Kyrisse

[Sgt. Pepper]

"I went through quite a bad patch of bullying between year 9 and 11, because I was openly gay...Not by choice at the time. It all started pre-Christmas 08 when I told a close "friend" that I had feelings for the male sex, and never had for the female sex, and that as such, I was going to be open with her as I felt I was hiding a part of myself away from her. However, 3 hours later, I began to have words such as "Faggot yelled at me by people I didn't know and people I did. I tried to ignore it at first, until Jan '09, where it escalated to me being attacked one evening on my way home by two lads in my year, who told me that if I reported it to the police, it would result in much worse the next time. I was left with 2 black eyes, 2 cracked ribs and a broken left arm. I was made to tell the school by my best friend, who stood by me the whole time. I did so, and the school, not wanting it to leak out gave the boys internal exclusion, which did sod all, as they knew it was me.

Fastforward to September '10, where, having had a little under 2 years of mental abuse, I became suicidal, rude, violent and a general arsehole to all teachers, gaining me a reference to the School psychiatric, and a warning that I'd be made to leave if I did not buck my ideas up. I began to feel better in jyself after a while, and, although it was difficult, I manged to become more confident and learnt to stand up for myself by Early '11 and am now happy in my new college, knowing that I beat the issue."

Oliver steps down from the stage and shoots his friend a "how did I do look?", knowing they don't have anything to do with eachother within the school enviroment. Sitting down, he texts her "See you in my dorm later?"

[Kyrisse]

Kaede Jackson took a look at Oliver as he stepped down the stage but didn't make a move to acknowledge the look that he gave her. He was one of the "ordinary" people in the university and she didn't want to be associated with him. She was beautiful and popular and she knew it very well. With a flick of her long black hair, she could attract several men, popular and unpopular. But she preferred the popular ones. People like her.

Her phone beeped and she pulled it out of the small handbag she carried with her. See you in my dorm later? It was from Oliver. But she had hidden his name under Scott. Her fingers danced over the screen of her iphone. Yeah, see you later.

Behind the curtains, Oliver was, in fact, her dearest and closest friend. While growing up, she had stood beside him and shared most things with him. Even when he had went through the difficult moments in his life, she had been there for him. To hold his hand, to provide a shoulder for him to cry on and to hear all the things that he hated and loved. But they had grown up differently. He had kept to himself and had remained "plain." While she had learned to make herself pretty and popular. And now, it felt like she was living a double life, one as Oliver's best friend and one as the popular girl in campus. To her, it served her well. It was like living the best of both worlds.

[Sgt. Pepper]

Oliver sneaks out after getting the text and goes to his dorm for some peace and quiet, as people behind him keep shouting Fag and other such abusive languge, making him leave in tears. He adore his best friend, he really does, but he worries they are slowly drifiting apart. His cell rings, flashing up his brother's name as "Help!" by "The Beatles" plays. "Hello?"
"Oliver, Hi!"
"What?"
"You know that girl you like...Kaede?"
"My friend"
"Yeah..is she single?"
"No. Now go find somebody else, I'm not in the damn mood"

[Kyrisse]

Kaede watched Oliver leave from the corner of her eye. She decided to wait a whole 15 minutes before she turned to the blonde girl that was sitting beside her. Jessica was one of the popular girls that she often hanged out with. The girl had an attitude but Kaede didn't mind. Their 'friendship' boosted her popularity even if she didn't even like the blonde. "Jess, I gotta go. I've something to take care off."

"Yep." Jessica didn't look up from her phone. She was busy texting Ryan, the jock that she was dating.

Kaede rolled her eyes and hurried past Jessica. Several people looked at her as she walked by. She smiled at some of them and ignored the rest. Her fingers moved over the screen of her phone as she headed towards Oliver's dorm. Are you there yet?

[Sgt. Pepper]

"Yes, I am, just come in" He responds, shoving the samsung into his bag. He closes his eyes and relaxes on his bed, seemingly asleep. His glasses slip from his face and he lets out a content sigh, heaving himself to the bathroom and stepping into the shower

[Kyrisse]

She read Oliver's reply as she walked up the steps of the dorm. She looked at the corridor of the dorm and made sure that no one was around before she headed towards the door that would open up to her friend's neat room. She turned the knob and walked in. She closed the door behind her and locked it.

She found the room empty and figured that he was taking a shower. She sat down on the bed and looked at her phone. She had several messages waiting to be read and she opened them one by one. When she finished sending her replies to the senders, she plopped down onto the bed and grabbed a partially open book that was on it. It was a classical novel. Not really something she wanted to read. She tossed it aside and decided to tinker with her phone instead.

[Sgt. Pepper]

"Hey! Stop throwing my books around! The Signalman is a classic!" Oliver yells, laughing. "Stand at the door, and we can talk!" The young man turns his Ipod off and grabs a towel, wrapping it around his waist. "Shower?" He offers his spare towel to her

[Kyrisse]

"I didn't throw it around. I merely... tossed it aside." Kaede laughed as she yelled back. When he stepped out in a towel and offered her the shower, she sat up and threw a pillow at him. "Put some clothes on! I don't need a shower. I had mine earlier."

She laid back down on the bed. "Why is your room so neat? You're a guy. You're supposed to be a slob." she wondered out aloud.

[Sgt. Pepper]

"I am also Gay" He raises an eyebrow at her. "Besides, you've seen me in nothing, never mind just a towel" He laughs "God, just because I have a nice hairstyle...so jealous" He teases her

[Kyrisse]

Kaede rolled her eyes. "You're still anatomically a man..." she wrinkled her nose in mock distaste. "And who said your hairstyle was nice? Mine's better." she grinned and flipped her long black hair. Her green eyes moved as she looked at her friend from head to toe.