Quiet

Chapter 1

Lola

I was already awake when my mom knocked on my door to let me know it was time to get ready for my first day of senior year. "Lola sweetie time to get ready for school" she said once she opened the door and stuck her head in I nodded my head letting her know I heard her. I seen the sadness and heartbreak in her eyes but I know he is still watching me he sends me things letting me know he hasn't gone anywhere and I'm afraid if I open my mouth everything about that horrible night will slip out and he'll kill me and my family I cant let that happen. My mom left the room as I got out of bed and went to the bathroom for a shower I could hear her talking to my dad and crying about me. I hated that I was doing this to them but it was to keep them safe. "But what did I do to make her hate me so much" my mom said sobbing and I couldn't take it so  I pulled out my razors and added another semi deep cut to my arm for hurting her like this. My arms and legs looked disgusting from all the cuts I've made but everytime I hear my mom or sisters crying because I stopped talking I add another one its how I cope. The more pain I caused my family the more I inflicted onto myself. After I was finished with everything in the bathroom and wrapping my arm I went back to my bed room grabbing a long sleeve black hooded shirt, black skinny jeans and my converse. I put my bracelets on my arms so no one could tell one of them was wrapped from cutting then grabbed my phone and bag before heading downstairs and out of the house without even waving goodbye to my family.

It took about ten minutes to walk to school and once I got there everyone stared as usual. I don't normally get bullied like most quiet kids and I wasn't sure why but I didn't have time to care cause everyone staring at me was to much to handle so I rushed inside to the office and got my schedule and locker number. The ladies at the office knew I didn't talk and they respected that even though the teachers didn't and I got a lot of detentions for it or being sent to the office because  I wouldn't answer a question. I got to my locker and put my things away before grabbing my headphones out of the pocket in my bag. "Hey freak how was your summer" I heard from behind me. Of course Michelle was the main and only one who ever fucked with me we use to be friends but once I shut down and shut everyone out she got pissed and started bullying me. "I spoke to you Lola now talk dammit" she said before pushing me to the side and slamming my locker shut. I looked away from her hurt by her actions she use to be a close friend now she hated me. Couldn't she see that something happened to me I wasn't doing this to be a bitch I was trying to keep the people I cared about safe. "Ugh" she said frustrated and walked away I watched her leave my heart breaking a little more as she went. I sighed and put my headphones in after plugging them into my phone. I then turned on my music hitting the shuffle and repeat buttons then headed to class. I had a very high IQ according to my therapist and I picked up on what the teachers were talking about very quickly so I very rarely paid attention in class and since today was the first day it would just be the same stupid stuff in every class. First hour was math with Mr. Cass so I headed to his class waving when he said hi and heading to the back of class. Soon it started to fill up one seat being left open next to me which I didn't mind. Mr. Cass started off by telling us something interesting about his summer and about fifteen mins into his story there was a knock at the door. "Yes Mrs. Klonck" he said to the principal as she walked in with a new kid following her. "This is Patty Walters he just moved here from england please make him feel welcomed" she said with her sweet smile as she patted his back and left the class "Well Mr. Walters I'm the math teacher Mr. Cass I was just finishing up a story if you'd like to take the last seat back there by Lola" he said catching my attention. When I looked up Patty was walking towards me and staring at me so I made sure both head phones were in then turned away.

Patty

The principal showed me to my math class and I haven't been to school in America in a while since I lived in Brighton for a long time. She introduced me to the math teacher Mr. Cass before leaving. "Well Mr. Walters I'm the math teacher Mr. Cass I was just finishing up a story if you'd like to take the last open seat back there by Lola" he said I looked to the back to see a gorgeous girl in all black with her hood up and wide shocked eyes. The rest of the class seemed shocked as well I wonder why. When I was almost to the seat she put her headphones in and turned away I wondered what that was about but I didn't push to find out. The teacher went on with whatever story he was telling as I pulled out my notebook and concentrated on the song I was currently working on. "Mr. Walters would you like to tell us a bit about yourself" said Mr. Cass catching me off guard. I closed my notebook and looked around the room before standing up "um I just moved here from England my mom got a job offer here and this is my senior year. I'm in a band and hope that it takes off once I finish school" I said before sitting back down. "If your from England why don't you have an accent" asked a girl from across the room looking at me suspiciously for some reason. "Because I was born in America and moved over there a while ago" I said opening my notebook back up. "So why are you back" she said and I huffed in annoyance. "I just said my mom got a good job offer why do you care. Why don't you mind your own damn business" I said frustrated that she was trying to pry into my life. She looked shocked but didn't say anything then I noticed she wasn't glaring at me she was looking past me I turned to see the girl sitting next to me looking at us curiously. After another ten minutes of the teacher explaining what we would do this year he let us talk the rest of class. "Hi I'm Patty" I said to the girl next to me but she didn't say anything I knew she could hear me cause one of her head phones were out. "Excuse me don't mess with her" said a tall guy from in front of me. I looked at him "I just introduced myself she's the one being rude and not talking" I said to him and he rolled his eyes. "God you really are new here. Lola hasn't spoken a word in two years to anyone not even her family and no one knows why" he said sadly. Hmm so Lola is her name. I'm sure the teacher said that but I got distracted by how cute she was I thought. The bell rang and Lola was out of her seat and out the door in seconds with the rude girl on her heels. "Shit" the guy in front of me said before rushing out so I rushed after him.

"Whats your problem Lola didn't like how I was talking to the new kid. Will you talk to him huh. I bet I know how I could get you to talk" I heard her yelling from here and picked up my pace. "Hey what the hell is your problem" I said stepping between them. "Excuse me you don't know her why the hell are you standing up for her" she almost screamed in my face. "Because its obvious that you're just a fucking bully and you're disgusting for that now back off and leave her alone" I said crossing my arms the guy from Math standing next to me and another girl next to him. I glanced back to see she was looking at all three of us shocked and not knowing what was going on. "Fine whatever you cant protect her unless she wants you to stay around and I know first hand she'll just drop you" said the bitch before walking away. The three of us turned to Lola "you ok" I said and she slowly nodded her head not taking her eyes off me and made the guy and girl beside me gasp. "You got a response from her she normally doesn't even do that. She shut everyone out" he said distracting me from her intense stare. I felt her quickly walk past me and hurry down the hall. "My names Duke I was friends with her before she shut us out this is my girlfriend Coraline Lola's younger sister" he said I waved at her holding my hand out for her to shake. "I'm Patty Walters" I said and she smiled. "She doesn't even acknowledged us. Your the first one besides my parents to get any kind of response out of her" she said smiling. "So if your her sister don't you know what happened to make her shut down" I asked and she shook her head no sadly as a tear ran down her cheek. "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry" I said worriedly she smiled weakly. "Its ok its not your fault. When he said no one knows he means no one not even her family. My mom cries every night because they use to be so close and now all she does is come to school and stay in her room she doesn't even join us for family dinners or anything anymore she refused to let us in for her birthday and never opened the gifts" she said as another tear escaped. "Well Patty let me see your schedual" said Duke so I handed it to him and he looked it over. "Looks like we have all the same classes lets get headed to next hour. I'll see you at lunch babe" he said to Coraline before kissing her softly. We headed to the next period which was science.