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"Oh come on, Cherry." A young girl convincing another. "They aren't gonna be mean to you, I promise. I'm your bestfriend! You trust me, don't you?" She pushes even further.
"But you know what they did to me last time, Abby" A blue pigtailed girl replied hesitantly, averting eye contact.
"But I defended you from them!" Abby defensively replies, in hopes Cherry would agree with her.
Cherry fell silent, the last time she agreed on having lunch with her school bullies ended up her with bruises, scars and a meltdown in the bathroom stall. Abby never really defended the blue haired girl, Abby just assumed saying stop would magically make everyone a friend of Cherry's. She never really saw Cherry getting beat up after recess every Monday. She never really saw Cherry being humiliated at the cafeteria infront of everyone. She's never seen anything Cherry had went through alone.
"Abby, I just don't want to be beat up by your friends again." Cherry stood up with her decision. Having enough of the beating she has gotten for the past few weeks. Cherry never really understood why Abby kept on being friends with them, it never really made sense on how friends would do this to their own friends. Cherry once tried to convince Abby to simply not be friends with the school bullies anymore, Abby never really listened. Abby kept on giving excuse after excuse, saying "They're not like this to me, I'm sure they aren't the people you think they are.".
"..Fine" The brunette huffs, giving Cherry a disappointed look.
"Can't you try and be nice to them once in a while, Cherry? You keep being so negative towards them, and you wonder why they don't like you as much" Abby scoffs.
Cherry was in disbelief. She could not believe has Abby said that.
"Are you serious right now?! Do you have any ideas on what they did to ME?!." Furiously Cherry snaps back. Is Abby out of her mind? She defended the assholes instead of her so-called "Bestfriend" ? After all this time, Abby would choose them instead of her.
"I'm just giving suggestions to help you, Cherry! Stop being a bitch!" echoed in the bathroom.
The room felt tense but so quiet at the same time, Cherry heard her heart racing. Her heart pounding, begging Cherry to do something.
"I'll show you who's the bitch, YOU FUCKING BITCH". Cherry grips Abby's brown hair tightly from behind, Abby immediately took by surprise.