Forever And A Day

Twelve: The Past

" Carly , I don't want to sleep in Barbie's cabin anymore", Lyssa complained as I helped her clear the tables after lunch .

It was our second week at camp and things hadn't gone all too great for many of us .

Most of the girls who got bullied by Miranda and her minions called her Barbie. Unoriginal I know , but there wasn't many choices.

I tried to stay away from her as far as I could ,though . It didn't help what with Max talking to me any chance he gets .

My friends who'd miraculously come to camp couldn't get over the fact that the dreamiest guy went out of his way to talk to me . Not to mention , they didn't believe me when I said that I've been Max's childhood friend . They thought I was lying and laughed at me . I didn't bring it up after that .

Poor Lyssa had a harder time because many kids didn't believe that she was Max's sister .

It sucked really .

" Then ask the counselors to exchange your place with someone else's ".

" Already did . They don't want to . They don't believe that Barbie is a bullying bitch " .

" First of all language . Secondly , isn't there other kids that could complain also?".

Lyssa shook her head " Many has tried ,but the counselors are all up in her backside ,so , nobody's tried again ".

" Have you told your brother then?."

Lyssa face palmed  " You know he's a big meanie sometimes ,Carly . He won't listen even when he saw what she's capable of. By the way doesn't your head still hurt  ?".

I sighed . Yeah ,my head still hurt  a little bit . It wasn't like it was going to get better so soon after my hair almost being pulled from my scalp . 

" I'll talk to Max for you ,Lyss . It's the best I can do after you've been so nice to me and all. You're my friend and friends help each other out . C'mon let's go see what's going on outside . Wanda and Grace is on washing duty ".

" Yeah ...Okay , but don't say I didn't warn you when Max is mean to you too ".

I nodded at her ,then walked over to the doors that opened to the outside . She followed quietly after her little warning speech .

Later that day I would regret not listening to her when Max got all mean and defensive . He didn't believe that Miranda was bullying his own sister . He thought I was telling stories .

I hated him for that . If Lyssa was my sister I'd've believed it if her friend told me about my girlfriend being a bully . Unfortunately I wasn't Max and couldn't do anything ,but tell Lyssa sorry and that I tried .
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The next day I would pay for sticking my nose in where it didn't belong .

I was minding my own business , sitting on the pier at the little inland lake when Miranda and her goons showed up and  started beating me up like I was some punch bag in a gym .

Then the worse came . They pressed my head in the water yelling obscenities at me .

I couldn't breathe . My lungs felt like it was about to explode without oxygen and my body felt numb .

I tried getting my head out of the water ,but four girls holding me down was too much for me to handle .

Then by some miracle someone came to save me . Just in the nick of time when my vision was about to go black.

I heard a shout and then the pressure on my head was gone and I painstakingly slow pulled it out of the water  . I heard them running away ,but I couldn't care less . At least I was saved .