I called mom
Pulling up to school, still feeling like crap after yesterday and last night, I carefully looked around making sure I wouldn’t get hurt anymore before stepping out of my brothers car.
I could see the gang chatting at our usual place, but I didn’t have the heart to go over there and face them all again, especially since Chase hates me more than shit and Nick caught me making out with his cousin who he had spoken about me to. I sighed and walked into school making sure not to get caught by any of them.
“Sophie, why aren’t you talking with your gang?” I turned to see a girl in my math class coming towards me then enveloping me into a hug.
“Just didn’t feel like talking with them this morning” I had gotten up early and walked home from Jamie’s and left her and Sav a note explaining that I was already dead for sneaking out.
“Is it because you and Chase had that massive argument? He was in such a shit mood after you left”
“My fault, he was being a prick so I told him where to go fuck himself” she just laughed and then went to our own lockers. Sadly, I knew I couldn’t avoid the gang forever, especially where I’m sitting in history, its going to be a suicide mission trying to survive Chase and Nick hating me. I wonder what the others are thinking.
“Sophie, are you alright?” I stepped into class and Cal shot up and came to give me a hug. At least he’s still my friend. I saw Chase glaring at his friend from the corner of my eye but ignored it.
“I’m fine, just getting over all the drama”
“All the drama?”
“Yeah, I’ll text you the drama” I said before going to me seat and pulling out my phone and texting him all that happened.
I looked at him as he read it and his face was priceless. He looked up at me stunned, with a questioning look as if to ask ‘are you serious’ that I nodded back to.
‘Damn, you got better drama than a soap ;)’
He replied making me laugh a little to myself.
“Do you guys ever stop flirting?” I felt like all the happiness within me drained and I was left with that sour feeling when the person who annoys you most annoys you even more.
“Why do you keep bothering me if you hate me so much?”
“I’m not bothering you, it was a rhetorical question”
“It’s not my fault you’re attracted to me”
“Attracted? Who would be attracted to a brainless bitch like you? You are the ugliest thing on any planet” I couldn’t keep my cool anymore, so I turned and faced Chase and punched his face.
“Sophie Kay” Mr. Gerald bellowed, I know he’d seen everything that had just happened, but right now I didn’t care; Chase deserved it.
“Chill out, baldy, I’m leaving” I said grabbing my stuff and walking out his classroom. A smiled etched onto my face, I am shocked nobody had every mentioned his obvious wig to him before. He really wasn’t fooling anybody.
Walking down the empty corridors to my locker, I couldn’t help but look to the corner I first met the guys. Being out of history alone was just déjà vu to me. I hated the feeling where I feel like history’s repeating itself, it doesn’t always but for months I jumped in the shadows whenever I heard the slightest noise, scared of the same thing happening again. After a while, I realized it was getting too dangerous to go out alone so just stayed in an watched old episodes of ‘how I met your mother’.
“Alone at last” I heard someone say, I didn’t want to turn around, I could tell by the voice who it was and I knew that I was in deep shit. “I really don’t appreciate your little stunt at the party, I’m going to have to teach you a lesson for sure now” his breathe tickled my ear and I froze, his hands went to my shoulders, and then he ran them down my curves making me feel even more uncomfortable.
“Just piss off”
“I’m only making sure you’re okay, everybody has heard about your accident,” he paused, I had nothing to say but I mostly in fear that I’d say something that would give him the satisfaction to do anything. “Also, your argument with Chasey-boy means you are no longer his”
“I’m not anybody’s property”
“Shut it you slut” he growled in my ear. “You are mine”
“I couldn’t care less anymore,” I turned around and slapped his hands away in the process. “You’re so ugly you think I’d even let you force me to do anything? God, you really are desperate” I let out a cackle that made me seem like a witch.
“Don’t fight it, you want me and I’m only giving you an offer you can’t refuse”
“Oh man, if I had to see your face everyday, I’d gouge my eyeballs out” he looked like his fat ego got shrunk and I smiled in satisfaction.
“That wasn’t very nice, was it?”
“I have to say, you are really determined here; you just never give up!” I exclaimed, getting bored with the situation.
“You seem frustrated,” he said bringing his hand up to play with my hair, successfully creeping me out. “I know a way that helps relieve you of that stress”
“Killing yourself? I’m all for not encouraging suicide but you’re an exception” I winked and slammed my locker door shut before maneuvering around him.
“Where do you think your going, dear Sophie?”
“Away from you, dead Connor” I said sarcastically.
“You are really annoying me now, I will get you”
“In your dreams, Harrison, in your fucking dreams” I snapped shoving him in the chest. Something caught his eye and he lost the tough guy exterior. I turned to where he had looked and saw that one and only, the prick I hated…and punched. “This day keeps getting better and better” I muttered to myself, not caring that Connors eyes snapped to me and gave me a glare.
“Harrison”
“Lidel” they greeted each other. “Sophie and I were just having a lovely chat,” he slung his arm over my shoulder which I tried to shrug off but he clasped my shoulder to stop me.
“She doesn’t seem to be enjoying your presence at the moment, and I could hear you two bickering before I saw you”
“She is just hurt that I rejected her attraction to me” Connor said back at him, like I wasn’t even there.
“She is right here, and she isn’t enjoying this and she really hates this jerks presence”
“Jeez Soph, what is your problem today?”
“I preferred punching your face you know” I snapped, hating the pair of them beyond words and wanting out of this awkward encounter.
“Feisty,” Connor said in my ear, trying to sound seductive.
“Might want to watch the way you treat her,” Chase bit back, knowing by my face I was hating it.
“Can we go outside?” I asked, feeling my head pounding and my body heating up quickly.
“Or what? You going to save the girl who attacked you?”
“Need. Air” I breathed, dots scattering my vision.
“I don’t think you understand what I meant,” Chase started. “Get your fucking hands off her before I cut them off for you”
“Chill mate, she’s an ugly whore anyways. Why would I want your scraps?”
“Air,” I gasped weakly before my whole vision clouded and it went black.
* * * * *
I lazily opened my eyes, my head pounding still but my temperature not scolding my body.
“Sophie, are you okay?” I heard someone say, I turned my head but flung my hand up used my cold skim to try and ease the pain that happened from moving. “Don’t move, you’ll hurt yourself more”
“Thank you” I said politely. “Why are you here?” I asked trying not to sound rude.
“I heard what happened, I was worried but hated that it was Chase that helped you” I understood what he meant, his cousin might have accidentally let it slip that Nick kept going on about this new girl and how much he liked her. I knew he meant me, but I couldn’t turn around and say ‘haha that’s me’ could I?
“I’m not peachy about that either” I said.
“What even happened to you?” he asked with concern evident in his voice.
“I’m not sure, I just started feeling weird all of a sudden and then I black out”
“Why were you with Chase and Connor?” he asked, clearly pissed off at this.
“Connor was talking to me and then Chase came and I blacked out, I’m not really sure about what was happening”
“You scared us all”
“All?” I asked confused.
“Yeah, you know Jack, Callum, Reece, Jamie, Sav, Chloe and Mel”
“We have a big gang now don’t we?”
“Sure do” we laughed a little before the nurse came in.
“How are you feeling, dear?” she asked politely.
“Much better thanks, can I go?”
“Yes, but you’re going home. You need to rest some more”
“What do you think cause me to collapse?”
“Must just be all you’ve done since the crash, you haven’t been resting have you?”
“It’s really boring and hot and I need to be doing something!” I whined.
“If you don’t rest you’ll just add longer onto your recovery period, but it’s your choice” She put her hands up in surrender before leaving again.
“Do you know who’s taking me home?”
“You’re brother” I nodded and used Nick as support to get up and leave. I thanked him once I was in the car safely and then we drove home.
I jumped out the car and stumbled quickly into the house so I didn’t need to face the wrath of my brother.
“Why can’t you ever do what you’re told? Just once?” He shouted up to me as I retreated to my room.
“I did but look where that got me!” I shouted back, he knew it was true because everyday I knew he resented me for doing it.
Silence filled the room but my head was pounding and I couldn’t sleep. I knew music would help because that’s what its use to for calming me.
“The big big bang,
The reason I’m alive,
When all the stars collide,
In this universe inside,
The big big bang” I sang along to the tune, moving a little to the rhythm. I liked singing this song at parties because everyone enjoyed it and danced to it, even although it normally isn’t the average song you’d hear at a party like it.
I heard knock at the door so I ripped the earphones out my ears and cleared my throat before shouting for them to come in.
“You don’t sing unless you’re at a party or something is bothering you, tell me what’s up?” Jase said walking towards me and sitting on my bed next to me.
“You brought me hot chocolate?” I asked, more excited about the drink in his hands.
“It’s just the way you like it; but tell me your problems and its yours”
“Is that blackmail?”
“I prefer the term bribery” he said, making me laugh a little.
“Okay, I’ll tell you”
He nodded his head and handed me the drink before I started telling him about everything to do with Chase and Nick and how Connor keeps harassing me.
“So you locked him out on the balcony? Man you are totally my sister” he lifted his hand up for a high five; I just laughed at how immature the gesture was but still gave him a it anyway.
“Yeah, I thought that he’d take a hint. I mean nobody tries that hard to get away from anyone unless they really don’t want to be near them...but he just can’t see it” I looked down, feeling a little lighter from telling someone my problems, but I missed out big chunks like how I kissed Chase when he stayed, when he made me cry, the stranger I met at Starbucks and when I met him again we went to his, or even the fact that I made out with said stranger that turned out to be Nicks cousin. I also missed out Connor’s true intentions and said that he kept talking to me and trying to use old pick up lines.
“I know, but it’ll get better soon. I promise” He said. I noticed something was bothering him and it was annoying me because I didn’t know if I should ask or not. I couldn’t hold it though.
“What’s bothering you?”
“Finished with subject: Sophie now, are we?” he joked.
“Stop avoiding the question” I said, not amused by his childish tactics.
“I called mom about your accident” I felt like everything that I had just lost in weight came rushing back and weighed me further down than I was before.
“You did what?” I yelled at him. He looked startled but knew I’d react like this. I always did.
“I had to! What if she came back and found out from somebody else? That would make us all look incapable of looking after each other and she’d definitely take Grace away if she thought we weren’t doing good enough”
“She has no right! Grace is in our care she can’t just come and take her whenever it pleases her!” I yelled back, furious at the whole thing.
“She can though and we both know it! I mean you’re always out with friends, getting drunk out your face and doing god knows what with god knows who god knows where and I have work to go to and I keep having to take her next door; it was fine before you decided to act like a child again!”
“I’m not a fucking child! I’m acting my age, I always get told to act my age but when I do it’s not what anybody wants anymore! I’m 17 soon but I come home and I feel like I’m 27”
“And whose fault is that then, ay?”
“Shut up! Just shut up!” I yelled, tears streaming down my face. I ran out my room and grabbed my shoes and coat before running outside. I hated people seeing me crying but I couldn’t stay there any longer.
I started walking back to school to get Jase’ car, I would have to get it back to him before he leaves for work but I’m getting a new car out of insurance in the next few days. My phone rang a few times whilst I was walking, but I just let it ring out.
As I walked into the schools parking lot, I saw a guy smoking where the gangs usually hung out. Curious, I started walking to see who it was.
“Hello?” I asked, probably coming across as a stalker or something.
“What?” They snapped back turning to see who I was. “Sophie?”
“Chase? What are you smoking?”
“Nothing important, what are you doing here?”
“To get the car back, I needed space to think.” He nodded and silence was around us. “Why are you smoking alone?”
“So nobody asks for some” we laughed at this before I thought of something to add.
“Can I get some?” He looked a little shocked but laughed a little all the same. I finished smoking and I realized it wasn’t a cigarette. I decided against asking but he looked at me, smirking weirdly at me.
“Some what? That,” he motioned to the ground, “or me?”
“Umm…I ummm…err…”
“Whoa you actually want some of one?” I looked at the tree nearby and started thinking; do I want some of whatever he was smoking? Or do I think he’s smoking hot so I want some of him? “You have an adorable thinking face, especially when you are confused.” I turned and saw him getting ever closer, I wanted to move back but I didn’t want to at the same time. I wasn’t sure what to do. Should I stay or should I go?
“You think I have an adorable face?” I asked when he was standing right in front of me. I looked up at him a little to see into his eyes.
“You always have an adorable face” I saw his eyes were bloodshot, he was high.
“Are you going to remember any of this when you are normal again?”
“Yeah, I’m not out my face” he said, but I couldn’t help but scoff.
“Your eyes tell otherwise” it was awkward for a moment as we just stood staring into each others eyes. “Why were you smoking?” I asked breaking gaze and creating more space between us.
“I was just thinking about stuff and wanted to become carefree for a while”
“I get that, so I drink” I admitted, then feeling like I’d told him the worst I had to fix it. “I mean I’m not an alcohol, I’m as much of an alcoholic as you are addicted to drugs. I’ve not seen you high before and I’ve known you a while now”
“I know, don’t fret. I get it” he smiled at me, and it felt like we found something in common; we both ran away from our problems and did something stupid to forget for a while.
“Need a ride? I doubt you were planning on going back in there when you’re looking stoned beyond belief and I’m not letting you drive like that either”
“Sure, show me the car” I gave him a weird look, not finding what he said funny even although he smiled a little like it should have been. Once we got to the car I drove us back to mine before we hopped out.
“Want to go somewhere? I’m only returning the car so he can go to work”
“Sure, my place?”
“Do you still remember where that is?” I joked knowing he would. He chuckled at this and we started walking around different streets until we got to his house. We stood on his porch as he unlocked the door for us, it was silent until he spoke.
“You’re running away from your problems at home” he said, stating a fact rather than asking. I didn’t say anything, I couldn’t. I wanted to tell him he was wrong but, what happens when everyone finds out and he realizes I was lying all that time? My silence spoke enough for him to understand. “Thought so,” he opened the door for us and motioned for me to go in first.
“Guys only let girls go first so they can watch her ass” I said turning and seeing his eyes where I thought they would be.
“And?” I shrugged.
“From the person who is the ugliest thing on the planet, you sure do like checking me out don’t you?” I teased, we both knew it was true and there was no denying it.
“What can I say? Just wanted to see if your ego would go down a little”
“I tried that with you too” I said, then realizing I sounded weird and like a 13 year old I just laughed, making him laugh as well.
“Anyways,” he said as we walked up the stairs and towards a door. “Welcome to my palace” he said.
Heeey guys,
Sorry about the long wait. I've been really busy with stuff at home and starting work.
This chapter isn't the best, and I know that.
But I hope you enjoyed it.
Comment or Vote :)
Love you xx