I looked over to my mom. She gave Ariana an angry look.

"Well, um..." She started. "I-I kinda need a place to stay. My, uhh, my mom kicked me out. Because I was with you and I stood up for a 'rat'." She explained. Mom's angry look slowly faded. "And she basically just gave me a third of my clothes, my car and
10 000 dollars. And she said that I shouldn't be back until I'm the same as before. And I didn't wanna ask Colleen because she would kick me out too. And I don't wanna go to Regina, Janice or Karen because of what happened today. You were my only option." I turned to my mom.

"Mom?" I asked.

"I guess you can stay. If you promise to give me 50% of that money." She said.

"Mom!" I shouted.

"No, Liza. It's okay." Ariana said as she handed my mom 5000 dollars. "I'll sleep on the couch." She said as she entered.

"No, Ari. I won't let you fall this low. You're sleeping with me in my room." I said and pulled her suitcase in my room.

"Well, thanks, but I promise I'll be gone as soon as I can." She said as we entered my room.

"No. You can stay as long as you want. I don't mind." I said. "You can put... well... some of the clothes in my closet. I don't think everything'll fit... in my closet." Insaid and she laughed.

"I can leave my stuff in the suitcase." She said. I nodded lightly.

"If you want." I simply stated.

Then we went down into the kitchen.

"Wanna eat something?" I asked Ariana. She shook her head. "Are you sure?" I asked again. She nodded. I took the bread and jam out. I ate and Ariana sat ther in complete silence. "I'm not used to this." I suddenly said.

"Used to what?" She asked.

"This. You being here. And you being so calm and quiet. I guess I've only seen you in your 'at school' form. But today I feel like I really got to know you. And I'm so sorry your mother kicked you out. It was because of me." I said.

"It's okay, Liza." I guess you showed me the meaning of life. It's not to be popular and loved everywhere. It's not the fancy clothes everyone wears. It's to have friends and people who support you and will love you unconditionally. It's people like you, Liza. It's people like you that make the world a better place." Ariana confessed. "And it's people like me that make it a worse place." She said sadly.

"But people like you can change. And you've proven that yourself." I said. After I ate we went to my, or now our, room and sat on my bed. We talked for a bit. Thank god it was friday and we didn't have school tomorrow. Soon we got tired, changed into pyjammas and went to sleep. I slept on my bed and Ariana on the floor. I felt bad about her sleeping on the, but she wanted to sleep on the floor.