned to see who it was. It was Phil and Jack. I turned back to David. He smirked at me before kissing me. What the actual? I kneed him in his 'manhood' which caused him to leave me alone.
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Hayran KurguDan and Kaitlin have been friends since they were 5. But all their friendship gets taken away when Kaitlin's mother sends Kaitlin to live with her dad. While she is living with her dad she meets Phil Lester. By building a friendship with him, Kaitli...
