Turning Away Warm Bodies

Chapter Nine: Survival of the Fittest

[Jamie Sunnet]

  It's that amazing feeling of invinsibility, the rush of knowing that your'e as great as it gets and no one can push you down. It's the raw sense of power that runs through your veins, knowing that everyone looks up to you, on top of the world, running with the best of them. It's the wonderful delight that runs through ever ince of you, the beautiful truth that you are who everyone wants and thrives to be. Then that one bitch comes along and ruins everything, tramples you over and eats you alive.

  I swear, I will kill Renee Lamia with my own two hands!

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  "Cameron!" I yell back at him, my voice high. "Get back here!" I demand, my face red with both anger and disbelief.

  But he doesn't respond, just keeps walking forward, not even looking back at me.

  "Cameron!" I yell even louder, tears welling up in my eyes. "Dammit!" I curse when I finally realize hee's not coming back. "Dimmit dammit dammit!!" I throw my bag across the hallway in anger, tears streaming down my face. "This can't be happening, this can't... Nobody just dumps Jamie Sunnet, Jamie Sunnet dumps you!" I scream in utter rage.

  Then at the end of the hall, I see Renee, her eyes taunting me, her smile mocking, as if laughing at my misery.

  My hands become fists as I struggle to fight the urge to kick her head straight through Hell and back, but I know it's what she wants, she wants me to attack her when I'm weak, that way she'll have a sure fire chance of winning. But I'm smarter than that, I'll strike when I'm strong and she's weak. Yes, that's exactly what I'll do, be patient and wait to kill my prey.

  This is survival of the fittest, and I'll be sure not to fall to the eyes of this demon.

  My plan thought out, I grab my bag and throw it over my shoulder, making my way out of the school and down the street.

~

  A few days have passed since I made my plan. I let day by day pass to keep her wondering when I'll strike. Today is the day. Today I'll end Renee with my own bare hands. That'll show Cameron just how strong I really am!

~

  The ache of waiting for the school day to pass was like a dagger to my heart. All I wanted to do today was show that bitch some pay back. Sitting in these damn classes won't get me any closer to what I lust for; a huge waste of my time.

  But I pulled through, I had to. With ever hour that passed, the anger burned brighter inside of me and the rage grew, as if powering me up for what was soon to come.

  Eventually, the final bell rang and the growing devil inside of me surfaced to my skin, the rage ready to set a wild fire.

  But my whole world seemed to crumble before me as I caught a glimpse of Cameron talking to Rose. Fucking Rose Amalia. The fire quickly extinguished, I fled to the girls bathroom, struggling to swallow down my petty sobs or repentance.

~

  The fire blazing once again, I storm out of the cave and out into the open.

  But I'm distracted once again when I see Angela in tears on the stairs. I sigh heavily. No matter how bad I want to end Renee, helping Angela when she's down in the dumps takes much higher priority. She's the one person who not even I can withstand to see sad.

  "Hey, you okay?" I work my way over to the stairs, sitting down beside her.

  "Yeah, I'm perfectly fine!" she smiles brightly, doing all she can to hide the slight quiver in her voice.