Stand By Me Common Sense Media Novels & Stories

Damon patted her shoulder before turning to leave. “And yes, it is your birthday next week and Grandpa wants us to come back home,” he said and Sophia clenched her fist. “Why do we always have to go back? And especially on my birthday” she asked angrily, that family treated them like slaves and now that they were able to live their own lives why do they keep returning there? “Grandpa always loved us, won't you fulfill his wish of always seeing us on your birthday?” he asked and she sighed, he was indeed the only one who ever loved them but she still didn’t want to see her aunt and cousin's face.

"How can she come to the Academy barely a month and she's already moving with London?" "She's so ugly, how does he even put up with her?" "Little wonder Rebecca hates her." Kimberly cringed at certain words that they threw at her, and funny enough, they were all coming from girls, so much for the popular saying "women support women" she wondered if they weren't aware that London could hear them. As he approached the podium, Kimberly suddenly stopped walking and made to run to her group. "And where do you think you are going?" His cold voice glued her back to her seat.

Eight years later (after SEE ME) ---------------------------- “I don’t have a problem.” Amanda yelled at the group, who had their seat to form a large circle in the therapy hall while she stood in front of her seat. Amanda has been with the group for two weeks and she already hated everyone and every moment of it. The room was filled with traumatized inflicting females, people who did worse than she ever did. “Besides, this punishment doesn’t fit my crime. Which what I did wasn’t even a crime.” she continued immediately.

~FLASHBACK PART 1 I cried a lot staying in my room. I just felt so bad for myself. I was so helpless. When it was midnight, I took out my suitcase and packed my clothes and in my backpack I kept my important documents and the money I had saved all these years. I left a letter and I slowly opened the door and walked aimlessly on the road and reached a park. There I stayed in a bench until it was morning. The whole night, I was scared to be alone. I was sad. I could not even cry. A few times I even thought of going back home, but I knew if I went back, I will not have this confidence anymore. So, I stayed there. I was thinking about what I should do now.

I became a leader even more beloved than Father. One day, I saw on the news that Kyle and Selene, who had been kicked out, got married. Both of them had grown up living lavishly and had no survival skills. They rented a cramped little house and lived in poverty. I knew, of course, that Kyle married Selene to anger my parents and make them take him back. However, his plan was nothing but wishful thinking. My parents had already given me the Alpha position. When Kyle and Selene learned of it, their eyes turned red with rage. They stormed into my family's villa and shouted at my parents.

Instead something smoothed over inside me, an old, cold well of control opening “Stand,” I said, and my voice was soft but it cut like a blade. “All of you. Now.” My laughter when it came was small, sharp. “Damien gets wind that you’re kneeling in my room and he’ll be down like a curse. Stand up. You’re not in a church.”

The hallway’s air-conditioning blasted down on me like a winter storm wind, and I couldn’t stop shivering. “We need to report this,” Nate said as he led me toward our department teacher’s office. “No,” I whispered, halting in my tracks. “I can’t.” “You have to. What they did was cold-hearted and vicious. That’s not just bullying, Amber—it’s abuse.” “But what if they come after me again?” I questioned, my voice crackling ever so slightly. “What if… what if they make it worse?” “Mason’s father might be the alpha of this pack and a shareholder at this university, but that doesn’t mean he can keep doing this. This is wrong.” Nate commented. “You don’t have to fight alone. Not anymore.”

She leads me out of the room. I follow her out and head towards the school gate and look around to see where Tim is. Most of the kids of his class are standing by the gate talking and playing around with each other. I make my way towards the kids and try to look for him but I don’t see him anywhere. My eyes roam around the field and finally it lands outside of the school gate where I see Tim standing in front of Joe... my hand straight goes in my phone I dial Zen’s number and put it in my bag and walk to them. “What is your name? Do you know who I am?” I hear Joe ask Tim. Tim just shakes his head no and slowly backs away as he is probably feeling shy and doesn’t want to talk to a total stran