𝐔𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝙎𝙊𝙎𝙎 𝙊𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙨

S1 EP:3 The Blood of Betrayal

"Juju!" Harper said, awkwardly

"What are you doing here," Harper said, raising an eyebrow

"Harper, I demand my boyfriend back," Juju said, in a serious tone

Harper had a confused look on her face

"I have a proclamation" Juju started

"A proclama-"

"I'll stop terrorizing Griffin. Only if you do me one favor"

Harper made a confused face

"Leave, and never come back," Juju said sternly

"Why?" Harper asked, kinda freaked out

"Because he was mine, before you" Juju spoke, getting closer to Harper

"Griffin never even liked you" Harper stated

Juju became agitated and took hold of Harper's wrist, applying pressure that resulted in a bruise.

JUJU, STOP,!" Harper said, trying to release her hand from JuJu's grip

"You know you have a lot of nerve to say that," Juju said, squeezing tighter

Harper winced

Juju firmly stated, "He's mine, Harper," before releasing her wrist. The impact caused Harper to collide with the lockers.

"You have a week" Juju declared as Harper held her wrist, biting her lip, trying not to cry

"And if you're still with him-," Juju remarked, placing her hand on the door of Harper's locker

Juju declared sternly, "It will be the last thing you ever do," as she shut the locker door, striking Harper in the face, partially at her nose.

Harper screamed as the door collided with her, causing her hand to fly up to her nose. She withdrew it, though, only to find it covered in blood. Juju snickered before leaving Harper in the locker room, alone with a bloody scene. When Juju returned to the gymnasium, it was evident that she had been away for an extended period of time. Everyone had shifted their activities and were now doing exercises around the area. She went over to Coach Waylon and reported her "activities."

"She's coming. She just was going to the bathroom" Juju said, trying to sound as honest as possible

"Oh, ok?" Coach Waylon said, a little suspiciously over Juju

"Wait... What's on your shirt" Coach Waylon said, pointing to the unfamiliar liquid on it

Juju looked down at her shirt, only to see spots of redness on it. She knew exactly where they were from.

"Um... I had a slushie?" Juju said, trying to cover up for her actions

"Mhm," Coach Waylon said, nodding slowly

Juju chuckled before walking over to an exercise station. She obviously found and went to the one Griffin was at, along with her friend Destiny.

"Hey," Juju said, to both Destiny and Griffin

"Where's Harper?" Griffin asked in a panic

"Relax, she is just going to the bathroom"

"For like 25 minutes?" Griffin questioned 

"Yeah?" Juju said, unwisely

"There's no way," Griffin said, as he walked away from the station. Without even bothering to tell anyone, he walked out the gym doors, heading to the locker rooms

"Did you do something to Harper?" Destiny asked her friend, knowing how she thinks

"Let's just say I set her straight," Juju said, with a smug smile

Destiny rolled her eyes

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Griffin speed-walked to the girl's locker room. He hesitated for a moment, before opening the door.

"Harper?" Griffin said as he walked in

Griffin promptly witnessed Harper clasping her nostrils, as she wept tears of sorrow. Harper's hands were stained with blood and her shirt was drenched.

"Babe!" Griffin said, wasting no time in coming over to her

"What happened?" Griffin asked, deciding where to place his hands to help his girlfriend.

"My nose" Harper mumbled out through sobs

Griffin swiftly substituted his hands for Harper's, firmly compressing the top of her nose in an attempt to halt the bleeding. Upon freeing her hands, Harper promptly clutched her wrist and 

Griffin took note.

"Griffin asked concernedly, 'What's wrong with your wrist?' Harper merely shook her head as tears streamed down her face. 

He tenderly placed his hand over hers and asked, 'Can you please move your hand?' She shook her head rapidly in response and Griffin begged, "Please, Baby?" 

 Her sobs only grew louder. He said reassuringly, "I'm only gonna take a peek at it, Lovey." 

 Weakly, Harper replied, "No". Despite this opposition, Griffin moved her hand away to reveal a large bruise on her wrist. 

"Oh my god," Griffin said, as he gently held her wrist

"It... h..hurts...so...bad" Harper whispered

"Griffin stated, "We need to take you to the nurse," as he adjusted their position. His left hand still gripping Harper's nose, the two of them walked out of the locker room and into the gym. The moment they stepped into the gymnasium, all eyes were on them with people inquiring 

about what had happened?

"Can I take her to the nurse?" Griffin asked in a hurry, ignoring all the comments from the other kids

"Yes, Yes go!" Coach Waylon said rapidly as she saw all the blood, and wounds.

Griffin and Harper walked out of the gym, to the nurse

"It's gonna be ok, My queen," Griffin said as they walked. Harper still sobbing a little

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"ALRIGHT EVERYONE BACK TO YOUR SEATS" Coach Waylon yelled, before blowing his whistle

The whole Athletics class was trying to process what they just saw. It was traumatizing

"Now I know you didn't do that," Destiny said to Juju, as everyone went to their role call spots

Juju just chuckled, before walking over to her role-call spot.

Destiny sighed

It was a short while of everyone sitting at their role call spots, just waiting and watching. Many replay the moment in their brains.

Just then one of the office aids walked in

"Hi?" The office aid said, walking over to Coach Waylon

"Hey," Coach Waylon said

"Was Harper Dunn here?"

"Yeah" Coach Waylon answered

"Ok, can we get her stuff?" The office aid asked

"Yeah," Coach Waylon said, guiding the office aid, toward her backpack

"Is she ok?" Coach Waylon asked as the office aid grabbed Harper's backpack and water bottle

"I mean... no"

"Her wrist is really bruised, and her nose is gushing bleeding. Like it won't stop," The office aid said

Juju smirked