Let me be the one to save you.

***Michelle's pov***

I was making my way through school. It was sunny outside so I decided to eat my lunch at a table outside today. This day has been really boring so far. I still haven't made friends so school is shitty. I took a seat at an empty table and ate my lunch in silence. I didn't notice that 2 guys and 2 girls were walking towards me until they were right in front of me. They were in my class, I didn't think they were nice people. “You're name is Michelle right?” One of the girls, called Jessica, said. “yeah” I said quietly. “Well, Michelle, all tables outside are taken and it would be a little bit selfish from you to use a whole table for yourself right?” I didn't answer. One of the guys, Matty, spoke up. “She's talking to you. Can't you just answer her? Just go find a table inside, loner.” I just stood up and walked away. I didn't feel like arguing with people was a good idea on my first week at school. Jerks.

I started walking to the entrance of the school so I could just sit inside, when I saw a group looking at me. It were Frank, Gerard, his girlfriend Jaimy, and 2 other guys and a girl I didn't know. They're all in my class except for the 3 whose names I didn't know. I looked the other way and kept on walking when I heard someone call my name. “Michelle!” I turned around. What now. It was the guy named Gerard who called me. I hesitated but then walked up to him. “I saw what happened, there. You can sit with us if you like?” he said. I looked over at Frank, he seemed to be okay with me sitting with them. “Ehm, okay, thank you.” I said quietly. I took the seat next to Jaimy. She smiled at me, she seemed nice. The two guys I didn't know introduced themselves as Mikey and Ray and the girl told me her name was Kate. Mikey was Gerard's little brother. “So you and Frank kinda know each other right?” asked Gerard. “Yeah, well not really. We didn't really have aconversation or something.” I looked over at Frank. He laughed. The others didn't understand it so Frank and I explained what happened that night. Jaimy instantly started laughing. “If I was just sitting outside minding my own business, and some idiot would come up to me to have a “nice conversation” I probably would've given him a punch.” Frank frowned when she called him an idiot, which made me laugh. ““Yes she laughed!” Said Kate. I looked at her confused. Jaimy explained: “We really haven't seen you having fun since your first day. Me and Kate wanted to talk to you but we weren't sure if you'd be happy about that.” “You guys are really nice, thanks.” Suddenly Frank said: “Oh wait! Show me your backpack?” I didn't really understand why that was necessary but I showed it to him. His eyes lit up and his jaw dropped and Gerard, Mikey and Ray started laughing. “What?” I asked in confusion. “I think he loves you now.” said Mikey. Frank punched his arm and said awkwardly “You've got some great music taste.” “Thanks.” Then they started talking about all kinds of things, I had fun with talking to these people. And just like that, I had made friends. We talked and laughed until the bell rang and we went back to class. Just like that, I had suddenly made friends.

****A month later****

I asked Jaimy to come over today. I bought some purple hair dye since I've wanted purple streaks in my hair for a long time, and she's going to help me with it. This last month has been great, my new friends have made me feel really welcome. I hung out with Jaimy all the time, and if we got bored, we just asked Gerard and Frank to come join us. Obviously, Jaimy would kiss Gerard all the time which was really annoying, but Frank and I are just going to have to live with that. Although they are all crazy idiots, they're awesome. At school we also always sat with Ray, Mikey and Kate.. never I see I woke up from my thoughts when I heard the bell ring.

“Michelle!!!!” Jaimy exclaimed in a high voice. “Hey Jaim!” “Come on, let's get started, I'm so excited about dying your hair!” “You better not fuck this up girl.” She ran upstairs to the bathroom were I had put all the stuff she would need and I followed her. “Oh no girl, imma make you look fab-u-lous.” She said with a sassy voice. I laughed. “Well come on then, make me beautiful.” “But you already are baby.” “Shut up.” “The beauty of true friendship.” She sighed and started with my hair. “Wait, put on some music. You can pick out a CD from that shelf.” I said. “Wow you have so much CD's! I don't really know a lot of those bands though... wait, I guess I know Green Day.” She blasted the music through the speakers and we sang along with it while she did my hair. “Michelle, you're an amazing singer. You never told me!” “Oh, shut up.” “You can't just tell me to shut up everytime I give you a compliment.” “Sorry, please fix my hair my sweetest friend.”

A few hours later my hair was done. And I was absolutely happy with it. It was exactly how I had imagined it. It was unusual, but not so much that people might think it was weird. The lavender streaks matched my brown hair perfectly. Jaimy was very proud of her creation and I pulled her into a really big hug and thanked her. “You're the best Jaim!” “Duh.” Her phone started buzzing. She looked at her phone, she got a text from Gerard. “Michelle, he asks if we'll come over at Frank's place, they're probably bored or something. You okay with that?” “Sure!”

We arrived at Frank's house. I had never been there before. Frank opened the door and let us in. “Wow Michelle! You're hair looks awesome!” “Thanks dude!” “Mister dude for you, little one.” “Stop making fun of my height all the time!” He laughed and we walked into the living room, where Gerard was too. Frank introduced me to his mother, who was really nice. We watched TV and talked about all kinds of stupid things. After a few hours, the four of us walked upstairs, so Frank could show me his room. It was really cool. I walked over to his CD collection and I suddenly understood why Frank was so surprised by the button badges on my backpack. We basically listened to the exact same music. Then I spotted a guitar hanging on the wall. “Do you play the guitar? How cool!” I said. He nodded. “I bought a guitar last year, but I don't have a clue how to play it. You should teach me!” I exclaimed. “Sure, that would be fun!” He said. Yes. I really wanted to learn how to play. We stayed over for dinner and after that I walked home. Frank had asked me if he had to walk along with me, because it was getting dark and I live in the other side of the town as Gerard and Jaimy live, so I had to walk alone. But I told him I would be fine. He's a good friend.

When I got home, I was glad that Frank didn't bring me home, because what I saw when I walked in the house was nothing I would want anyone else to see.

Notes

Okay, so these first 3 chapters might have been a little boring, but it's just the beginning so don't worry! Also, school just started again today, here in the Netherlands, but I'll try to update whenever I have some time. xo