mia

you walked through the hallways, books clutched tightly in your hands as you scanned around the new area. it was your first week here and adjusting to the new people wasn’t so easy. the popular girls like catherine were always holding something back about you, which always made you feel bad.

it’s not like you were weird, you were just incredibly nerdy. you knew everything about architecture down to little things about animal history and stuff like that. it wasn’t your fault you got that treatment here. all you did was do what you liked.

the closer you got towards the exit, the louder the sound of those familiar laughters filled your ears. god, catherine and her friends again. except this time, they weren’t picking on you. they were picking on mia. they had surrounded the edge of the pool, laughing continuously at her struggling in front of them.

all you could see was her struggling to get her things out of there. all while they laughed. “oops! sorry, i must’ve slipped!” catherine bursts out with giggles. “c’mon…” you mutter underneath your breath and quickly drop all of your things to the side to help mia out. you shove the 4 girls out of the way, reaching for mia’s forearm and pulling her out of the water. “thank you…” mia sighs. “thank you.. um?” she musters out, trying to remember your name.