Chapter EighteenNo Beef≋The next day at school was kind of hell. I was beyond, beyond thankful that it was a Friday but it didn't help the day go by any faster.All day at school people were staring and murmuring quietly as I walked by. Nobody had the guts to laugh even if they wanted to because although Madison pulled that stunt, they had all seen me tell her off and almost beat her face to pulp three times so nobody was going to laugh in my face.Madison was nowhere to be seen which was good because it meant she was scared but it was also disappointing because I wanted to watch her go into armadillo mode when I glare at her because everyone knew she was still scared of me... and of Noah.I walked through the halls like a living Mona Lisa, knowing very well all the stares and hushed conversations were directed at me. However, thanks to Ezra who I had by my side, he would give people a cold and harsh look that would instantly make them scatter away. He was intimidating like that."
Chapter NineteenAfraid Of The Possibility≋I leaned against my locker, continuously tapping my door anxiously as I waited for Noah who said he'd meet me here after class. I stared at the ground to avoid looking up and see people who were still staring at me from the incident yesterday."Hey," I looked up to see Noah. "Ready to hit the books?"I nodded quietly as the two of us made our way to the school library.We got into the math basically right away. There were only a few other kids in the library but by 7 pm it had completely cleared out, the librarian not even in sight.The janitor ended up kicking us out shortly after that because the school library was closed so we ended up sitting in the dimly sit hallway, our backs leaned against lockers with our books and papers scattered in front of us on the floor.It had been over four hours at this point.We had done nothing but work on math as Noah continued explaining more things that I couldn't understand. By the time he finished he
Chapter TwentyVery Immature≋"Tiffany?" I turned around to see Cade walking up to me with a smile. I was sitting at the bleachers with my functions textbook opened in front of me as I went over my notes to ensure I would be ready for the test later today. I really needed to get good marks on it so my grade goes up."Oh, hey Cade." I gave him a soft smile as he walked over and took a seat beside me."Functions," he cringed as he looked down at the work. "I hate math.""Ironic, your brother is the one tutoring me." I chuckled lightly, looking down at the notes."Really?" Cade sounded surprised. "Noah isn't really... well, the tutoring type."My eyebrows pulled together in slight confusion as I looked at Cade, "Really? Hm, he makes a good one and doesn't seem to mind." I shrugged before looking back down to my notes, not dwelling on what Cade said.Cade nodded his head slowly, "So... anyways, are you going to the party tonight?""There's a party?" I mumbled distantly, my eyes not leavi
Chapter Twenty-OneWhat Happened Last Night?≋I woke up when I was being shaken. My eyes slowly fluttered open, confused for a moment when I saw Noah standing in front of me.Noah was shirtless and in his black jeans from the previous night. His eyes squinted, a look of confusion and discomfort on his face as he probably had a brutal headache. "Tiffany? What are you doing here? And on the couch? What happened last night?"I sat up, the blanket falling in my lap. Noah sat down on the recliner in his room across from the one I was sitting on. After he had passed out I got out of his bed and took the recliner because I knew I wouldn't be sleeping much since I didn't have my pills."You came back wasted out of your mind." I told him although he already knew that part. "You didn't let me leave... asked me to stay the night?" My statement came out as a question, looking at him in inquiry as I wondered whether he remember a thing or not.Noah shook his head, answering my question. He ran a
Chapter Twenty-TwoWe're A Boy Band Now≋"Princess!""What the hell?" I was very lost when I was standing in my kitchen eating yogurt when a pair of arms wrapped around me, hugging me tightly as Luke's cheery voice rang through my ears."Luke," I exhaled, turning around to look at him smiling brightly. "Should I even ask what you're doing here?""Hey now, don't look more excited to see me," he mumbled sarcastically, grinning. "And no, you should be used to me being around. You weren't at school today...neither was Noah but he was hungover so where were you?"Leo, Charlie, Kai and Ezra walked into the kitchen."Hey, Tiff," Leo smiled. "Where were you today?""I woke up late and didn't feel like coming for half the day," I shrugged lightly. Ezra came over to me, looking at me with suspicious, narrowed eyes."What?"He shrugged, "Nothing. You look tired.""That's because I didn't sleep," I grumbled, picking my yogurt from the counter as I continued eating it."Is everything okay?" Ezra
Chapter Twenty-ThreeBad Luck Eventually Catches Up≋Friday night was more eventful than any of us would like to admit.Guess what?I was dragged to another party. It was bizarre to me when I thought about the fact that I was at a party considering that was the last place I would wish to be. I could be spending my time doing anything else but when we went out to get food and catch a movie, the plan changed when Leo got a text from someone about a party and the whole group decided they wanted to go. I couldn't bail because we were in the car and I didn't want to be the odd one who made them drop me home before going to the party so I kept my mouth shut.My plan was to get to the party, wait until everyone scattered off to do their own things and then I would call an Uber to get home. Pretty easy, right?We got to the party and I went off to the side, getting lost in the crowd so nobody would cling to my side. I had a feeling Luke or Noah would decide to hang out with me because they bo
Chapter Twenty-FourHellish≋"I hope that son of a bitch doesn't live to see another day. God, I wish I fucked him up some more, Christ sake I've never been this fucking angry.""Ezra," Jade's soft voice spoke in a calm manner. "Please, calm down. You're fuming and it's perfectly understandable but you put the kid in a hospital already. He could press charges.""Like hell, he'll press charges!" Ezra's voice was loud and angry as he snapped at Jade. "I already called the cops and reported what he fucking did and if they don't press charges I swear to God I will fuck him up much worse than we already did.""Ez, man," Charlie spoke softly, calmly. "Look, you roughed him up and we already reported him but there's nothing more we can do. Jade is right. The last thing we need right now is you being arrested."Ezra grunted in response but didn't say anything.It took me another five minutes after that until I was fully conscious and able to open my eyes. My eyes fluttered open and I blinked
Chapter Twenty-FiveOur Spot≋The next two days I stayed in my room avoiding everyone because I knew they were downstairs hoping I would come down.Charlie and Ezra had come to my room multiple times to see if I needed anything but I knew they were just trying to find an excuse to talk to me.I just... I felt so weird. My head was spinning; every time I would try to get my shit together and thoughts in order, I just couldn't stop flashbacks and things I did not want to think about from flooding my head.I felt disgusting in my own skin. I was mad and sad and so many things all at once.I just didn't want to talk to anyone because the pity and sorry and worried looks in all of their eyes made me want to squirm.They really thought this was the worst I have been through?Ha. That's funny.I just wanted to put up my rough exterior and forget about feelings all at once. If hadn't let my guard down and let myself feel pathetic and bad for ruining their plans by saying no I didn't want to