Chapter five

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 looked shocked by my tone. "What is wrong with you?" She asked, " nothing, I gotta go" I muttered and walked out of the house. I guess I'm walking to school.

By the time I got to schoothe, I was thirty minutes lates for t first period. I dragged myself down the empty hallway to my locker. I got my books out then I headed for maths class.

I opened the door of the class room and all eyes fell on me as usual. I walked into the class wearing a straight face. The teacher Mr Morris glared at me.

" You're thirty five minutes late" he said, " I know" I answered " one hour detention" he said, " thank you" I muttered and went walked down to my seat on the way locking eyes with him but it didn't last up to two seconds. I sat down beside Amaya. She gave me a concerned look then wrote on a paper. ' later?' I nodded and faced the board.

But I could feel his eyes boring holes at the back of my head.

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I spent my next two periods in the girls bathroom, inside a stall. I didn't feel like going for any of my classes. What he did yesterday damaged me a bit and he seemed to have the same classes with me today.

What was the use of me going to class when I wouldn't concentrate. I had six missed calls from Amaya, three after the second period, three before this period.' Not now Amy am not in the mood' I said to myself.

The bathroom door opened and the clicking of heels and irritating giggles filled the place. Kenzie and the unbearable barbies. " She's such a loser" one of them said, " yeah I wonder what boys used to see in her.. I mean she's not even pretty" I knew they were talking about me but what did they mean by ' what boys used to see in her'.

" Thank goodness Reece put her in her place" I heard Kenzie say. " Speaking of Reece, why does he hate her so much?" One of them asked, " who cares ? He hates her that's just it... besides she's a filthy slut" she said. " Did you see that sweater she was wearing so last season" they laughed.

" We better go it's time for lunch" one of them said, they all agreed and exited the bathroom still saying sick things about me.

Why does he hate me? that's a question I've been asking myself since middle school. Am I that disgusting  that anytime he sees me he just decides to bully me?. A tear slipped down my cheek but I quickly wiped it away. Am I the reason why he is always angry? If I left would he be happy?

I asked myself these questions over and over again. " Jenny?" Amaya's voice brought me out of my thoughts. " Are you in here?" She asked again, then I realized more tears had rolled down my cheeks. I quickly wiped them away, " y-yeah" I answered and came out if the stall. She gave me a tight hug, " are you okay?" She asked once she let me go. I nodded " where you crying?" She asked, I wanted to lie but the tears gave me away by falling on their own accord.

She hugged me again and I let all the tears go, " hey shhhh it's gonna be okay" she said softly, " I'm such idiot" I whispered and shook my head " what happened? " She asked and I told her everything.

She was very angry and wanted to l confront him but I stopped her. " If you confront him it'll only get worse" I said, " he's an asshole, I'd never leave you. You're my best friend and no psychopath can separate us for his own pleasure" she assured me. I hugged her again, " thank you so much"" you don't have to thank me Jenny, this is why we're sisters from different vaginas" she said making me laugh a bit, " what will I ever do without you?" I asked " absolutely nothing" she said and flipped her hair,I rolled my eyes at her.

I washed my face in the sink then dried it with Amaya's handkerchief. Then we exited the bathroom and headed for our next class since we spent the whole lunch time in the bathroom. We were kind of late though but the teacher let it slide.

I knew he was in here, I could feel his eyes on me and it made me shift in my seat nervously.

Amaya nudged me in the side, I looked at her and she gave me a questioning look. I smiled and shook my head,the look she gave me told me that she didn't believe but she didn't press on about it, which I was grateful for because someone would end up in detention.

Speaking of detention, I have one hour for late coming,I almost forgot about it. " Just great" I mumbled to myself, " what's up?"Amaya asked in a hushed tone. I told her about my detention, " well that sucks" she chuckled " It's not funny,mom's gonna slaughter me then feed my remains to wild beasts and then you'll never see me again" I muttered.

She burst into fits if uncontrolled  laughter which drew all the attention to us even the teacher was glaring at her. " You're so funny" she said once and wiped a fake tear from her eye, " mind telling the class what's so funny Miss Clayton?"our teacher asked.

" I'm sorry it's personal girl stuff" she said with a smile. " Well this is no time for your girl problems " an all too familiar voice said from the back,of course he had to speak. " That is if that thing beside you is a girl talk less of a human being" Jason joined in,the  class snickered while I shrank in my seat.

" Oh she's more human than you could ever be with a heart bigger than your fucking ego so stick it up your fucking ass Hart" Amaya said in an innocent smile. Some people chuckled while others whooped, " shut up bimbo" Severn shouted and soon they were exchanging words.

"That's it! The five of you three hours detention!" The teacher screamed in annoyance. " What did I do?" I asked angrily, " you are the cause of this argument and no swearing in my class" he said, " but-""it's either the principal's office or detention" he said firmly, I huffed in anger and mumbled some curse words.

Time skip...

One hour of detention gone, three hours of hell with them waiting, aren't I the luckiest, note the sarcasm in those words?,I dragged my ass to the detention room where the devil and his companion and also my lovely best friend awaited.

Breathe Jennifer breathe. I told myself before opening the door and walking in, I avoided any eye contact from him and made my way to the teachers table. He looked up from his work and scowled at me then pushed the basket of phones to me. I begrudgingly put my beautiful phone into the basket and made my way to were Amaya sat by the window.

" Hey you beautiful person" she chirped and someone scoffed from the back but we ignored it. " Hey to you too, am surprised that you are happy about this unfortunate situation" I snapped playfully. " I'm trying my best not to murder those sons of a thousand bastards" she said through gritted teeth, I chuckled lowly and pulled out my assignment from my bag while Amaya laid her head to sleep.

The devil's at the back were talking in hushed tones, suspicious, I thought to myself but let it slide. In about two hours I was already done with all my homework and decided to wile time away by drawing. It's like a hobby, something I do when I get bored but I don't do it regularly.

I turned to the back if my rough note and started drawing the first thing that entered my head, mountains, waterfalls,rivers. Soon detention was over for the day,we exited the detention room. " Let me drop you off" Amaya offered " Don't worry Amy I've got to go to the workshop to get my car,go on without me" I said. "Oh okay stay safe" she said and left. I went to my locker to put away my books when the book I did my drawing in fell out of my bag, I picked it up and looked at the drawing again.

I was so into what I was doing that I didn't realize the person standing beside me until the book was snatched from my hands, "What the-"I looked up in annoyance only to see Reece smirking down at me mischievously.

I reached out to collect the book but he moved it out of my reach. I swallowed my anger, " can I have my book back? Please" I muttered. He gave me an amused smile which showed his faint one-sided dimple. Cute, I thought.

Oh my God I did not just think of that.

"Hmm let me think" he said in fake thoughts, " nope, what do we have here? " He asked and stared at it in silence as if he was impressed but then again he hates me so I'm just imagining things again. " It's terrible-" he said and threw the book in my face. Just like I said.

I looked down at the drawing so he won't see my disappointed look, "-just like your face" he finished. " I still wonder how your parents manage to look at a face like yours" he said. " No wonder your parents are never around, they're probably regretting having to see a mistake like you" he continued.

I felt my eyes water at his words but I sucked it back in, I won't give him the satisfaction to see my tears today. I closed the book and put it back in my bag. " Not today Reece" I said in a small voice and continued putting my books in the locker.

The locker slammed shut missing my fingers and face. I jerked away and stared at him in shock, he pinned me to the locker " you don't have a say in anything I do to you, because I own you sweetheart" he gritted out dangerously. I pushed him away from me " no you don't own me " I raised my voice. His eyes lit up as if he knew something I didn't know, " that's what you think " he said and moved closer to me.

I gulped, he pressed me to the locker again but this time his body was pressed to mine, our faces just inches away. " You think I don't own you but you're wrong, if I don't own you wouldn't have reacted the way you did last night" his voice was low and husky making me shudder a bit.

He leaned closer to my face,our noses touching slightly. His breath smelt of mint bubble gum, quite inviting. " And you won't mind if I did it again" he whispered and placed his right hand on my hip, I jerked at his action. He smirked and moved his hand up until it reached my sweater. My breathing was ragged and heavy.

He moved his lips the side of my lips then my jaw,he planted tiny kisses all the way to my sweater collar. He lifted his left hand and pulled the neck of my sweater down, then continued kissing my neck gently ,my knees felt weak at his actions. He moved his left hand under my sweater.

Once his warm fingers touched my skin, sparks errupted and spread round my body. He ran the tip of his tongue up and down my neck. I whimpered and clutched his shirt tightly. He pressed our bodies even more, then nipped at my neck gently then sucked in the same sport.

This is wrong , stop him before it's too late. A voice said in my head, I came back to my senses and pushed him off me, he had a smug smirk on his face. " I told you didn't I? I own you" he said.  Tears gathered in my eyes then I shook my head and grabbed my bag before running out of the building into the parking lot. I ran past Severn and Jason who were sitting on the hood of that monsters car.

I felt their gazes on me but I didn't stop I kept running and running until I felt the pain in my chest dissolve. My lungs were burning, my chest was heaving furiously, my legs begged me to stop but I didn't, I wanted the darkness to come.

My house came into view, I ran up the porch and opened the door then slammed it out before rushing to my room. Immediately I closed my room door,I fell to the floor and let the darkness consume me, the only place I felt safe.