Lou's POV:
"Why do you keep on treating me like this, huh? I bet if someone did that to your sister you'd probably kill them." I said turning towards Thomas raising my voice a little bit.
"I did absolutely nothing to you but still, you keep bullying me for apparently no reason. You don't even have an answer if I asked you why you were doing all this! You don't even have stable friends because you keep turning against them." I said pointing at his friends before he interrupted me.
"What, and you think you have friends?" He said with a mockery in his tone.
"Well, I thought I had." I replied, turning towards my 'friends' and giving them a glare.
"No one trusts you anymore and yet you think you're the king who has every right to bully whoever you like and destroy their life. Seriously dude, you have issues if you actually enjoy seeing other people suffer, you're sadistic! You keep saying that I am the coward here, but yesterday when you came to my house for an unknown reason and saw the wolf in the woods, guess who was about to piss himself? I'm actually still surprised you're not traumatized and didn't have an accident when you went home after I convinced you to leave because you wouldn't move your dumbass and clung to me the whole time." I continued speaking to him, making everyone around us start making 'ooohhh' sounds, because I just revealed what happened to him.
"You Bitch! You were the one who bumped hard into me, trying to run away from the wolf." He said trying to convince everyone that I was the coward.
"Because you were fucking standing there, frozen, just in front of my house before you screamed and ran inside following me!" I said proving everyone that he was wrong.
Everyone started laughing at him while he grew silent. He didn't reply since he knew I was right.
"WHY ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING? I BET IF THERE WAS A WOLF RIGHT HERE YOU'D ALL CRY TO DEATH!" Thomas screamed at the audience, but everyone laughed even more.
That's when I noticed we had many people enjoying our show.
"Shut the fuck up, if you think this is over you're wrong, I'm gonna get you for this and you're not gonna like it." He threatned me before disappearing behind the people.
"And you girls? I thought best friends were supposed to defend each other if they were bullied am I right? But you, you didn't even try stopping him. And why is that may I ask?" I said turning to these friends of mine.
No one answered, they just stared at their shoes, probably their shoes became more interesting than the subject we were discussing.
Suddenly Gemma interfered hoping she would stop the tension between me and them.
"Come on, Lou! You know it's not like that. We didn't defend you because we know if we ignore him he'll stop bullying you..."
"But he didn't stop did he? For four years you knew he was still bullying me and didn't give a shit! You just ignored him so he wouldn't start picking on you, you're just selfish." I spat out loud and clear, I had every right to be mad at them because it was all true.
"You didn't defend me and it was okay with me at first, but seeing that you defend each other except for me, that is not okay. Why didn't you try to back me up while you're so good at protecting each other and having each other's back except mine huh?" I said a little calmer, feeling the lump in my throat and the tears forming in my eyes.
"Lorraine this is not the time to have a fight, let's just forget about it and have fun. We'll find a solution later." Vanessa said giving me a glare, but I didn't care.
"Yeah! have fun, that's all you care about, your own happiness. You never cared for your friends' feelings. The world only revolves around you, Vanessa." I spat her name like venom. "You always treat us badly just to boost up your confidence and show people you're strong and lovable. You just want attention Vanessa, you do everything you can to get attention and show that you're the nice girl, the strong one of the group, the leader, while we know you talk behind your 'friends' back and don't trust us. And when you're angry, you even start hitting us. What kind of sick friend are you?" I shouted and didn't regret a word I said after everyone started to gasp, I could finally show theses people who she really is.
At this moment I felt like I was the bully, the mean guy, the villain, but somebody needed to see what I saw, I was going insane about how blind people were because Vanessa puts up a façade but I was the only one to see through it.
I didn't lie about a thing, everything I said was true, she was just good at hiding it, and I don't even know why Lily and Gemma kept being her friends after she started treating us that damn bad.
"Will you shut up? That's not true, you're obviously making that up so people would think I'm the bad one and start helping you and feel pity for you! If you don't like me why are you still with us huh? Because you're scared to end up alone I suppose. Thomas was right you're just a coward!" Vanessa shouted at me, I flinched at her words, I was a little intimidated but I didn't show it.
"That's exactly what I'm doing, I don't want to be your friend anymore, not after realizing the vile human you are! I don't care if I'm going to be alone anymore, as long as I'm happy nothing will matter, right? You have a lot of experience about your own happiness, that you should start teaching people how to be happy and not give a single fuck about the others, just like you do,Vanessa." I said, I kind of exaggerated but it was totally worth it. I then turned to Lily and Gemma.
"Why are you silent Lily? You obviously cried a lot because of her. And Gemma, I think Vanessa slapped you even more than your parents ever did when you were a child. Why can't you see she's bad for you? Why can't you stop being her friends? Just because she hides her actions in some compliments here and there doesn't mean she's a good friend." I said trying to convince them to stop this toxic friendship we all had with her, but it was no use, they would never let go of her even if she was bad for them too and they knew that.
"Lou that's how she is, we have to accept her, that's what friends do, they accept you no matter what!" Lily said, having a little hope that I was going to forgive Vanessa. But I couldn't take it anymore.
"Well I'm not going to accept the fact that I have a lot of bruises on my body because she was just 'showing off' her karate skills, I'm not even sorry right now, I just feel sorry for you guys because you don't want to move on and have new friends. But what matters now is my own happiness...I hope you make the right choice too." I said, I didn't even know from where this boost of confidence came, I still remember a couple of days ago I couldn't even talk back to one of the bullies but here I was, right now at this moment, ending my toxic friendship with them.
Lily started crying, like she usually does, this is getting annoying and I don't want to be involved in it anymore.
"Please, we can still be friends Lou, don't do this!" She whispered calmly but I've had enough of it. If they won't even put a little bit of effort into our friendship, then I don't think I should either.
I started making my way towards the exit when a woman came to me with a comforting smile.
"You're a brave girl for stepping up for yourself, I was heading home before that show, do you want me to drop you off?" The woman said with a soft expression.
And that made me just smile back to her, a huge weight lifted off my back, and I was now happy.
"No thank you! I'll be fine on my own." I reassured her.
I then made my way to the exit, and decided to walk back home, this way I would clear my mind a little bit and just relax.
But the entire way back all I did was cry my eyes out. It was such an intense argument, I knew my friends, no one is perfect, they may be bad but we had a blast together. Still, that doesn't change the way I felt about them. They were bad for me, and I knew I was better off without them.
After two hours, I was covered in sweat and the weird liquid the guys threw at me earlier, I was disgusting and I needed a shower. Thinking about the amazing shower I was about to have, I didn't notice the three wolves on my porch, there was absolutely no way I was getting inside my house today.
'Am I a magnet to wolves now?' Was the first thought that popped in my head. I shouldn't have gone to the festival.
They suddenly stood up and I didn't know what to do, so my body began working on itself and I headed towards the forest, maybe I could climb on a tree and get them lost and go back to my house.
It was dark now, and the tall trees didn't help me see clearly. I saw the wolves running after me, they would catch me at any moment now. And seeing the situation I was in right now, well it was a very right time to let everything slip.
"OH FUCK."