Fragile

Ch.|3

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"I... I'm fine, get the hell away from me." I say, pushing him away from me, I get up, limping away. "Loren, you ok?!" Ariel says, putting her arm around my shoulder. "My knee hurts, Ari." I say, crying. "Hey, hey you'll be ok!" She says, smiling.

We reach the girls bathroom, and Ariel grabs the paper towel, putting some water on it. She dabs the wet paper towel on my knee. "FUCK!" I say and she sighs, unwrapping the wrapper off of the band-aid. Yes, she always has band-aids, just in case.

She picks me up. You see? This is what best friends are for. "Ready for P.E?" She says, chuckling. "Can't wait to kick some ass. Aka, Lacey." I say, grinning. She lets go of me and we go into the dressing rooms we have for p.e. I change into a white shirt and tight black spandex.

I put on my black Nikes and walk out. "Loren, hey!" My friend Callie says. "Hey Callie." I say, smiling. We end up stretching. "So, how are you, L." Callie says. "Um, well I don't know anymore." I fake smile and she gets up from stretching. She picks me up, hugging me.

She smiles. "I love you, friend." She says. "LUH you too!" I say. She lets go of me and we run a lap, but I just limp the whole way. Everyone goes to the volleyball courts and the coach picks out teams: Bulldogs 1: Loren, Ariel, Mark, Kylie, Naomi, Stephanie, and Kyle.

Mark is on my team. NO. "Umm sir, can you switch out Mark for the other team?" I say, sighing. "Uh excuse me?" The coach, Mr. Duncan says. "Oh umm never mind.." I say. Bulldogs 2: Lacey, Taylor, Ben, Haley, Hannah, Landon, and Zach. I stare at Zach, "Whose that?" I say to Ariel.

"Oh, he's also social media famous." Ariel says, smiling. "Oh cool.." We all get in our volleyball standing positions. I feel someone grabbing my ass, I look over to see it was Kyle. My hand slaps across his face, leaving a huge red mark. He hisses in pain and I smile.
"Do it again asshole, see what happens." I say, getting back into the position.

"Goddamn girl, slay." I hear Zach say, and I smirk. I have to serve the ball first, I grab it, bouncing it three times. I slide my hand under the ball, and the other on top. I throw it up hitting it hard. "OWW!" I hear Lacey say, and I smirk. "Oops.." I say.

At Science Class :)
"Okay kids, so today I'll be assigning a project, due next Thursday, since today's Friday. You can work on it this weekend. I'll be saying the partners." My teacher Mrs.Winsley says. "Lacey and Naomi, Stephanie and Kyle, Ariel and Hannah, Landon and Haley, Ben and Taylor, Kylie and Callie, Zach and Stacy, oh and Mark and Loren." She says.

"Shit..." I whisper into Stephanie's ear and I see Mark walking over here. "My house or yours?" He says, smiling. "Umm, listen up. Do anything stupid, I will wreck you, and my house." I say, "Oh, sounds dirty." He winks and I slap him barely hard. "I'm kidding chill!!" Mark says, still smiling.

After School
I walk into my house, throwing my backpack on the floor, taking my shoes off. I then see a note:
Hey sweetie, I went to go get groceries, promise you won't harm yourself baby girl. I'll be gone for a couple hours. I love you, oh and I took Kylie to daycare.
           ~mama

I hear a knock at the door. I crumple up the paper walking over to open the door. "He!-" Mark says as I slam the door on his face. Oh right.. I open it. "Sorry." I say. "It's alright." He says, politely. "Ok, so we can go to the living room to do this dumbass project." I say, and he laughs. "Alright."

We sit down on the floor. As we are about thirty minutes into the project, Mark opens his mouth to say something. "Why don't you like me?" He says, sighing. I shrug staring at him. "Okay, listen. That's not the reason. I used to be severely bullied when I was a bit younger. I still do get bullied, but not as much. But then a few years later, I kept losing friends. I gave up on friends for a long time. But then Ariel came along so yeah. I trust her one hundred percent, but barely anyone else. Since I just met you, I went to know you longer." I say staring into his beautiful eyes.

"Do you know how gorgeous you are?" He says, leaning in as I smirk. Our lips connect and move in sync. I feel sparks going up and down my body. His hands roam up and down my back. He smiles into the kiss. I end up laying down on the wool carpet, as Mark is on top of me. He smirks. He then connects our lips back together as I put my hands into his hair. He kisses me roughly.

"Hon, I'm home!" I hear my mom say. "Oh shit." I say to Mark, sitting up, fixing myself. "What the fuck just happened, I don't even want to be near you. Leave my house, bastard." I say, my eyes stinging. "What the fuck is even wrong with you. Why the hell are you such a bitch?" He says, crying. "DON'T EVER FUCKING CALL ME A BITCH EVER AGAIN." I yell, and my mom runs into the run.

"Baby girl, what happened?!" She says. "Nothing.." I say. "I'm sorry, Loren." Mark says. "Just leave." I say, and he grabs his backpack, running out. I stare at him. All of a sudden I want his lips on mine again. I stare at the ground. "I'm going to go pick up Kylie, sweetheart." My mom says and I look at her. "Alright." I sit back down to finish the project.

All I could think about was that I wanted him on me, again..

honestly, this book is supposed to be fucked up ;).

—bye babes
       —J