As Jenna waited for Kai to return home she couldn't shake the horrible feeling that something was wrong. If he was only going there to make demands, why had he been gone so long?She sat on her bed with the curtains open. Every time someone walked down the street in front of the house she jumped up and peered out, hoping it would be Kai.A young lad stared up at her as if she was a peeping tom, frowned and waved. On instinct, Jenna waved back. Maybe it was one of the neighbours, who knew?She tried to concentrate on her homework, but it was just too boring to keep her attention for long.The crusades, Shakespeare, The carbon cycle...'Why do we have to commit so much pointless crap to memory?' she wondered. Her life goal was to forget as much of this rubbish as possible.Her only interest was art and design. Maths wasn't so bad either.But the other subjects felt like they were just a waste of time.She sat there, mind wandering, tapping her pen on the blank paper until Kai finally ap
Kai stared at the envelope of drawings for a moment before stuffing them into his bag. He couldn't figure out Jacob's motives. The only thing that made sense was to him was that Jacob was trying to steal yet another girl away from him. For whatever reason, Jacob always seemed to like the same girls as Kai, but once he had them, he'd rip their hearts to pieces.'Well I'm not letting you do it again,' Kai thought. Bullying Jacob was no longer entertaining or satisfying anyway. He decided he'd find someone else to pick on. It wasn't as if he got off on bullying them. But if he didn't fulfil the role of biggest, baddest bully... who even was he? Just a nobody?Being so widely feared and revered gave him a sense of worth that was hard to get elsewhere. "What are you dreaming about?" Char asked, staring at him as usual. He flashed her his usual angry look--that look that said 'fuck off and die you nosy bitch.'"Grumpy," she teased, punching him lightly on the arm. The same arm that had
The scene in the toilet stall wasn't a violent one. Nevertheless, she wouldn't want to be in Gordon's position. Kai had him kneeling in a ball on the urine-covered floor and was using him as a footstool as he sat upon the toilet, reclining with a cigarette in his mouth. Jenna had come to learn that Kai was not addicted to smoking—just a casual smoker who would light up when stressed.She watched as Kai flicked ash in the face of his captive. "I mean, you are so much smarter than me right, Mr Brainbox? So you explain it to me.""E—erm, well, I, uh, I don't—" Gordon stammered.Kai lifted his foot and stomped it into the lad's side before placing it back down on his back."If you aren't going to be helpful, I'll just beat you instead," Kai warned."I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Gordon cried. "Erm, I guess... from what you told me... I'd say Jacob is trying to protect Jenna."Jenna frowned. Kai was getting advice from this guy... and about the Jacob situation? 'He... he cares,' she thought.
The scene in the toilet stall wasn't a violent one. Nevertheless, she wouldn't want to be in Gordon's position. Kai had him kneeling in a ball on the urine-covered floor and was using him as a footstool as he sat upon the toilet, reclining with a cigarette in his mouth. Jenna had come to learn that Kai was not addicted to smoking—just a casual smoker who would light up when stressed.She watched as Kai flicked ash in the face of his captive. "I mean, you are so much smarter than me right, Mr Brainbox? So you explain it to me.""E—erm, well, I, uh, I don't—" Gordon stammered.Kai lifted his foot and stomped it into the lad's side before placing it back down on his back."If you aren't going to be helpful, I'll just beat you instead," Kai warned."I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Gordon cried. "Erm, I guess... from what you told me... I'd say Jacob is trying to protect Jenna."Jenna frowned. Kai was getting advice from this guy... and about the Jacob situation? 'He... he cares,' she thought.
The punishment was all Jenna could think about. From that moment in the bathroom right up until they returned home. She wondered when he would do it. Would he make her wait to build up the suspense?When she saw Charlene sitting on the doorstep, Jenna figured it was going to have to wait.'Or not,' she thought as Kai swanned past the girl without acknowledging her existence.As Jenna followed Kai inside, she went to close the door behind her, but Charlene jammed it with her foot."Do you mind?" she sneered at Jenna."I'd just go home if I were you," she warned the girl. Somehow, she knew this wasn't going to go the way Charlene was hoping. She was saying it to help, not to be cruel.Still, Charlene took it the wrong way."Do you know how to mind your own business? she asked, scowling.Jenna, no longer caring, took a step back and let her walk towards Kai's in the living room. After lingering in the hallway, she couldn’t help but become a peeping tom once again.She tried not to make a
Gordon was halfway through a game with his online friends when Charlene from school walked into the internet cafe. He'd never seen her there before in all his years of hanging out there after school. Not once.She wouldn't be seen dead in such a nerdy setting... so why?When she spotted him and began to walk over, he realised what was happening. She'd come there specifically to find him.The other guys in the shop were equally shocked to see an attractive girl in their midst, even more so when she sauntered over to the biggest nerd present."Gordon, can I talk to you?" she asked.In the past ten years the only things she had said to him were cruel taunts, bullying words or warnings to stop looking in her general direction. For that reason, as well as his fear of Kai, he ignored her completely."Oh, come on." She tutted. "Kai isn't here and he will never find out you spoke to me."Charlene pulled out the chair next to him and plotted into it, giving him that grumpy, evil stare of hers.
Jenna felt awkward walking into the kitchen. She found Kai sitting at the table, and almost walked straight back out again--her cheeks burning as she remembered the events of the previous night.When Kai glanced up and smiled, Jenna realised he did not share her feelings of shyness. He looked happy to see her."I saved you a pop tart," he said, sliding a plate across the table.Jenna couldn't help but smile. "I haven't had one of these things since I was a kid."Kai chuckled. "You think it's childish?""I think it's better than your cooking," Jenna joked, hoping he would see the funny side and not take offence. "Hey!" he cried and punched her in the arm. Thankfully, he was still smiling.His eyes lingered on her for a moment before he returned to his pastry, devouring it in two bites. With his sleeve, he wiped jam from his mouth, coughed and stood. "Eat it on the way," he ordered. Jenna looked up at the clock. "But it's not even half eight yet.""I know," Kai said. He linked his ar
Jenna froze. This girl was crazy. Instinctively she shuffled backwards, moving away from the girl until her back hit the wall.The basins above her head provided little cover and she had nothing to use as a shield. She lifted her leg, ready to kick at the crazed girl if she approached.She screamed as her attacker lunged, trying her best to kick her away.Somebody must have heard the commotion because the doors flew inwards with a slam. Seconds later, Charlene was on the ground.Jenna was shocked to see her rescuer was Jacob. She couldn't stop staring at him as he pinned Charlene to the ground.He wasn't a very big guy.'But he must be quite strong,' Jenna thought. "Are you okay?" he asked her. As his attention shifted, Charlene broke free from his grasp and shot out into the hallway.Jacob looked up as if he might follow."Just let her go," Jenna said, voice shaking. "I don't think she'll hurt anyone else. She has it in for me."He nodded, staring at her as if he was in shock.Th