I woke up in a hospital.
'Again?' I sighed.
I couldn't remember what happened or why I was here again. I sat up and swung my legs over the edge of the bed. I stood up and began to walk but my legs were weak and I fell over and hit my head against the floor. That's when it all came back.
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flashback
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I was outside the school. I could see Anna standing at the front doors. She looked upset. I hurried over to her.
'Anna? What's wrong?'
'Cassie' there were tears forming in her eyes.
'Anna, you're scaring me. What's going on?'
'Why did you have to do the video?'
'Because-' I stopped mid sentence, the reality of it sinking in. 'They all saw it. Crap. Oh god Anna what have I done' I began to cry silently. Anna hugged me and handed me a tissue. After I had dried my eyes, Anna led me into the school.
I could her people laughing at me and pointing. Even the ones who don't usually watch Zoe's videos had seen it, just to give them another reason to bully me. Thank god I was moving school. Then I realised that I hadn't told Anna that I was moving.
'Theres something I have to tell you' I said to Anna as I ignored all of the people calling me names and playing clips of the video.
'Ok, what is it?' She asked.
I looked around and noticed that some people near us had heard what I said.
'We need to go somewhere where there's no one around' I told her.
We went to the bathroom and after we had checked all of the stalls and made sure no one was there I started to talk.
'I'mmovingschool' I said quickly.
'YOURE WHAT?' She screamed.
'Zoe found out that I was being bullied and she's moving me to another school'
'Which school are you going to?' She asked.
'I'm not sure yet' that wasn't exactly true. I knew where I wanted to move to but I didn't know if they would let me join.
'Well if you're moving, I'm going too! We can't be separated. I won't let that happen'
I smiled and we hugged again. Anna is such a good friend.
We left the bathroom, but we didn't get very far before we were stopped by Ashley.
'Why are you crying, weirdo?' She asked me, sneering.
'Thats none of your business' I said. 'And I'm not a weirdo!'
'Don't talk back to me you stupid crybaby!' She stepped closer to me and towered above me like a skyscraper.
'Come on Cassie, let's get to class' Anna said as she grabbed my arm and attempted to pull me away from Ashley but I pulled my arm away.
'I'll talk back to you if I want to talk back to you. I deserve respect and you've done nothing but make my life miserable since the day I-'
That's when Ashley's fist connected with my jaw. I stumbled back, putting my hand over my mouth.
'What the hell was that for?!' I screamed at her.
She smirked. 'Whoops. My bad' she said before walking away.
A group of boys were standing near the lockers and they saw and heard the whole thing. I studied their faces and recognised one of them as Ashley's boyfriend. Oh crap.
'What did you just say to my girlfriend?' He screamed at me as he stormed over and slammed me against the wall. I sunk to the floor and covered my face. I felt the boys kicking my body and screaming at me. I heard Anna begging them to stop. It continued for what seemed like forever, until I heard one of them yelp in pain. That shocked the others and they stepped back. I uncovered my bruised face to see Anna with her hand wrapped around Ashley's boyfriend's neck. He struggled against it but her grip was too tight.
'DONT YOU EVER HURT MY FRIEND AGAIN OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL KILL YOU' she yelled at him as she shoved him to the ground.
He started to cry and his "friends" began laughing at him. They walked away from him and one of them gave me one last kick, and that's when I passed out.
