TW:DOMESTIC VIOLENCE x
Lana's first lesson was biology, and she was sat next to Riz.
-" the distance between a oxygen molecule being taken in..." the new Scottish physics teacher droned on.
"This is boring" Riz said plainly, attempting to make conversation with Lana. After the situation in the classroom after her fight with Alya, the pair hadn't spoken since.
"That it is" Lana deadpanned, staring forwards.
"Look Lana i'm sorry, i shouldn't of butted into your personal life, what can i do to get you to forgive me?"
A small smirk spread across her face, just as she was about to respond, Cory interrupted.
"Oi, give us your sisters number"
"You what? you've been with every girl in the whole school, why would he give you his sister's number" Amin questioned, causing Lana to cringe at how true the statement was, and how she'd been one of those girls.
"Look i'm not racist man, we've been integrated, a new frontier eh?" Cory muttered.
Lana analysed Riz deeply. She could tell he didn't want to give Cory his sisters number, however under the horrible thing that is peer pressure, he shamefully gave in, handing his phone over to Cory.
"-so in larger organisms.." Miss carried on, causing a uproar of laughter and Josh making OTT orgasm sounds. Also earning a chuckle from Lana, causing Riz to look at her with a large smirk across his face.
"Shove off you idiot" Lana laughed as she pushed his arm roughly.
"- and you two, can you save the flirting for after the lesson?" Miss pointed out Riz and Lana making her way over, causing a deep blush to rise on Lana's cheeks, but what happened next surprised her even more.
"Oh please Miss, i don't know if i can wait" Riz grinned as he threw an arm around Lana, pulling her towards him.
Despite the fact she was greatly confused and uneasy, something about it felt extremely right.
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That evening, Lana found herself at Mrs Piracha's house, squeezed in-between Razia and Grandma.
Missy and Nas had been at it for what felt like hours, bickering back, forth, back, forth, but Lana's mind was elsewhere. She couldn't stop thinking about Riz's gesture in physics. What did it mean? Did it mean she he liked her? Did he actually want to flirt with her? Did her constant thinking about the whole situation mean she liked him? However, Lana was snapped back to reality when Missy stood up.
"You are no friend of mine" Missy screamed, pointing in Nas' direction. Mrs Piracha instantly pushed Missy down to her chair,
"Enough! get up, you, you, you out! they want to kill eachother? let them!" Mrs Piracha yelled.
"fine! but it's much easier to be friends again hm?" Mrs Piracha said a bit more gently, and with that she left, but not before turning to Lana, "I hope you can knock some sense into the bloody both of them."
This caused Lana to laugh slightly at her comment and seeing her simply give up with the girls silly behaviour.
"I don't know why your laughing" Nas snarled towards Lana.
"Excuse me?"
"What you did to Alya, that was disgusting you know that?"
"After what i did to Alya? do you know what she said about Simone? Well of course you do Nas, seeing as you follow her around like a lost puppy half the time."
Before Nas could say a word, Lana interrupted again as she got in Nas' face , "I'm done with this, you can sort out your own fucking problems for all i care" and with that she was out the door.
Lana walked home as quick as she could, her arms wrapped tightly around herself and tears spilling from her eyes. Unluckily for her, it was also pouring with rain.
As Lana entered her home, she was instantly faced with her mother, as if she had been waiting for her.
In the shadow of a glance, Tracy grabbed a handful of Lana's hair and dragged her towards the kitchen.
"Mom? what are you doing" Lana cried as she attempted to pry her mother's hands off her.
"Late again?" her mother let go of her hair.
"Late? you want to talk about being late?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Hm well i have a lot i could fucking say? your constantly late! going out 24/7 getting completely and utterly hammered, having sex with random men? maybe you should actually try being a mother for once instead of blaming everyone else for your miserable life!" With that Tracy landed a sharp slap across Lana's face. But it didn't end there.
She then threw her to the ground, and began kicking her in every available place. Her arms, her back, her legs and her face.
All that could be heard were sharp thuds and Lana's whimpers. After a few minutes, Tracy gave up and left.
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Lana didn't leave her place on the floor in the kitchen all evening and all night. Until a loud knock sounded at the door at 8am the next morning.
As Lana pulled herself up to answer it, she cringed deeply at her aching body, she slipped through the corridor as her legs shook. She sheepishly opened the door, but relaxed slightly at the sight of Jordan.
Jordan's heart dropped at the sight of her, a million questions fogged his brain.
"Lana what the fuck happened too you?" he asked worriedly.
"My, my mum" she whispered with shaky breaths, before completely breaking down. Jordan rushed towards her and held her as she cried.
"Are you coming to school?" he whispered into her hair.
"I need too, they'll call her otherwise."
Lana spent half an hour showering, doing her makeup and getting dressed into her uniform. She had attempted to cover up her bruises on her face with makeup, but it didn't do much justice to the one on her cheek.
"You ready?" Jordan called.
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Lana's first lesson of the day was physics. Although she should be looking forward to it, she was dreading it. She couldn't let anyone see the bruises so she wore a hoodie with the hood up underneath her blazer.
"Hey" Riz smiled at her, nudging her arm slightly, causing Lana to jump at the gesture.
"Woah, what's up with you?" Lana just hummed in reponse.
"Lana speak to me" this time he reached for her arm.
"Fuck sake it's fine Riz!" Lana snapped a little louder then she meant too, catching the teachers attention.
"Everything okay over here?" she asked coldy, "and for christ sake Lana take off your hood!"
But when Lana didn't move, people began to look over.
Miss reached out for the hood on her hoodie, causing Lana to jump off her seat, revealing her bruised face too everyone.
"Lana!" Missy gasped, "what happened too you?" those words alone caused Lana to flee the room and down the corridor.
Despite watching Missy began to pack her bag to follow the girl, Riz got up and ran out the door in a panic, ignoring the teachers calls.
"Lana? Lana?" he called out through the corridors. After a couple of minutes of searching, he found her leant against a locker, hyperventilating.
He instantly sunk down next to her, pulling her into him, hushing her lightly as she sobbed. He had learnt not to question the girl, just help her as he could, playing with her hair and holding her tightly.
After five minutes, Lana calmed down and lifted her head up to face him.
"Who did this too you Lana?" Riz whispered, feeling an overload of sympathy towards the girl he'd learnt to care for so much.
Silence.
"Lana, who did this too you?"
All of a sudden, Jordan raced around the corner to the pair sat against the lockers.
"Her mum, it was her mum"