They Can't Stop Us From Our Freedom

"Look!" Sydnee pointed and snickered at some guys smoking on the sidewalk. They were kinda far away but I could make out that they were dressed in all black, tight clothing and had long black hair. "They're such freaks. Just look at them. They probably don't even have anywhere to live."

"Yeah I guess." I said. But as we got closer, I recognized them. I looked over to Lindley and saw that she must have too. Her eyes were wide and she shot me a glance that said "Oh my fucking God. I'm fangirling on the inside and I'm about to explode." Lindley and I are HUGE Black Veil Brides fans. We would never EVER dare to tell anyone, though. We would lose everything we've worked for and be the social outcasts of our school. No one would like us and we would have no one. It's our senior year. Why would we risk everything just for them? I mean, if we hadn't worked so hard for three years to get our popularity then we wouldn't care. We have two more weeks before we graduate, why throw it away now?

"YO FAGS ON THE SIDEWALK!" Sydnee yelled at them. "GET YOUR UGLY EMO ASSES AND LEAVE YOU'RE SCARING THE CHILDREN. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE-"

"SYDNEE STOP." I yelled without thinking. "Oh God" I thought to myself. I regretted those words the second they left my mouth. She whipped her head around to me. She looked pissed, but I stood tall and confident knowing that if I didn't she would use it to her advantage.

"Why the hell are you defending them?" She questioned. "They don't even deserve to live. I mean look at them, they're worthless."

"Sydnee. Can't you just be accepting for once? Me and Windy adore these guys and if you can't respect that then leave..." Lindley trailed off taking a step back. I've never seen her like this, she's not super confident and I was always the rebellious one, not her. I was glad she had my back, though.

"You guys would never survive without me." Sydnee scoffed confidently

"Who says?" I asked in a tone that, before this moment, I would never have dared to use.

"Come on. Just look at these guys, they're nobodys sitting on the street corner."

"They're also in a band."

"What band? The Fags?" Sydnee replied with a disgusted voice.

"God, could she come up with a better insult?" I thought to myself and chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?" Sydnee snapped.

"They're in a band called Black Veil Brides. Believe it or not, me and Lindley love them. We didn't tell you because we knew this is how you would react."

"YOU GUYS WENT BEHIND MY BACK?! WHAT THE FUCK? I DID EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT ME?!"

"We like one band and didn't tell you, it's not anything terrible," I replied.

"But this is one thing. Who knows what else you fucking bitches have done. I can't believe I trusted you."

"Yeah. We're done with you. You're just a ruthless bitch who thinks everyone loves her but they don't. We hate you, our class hates you, and our school hates you. Now leave. We don't need you." In that moment, I was praying Lindley was with me on this but it looked as if she was. There was no way out of this now. It was over. Our popularity was gone. And not only gone, but we're in a worse place than we were freshmen year.

"You guys won't last a day without me. I gave you all your popularity and everything and this is how you fucking treat me?! I'm so done with you guys." And with that she left us. Secretly, I was hoping she would turn back but she didn't.

We don't exactly know what was going to happen. We don't know where to go or what to do. I know Lindley's parents will support her 100% but my parents are another story. My parents only care about money and their reputation and I'm almost sure that Sydnee is gonna do anything and everything to ruin it. And what are we gonna do about the party? We have to work with her for about 4 hours tonight. She's going to be so fucking pissed. We're both freaking out about everything. Our lives are going to be so different. Instead of walking into school and everyone getting out of the way, we're going to walk in like everyone else and havepeople giving us weird looks. On the way to classes, we're going to be shoved around instead of shoving other people around. When we walk into class, everyone's just going to laugh and we won't be a big deal anymore. The teachers won't treat us like we're the best and they won't excuse us from assignments that we don't want to do. We won't have a spot at the best lunch table but instead we'll be sitting at the one next to the garbage can, or even worse, the bathroom. I don't know how we're going to survive.

"Hey look over there. Some chick is pointing at us." I said laughing. This happens a lot, used to get to me back in high school but I got used to the looks I get.

"And she is hottttt!" Ashley looked the middle girl up and down.

"God Ashley do you ever stop?" CC said sarcastically before he turned around. Trust me, his eyes widened too. So did mine, actually. The short one, she was beautiful.

"Dude, the other girls are even hotter! Look at the tall one...I CALL HER.” Ashley yelled and stopped me from staring at the shorty.

"Umm you do realize she's most likely as tall and maybe taller than you...right...?" I said jokingly. Ashley was considerably shorter than me and although I'm a giraffe this girl looked far too tall for him.

"Ugh she’s wearing heels so she could be shorter,” he scoffed, “whatever Andy you always ruin the fun."

“Hey at least I’m not the short one here,” he flipped me off. Whoops.

"YO FAGS ON THE SIDEWALK! GET YOUR UGLY EMO ASSES AND LEAVE YOU'RE SCARING THE CHILDREN. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE-" the one in front yelled.

"SYDNEE STOP." the shortest one yelled stopping "Sydnee" mid-sentence.

"Woah is someone defending us?" CC questioned. "That's unusual, especially for girls who look like...that...I mean the tall one is wearing pink..."

"I guess so...but what's going on?"

"Let's listen in and see what happens." Ashley said excitedly. He's all into the drama. The entire time CC was giving us commentary and I was hoping they couldn't hear him, although it was pretty damn funny. I was trying not to laugh so they wouldn't notice that we were listening. I don't think they even realized we noticed them.

"Aaaand the bitch is walking away leaving the two defendee's alo-"

"CC, is defendee's even a word?" Ashley questioned him while cracking up.

"Now it is." he replied in a jokingly. I could tell the shortest one was on edge. She mentioned she was worried about her parents. But why? Who are these girls? I don’t come to La Brea often. It’s not really my scene, obviously. It’s just filled with a bunch of rich people and paparrazi. I needed to know who the short one was.

*Windy’s POV*

"Now what?" Lindley asked snapping me back to reality.

"I guess we should get home. Our parents are expecting us sometime soon to help set up right?"

"Yeah...ugh I really don't wanna go now. Sydnee's gonna be pissed off. Knowing her she's going to make a huge deal about it to her parents when she gets home and they're going to flip when they hear about why we aren't friends anymore."

"Linds, what am I gonna do? My parents rep is going to be ruined by Sydnee and her parents...well, maybe not but Sydnee is going to make sure something is going to happen to me. She knows my parents like the best of the best and Black Veil Brides is not the best of the best."

"I know. Just remember I'll be here for you. Should we start walking now?"

"Yeah I guess." Neither of us remembered that Andy Biersack, Christian Coma, and Ashley Purdy we're sitting just a couple feet away from us and had heard that entire conversation/fight thing. As we began to walk away we heard a familiar voice call us back.

Notes

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Just a side note: I don't mean to offend anyone. I know popularity is a touchy subject at my school and it does not matter if you're popular or not as long as you respect everyone. Remember this isn't meant to be real, however I have experienced it in a lower scale. Be who you are and people will like you and if not, fuck them. I just wanted to say that I DO NOT believe in comments like this, especially derogatory terms, popularity, or any other of the touchy subjects that will be coming. I believe in being yourself and respecting everyone regardless of who they are, what they like, what they look like, or their struggles. This is a MADE UP story therefore the characters are also MADE UP. Although I am writing this, these beliefs are the CHARACTERS beliefs and not mine.

Never Give In, Never Back Down
~Hailie