Rachel's P.O.V.

"Rachel! Louis' outside!" My mum yelled from down stairs.

"Shit" I mumbled. "Give me a minute!" I yelled back down to her.

I was already dressed for school but hadn't had a chance to finish my make up.

I flicked on some mascara as quickly as I could and grabbed my school bag from beside the door.

I ran downstairs and to the front door as fast as I could, not wanting to keep Louis waiting but was blocked by my mother

"Here, eat this" she shoved a slice of toast into my hand.

"Thanks mum" I mumbled, taking a bite of it.

She just nodded.

"Have a good day Rach" she gave me a smile before standing out of the way to let me past.

I took the opportunity and bolted out the door, running straight to the car that waited in the driveway.

I hopped into the passenger seat, giving Louis a smile.

"Hey Rach" he grinned back.

"Good morning" I replied, putting on my seatbelt.

Me and Louis had been best friends since we were little. I recently had developed feelings for him. He could never know about it though. I knew what kind of girls he went out with and it was not me. Besides, he had a girlfriend anyways.

He was one of the bad boys in school. There were four other boys in his little 'gang'.

They liked to cause trouble.

No matter what sort of image Louis had though, he was really a sweetheart. He was a big softie really. All the boys were.

We got to school pretty quickly. It wasn't very far from my house but Louis picked me up most mornings to save me from walking.

When we got to the school I slipped out of the car quickly and started walking away. Around about now was when Louis girlfriend Macy would come to meet up with him.

"Where are you running off to in a hurry?" Louis asked, once he had too gotten out of the car.

"Oh you know, just wanna get to class on time" I replied shrugging, causing him to frown slightly.

"Rach, we have tonnes of time" he told me.

"Well I um told some of the girls I'd meet up with them" I lied quickly.

He rolled his eyes catching up with me quickly, linking my arm with his.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked softly.

"Nothing. Seriously Lou, I'm fine" I replied.

He sighed loudly but was interrupted by a loud yell from behind.

"Louiiis!"

I knew who it was before we turned around but sighed slightly when I did anyways.

Of course. There she was running towards us.

"Hey babe" Louis smirked slightly when she reached us, pecking her lips quickly.

She clung to his arm and then turned to flash me a smile.

"Rochelle!" she greeted.

"For the billionth time it's Rachel" I muttered.

She blinked and then just shrugged.

"Sorry, I'm really bad with names" she giggled loudly.

"Hey guys" I turned to see the other four boys standing behind us.

"Morning" I muttered, folding my arms, annoyed.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today" Niall ruffled my hair.

"Oh please, she's just jealous" Harry muttered, nodding towards Louis who now had his tongue down Macy's throat.

I wrinkled my nose in disgust before shooting Harry a glare.

"I'm not jealous" I lied.

He rolled his eyes but wasn't given a chance to respond because at that moment Zayn nudged him in the back.

"Man, just leave her alone" he muttered.

Harry shrugged.

All the boys had pretty much figured out that I liked Louis, though I still wouldn't admit it to them.

"Right guys, I'd love to stick around and watch the show" I nodded to Louis and Macy "but I'm gonna head in. See you in class."

Liam rubbed my arm encouragingly.

"Don't worry about it Rach, it won't last long" he told me quickly.

I just nodded before walking away.

I knew Liam was right. They wouldn't last long. But that didn't make it any easier to watch them. And I knew even when they did break up, nothing would ever happen between me and Louis. I was his friend. End of story.

I ran a hand through my hair as I walked inside the school, flashing a smile to a group of girls hanging by their lockers. They were sweet girls. Probably the kind of girls the boys would never even consider going anywhere near.

I hated when the boys bullied people. I hated bullying and always tried to stop the boys from doing it.

"Good morning" I smiled sweetly at one of them, opening my own locker.

She just grinned back and then wandered off.

"Ms. Evans?"

I turned to see Mrs. Scott, the principal, smiling at me.

"Yes..?" I mumbled, a little more than confused.

"Would you please come into my office for a minute?" she asked.

My eyes widened slightly.

Shit.

I wasn't a bad student. I only ever got in trouble when I took blame for the boys doing something.

I nodded, walking to the office quickly with her directly behind me.

Upon opening the door I saw a blonde girl, around about my age sitting in a chair in front of the desk.

She turned quickly to face me and gave me a weak smile.

I smiled back at her.

"Kayleigh, this is Rachel" Mrs. Scott began.

"Rachel, Kayleigh's a new student here. She's in almost all of your classes so I would appreciate if you could show her around" she continued.

I nodded.

"Yeah, I'd be happy to" I replied.

Mrs. Scott smiled.

"Perfect"

Notes

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