Quote of the Week: You do you and I'll do me and we're not gonna do each other.

Story- Part 9 ~ END

"Why don't you say hello to my real friends?" said Rhoda. A new set of villains stepped out from where they had been hiding in the darkness. The ones she had defeated got up again as if they had just been playing dead. They took off their jackets and Marisa was almost not surprised to see the initials D.H. on the front of all their shirts. Almost. She had only one question for Rhoda.
"Why?"
"Because these are the only people who accepted me," Rhoda answered.
"You could've joined Meridan's. We would have accepted you."
"Maybe you and all your friends are okay with loving yourselves and being hated by society, but I can't do that. I can't be an outcast everyday of my life and still smile."
"What about that stuff you said earlier about being strong? Were those words meaningless?"
Rhoda smiled sadly. "Marisa," she said, "when did I ever say I was strong?"
"These guys are obviously just using you."
"Shut up!" Rhoda screamed. The members of D.H. started moving forward. They drew their weapons and began to surround the injured Marisa.
But, they had only taken a few steps when the windows around the room shattered and the front door burst open. Into the room came a stream of students from Meridan's. They attacked mercilessly, taking their enemies by surprise.
"We were followed?!", Rhoda exclaimed.
"Did you think we'd trust anyone who who came and claimed they wanted to help us?" Marisa answered. Rhoda just stood, shocked, as the D.H. were overpowered and defeated around her. Outside the sounds of sirens could be heard as the police arrived. As the first members of D.H. were taken away, Marisa's friends came over to help her get up.
"Rhoda," she said. "I think you may have focused too much on the little things, like who accepted you, and not enough on the big things, like actually being accepted by anyone." The police came over to restrain Rhoda. She struggled, but they were too strong. She was soon subdued.
"Maybe you'll find a balance someday," Marisa said to her as Rhoda was taken away.
Marisa felt the necklace around her neck and knew that she had found a balance for herself. She would no longer let the small or the big things hold her back and because of that she'd be able to do what Rhoda couldn't do. Move forward.
The End

~ Well, that was my story. Hope you enjoyed. :)
Any feedback is welcome. If you thought it was good, bad, confusing, etc, either way I'd like to know what people think.
I haven't written stories in a while but I think I'll start again.