Remember (A 1D Love Story)

Chapter 2: Seventh Grade

"Hey, slut, get out of my way!" Zayn Malik shouted in my face.

I dipped my head and obeyed. As soon as his back was turned, though, I kicked him, hard, and in the crotch.

"Ohhhhhh!" Zayn moaned. "Bitch, what the hell!"

"That was for being a douche Zayn!" I shout back.

"Aria, what are you doing? You could kill him!" Louis ran up to me with Mary close behind. "Zayn, man, sorry 'bout that!"

"Wow! Thanks for being a best friend Lou!" I mumble.

"You could have pummeled his fat arse!" Mary exclaimed, "let him live a couple more years!"

I grumble something about Zayn deserving it. Louis helps him up and walks to the nurse giving me a sorry-but-I-have-to-make-sure-you-don't-get-in-trouble face. I stick my tongue out at him and notice that Zayn IS limping. I guess I didn't have to hit so hard, I think hugging my books to my chest.

"Okay, now you guys made me feel bad for him, why are you always siding with him anyway?" I retort.

"Because one, you cause kill him in two blows and unless we stop you, you'll be in the polices' custody." Mary says curtly, "and two, cause he's actually not that bad." She says the last bit kind of dreamily.

"How can you LIKE that douche, Mary?"

"I feel for him..."

"Last time I checked I never tried to beat YOU up!"

"Okay, I worded that wrong, I meant I...um...I...I don't know cut me some slack Aria!" Mary shouted, a bit to loudly. "I can like who I want I never needed a reason last time I checked!"

"I never said you couldn't but could you at least feel for ME? I mean I'm your best friend! He's been bitching me around since the first day of middle school! Respect my li-!"

"I DO respect your opinion can you respect MINE! He isn't hurting ME and your obviously capable of protecting yourself-!"

"GUYS SHUT UP!" Louis came up and we didn't realize it.

"How is he?" Mary asked completely forgetting about out row.

"He actually is in pretty bad shape! Good job Aria!" Mary glared and Louis, "I mean you should be ashamed!"

"So whats going to happen?" I ask quickly before Mary retorts to Louis not-so-good 'Bad Job!'.

"What do you mean?" Lou asks.

"My punishment..." I say slowly.

"Oh, I got you out of it! You owe me one." Louis says smirking.

"What did you do?" I wonder cautiously.

"Thats for me to know and you to wonder." Louis says annoyingly with a wink.

"Your so annoying sometimes Tomlinson." I mumble.

"Didn't catch that miss I'm-not-grateful-my-best-friend-got-me-out-of-a-two-hour-detention!" Louis singsonged.

"Guys! We have thirty seconds to get to math!" Mary says quickly before I retort. We run down the hall and enter about 3 seconds before the bell rings. Find three seats in the class. Mary and Lou sit together by the window and I'm stuck next to the biggest pervert in our grade, Jake.

"Hey sexy." Jake slurred.

"Are you drunk?" I asked.

"You won't tell will you?" Jake looked worried under his drunk face. I didn't know how he got alcohol in his locker but I still wouldn't tell.

I felt kind of bad for him. I mean the whole school hated him me and Mary weren't friends with him but we tried to be nice. He had a pretty crappy life, how I know? He told me and Mary, but not always a good thing cause now he follows us around like he expects a threesome. He rapes us with his eyes...creepy. But he's actually a good guy if you get to know him. Louis doesn't really trust him, can you tell he like a protective older brother to me and Mary?

"Sure I won't but don't blame me when they smell your locker." I whisper as the teacher starts class.

"Thanks babe." He said a bit too loud. I quickly look down as the people around us look up. Out of the corner of my eye I see Mary an Lou looking completely different, let me explain. Mary, on one hand, was looking at the two of a us with a mix of a smug look and an I-feel-bad-for-this-guy-in-two-ways. Louis, on the other hand, was glaring at Jake so meanly that ,if looks could kill, Jake would never drink again.

After class me and Mary were on our way to gym (Lou had english) and we were talking about...can you guess? Thats right Jake.

"He obviously likes you!" Mary protested, "I feel bad cause he's never getting you."

"We'll just so you know I still feel bad about last May." I sighed. We entered the gym locker rooms and we started changing into our gym clothes. Don't ask, I beat him up before I knew the his whole story. Don't worry! It WAS self-defense! We walked into the gym room and I grabbed a basketball and starts shooting to pass the time.

The teacher blew the whistle and we all walked outside to the track. We were doing the 3 miles run today. First we all had to run a mile (4 laps) then we had to do 10 push-ups. Then another four laps and 10 crunches. Then one more mile and one lap of walking.

I finished a close first (it's not a race but you know us middle schoolers we won't say no to a little competition). The girl behind me, Hanna, gave me a smile and said, "I'll get you next time!" And to be honest she might. She was just as physically able as I was. It was basically a pattern, me, her, me, her, etc.. We weren't close friends but once in a while her and her boyfriend (Daren) would sit with me, Louis and Mary and lunch. They were the "it" couple at our middle school since they'd been together since 5th grade.

***after school***

"Wow, Aria I told Lou you'd forget we were meeting today!" Mary exclaimed when we meet at our tree.

"Sorry, Zayn..." I mumbled. "Never mind lets just go." We had this ritual were every friday we would go and hang out wherever we felt like it at the moment.

"Hey, I got out of Lou that he has a performance for his singing school tomorrow." Mary says quickly before Louis can retort.

"Mary!"

"Sure, I'm game!" I smirk.

"Aria!"

Louis looks like he's going to die.

Hey guys, I realized I mixed up their ages a little to late. But bear with me. Thanx for understanding and reading! LOVE YA!

xoxo <3