Empathy

02

Lamia's Pov

     I go to the bathroom once more to wash my face, it's the only way I can prevent the tears from falling. Once I was done, I head outside to see a girl looking at me with concern in her eyes. She has brown hair and small eyes, they barely show because of the small glasses that she's wearing. 

     "Are you okay?"

     I adjusted my hijab and responded, "No, it's just some mean guy."

    "Who?" 

     "Uh, some friend of Tyson- You know Tyson right?"

     "Yeah, is it his friend, Jake? The guy who hangs out with Tyson a lot?"

     "I don't know his name."

     "Oh okay-"

     She stops mid-sentence because of the bell ringing, she waves at me and runs the other way, indicating that she's already late for class. I sighed and headed for my next class. 

     I had math the next period which isn't fun but I can't complain, right? I made so many small paper airplanes that I don't know what to do with them anymore. I looked at all the paper airplanes that I made and I searched for the familiar face around the class. Once I found Tyson, I threw it at him and when he turned his head to my direction, I quickly looked at the teacher, and seemed like I paid attention the whole time.

     After math class, I headed for my next period but I bumped into that same girl from the bathroom earlier. "Oh- Hey!"

     "Hi! Are you still okay?"

     "Yeah, I'm fine-"

     "Where is she?! Where is that son of a-" Tyson's friend, whatever his name is, shouted angrily and stopped talking once he saw her, my friend. Oh no, what's happening?

     "You!" He came towards us. 

     I looked back at her to see her eyes widen, she pulled my arm and screamed, "Run!"

     We passed a crowded hall and ran down the stairs, I looked back to see him still following us, so I ran faster causing both of us to pick up our speed. I saw the playground, as hundred of children are playing in, and decided to hide under the slide. She started looking for him to see if he's still following us but he's no longer there.

     We stayed in the same spot for a few more seconds just in case he comes back, then got up to head to our class, since we were already late. As we were walking, we stumbled on each other when we saw him, he didn't see us just yet. We started backing away slowly, watching his every move, hoping he wouldn't see us.

     We turned around slowly and tip-toed back the other way. 

     "Hey!" We flinched, looked at each other, and ran together on cue.

     "Go, go, go!" I mumbled to encourage the both of us. 

     We went to the library, since we know he will definitely not go there, and covering our faces by hiding them behind the books that we're 'reading.'

     We decided to skip all our classes since it's just the first day, we couldn't have missed a lot, right? Well hopefully, since class can wait, at least we'll be in class alive tomorrow.

     I turned my head towards her and still managed to hide my face in case he comes in, "Why was he following you?"

     "Well, uh- I kind of, might have, somehow, put chewing gum in his hair."

     "What?"

     "And I also put up posters all around the school mentioning his name, location, and that he has herpes.."

     I couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Oh this is hilarious!"

     "Yeah, I couldn't let him win. Plus, I wanted to get him back for what he did to you."

     "Thank you." 

     "No problem."

     We hugged, still hiding our faces behind the books, and smiled at each other. "My name is Jayden, by the way."

     "I'm Lamia."

     We shook hands smirking to one another and continued with reading our books.

A/N: That's the end of chapter two! Tune in for more recent chapters to be published!

-Ayesha