Ariel

Kayla looks at me and grimaces before leaning against the bathroom stall door. "Tay, how much longer are you going to be?"

"One more minute, I'm trying to squeeze my body into barbie clothes, as in, they are actually sized for a barbie doll," Taylor huffs from the other side. 

Kayla crosses her arms and looks at me. She hasn't said much since we met up and went searching for a change of clothes for Taylor. She hasn't said much since we arrived in the girl's bathroom and have been waiting for Taylor to get changed. The lack of words is making me nervous. 

"I'm sorry about the kiss," I say.

Kayla exhales slowly. "I know you didn't do it on purpose."

"I didn't. Are you alright?"

Kayla shrugs. "I'm not sure many people noticed. Weird thing is after you did it part of me felt relieved it was public knowledge."

"And the other part?"

"Was and is still scared at what people's reactions will be."

"You kissed in public? That's great. People need to get over it already. We're not living in the dark ages anymore," Taylor says through the door. "And if they say anything, ignore them. It's not like any of them are your friends. Once you finish school you'll never see most of them again."

"I suppose," Kayla says quietly.

The door unlocks and Tay walks out, the first thing I notice is her red-rimmed eyes; she's clearly been crying. When I got her message to say she needed a spare pair of clothes I knew something was wrong. The second thing I notice is Taylor does look like she's wearing barbie clothes; tiny, very fucking revealing barbie clothes. The tiny pair of shorts cling to her and the tight top leaves little to the imagination.

"Well, I now know you haven't got a long bush of pubes down there," I joke.

Taylor rolls her eyes. "Luckily, I shaved this morning. It did take a few hours due to the length."

Me and Kayla laugh.

Taylor looks down at the outfit. "Are you sure they had nothing else?"

"The rest of it stunk," Kayla says apologetically.

"And when she says stunk, it smelt like vomit." I shake my head. "I once vomited on those spinning rides at the funfair. It was disgusting, people were not pleased when they got off covered in my dinner."

Kayla chuckles and turns to Taylor. "What happened?"

"Someone threw something on me." Taylor walks over to the sinks and washes her hands and face.

"Who and what? Ryder is going to be pissed when you tell him-"

"Don't tell him." Taylor shakes her head and tugs the top down. 

"Taylor, he will want to know." I frown.

"I don't want him trying to fight everyone over this. He already nearly punched those guys and school hadn't even started."

"The guy offered to spit roast you with his mate. He deserved to be punched," Kayla says.

"What the fuck did they throw on you?" I ask, eyeing up the layer of gunk which she half washes and half peels off her skin.

Taylor shakes her head. "Apparently cum. However, it felt like glue and peels like glue, so I'm going to tell myself it's glue. I have no idea who threw it."

"That's disgusting. The consistency of glue freaks me out, it's so thick and sticky," I shudder.

Taylor laughs then gives me and Kayla a sad smile. "Thank you, for finding me some spare clothes and for both of you just being you."

"We're here you for. No matter what we're doing we'll drop everything to help you," Kayla says. "Did you message Sydney too?"

Taylor nods and shrugs. "She didn't respond. She probably hasn't looked at her phone."

Bullshit. Kayla said she was freaking out about the video yesterday. If she ditches Taylor she's a pathetic excuse for a friend.

Taylor looks at me. "How are you doing, Ariel?"

I shrug. "I crashed at Kayla's last night. The twins' dad said I could visit them whenever I want. Which I will. Daily."

"If you need anything just ask. You can always stay at mine too, although, I know you'd prefer Kayla's company," Taylor says, shoving her sticky clothes into her bag.

"You've got enough going on without me adding to your stress but thanks. As for me and Kayla, I'm not sure we're going to work after the discovery I made this morning."

Kayla rolls her eyes. "Really? You're still going on about this?"

"How can you not enjoy reading?"

"I didn't say I didn't like reading, I just said I prefer watching movies and series," Kayla says.

"She hasn't even signed up to Wattpad yet." I widen my eyes at Taylor and hold my arms out.

"Kayla, that's just wrong." Taylor grins.

"Don't you start, Tay. El keeps telling me how you're her special book buddy." Kayla crosses her arms.

"It's what binds our two characters together, our love of books and our love for Ryder," I say enthusiastically. "In our epilogue, we'll meet up with our families in tow; I'll be living in a mansion and we'll be talking about how amazing our partners are and how amazing our sex lives are, even though we're really fucking old."

Taylor laughs. "One of us has to be pregnant too, or arrive late due to fucking our very sexy husbands in the car in the driveway because they're so irresistible."

I laugh and nod. "Shit, that does happen a lot."

"Yeah, yeah!" Kayla waves her hand dismissively. "Come on, the bell is about to go for next period. We'll walk you, Taylor."

In the hallway, people stare at Taylor and whisper loudly. I have to say Taylor is fucking amazing at pretending she doesn't care. She walks around ignoring the comments and looks sent her way. I know it bothers her because occasionally I see a shaky exhale but she hides it well.

Several guys wolf whistle when she walks past them. Admittedly, the outfit me and Kayla found probably wasn't the best choice. She looks way too hot and with the current nickname of 'Spit Roast Queen' and 'Dick Devourer', I suddenly realise the outfit is probably adding fuel to the fire. Not that Taylor should have to dress differently. We should all have the choice to dress however we want but, realistically, we're in a school overflowing with overly hormonal teenagers and brains which aren't fully developed yet. I wonder when the brain is fully developed?

"Finally the slut shows her true colours," Teresa spits as she walks towards us in the hallway.

Taylor stiffens but continues walking forwards. I step closer to Taylor. I don't care if I'm banned from speaking to Teresa, if she says another word I'm going to fucking gouge her eyes out.

An evil smile appears on Teresa's face. She's definitely the daughter of Satan. "Couldn't wait till after school to let the next guy fuck you I see. You've still got some cum left on your face, whore."

"You sound jealous, Teresa," Taylor snaps, stopping the words about to come out my mouth.

"Jealous of you? No way. No one would be jealous of a dirty slut like you." Teresa scowls.

Taylor steps forward and I'm liking strong stand up for yourself Taylor. "You're definitely jealous because you talk about me all the time, you're clearly thinking about me all the time to plan all your pranks and every time I turn around, you're there watching me like a stalker. Do you want a threesome with me, Teresa? Maybe, I could ask Faithful to join us, he might actually touch you again if I asked him."

That is really not the comeback I expected but it's a great one. I laugh at Teresa's face which is distorted with rage. Where's my phone? I need to capture this moment.

Teresa forces out a laugh. "Walk along, bitch. We don't want to catch any of your diseases."

"There are treatments for my diseases however there is no treatment for you being a bitch," Taylor hisses.

"Says the girl who drove her boyfriend to take drugs. Saying that, I would have turned to drugs having to go out with you."

Before I know what's happened, Taylor has Teresa by the hair and is pulling her to the floor. Out of everything Teresa said, that's the comment Taylor got most upset about? I'm confused. Especially as I assumed she did give Miles the drugs because, well, she deals drugs. She's never admitted it to me. Even Ryder hasn't confirmed it, but Poppy's brother was adamant Taylor supplying them.

Will the school figure out Taylor supplies pills? This morning the Headteacher held a whole school assembly which put the rumours to rest and confirmed; Miles had a heart attack due to the prescription drugs he was taking. Prescription drugs which were not his. During the assembly, I'd looked around to see Taylor's reaction but she wasn't there. Neither was Ryder so I assumed they'd sneaked off together for some action. 

The Headteacher said they'll be randomly searching students and lockers, and anyone found with drugs in their possession will be dealt with accordingly. She also said, those who voluntarily come forward will not be treated as harshly, which basically is her way of trying to convince us to admit we take drugs so it saves the school having to actually do their job and find the users.

"El, we need to stop them," Kayla says urgently next to me while tugging my arm.

Dragging myself out of my head, I focus on the scene in front of me. Taylor is straddling Teresa while the crowd cheer, some shouting 'Fight' and others shouting, 'Kiss'. Kiss? Do they seriously think that will happen? Me and Kayla grab Taylor but she's in full-blown fight mode and she refuses to let go of Teresa's hair. Teresa is shrieking like a crazy animal. She really can not fight for shit because Taylor is fucking dominating her. Teachers pull Taylor off causing her to stop fighting immediately.

Taylor's hair is wild, her eyes wide and her chest heaves while the shorts and top she's wearing have ridden up, giving every hetero-guy and homo-girl new material for their masturbation session tonight. I don't fancy Taylor, but right now she's working the psycho hot bad-ass girl look really well. Ryder is the envy of us all right now. Where the fuck is Ryder?

I pull out my phone and message him.

Me: Taylor just created enough wank bank material to last people years. You're one lucky guy Ryder x

Me: FYI she fucked Teresa up. Word of advice, don't get on the wrong side of Taylor. She's a fucking bad-ass x

Watching a teacher lead Taylor away and another lead Teresa in the opposite direction, I really hope somehow this will stop all the bullying. If teachers know what's happening they'll be able to sort it out. I roll my eyes, what am I talking about? Of course, they won't be able to stop it. The teachers will talk, tell off Taylor and Teresa then implement a punishment but it will still go on. It did for me.

It does for a lot of people.