High school sucks. But, I have smosh.

How do you cope with it?

Shayne's POV
I go sit next to Ian and Anthony in the lunchroom.
I hear Anthony start to laugh, as he points to Courtney, who slipped because of spilt water on the floor. He starts to walk over to her. She quickly gets up as soon as she sees Anthony. "Fucking idiot.." she mumbles. Anthony and Ian laugh, as Anthony punches Courtney in the chest, pushing her back on the ground. She kicks him in the groin, and he yelps a little. Anthony punches Courtney, but none of us saw Mari. She snuck up on Anthony, and pinned him to the floor. The teachers had already saw the fight and were trying to break it up, but Mari beat them to it. The teachers walked up to us, as they yelled, "PADILLA, HECOX, AND TOPP. PRINCIPALS OFFICE RIGHT NOW!"
Courtney walks up to us, and says "how do you cope with it? How do you sleep with yourself at night?"
I don't know how. I'm a terrible person, but I only think that when I'm around Courtney. What's with that? I don't know.
We walk into the principals office, and we see Mari behind us. She looks sad, but I don't know why. "Takahashi, tell me who's really responsible." The principal demands. I see Mari point to Anthony. "And a little bit of Hecox. But Topp didn't do anything wrong, except being those douchebags friends." She says, looking into my eyes, defeat and tiredness washed over her.
"Topp, Takahashi, you're free to go to class."
I walk over to Mari, and ask her a simple question.
"Are you ok? You don't look like it.."
"No...I'm not."
She starts tearing up.
I go in for a hug.
"My father....he....he's abused my mother and I."
Oh my god. I never knew Mari had that kind of life. I don't know how I would live if I had her life.
"I'm not those guys friends anymore. I'm just not. Mari, could I be your friend?" I ask.
"Yes, I don't have a real friend." She says.
We both walk into class, after Mari cleans up of course.
We sit together, both smiling at each other.
Wes's POV
I see Mari with Shayne.
They must like each other.
I mean, who would pin someone in someone's group, and then become friends with someone in the same group?
Ugh.
I gotta tell Shayne that she's not interested in him, and I'm interested in her.
"You won't listen to me, won't listen to your homegirls. You don't need a man. You say that shit but I see right through." ~ Blackbear, make daddy proud.
At the end of class, I walk up to Shayne. "Hey, Shayne. You don't like Mari, do you?" I ask.
"No...I like someone else. And I'm pretty sure she likes someone else too." He responds.
"Oh. Do you mind if I ask who?" I say.
"If I tell you this we have to stick together. Like friends." He says.
"Ok." I reply.
"I like....Courtney." He says.
"Oh...nice. I like Mari." I whisper.
Mari's POV
I see Shayne talking to Wes. Oh my lord.
Wes walks up to me. He hugs me. I hug him too.
We break away.
"I'm sorry that's happening to you at home." He says.
I look into his eyes, and hug him again.
Thank you.
Okay, I was totally listening to Blackbear's "make daddy proud" song this whole chapter. It's a really good song though.
Have a good day!