~Liams POV~
"Bye Mum!" I shout into my house before I close the door and head to school. Spring Break is now over and I'm dreading going back to school. Not only was I dreading it becasue it was school, but because I'm not perticularly liked at school. Long story short, I get beat up a lot for no apparent reason. Maybe it's because I'm not a jerk, or because I'm kind of a nerd. Who knows.
I only have one friend, Niall Horan, who moved here to from Ireland a few years ago. Niall doesn't get by in school much better than me though, the only reason he doesn't go home with a busted up face (A/N: hahaha, that sounds funny, busted up face, hehehe) is because I do my best to protect him. Why, you may ask, well Niall is basically a baby penguin or polar bear. He's very fragile and can't defend himself very well when it comes to bullies. The only scary thing about Niall is his appetite, that boy is like a freaking garbage disposal! Or maybe a ravenous lion...Eh, you get it.
The wind is blowing lightly and the smell of flowers and rain is everywhere from the light rain we got last night. It's sunny and nice temperature right now. The pavement was still slick from the rain we got.
" 'Ey! Liam!" I hear a familiar Irish accent shout from a few feet behind me. I spin around and see the small Irishman jogging towards me with the usual smile plastered on his face. I smiloe at him as he pants lightly from running the small distance.
"Hey Nialler!" I exclaim. When Niall finally caught his breath, he looked at me and we continued walking.
"Have you heard about the new girl?" he asks me with happiness laced in his voice. I laugh and shake my head 'no'. "Well, I heard that she's really fit! I can't wait to meet her! I hope she's in one of our classes!" I laugh at his excitement and zone out, thinking about the new girl.
Well, if shes as fit as Niall said she is, she is sure to be hanging out with the popular people. But, maybe she will be different...
"Hey Payne. Hey Blondie," I hear a bitter voice say behind me. thats when I realize Niall and I have reached school. I spin around and see Sam, the more common bully towards Niall and I. the second I turn around, I'm met with a punch to my cheek, I feel blood trickle down my face. I double over in pain and see Niall try and pull Sam away from me but Sam just shoves Niall to the ground, causing Niall to smack his head on the pavement. I wince at the sound of Nialls head making contact with the pavement.
I look up at Sam who has a huge smirk on his face. He raises his fist and I close my eyes tightly, waiting for the impact. But I never feel it.
I cautiously look up at Sam and see a small girl holding back his fist in her small hands. The girl has a fierce glare on her face. She has long, curly brown hair that has a red streak in it. Her skin is fair but spotted with freckles and her eyes are an odd lavendar color. She looks to be around 5'4, she must be the new girl because I've never seen her around...
"Little girl, I suggest you let go of my hand an leave," Sam says in a sickly sweet voice. I see Niall has sat up and is watching the scene with half of the school.
"I suggest you leave, I don't take well to bullies," the girl sneers. Her accent iis weird and it takes me a moment to realize its a mixture of Irish and Austrialian.
"Bullies? Ha! I'm not a bully, I am simply giving these idiots what they deserve," Sam pipes. The girls glare hardens, if thats possible. But soon, the glare turns to a smirk. She lets go of his fist and shuffles closer to him. She looks tiny compared to his 6 foot stance.
"Okay, then I'm not a bully, I'm just simply giving you what you deserve," she growls in Sams face. I'm confused for a moment before she raises her fist and it connects with Sams nose with a sickening 'crack!'. Sams nose starts gushing blood as he just holds it, the blood squirting between his fingers.
"You little BITCH!" Sam yells as he walks towars her. She just has her arms crossed and a smirk on her face. Sam raises his fist to nail her in the face but she ducks and uses all her strength to shove Sam into the brick wall of the school. She shoves her arm against his throat and holds him on the wall.
"I don't want to see you bullying anyone again, or you'll have to deal with me," she sneers in Sams face and he attempts to nod. the girl drops her hold and Sam crumples to the ground. She makes her way to Niall and I.
At this point Niall had curled in a ball on my lap with his face stuffed in my chest, I can see a small amount of blood dripping from his head but he seems to be okay except for a small headache. The girl kneels down next to us, "Hey, are you guys okay?" she asks softly before looking at the gash on my face and shakes her head. She stands up and reaches out for my hand. I take it and stand up with Niall in my arms. "Here, come with me," I think about it for a second. Ditch school with a gorgous, fit girl, or learn about volcanic rocks in science...
I follow the girl, Niall still in my arms, humming a song that I can't make out. We walk in silence for a few minutes before reaching a small house with boxes everywhere, "Sorry about the mess, my mom and I aren't done unpacking.
"No, no, it's fine," I say before she calls out for her mom. A lady with light brown hair and a smudge of gray hair makes her way into the room before.
"Ava, I thought you were at sch-Oh! What happened?" tha lady asks frantically.
"Nothing mom, but could you please take care of, uumm, the blonde one," Ava says slowly looking at me for Nialls name.
"Niall, his name is Niall, I'm Liam," she nods and motions for my to sit Niall on the couch. I do and Ava leads me into a medium sized room that is painted bright green with purple and blue polka dots. I'm guessing this is her room. Her bed is a green and blue zebra stripped duvet with purple pillows. I notice one walldoesn't have polka dot, but quotes and song lyrics. One sentence sticks out against the others. It's more bold and bigger that the others.
"I'm falling through the doors of the emergency room. can anybody help me with these exit wounds. I don't know how much more love this heart can lose. And I'm dying, dying from these exit wounds."
I reconize them from Exit Wounds by The Script.
Ava leads me into her bathroom and tells me to sit on the counter before pulling out an emergenty aid kit and starts dabbing the cut on my face. I watch her gorgeous face that possesed no make-up except some Chapstick. I guess she noticed my gaze because she looked at me.
"What?" she asks softly.
"Why did you do that?"
"Why did I do what?" she inquires as she continues to dab my cheek.
"Help Niall and I," I state. Ava nods.
"I helped you because I my brother committed suicide because he was bullied, we were both bullied, but he got the most of it. My brother was my best friend and he's gone because nobody did anything to help him. I could watch that happen to anyone else," she explains with a blank look on her face. I could tell she missed her brother.
"I'm sorry about that," I say quietly.
"It's fine, but please, don't give me sympathy. I don't want it," her voice is stern. I nod.
"Okay, but, this is going to sound lame, but thanks and I was wondering, um, can we be friends?" I ask with a slight blush on my face. Ava giggles.
"Sure," she says and finishes with my cheek. I jump off the counter and give her a kiss on the cheek. "Want to go make some cookies?" she asks, a red tint on her face. I nod and we walk to the kitchen and find Niall raiding the fridge. Ava and I laugh.
I can only hope our friendship will lead to something more.
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That was my fail of a one shot! Woooo!
hahaha!
Buuttt, I hope it didn't suck that much!
~~~Taylor
