Kind stranger

Your pov

Shit. Shit. Shit! I was panicking as I tried to figure out where to go, if I went home my dad would've already gotten the call and I knew what would happen. I felt tears glisten my eyes as I sat down on the grass, the yard I was sitting on was unknown to me. I started to cry softly. I didn't know what what to do, I just broke a kids nose and my dad will be furious! I was a bit shocked as I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Hey... Are you alright..?" The kid asked, I looked up and saw it was the boy who was watching the fight earlier. I smiled as I wiped my tears away. "Yeah, I'm fine." I answered as I got up. He looked at me unsure as he nodded. "What's your name?" He asked trying to start conversation. I smiled. "Y/n." I answered and put my hand out, he returned the smile and shook my hand. "That's a pretty name. Mines Finney." I nodded. "Thanks Finney..." I checked the time on my watch. "Shit! I have to pick up Sadie!" I muttered as I smiled and waved to Finney before running away.

Once I got to Sadies school I felt relieved seeing that I wasn't too late, she walked up to me and grabbed my hand. "Heya Bambi!" She grinned, I laughed and ruffled her hair with my free hand. "Hey petal, ready to go?" I asked as she grinned up at me. "Yep!" She started walking with me home. "Did you make any friends?" I asked her curiously, she smiled at me. "Yeah! Her name is Amy!" She grinned, I smiled. "Glad to hear it, petal." As we got closer to home I looked at her and sighed. "Sadie... When we get home I need you to go to our room and lock the door. Stay in there no matter what you hear." I said firmly, I saw the fear glisten in her eyes as she silently nodded.

Sadies pov

Once we got home I ran to mine and Y/n's room closing and locking the door behind me, I started to cry... I started to hear screaming and stuff being thrown around... But the worst thing I heard was the sound of someone being hit over and over. I sobbed as I covered my mouth. After a while I heard faint knocking on the door, I didn't answer. "It's me petal..." I heard Y/n's faint voice ring in my ears. I hurriedly got up and opened the door for her. Oh my god... I sobbed as I hugged her.

Your pov

I locked the door as I got in the room, Sadies cries ringing in my ears as I hugged her back. After an hour I was able to get her to sleep, her tear stained eyes hurting my heart. I got up and grabbed bandages, I bandaged my bruised and cut arms, my dad was really pissed this time. He ended up throwing a glass bottle at me this time, thankfully it only hit my arm. I pulled a few big and small pieces of glass out of my arms and bandaged it, after that I moved onto the bruises around my eyes and on my stomach, I covered them with makeup and then I was done. I went to sleep after that.

I woke up the next morning and took a shower before getting ready. I brushed my (h/c) hair letting it cascade down my back, I recovered my face with makeup then putting on a light blue sweatshirt so it covers my arms, I put on some sweatpants and tied my hair in a surprisingly organized ponytail, I them put my necklace on. I turned around to see that Sadie was nowhere to be found... I panicked as I left the room and saw my dad yelling at Sadie for waking him up. I dragged saide back into the room then searching her for any bruises or cuts. I found one cut on her hand. I bandaged it and helped her get ready, I did her pigtails then gave her, her favorite red overalls with a white shirt, once she was ready I clipped her necklace on then we started our walk to school.

I ruffled Sadies hair and wiped her forming tears. "Petal, I'm okay. Don't worry." She nodded and hugged me, I hugged back tightly. "Word/quote of the day?" I asked her as I chuckled. She laughed and smiled happily answering my question. "Alexithymia, a noun which means: Inability to express emotions verbally." I laughed and kissed her head. "Alright petal, go play with your friends." I pushed her towards her school gates and she ran towards her school happily. I was happy to know that Sadie was enjoying her new school, it brought me a lot of relief.

As I approached school a saw a bunch of kids back away from me. Jeez... Rumors already? Everyone in the hallway was weary of me, they all seemed to think the minute I bat an eye at them they'd get beat up. I rolled my eyes and sat down and a girl tapped my shoulder. "Hey... Uhm.. are you okay?" She asked, I looked at her confused. "I heard what those boys said to you yesterday... And it makes sense why you beat them up..." She explained with a smile, I sighed and smiled back. "Yeah I'm fine, thanks for asking." I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Alright class today we're going to assign partners for our science project!" I heard my teacher, Miss Anderson say. I groaned as she started pairing everyone. "Y/n you're going to be with Eve." I looked around until the girl next to me grinned. "Looks like we're partners." I smiled knowing that I had a partner that doesn't believe the rumors. "I'm Y/n l/n!" I introduced myself as we gathered our books and headed to English. She grinned happily. "Eve showalter!" She introduced herself back as we continued walking to class we got to talking and we had a lot in common. We decided we'd study at her house later, the best part about it is that we were gonna have a sleepover! It'd been so long since I had a night away.

After school I went and picked up Sadie. "Hey Bambi... Could I spend tonight at Amy's house?" She asked excitedly. That was perfect now she had somewhere to be tonight as well. "Sure petal." I kissed her head as she waved to me and walked home with Amy. I checked the piece of paper that Eve have to me and walked to her house, I know knocked on the door and a boy answered. He was one of the boys from a few days ago! The one with the dog. He looked at me confused. "Hi, wh-" he was in the middle of asking me something when Eve pushed him away from the door and hugged me, I laughed and hugged her back. We've barely known each other yet we were already best friends. "Y/nnnn!" She squealed excitedly as she dragged me into the house. I saw the whole group of boys from a few days ago there, they all looked at me surprised. "Where's your sister?" Eve asked, I originally planned on her coming with me but since she was staying at Amy's I didn't need to. "Oh! Sadie's staying over at her friend Amy's house." I smiled, Eve nodded and looked over to the boys.

"Oh yeah! Guys this is my best friend Y/n!" Eve introduced me, I waved. Eve looked at me for a second before looking a bit shocked. "Y/n..." She started... I panicked. Was my makeup fading?! Could she see the bandages under my sleeves?! "That's not good for your hair!" She sighed and sat me down on a chair, untying my (h/c) hair and brushing it. "There we go! Now its all pretty! Don't tie your hair up like that it'll damage it." She smiled at me, I was relieved as I laughed and let my hair stay down. "Hey you're that kid who broke that asshole Max's nose!" I heard one of the boys yell at me, I flinched. "I- uhm.." I started, Eve looked at him. "Vance shut your mouth!" Eve yelled at him, I chuckled. "No it's alright Eve." I smiled at them. "Yeah I got a angry at something he said and my emotions got the best of me." I explained as Eve flipped off Vance and dragged me into her room.

"Alright what should we do for the beautiful but miserable science project?" She asked as she started plotting down ideas in her notebook, I thought for a minute. "What about an infinity mirror?" I asked. She looked at me puzzled. "You are a genius Y/n!" She grins and we started to plan our infinity mirror, overall the sleepover went well... We did movies and popcorn, stayed up late, did a lot of planning for our project. It was nice. I definitely found myself a best friend.

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