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my eyes grow wide as I see who she with.
    “Randy...” I whispered, he’s still the same height that I last seen him at. Just with a shaved head. Randy looks at me and stares, I pray that he doesn’t recognize me. No one heard me say his name, as Courtney is still giving her snooty looks and Lily is trying to get my attention.
    “Lil, I think it’s time to go.” I tell her and grab my bag.
    I run out to Lily’s car and get in. I slam the door and slouch down. I close my eyes shut, hoping that it was just a dream seeing him. A few minutes later, Lily gets in the car and looks at me. I know she is going to want to know what just happened. I look at Lily and I can tell by her face that she has a lot of questions.
    “So I know Courtney is not the reason you just ran out of my parent’s restaurant, considering that you told her off just the other day.  Care to explain?”
    I take a deep breath. “Before I moved here, I went to a high school that kids were not very nice to me. I was picked on every day. But then again, I didn’t look like this. I weighed over two-hundred pounds and wore glasses. I blocked myself from everyone. The only person that would talk to me was that guy, which is in there right now with Courtney. His name is Randy, I thought that he was a nice person and we got along great. But when he made the soccer team, he acted like he didn’t even know me. He turned on me and talked bad at me, his true colors came out, called me all these dirty names, told me that I should just kill myself because no one would ever want me. He was supposed to be my friend. ” I feel the tears start rolling down my cheeks.
    Lily leans over the seat to give me a hug. “It’s okay.”
    “I don’t want anyone to know, if they do, I have to start back over. The first 3 years of my high school was nothing but hell. I talked my parents into moving, I picked up kick boxing to help me lose the weight and with my anger problems. I changed my self.”
    “It’s okay. Your secret is safe with me.”  Lily tells me, smiling at me. It’s nice to know that I actually have a friend, one that I can trust.  I don’t think for one second that Lily would actually tell anyone what I went through.
    “Can you just take me home? I rather hit my punching bag for a while.”
    Lily nods her head towards me, on the way home it’s silent. I didn’t want to tell anyone what I went through before I moved. But seeing Randy, I knew I couldn’t hide. And seeing Courtney with him, I just hope that he didn’t notice me and then tell Courtney about the old me. She would make sure that my senior year is a living hell, no doubt.
    After I get dropped off at home, I walk inside to find the house empty. I walk to my room and walk out the balcony to have some quiet time to myself.
    I hear a ball bouncing and some yelling. I look past the tree, and see Tate and some other guys playing basketball. You know for him to be the star football player, I sure do see him play basketball a lot. I watch Tate play for a minute, as a smile formed on my face as I think about the kiss from this morning.
    I back into my room and close the doors to change into my sports bra and shorts. Instead of putting my head phones in this time I took my IPod dock with me to play some music.
    I get down to the garage and put on ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry. If any song explains me it’s this one, how you don’t back down, and you let everyone hear you.
    As I start pounding on the punching bag imagining that all those faces from my old high school. I start to feel a whole lot better. I start smiling and start jumping around hitting the bag and kicking it. Feeling more alive than I have ever felt in my whole life!
    I don’t know how long I’ve been working out, but after a while, my arms feel like Jell-O. I take a break and grab my water bottle. I then notice someone standing over in the corner of the room. I let out a scream before I see who it is. Tate. “What the hell?”  I