Trigger Warning: the following chapter has some things some people may find disturbing. Please read at your own discretion.
Nicole
I was lost. It seemed like Blake was avoiding me, but that would be crazy. Considering how much he bothered me to even start talking to me. I didn't understand what I did or if I even did anything at all.
Last I remembered, we were good. Now it felt like we weren't.
Frustrated with my overthinking—something I'd been doing for the past week—I shook my head and tried to focus to whatever the professor was saying. I missed out on the first twenty minutes of the class all because I was thinking about that blue-eyed jerk.
He could crash his car for all I cared now. I was done letting him come between me and my degree. If he wanted to avoid me then fine, he wouldn't even have to see me anymore.
It felt like I was begging a wall to stay with me during the Halloween party. So I stayed sitting there as he walked away from me anyway. All I wanted to do was have some sort of company. He acted as if I was begging him to jump off a cliff or something that was threatening his life.
Despite not wanting to think about him anymore, that was all I did until the class ended and I watched everyone exiting the room. I huffed in frustration, hating that I had to ask someone for their notes of the lesson.
I hoped wherever Blake was he was choking on a dick. A musty one. One that smelled like piss.
As I was walking to my room, I noticed a group of guys huddled by the door. I slowed my steps, wondering what the hell they were doing so close to where I had to go into. They were talking and laughing and just being friends and that wasn't a crime, but I didn't get why they had to be there.
A bit hesitant, I continued to near them. They kept talking and laughing as I got closer and closer. When I finally stood in front of them, they all turned their focus on me and I forced a smile. "Sorry, I just gotta get inside."
"Oh, shit, my bad," the one right in front of the door chuckled as he stepped aside, letting me scan my key card to get into the room.
With one last forced smile in their direction, I pushed the door open and walked inside. Except that when I went to close the door behind me, they forced their way in. Before I could even question them or scream, the one that was standing in front of the door wrapped a hand over my mouth. "Don't try anything stupid."
Tears pricked and welled in my eyes as my chest felt like it was constricted. I was hyperventilating under his hand and was finding it hard to get enough oxygen into my system.
The last one walked through the door and let the door shut behind him. I was now stuck alone with them. And considering Blake was avoiding me, I doubted he'd be able to come to my rescue.
What the fuck did I do to get in this position? Why me?
My eyes bounced between all of them as they smirked at me, looking at me from head to toe. Oh, god.
Shutting my eyes tightly, the tears spilled down my cheeks as I still tried to breathe with his hand in the way. It smelled like he was working with car chemicals, and it was only making it harder for me to breathe.
"If you promise not to scream, I can let you breathe." Needing that badly, I immediately nodded my head at him, begging him with my eyes. "You know how stupid it would be if you tried anything, right?" I nodded again. "Okay."
He pulled his hand away from me and I choked out a sob as I backed away from him as much as I could. The back of my thighs bumped into my bed and I climbed up on it. Pushing my back against the wall, I hugged my legs and looked at all of them. My lip was quivering as I said, "Why are you doing this?"
