I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door. I groaned loudly and dragged my ass out of the bed. I opened my door and met my mother smiling at me. I frowned a bit , "What are you doing here?" I asked. She raised her eyebrows " Uhm I kinda live here" she said. I face palmed myself and regretted it cause it hurt. "That's not what I meant mom" I said "I know. I have a day off" she beamed, her beautiful blue eyes sparkling as she smiled.
I'm the exact replica of my mom. We had the same long chocolate curls, slender body and full pink lips but instead of blue eyes I had grey eyes with specks of green and gold. Thanks dad.
I'm like the younger version of my mother."Really?"I asked cause she was hardly given a day off since she was a gynaecologist. "Yes so better come home early. We're having family dinner" she said. I smiled "Okay"I said and she left. I brushed my teeth and quickly took a shower and got dressed in some black ripped jeans, a white t-shirt and a sleeveless jean jacket with my white air max. I pulled my hair in a ponytail. Then I grabbed my phone and black leather backpack.
I rushed downstairs to the kitchen and grabbed a granola bar. "Bye mom" I yelled "Bye honey"she called from her room.
I collected my car keys and left the house.Reece's car was still in his driveway. Great so I have time to get into the school building before he happens. I drove out of the driveway and down the road. I got to school in twenty minutes. And took some deep breaths before climbing out of the car and speed walking to the school building. I managed to get to my locker without being tripped or hit but they were whispering as usual.
My moment was short-lived when my locker was slammed shut missing my head. I jumped back with a yelp, people started laughed. What's so funny?... idiots. I was surrounded by three bloody souls. His nice cologne filled my nose. He leaned against my locker with a smirk on his pretty face.
" Missed me?" He asked in his smooth English accent. I scoffed a little but said nothing. He grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. I became lost for a second m, his green eyes mesmerized me, his hair was styled to fall over his left eye in a boyish way, his perfect pink lips were slightly- Wham! He slammed me into my locker , I groaned and fell to the floor from the impact. I felt the tears well up in my eyes.
They laughed. I just sat there staring at the floor. He crouched down and held my chin. "Aww are you gonna cry" Jason asked from were he stood beside Severn who was smirking at me.
I bit the inside of my cheeks and removed my face from his grasp."She is gonna cry" Severn said."She'd better not cry cause we need those tears for later" Reece said wrapping his fingers around my neck and applying pressure. I tried to remove his hand from my neck. "S-stop" I choked out ," sorry what?" He pretended not to hear ,"I said stop p-please" I begged. People were laughing and calling me names. Sick ingrates...they are witnessing attempt to murder and they're laughing.
He smirked and let go of me , I started coughing uncontrollably. I couldn't breathe, it felt like I was was drowning. My head was spinning, the tears started flowing on their own. Their laughter increased, I felt somebody calling me and shaking me but I couldn't make out the person.
The person suddenly got up and pushed Reece away... Amaya. " S-stop" I tried to say but I couldn't . "You're a bastard a bloody coward" she was saying. I forced myself to get off the floor and leaned against the locker. I reached out and pulled Amaya back. She turned to look at me I shook my head at her.
She clenched her fists and turned back to face Reece." He's not worth it Amaya" I said, after some seconds she picked my bag up and put her arm around me. " You're right, let's go" she said I nodded. I locked eyes with Reece he had a blank look on his face. I looked away and followed Amaya down the hallway.
"Thank you" I said to her, she smiled a bit "what are best friends for?".
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"Hey Amaya" one of Amaya's other friend nicole said as she passed by our table. " Hi don't forget our biology project tommorow" Amaya said, the girl nodded and gave me wierd look.
I rolled my eyes at the girl and continued eating my burger."Hey! watcha eating?" Someone yelled from the populars table, " it's a hamburger" another person said. " Geez , you're not only a bitch but also a carnibal" Jason said , " cause you're eating your fellow pig" some dumb idiots laughed at his lame joke.
" Okay that's just lame" Amaya said out loud. I looked at her ,"what?" She asked me. I shook my head with a small smile. "Watch your mouth Clayton" he said in annoyance, Amaya turned around to face their table " watch your dignity Ashford your garage is open" she said the whole cafeteria 'oohed' , he zipped his jeans up and smirked.
The next thing he said made me cringe, " I bet you saw my Lamborghini parked in there" he winked at her, she smiled " no all I saw was a small scooter with two flat tyres" she said sweetly. The whole cafeteria burst into fits of laughter. I just stared at her in shock, Jason was red in the face and about to come over to our table but the bell rang. Amaya got up to leave, she signalled for me to stand up, I did but stopped when I saw Jason glaring at me. I raised an eyebrow at him and walked away.
Just one more class and I'm done for the day. I rushed to my last class which was English. I took my seat by the window and I dropped my bag on the seat beside me since nobody sat with me,fear of being bullied. The class became filled up in minutes. This was one of my worst classes not because I hate English, I love it. It's because this is one of the classes I have with Reece. Our teacher Mrs Williams, walked in and began teaching. Hmm....it seems like he isn't in class today. Thank God.My thoughts were disrupted when he walked into the class with Kenzie clutching his arm tightly. " Where have you two been? " Mrs Williams asked them. " We were taking care of something" Reece said with a smirk. Mrs Williams sighed and told them to go to their seats. Miss clingy finally let go of him, I rolled my eyes at their patheticness. He started walking down the row I sat and made eye contact wi
knock. knock. I groaned and rubbed my eyes but winced when I lifted my left elbow. " Jennifer wake up baby" my mom said from the other side of the door. I sighed and got out of the bed," I'm not feeling well" I said and opened the door a little. "What's wrong?" She asked " just cold" I said quietly. " Okay if you need anything call me, okay?" She said. "Yeah sure" I replied and closed the door. I took a warm bath and wore my sweatpants and a large sweater. I picked up my phone and dialled Amaya's number. She picked up on the second ring. "Hey are you okay?"she asked, " yeah but am not coming to school today" I said " okay I'll get your assignments for you" she said. " Thanks love you" " love you too" then I hung up and took some pain killers. Then I laid down to sleep.***
The next day came in a flash, I woke up with slight headache. It must be from crying till I blacked out. I walked into my bathroom and looked at my reflection. I looked horrible, my cheeks were puffy, my nose was pink and my eyes were dull and swollen. I felt disgusted by my self, they were right , I am ugly. I brushed,bathed and dressed up in some washed ripped jeans and a loose black turtle neck sweater. I didn't bother to pack my hair and I slipped on my shoes. I grabbed my phone and bag then went down stairs. " Jennifer you're late for school and where the hell is your car?" Mom asked. I shrugged and headed for the front door. " Jennifer I'm talking to you" she raised her voice, I stopped and turned " it's broken" I said. " What d'you mean it's broken?" She asked. " It's broken" I said in annoyance, she looke
Reece Morgan" Reece help me!" I heard her scream. My eyes snapped open and I found myself lying beside the crushed car, her voice was so close. I crawled to the broken window and looked in, all I could see was their dead bodies. I screamed and cried," no! no! don't leave me! I'm sorry I'm so sorry!" I yelled but they were already gone. I felt as if my heart was being ripped out if my chest.I felt myself being pulled away from the window, I looked up and met my father's cold eyes. " This is all your fault" he said coldly, I shook my head," no I didn't know, I'm sorry ,I'm so sorry" I whispered but he just turned and walked away leaving me to drown in the pain....."Reece...Reece wake up" I felt someone shaking me to conciousness. I opened my eyes quickly and sat up. I looked around,
Mumbling, that's the only thing I could here as I slowly gained conciousness. Am I dead?, I asked myself and moved my hand to touch my head, my hearing became clearer, I opened my eyes. " She's waking up" some one announced, I looked around and met my mother's worried eyes.She rushed to my side and helped me sit up. I looked around and realized I was in the nurse's office. " Mom what are you doing here?"I asked tiredly, she frowned a bit " I was called from the hospital,the nurse said that two guys found you unconcious in the hallway" she explained, " Oh" I muttered and looked down at my fingers." Honey are you okay?" Mom asked, I stared into her dull blue eyes contemplating if I should tell her or not. " Jenni-oh I'm so sorry ma'am" Severn said as he saw my Mom. I frowned in confusion, " it's okay um- are you a friend of hers?" Mom asked with a confused expression. He was about to
"Princess? " I quickly threw on a black shirt and pants before opening the door and jumping into my dad's arms. He stumbled a little but was quick to steady himself. " I missed you so much dad" I said, he chuckled and put me down " I missed you too" he said and ruffled my hair.Being happy was an understatement of how I was feeling right now. Finally dad returned after a week from Paris where he went for some work.We went downstairs together, " morning mom" I greeted as I went into the kitchen. " Morning honey, are you feeling better?" She asked and I nodded. She smiled and continued pouring the pancake batter into the pan.Dad came into the kitchen and gave mom a light kiss on the lips, "yuck" I grimaced they both laughed at me. " Guess what I got for you"dad said with his hand behind his back. " I'm not a guesser" I stated flatly, his smile dropped, " you j
I walked down the half empty hallway to the cafeteria, I opened the door and went in, as usual I drew the attention of some students. I kept my head down until I got to the lunch line. " I'll have a sandwich and a bottle of water " I said to the lunch lady. I got my food and went to the far end of the cafeteria, where I usually sat with Amaya.I had just taking a bite out of my sandwich, when something suddenly hit my table with a loud thud, I jerked and fell off my seat. The whole cafeteria burst into fits of laughter, just great. " Oh my God I'm so sorry" I looked up and saw that guy from this morning standing in front of me with a worried expression and a hand stretched out to me.The cafeteria went silent, I just stared at his hand. My eyes wandered to where Reece sat, he was already daring me with his eyes. I looked back at Jordan's hand, I'm so going to regret this later. I placed my hand in hi
I rushed out of the house cause I was running late for school. I got into my car, and put the key in the ignition but it didn't start. I tried again but nothing. I got out and raised the hood. I froze when I realized the battery of my car was missing."What?" I ran my fingers through my hair in fustration. "How did this-" realisation hit me hard. Reece must have done this, but how? The car was working fine when he gave me my keys." How am I supposed to get to school now?" I was on the verge of crying. The bus must have already left. I did some breathing exercises so I wouldn't cry.When I was calm, I decided to walk to school. Which would take me forty minutes to do that. By the time I got to school, it was already second period. I grabbed the books I needed for class and went for class.The teacher was already halfway through the lesson when I walked in, " and where were you miss Greene