Flashback

Chapter 3 -Taylor-

-Taylor's POV-

I've been in this warehouse for three days now. Still on the same chair. They only untied my arms so I could eat. There are two guards with me in the room and four waiting outside. Currently one of the guards is sleeping while the other, the mean one, well he is being his mean self. He's telling me that nobody will find me, that I'll die here and nobody will find my body. I believe him. I know there is no way out of this. He's right! But then the last time I let someone mess with my head like that, Zack punched him in the face. Now where is that asshole when I need him?

*Five months ago*

"You'll never be good enough! No guy wants to be your date!" Matt, the school's bully, says to me.

"Just, leave me alone!" I say between tears.

"You've been here for a month now, how many friends have you made? Two? Oh wait! They're no longer your friends! Just admit it you don't have a date to the dance, or even have a friend to go with!"

"No I don't! Are you happy now Matt?"

"Hey Matt!" A distant voice says. "She's not alone!"

Suddenly Matt is being pinned against the lockers by Zack. Though Matt is more built than him, Zack doesn't seem to be struggling or even scared. It looks like Zack is having the upper hand in this situation. He keeps punching him in the face until Matt passes out. He then takes my hand and leads me away from this place. He takes me to where his bike is and tells me to ride. I know skipping is wrong but right now, I don't really care.

We reach a small café near our school. After I calm down and finish my hot chocolate, Zack starts talking to me.

"Taylor, why haven't you told me Matt's giving you a hard time?"

"No reason"

"That's not a good explanation!"

"Because it isn't an explanation!"

"Fine, don't tell me! But you shouldn't let his words get to you."

"But he's right! I don't have any friends! The only two friends I've made left me! I don't even know why! What did I do?"

"You did nothing. Did you know about the rumors some idiots have been spreading about you?"

"What rumors?

"I found out Matt and Sasha had been spreading that you have some mental illness or something like that. I heard Sasha talking about it"

"That still doesn't explain why Avril and Hannah would just ignore my existence, I might not have known them for a long time but I know they wouldn't do that!"

"Well that's not the only thing she said about you. When Avril and Hannah didn't believe her, she told them that you've been talking bad about them behind their back. They don't know you that well so they believed her."

"But why would she do that?"

"She doesn't want you to be popular because you are the only one who has the potential to take her place as queen bee. You are our cousin and we are like the most popular boys in this school, you're prettier than her and you're actually nice to people. You also have Wren's undivided attention and she has been crushing on him for years now!"

I remain silent, not knowing what to say to that.

"By the way, I told Avril and Hannah about all of it and we were looking for you, they wanted to apologize to you. That's when I found you with Matt"

After a long pause, I tell him to take me home. When we do, my uncle instantly jumps surprised.

"Why are you here early?" He asks before he notices my tear stained face.