Quick Disclaimer/warning-this part(and maybe the next few) deals with bullying and strong language

Kate POV

I was in middle school when it all started.....The mass amounts of bullying started after a terrible day.

"Kate come over here!" One of my good friends says.

"What?" I ask as she signed for me to get closer.

"Ok, now what?" I ask whispering for some reason

"I got a boyfriend!" She says happily

"Wow, that's good, who is he?" I ask as she looks around the classroom

"It's Conner! I can't believe he asked me out!" She says excitedly. Conner is one of the popular boys, good-looking, smart, all-around every last aspect a middle schooler would want in a boy for our age.

"Wow, that's great!" I say as I cheer her on.

"He asked me to go to the movies with him, so romantic!" She says blushing as she holds her face

"Calm down, calm down," I tell her as she smiles

"I'm just so excited!" She says as I smile

"That's good, I assume we aren't walking each other home today?" I ask as she confirms my thoughts

"Yea," she says as I see the teacher walk in.

"Class is starting," I mutter as I go to my desk. I'm happy for my friend, she deserves it.

The class went by quickly, before I knew it, school was ending.

I pack my bags as I keep an eye on my friend as Conner approaches her. They talk and she goes on ahead of him. I didn't realize, but I was super slow, it was only me and him in the classroom.

"Your Kate right?" He asks as I'm shocked he knows my name

"Yea, that's right," I say trying not to stutter

"Pretty name," he flirts as I blush. At this age, you blush at any compliment you get.

"Thanks, Conner," I say as he smiles

"You know my name too huh?" He says as I nod

"This is a good start, I was wondering if you would like to go to the movies tomorrow?" He asks me as I look at him confused

"I thought you were going with my friend?" I say confused as he frowns

"I'm sorry, I saw her talking to you and I was captivated by your beauty," he says smugly

"I'm sorry, I can't do that to my friend," I say as he frowns

"She looks ugly compared to you, from afar you don't look like much but up close you're a hidden Jem," he says raising my chin up with his hand.

I hear some books fall behind the door followed by footsteps running away.

"What was that?" He asks turning around. I take this chance to grab my bag and leave

"Where are you going?" He asks

"I'm uncomfortable so I'm leaving!" I tell him as I walk home.

"I'm home!" I tell my family as I enter my house

"Kate, how was school?" My brother asks

"It was quick," I say not mentioning Conner

"That's good," he says

"Mom and Dad won't be here for dinner so you're on your own," he tells me as I nod

"Ok," I say as I retreat into my room

I sigh as I leap on my bed.

My eyes felt heavy from the end of today, so I closed them and off to sleep I went

At School the Next Morning

I yawned as I walked the halls going to my classroom. I felt a lot more eyes on me than usual...weird.

I enter the classroom and spot my friend at her desk

"Hey!" I say as I greet her. She looks at me with a sort of deadly glint in her eye

"How did your date with Conner go?" I ask. I wonder if they still went out

"Oh it was great," she says sassily

"Ok, that's good," I say as she rolls her eyes. I get confused

"Did I do something wrong?" I ask as she chuckles as the whole class watches me

"You went and kissed Conner behind my back, didn't you! I guess you couldn't handle having your friend date the most popular guy in school could you?" She says as I look confused

"We didn't kiss?" I say as she laughs

"Of course you say you didn't. Your nothing but a slut," she says as my heart breaks...my friend...my best friend just called me that...whaaa?

I was confused. I look at my classmates as they all give me death stares...then they start chanting it

S

L

U

T

I looked at everyone as I felt tears start coming out of my face... I rush out of the classroom to hear the whole school chanting it too.

"Stay away from my boyfriend!" A girl yells as she slaps me.

What did I do to deserve this? Honestly, what did I do wrong?

The whole day was like this. Girls throwing snarky comments at me.

It was like this for a month. I didn't tell my parents because I didn't want to worry them.

Finally, I broke down

I rushed to the girl's bathroom in school as I look into the mirror.

My blue hair reflected the light of the bathroom, it was shinny.

My face was pretty, everyone always says that at least.

"This is why," I mutter seeing my face.

I don't know where I got this temptation...but I did...I slapped myself...I punched my face to bruise it up.

If I'm ugly people will stop bothering me right?

I heard a bunch of girls come in and I rush to hide in a bathroom stall.

"God, I hate Kate with a passion," they gossip

"Yea, I mean who does she think she is," another says as they go to use the stalls...they try to open the one I'm in.

"Hey, is anyone in here?" They ask as I remain silent

"Hey look," someone says

"It's a blue hair....," they say as my heart drops

"Hey, Kate, you in there?" They say changing their tone to something passive-aggressive. I remained silent before they start shouting insults at me

"We won't leave until you come out!" They yell as they call me every name in the book...finally after 15 minutes, I unlocked the door and look the girls in the eyes

"Oh, so you were hitting yourself?" They ask as I look Down

"We can help you with that," they say as they violently pull me out of the stall and throw me to the ground.

They start hitting me over and over again. My stomach, my face, my legs, they kicked every part.

One girl pulled on my hair as I bite my lip hard not to scream...I don't know why I didn't want to scream...maybe because if I did it would only bring more people to hit me.

When they finished, I couldn't feel a single bone in my body.

(A/N): Dear God it hurts my soul writing this. I just want (Y/N) to appear and knock the brains out of some people. Hoped you...Um...idk "liked the part" even though it was heartbreaking to see Kate be put through this again. Anyway. After this Arc, I was thinking of maybe making a character part with pictures of my characters as I see them, I've never done this because I believe you should picture characters as you see them, but it might be interesting so let me know if your interested