*Destiny’s POV*
*Next Day*

"Rise and shine sleepy heads!" Mum sang as she split the curtain apart, letting in a gush on sunlight. Harry and I moaned as the light hit our eyes. "Up! You kids missed enough school, already." Mom exclaims, before exiting the room.

"Ugh!!" I moaned into Harry's chest.

"Good morning, baby." Harry sleepily says, letting out a small, sleepy laugh.

"Morning Harry," I say giving him a small smile, as I look up at my boyfriend.

"How are you doing?"

"Sleepy. I need more sleep."

"Come on baby. Let's go. You don’t want to be late. Do you?"

“Perhaps.” I moaned, as I got off Harry, and slumped into the washroom.

"What are you going to do, in there?" Harry asks.

"Take a shower, duh."

"Mind if I join?" Harry smirks.

"Uhm, yes!" I exclaimed, playfully throwing a towel at him. "The things that come out of your mouth."

Laughing, Harry ducked the towel and scurried off to the other washroom. After the shower, I pulled on my clean uniform, while Harry went home to change.

At around 8 o’clock, Harry picked me up, before driving off to school. Fifteen minutes later, we were in the school parking lot, where we met up with the rest of our friends.

The school board adding a homeroom class, which lasted for about 30 minutes, to give students time to collect themselves, attendance and receive any important new from their teacher. Since we were allowed to choose a few people to be in the same homeroom with, half of our group ended up together in a class with Mr White. Out class was organised into four rows, and four columns of wooden desks, with each section containing two desks. I sat in the far back, left-hand corner of the room. Harry say on my left, while Zayn was in front of me, with Mabel to his left. June sat in the section on my right, with Niall next to her. Liam, Ally, Elizabeth and Louis ended up in a different homeroom class, just down the hall.

"Guess what?" June started, as we all were seated at our desk, with the rest of the class filing in.

"What?" Mabel asked as she sat on Zayn’s lap. Harry and Niall sat on top of mine, and June’s desks, as we all chatted away.

"Aliens are invading the earth!" I exclaim, making a sarcastic guess.

June rolled her eyes, as Mabel slaps me a high-five. "You are horrible at guessing."

"Just spill it." Zayn impatiently says.

"Well ... There is this new kid in the school. And he is like SUPER hot!" June sequels.

"Hey! Hey! I ain’t new to this school." Niall says, scrunching his eyebrows.

"Not you." June rolls her eyes, holding back her smile. Harry gives Niall a high-five, laughing at his comment.

"What's the dude's name?" Zayn smiles.

"Sam." June answers.

"Where is he from?" Harry asks.

"Marco," June says.

"Stalker much." I huff. Harry, Zayn, Mable and Niall laugh at my comment, as June shot a glare at me. Just then, the bell rang for classes to begin.

"Alright, class." Mr White announces, as we all took our seats and turned our attention to the teacher. "We will be going on a trip to a Royal Winter Fair, next Thursday."

"Yay!" The class cheered since there weren’t many trips to go on during the school year.

"I need these permission forms by this Friday." Mr White stated. “Understood?”

"You guys all better go," Mable warned us.

"We will." I nodded, spilling the forum into my binder.

Since there wasn’t anything important going on in this class, students ended up reading, studying for tests, or completing unfinished homework, projects, or assignments. I pulled out my book, Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life, and begun to read it:

… people think they are looking for the meaning of life when really they are looking for an understanding of why they are here. What their purpose is, the purpose of life ...

My phone began to vibrate in my back pocket. Slipping it out, I held it underneath my desk, bringing my book down with me. It was Harry messaging me.

Harry: Hey baby. ;) :*

I smiled at the text, before replying to him.

Destiny: Heyy:)

Harry: I hate reading ... :(

Destiny: Did you forget who you’re talking too ... I LOVE BOOKS!

Harry: lol how could I forget. The last time I was calling you, you completely ignored me because of your reading.

Destiny: I was not ignoring you. I was just really into my book. :)

Harry: Yeah. Yeah. That's what they all say.

Destiny: lol.

Harry: How much more time do we have to spend here?

Destiny: Just after the announcements, which is in ten minutes. Hold on there, baby. :)

Harry: I'll try. :)

“Hey, Mr Styles.” Mr White said, raising an eyebrow.

“Yes?” Harry said, quickly looking up.

“What are you doing?” Mr White asks.

“Reading,” Harry replies, showing him the book, which he wasn’t actually reading.

“Really?” Mr White raised an eyebrow. “The dictionary interests you?”

“What?” Harry said, confused. He looked at his book, instead of a conventional novel, Harry had picked out a Dictionary. I muffled my giggle, as did the rest of the students in the class. Harry noticed, and blushed a little.

“Okay well … I wasn’t reading.”

“Oh? What were you doing then?”

“Nothing.”

“Oh please, I know you were on your phone, Mr Styles. Seriously, no one looks down at their crotch and smiles.” Mr White smirks.

Harry blushed again, as the class bursts into laughter. I muffled my laugh. “It's okay.” I rubbed his shoulder, giggling.

“Oh be quiet.” Harry blushed, looking really adorable.

“Before you, he would’ve gotten so angry, he would’ve stormed out of the classroom because of that comment,” Zayn whispers to me with a laugh. I ruffled his hair a bit, giggling, before turning my attention to my book.

… To a flower, this photograph means nothing. So when you ask what the meaning of life is, there can be no answer that will apply to everyone and everything ...

“Good morning, staff and students …” The announcements began. Most of it was useless to us, except for the after school boys’ football tryouts, which Harry and the boys have been looking forward too. Also, the student council meeting after school, which the girls and I will be attending.

The bell rang, and half the students exited the class. June, Harry and I stayed in the class along, with a couple other students, for we all had math in the same classroom, with Ms Carl.

“Damn … we are here for another period.” Harry groaned, placing his head on top of his desk.

“It’s okay. You’ll get through it.” I laughed, rubbing Harry’s hand. He moaned at my touch, before planting a kiss on my cheek.

Ms Carl math class begin, and she started to explain a new concept.

“Well, the ‘I’ stands for an imaginary number.” Ms Carl says.

“Okay, hold up. There are imaginary numbers now? Are there unicorns in the next lesson? Can someone please teach me something useful, like how to balance a chequebook?” a boy said from, the middle of the room. The boy had brown hair and cute freckles.

“That’s Sam,” June whispered to me.

“He’s cute,” I whispered back.

“Pfft.” Harry huffed.

I giggling at Harry’s comment. “I love you, Harry,” I say kisses his cheek.

The bell rung and Harry walked me to my next class, with Niall, Zayn and Melody. Later on, the rest of my friends and I met up in the lunchroom, at our regular table, while Ally ran a little late.

“Where is Ally?” Liam questioned, as we ate our lunch.

“I don’t know.” Mabel shrugged.

“Uh …” Elizabeth says with a smirk, “I think Ally met the new boy.”

“Really?!” June exclaims turning around to see the new boy, Sam, talking to Ally as she blushed.

“You have to admit, they do look cute …” I laugh, then stop mid-sentence, remembering Liam was right there. “But … obviously not more adoreble than Liam and Ally.” I stutter, trying to cover up.

“Good cover up.” Elizabeth giggles, whispering into my ear.

“Thanks.” I mouth back.

“What the hell are they laughing about?!” Liam tensed, clenching his fists and teeth.

“Why don’t you go find out yourself?” Niall suggested, nodding his head towards Sam and Ally.

“Okay.” Liam got up and made his way to his girlfriend.

*Ally’s POV*

“Alright. Alright. What did the condom say to the tampon?” Sam laughed. He was in my writing class, just before lunch. Since then, we’ve been talking non-stop. Sam was actually kind of cute, and funny.

“What?” I giggled, as we entered the lunchroom.

We got in trouble for taking during class, so the teacher made us stay back for some time.

“The condom tells the tampon, ‘You always take my job for a whole week!” Sam laughs, I giggle at his joke.

“Yeah?” I laughed, raising an eyebrow. “Guess what the tampon then said to the condom?”

“What?” Sam asks.

“Yeah, but when you fuck up, I lose my job for 9 months!” I giggle, just as Liam approaches us.

Sam burst into a fit of laughter, I smiled at his reactions.

“Hey, baby.” Liam waved to me.

“Heyy, Liam.” I smile, reaching for a hug from my boyfriend. I could tell Liam was wondering who Sam was. “Sam, this is my boyfriend, Liam,” I say, resting my head on Liam’s shoulder.

“Hey, I’m Sam. The new kid.” Sam smiles at Liam, putting out his hand for Liam to shake.

“Hi.” Liam shakes Sam’s hand.

“Well. I had fun talking to you, Sam. Although, I think I need to get back with my friends.” I smile at him, before moving Liam towards our table.

“Yeah. Okay, bye.” Sam nods his head, before leaving to find some other people.

Liam looks at me, with a raised eyebrow, as I smile, clinging onto Liam’s arm.

“Why so happy?” Liam questions me.

“Just because.” I smile, as we sit down.

“You look happy.” Destiny smirks, looking at me.

“Too happy …” Liam says, narrowing his eyes at me.

“Don’t you want me to be happy, Liam?” I question him.

“Of course I do …” Liam trails off.

“Then?” I raise an eyebrow, which immediately shuts off Liam.

“Well? How is he?” June asks.

“Meh. Funny and cute, but meh.” I shrug.

“Why?” Mable giggles.

“He has this obnoxious obsession about Pokémon,” I say.

“Ew.” Niall and Elizabeth say.

“I think that’s cute,” Destiny says.

“What?!” Harry exclaims.

“It’s cute that he still has a connection to his childhood.” Destiny smiles.

“You have got to be kidding me.” Harry glares at her in disbelief.

“You people don’t have any connection to your childhood! It’s all sex, alcohol and whatnot!” Destiny exclaims, with a smile.

“Oh please, that’s perfectly fine. Grow up, Destiny.” Louis huffs.

“Easy for you to say, I bet you and Elizabeth were in bed again, last night. Yeah?” Destiny smirks, raising an eyebrow. Elizabeth blushes, as Louis smiles.

Destiny laughs, shaking her head. “See!”

“What’s your connection to your childhood?” Zayn asks, gesturing in a funny manner.

“Harry Potter.” Harry snorts, laughing.

“That is not childish!” Destiny exclaims.

“You like Harry Potter?” I question her with a smirk.

“Duh!” Destiny says, showing me her case. “Have you not seen my phone's case, or like half of my room?”

“Wow.” I laugh at her obsession.

“It says that you solemnly that you are up to no good.” Zayn raises an eyebrow.

“Yeah.” Harry laughs, “You are always up to good, ish.”

“What?! No, pfft, last week I skipped school.” Destiny says, curling up his lips. She looked very proud of herself. “That’s pretty bad.”

“You ran away,” Louis says.

“No. I skipped.” Destiny narrows her eyes at him.

“Runaway.” Mabel nods, laughing.

“I skipped.” Destiny insisted, just as her Civics and Career’s teacher walks by.

“You skipped?” the teacher asks.

“No,” Destiny says, going blank faced. “You heard them, I ran away.”

The teacher laughs, as he shakes his head, walking away.

“We win,” June smirks, as the group burst into laughter. Destiny smiles and shakes her head.

“Hey, Destiny,” Amanda says, calling Destiny. She narrows her eyes as she turns to face Amanda. Everyone’s attention was now directed to Amanda and her cure.

“What?” Destiny asks.

“I just wanted to tell you that we were so ugly, that when your mother dropped you off at school, she got a fine for littering.” Amanda snorts.

‘What a stupid diss?’ I thought.

“If you’re going to be a smart ass. First, learn to be smart. Otherwise, you’re just an ass.” Destiny says, clearly annoyed by Amanda. Amanda glares at Destiny, as the rest of us breaks into laughter.

“I heard you ran away last week. Did your little bully scare you?” Amanda says, pouting out her lips.

“What.” Destiny stared at her dumbstruck.

“You're boyfriend here told me that there was this very, awful man that hurt you.” Amanda snickered.

“Harry!” Destiny cried, shooting a look at him, “You told her?”

“I only sent the voice recording to them.” Harry insisted, shocked motioning to us. “I promise.”

“Yeah, but your little boyfriend here messed up and sent the recording to the whole school.” Amanda laughed.

“Harry!” Destiny cried, her eyes turned glassy as tears formed in her eyes. “Why would you tell them, over a voice recording. This is personal information – much too personal for a voice recording. On top of that, why did you tell them? It's my secret, I should be the one explaining it!”

“Destiny, I’m sorry …” Harry started, worried and frightened as to what is going to happen next.

“You were hated by the whole school. Poor baby.” Amanda pouted again, grinning. “You know what, I wonder if that might happen here too.”

‘What a bitch!’ I screamed at her, in my head, just as Destiny escaped to the ladies’ room.

“Destiny!” Harry called after her, getting up to chase her.

“Don’t Harry, we’ll go,” Elizabeth says, pushing him back down, and then Elizabeth, June and Mabel ran after Destiny.

“Would you look at that? She so scared!” Amanda snickered. “Don’t cut yourself again, Destiny! Although … I wouldn’t mind if you did. You know what! I’ll do it for you if you want.”

“Bitch!” I exclaimed, dumping my full juice box on top of her. That was the breaking point of my patience.

“Oh!” Amanda shrieked. “You asked for this!” Just then she threw a hard bitch slap towards me. At that moment, I was blinded by a five-course serving of rage that tasted bitter, yet surprisingly satisfying. I reached out and went to punch her in the face. When my fist came in contact, she fell to the ground wailing in pain, as I tried to shake the aching after taste, upon the taste buds of my hand. Knowing she would be getting up anytime soon, I rushed to Destiny.

*Harry’s POV*

‘Fuck! What did I do?! How could I have been so careless of something so important? Shit … I don’t even know if she’ll forgive me now … what have I done? Oh, fuck -!’ I worried screamed at myself.

“Harry, mate … you alright?” Zayn asks, placing a hand on my shoulder.

“Bye, Harry,” Amanda says, after getting back on her feet and fixed herself quickly. She batted her eyes at me, trying to look sexy, but the black eye actually took that quality out, as well as my anger for her.

“That bitch!” I exclaimed, trying to get my fist at her.

Immediately, Louis stops me, grabbing onto my shoulders. “You can’t Harry! She is a girl! Plus, Ally already gave her the beating she deserved,” Reluctantly, I sat back down, still tensed.

“It’ll be okay. Don’t worry.” Niall assures me.

“Having this begin your first relationship since …. Lizzie … I guess you’re a bit rough.” Liam says.

‘Lizzie?’ I thought. She was my former girlfriend back in middle school. No one ever mentioned her, since we broke and she moved away to Russia. I was truly, madly, deeply in love her, until she broke my heart. It drove me to drink, smoke, and start sleeping with a new girl every night. I stopped loving her a long time ago, the drinking and sleeping around simply became a bad habit.

*Flashback*

My family and I went to Scotland to spend some time with my uncle. Lizzie had always been telling me that she misses me and she wished that I could come home early. So I decided to surprise her and come home early, without telling her.

After arriving home, I took a well-deserved nap, before heading over to Lizzie’s home. I stopped to buy her, her favourite flowers. When I got to her place, her mother answered the door.

“Oh, Hello Harry dear. I thought you were in Scotland. How are you?” She says to me.

“I’m doing great! Is Lizzie home? I came to surprise her.” I explained.

“Oh, I’m sorry dear. She isn’t home right now, probably out with some friends. You can wait here if you would like.”

“Oh, no. It’s alright … Uhm is it alright if I cook her dinner, here.”

“That’s so adorable. Of course, you can. Lizzie is so lucky to have you. I guess I’ll go out with some of my friends to give you two some personal space.”

“Oh no. You can stay, it’s alright.”

“Don’t be silly. Let me grab my things, and show you where all my kitchen supplies are, and I’ll get out of your hair.”

After Lizzie’s mother left the house, and I finished cooking dinner, I noticed there was still some time before Lizzie would be home. I decided to take the flowers I bought her, and pull off the petals. Taking them. I started to make a path into the dining room.

I had figured it would be an awesome surprise. I wanted to always remember Lizzie’s reaction to it, thinking it would be amazing, so I decided to set up a hidden camera, in the corner, to record everything.

Moments after I had finished my special surprise, Lizzie arrived. Opening the door, she noticed the path and followed it, leading her straight to the dinner I had made, while I was in the living room, waiting for her to turn around and see me. Instead, she went to the front door and motioned for someone to come inside.

A guy, if never seen in my whole life, came through, saw the rose petal path and begun to make out, when I was a mere 12 feet away from them. They followed the path back to the dining room, and Lizzie said, “I made us dinner.” Taking full credit, for the dinner that I had made for her.

At that moment, nausea swirled around, unrestrained in my empty stomach. My head swam with half-formed regrets. My heart felt as if my blood had become tar, as it struggled to keep a steady beat. My melancholy mood hung over me like a black cloud, raining my personal sorrow down on me wherever I went. Even the colours of the spring day were drab to me now and the birdsong like so much noise on a child's glockenspiel, grating my nerves.

At this point, she still hasn’t realised that I was standing right behind her. The stranger boy kissed Lizzie once again. I could feel the burning sensation in my heart again, as I watched their lips intertwine.

Afterwards, they sat down and begun eating.

Quickly as possibly, I went into the kitchen and poured drinks into two glass cups. Walking out, I went into the dining room, and in the best possible, professional voice I could come up with, I said, “Here you go. I got some drinks for you and your NEW boyfriend."

The look on her face was priceless. Her limbs move as if some inexperienced person is controlling them remotely and her eyes are wide, looking right at me, but not really.

The guy then asked, "Who is this? Your brother?" Not being able to answer, she looked at me in utter disbelief, so I decide to answer for her.

"No. My name's Harry. I was her boyfriend about 10 minutes ago. I made this dinner and set the rose path. I'm leaving now. Enjoy."

Just as I was walking out of the house, Lizzie’s mum came home.

“Why are you leaving so early, Harry?” She asked.

“Once you’re inside, you’ll understand,” I explained. Immediately Lizzie’s Mum went into, and came back out, just as I was on the sidewalk, walking towards my house.

“Oh, Harry! Don’t worry about Derek. He is Lizzie’s cousin.” Lizzie’s Mother says. Her words made the anger boil deep in my system, as hot as lava. It churned within, hungry for destruction, and I know it's too much for me to handle.

“There is a camera in the corner of the living room, it recorded everything. All you need to do is look at it, and you’ll understand everything.” I merely say.

Lizzie’s Mum went back into the house, and as I begun to walk away, I could hear screaming and yelling coming from the house.

*End of Flashback*

“Harry, mate … you okay?” Zayn asked again.

“Yeah, I'm okay. I need to go to Destiny.” I say, shaking Lizzie out of my head. I get up and make my way to the girl’s washroom.

*Destiny’s POV*

Amanda glares at me, as my friends broke into laughter. ‘I think I nailed that comeback!’ I smiled with approval fo myself.

“I heard you ran away last week. Did your little bully scare you?” Amanda says, pouting out her lips.

‘How the actual fuck did she know about that?!’ I though.

“What?” I say, dumbstruck.

“Your boyfriend here told me that there was this very, awful man that hurt you.” Amanda snickered.

“Harry!” I cried, shooting a look at him, “You told her?”

“I only sent the voice recording to them.” Harry insisted, shocked motioning to us. “I promise.”

“Yeah, but your little boyfriend here messed up and sent the recording to the whole school.” Amanda laughed.

“Harry!” I cried, my eyes turned glassy as tears formed in them. “Why would you tell them, over a voice recording. This is personal information – much too personal for a voice recording. On top of that, why did you tell them? It's my secret, I should be the one explaining it!”

“Destiny, I’m sorry …” Harry started.

“You were hated by the whole school. Poor baby.” Amanda pouted again, grinning. “You know what, I wonder if that might happen here too.”

I escaped to the washroom, as the tears threatened to rush down and the memories began to flood back in.

*Flashback*
*Destiny’s POV*

Victor grabbed my chin and tilted it up, before slamming his fist into it hard. I stumbled back, falling onto the soft wet grass. My arms immediately cradling my knees as I moved away from him. My body was shaking in my fear and pain.

*End of Flashback*
*Destiny’s POV*

“Destiny!” Harry called after me.

I escaped to the washroom, with only a few moments alone before Elizabeth and Mable hugged me and tried to comfort me.

*Flashback*
*Destiny’s POV*

Victor moved closer to me, just as I moved further away from him. He grabbed my arm, forcefully pulling me up. He looked closely at me, his emerald eyes piercing into my blue shaded eyes.

Victor threw another punch at me. His knuckles were white as they came in contact with my shivering skin. A smirk danced on his lips as he watched his friends engage in a fit of laughter.

*End of Flashback*
*Destiny’s POV*

I cradled myself, as the flashbacks kept zooming in and out. They were horrid.

My heart rate was as fast as the thrumming wings of a caged bird. I was sweating and shaking in great fear. I cried, as the memories stung me like a thousand bees. I was trembling like mad. The memories haunted me.

‘They could come back … now that Amanda knew. What if she brought them here? What if they came here? They would begin to bully me again, probably. I would for sure, die this time …’ I cried at the thoughts.

“Destiny!” I heard Harry shout from outside the girls’ washroom. He ignored the female’s only sign and rushed in, and cradled me bridal style and took me to the nurse’s office.

*Harry’s POV*

I cradled Destiny, bridal style, as I took her to the nurse’s office. She was trembling so much it terrified me. The nurse advised me to take her home, for she was not doing well. Gently and carefully, I put her in my car and drove to my house quickly.

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