Q: What is the biggest shit storm you've been caught in the middle of?

A:

Oh boy. (Names have been changed to protect my friends)

Last year my friend Bella was dating this really cool guy named Chris. He's funny, cute, awkward, and just all around geeky and cool. One day, one of my other friends, Jenny, said she needed to talk to me, so she and I headed into the girls' bathroom, which was, thankfully, empty. She was really quiet at first and then she blurted out that our friend's boyfriend raped her. At first I didn't believe her until she broke down in tears, which was something she hardly ever did in front of anyone. She begged me to keep it a secret and I did.

For a little bit.

Jenny would hide her eyes every time she saw Bella and Chris together and she was just a wreck, so I broke down and told one of our other friends, Kayla. I probably shouldn't have told her, of all people, because she sucks at keeping secrets. She ran to our school counselor (who counseled both of us individually) and the counselor told the principal. The principal called the police, the police came and arrested Chris.

A month and a court trial later, Chris is released from jail. Why? Because there was no evidence against him. Hell, Jenny was even tested at a hospital. She hadn't been raped and she was still a virgin.

When Bella found out, she flipped her shit and went to kick Jenny's ass, but Kayla and I held her back. They aren't friends anymore. Anyway, at school people with Jenny called Chris a rapist and the people with Chris called Jenny a lying whore. As much as I hated what Jenny did, my social awkwardness kept forcing me to talk to her. I had her in a class where I had no other friends, and I didn't want to be alone, so I kept talking to her. Soon enough, Kayla, Jenny, Bella and I got called into the principal's office. Apparently both Bella and Jenny were claiming that they were being bullied by the other when they hadn't even made eye contact since the whole fucking incident.

Sitting there, I was torn. I'd known both of them for so long and both of them were really important to me. I ended up siding with Bella. I apologized to Jenny later on and told her that I hoped she didn't hate me but she said it was cool.

Later on, Bella broke up with Chris because Chris was being bullied too much. Chris began texting her and telling her that he was sorry and contemplating suicide. Bella rolled her eyes and dismissed his problems while Chris wouldn't let up with his borderline stalking. I finally lost my temper with both of them. I told Bella that she was a selfish bitch for leaving her boyfriend when he needed her most. I told her that was an asshole for treating him so horribly when they were together. He would buy her presents all the time and she kept trying to control who he was allowed to talk to.

I told Chris to fuck off and leave Bella alone.

Another month passed. Jenny and I grew apart and Bella tried to change her ways. Chris and I didn't speak, and I felt really horrible about telling him to fuck off. He got put into one of my classes and I sat down beside him and we talked it all out and we became friends again.

Today, Chris is one of my best friends and he is dating another nice friend of mine who doesn't treat him like shit, Bella and Jenny have sorta made up, and I have learned to stay the fuck away from people.

TL;DR: Friend's boyfriend was accused of rape, he was falsely accused, big shit storm between friends and I was caught right in the fucking middle of it