Chapter 5

My heart was thumping in my chest and my hands were sweaty. I was so scared. That was the first time a guy had treated me like that; in such an aggressive and sexual way. I did not want to feel that way again. 

I felt disgusted deep within me and a bitter taste coated my mouth. 

As I put more distance between the supply closet and me, I was beginning to feel much better; like I could finally breathe. Then I heard the door open. I glanced back in fear and saw Chad. 

He stood with a tight frown on his face. “Katara!” His voice echoed in the almost empty hall. The few students that were heading to their classes all stared at him and flashed him weird looks. 

The school had a lot of students but most of them were in classes right now. It was almost noon. There was not a single adult seen. I felt extremely alone. 

I had my parents to watch over me all my life, and now that they were dead, I had no one. I had to watch over myself. I had to protect myself. And that scared me like crazy.

I kept my eyes on the cream-colored door of the bathroom as I increased my pace while clutching my tote bag. 

“Katara!” I heard Chad’s voice again and my breath hitched. Tears began to fill my eyes but I did not allow myself to cry. 

I was almost in the girls’ bathroom. It was now only a few feet away. That was going to be my safe haven. There was no way that he would have followed me there. 

When I reached the door, I opened it quickly without looking back. I rushed in and passed by two girls doing their make-up in the mirror. I closed the distance between me and the last stall and got in. 

“You think I wouldn’t follow you there because it’s a female bathroom?” I heard Chad’s strong voice. He chuckled in a wicked way that made my skin crawl. 

“What the hell, Chad? This is the ladies’ room!” One of the girls in the bathroom pointed out, but he did not seem to care. “I swear if this keeps happening, I would have no choice but to report this to the principal.” 

“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” I heard Chad reply back. “Now you two run along and get the f*ck out. I want to talk to my girlfriend.” 

Strings of cusses flew from the girls and soon I heard the door open and close as their voices became quieter before completely disappearing. 

Silence filled the room and I held my breath. I could not tell if Chad was still there or not, but I was not going to take any chance by giving my location away.

“You know I can smell you, right? Your scent is arousing and is something I can never miss.” He chuckled lightly. He suddenly opened the door of the stall I was in and I inhaled sharply. 

“Please…” I begged him, and his face twisted in confusion.

“Why are you begging me? I’m not going to hurt you.” He pursed his lips. “I just want to talk to you.”

I stood up from my sitting position on the toilet. “I don’t want to talk. I made it clear to you, we’re over. We’re done.” I tried to walk past him but he didn’t allow me. “Get out of my way.” I avoided his hard stare. 

Chad smirked. “I’m not going to do that. What are you going to do about that?” He challenged me. “And no, we’re not over. You don’t get to break up with me after us being together for this long. Also, girls don’t break up with me, it’s the other way around.” 

“You nearly raped me in that supply closet!” I exclaimed and a tear slid down my face. I wiped it quickly, not wanting to look weak. 

His face softened and he sighed. “Okay look, I’m sorry.” His voice was breathy and he sounded genuine. “But I thought you liked me doing you roughly. When we make love, you always encouraged me to be a little more aggressive,” He explained. 

“Oh.” My voice was small, and I sniffled. 

“Yeah. But then you kicked me in my balls out of nowhere. Like, what the hell, Katara?” Chad laughed lightly. 

I stared at him. He was handsome and maybe not such a bad guy. But I did not want to take my chances. “I kept telling you to stop. I kept begging you but you didn’t listen,” I reminded him.

“And I’m sorry. My emotions got the best of me. I have not seen you since the weekend and I was just really horny,” He confessed. He raised his hand to touch my face but I flinched away, causing a hurt expression to cover his face. 

I cleared my throat. “I have to get to class.” I tried to walk past him but he stopped me again. “Chad, please.” 

“No, Katara. I told you that I’m sorry, right? I explained why I was like that. If you don’t want me to be rough when I’m with you again, then I promise you that I won’t. But you can’t just break up with me.” 

I let out a short sigh. “Okay.” I touched my hair. I did not feel as scared as I was before. “What if we just take a short break from each other then?” I suggested, and he twisted his face in confusion.

“All because I was a little too rough with you? You’re being ridiculous, babe.” He scoffed, and then wet his lips. 

“Do you love me?” I felt icky asking him that. I didn't even know him, I had only met him today. But the body I was in had known him for years so I had to pretend that I did. 

He snorted out a laugh. “Hell, yeah. You know that.” 

“Then give me the space that I need. It’s either that or we break up.” I folded my arms on my chest. I felt bolder than I did before. 

Chad lifted his hands in surrender. “Okay, okay. If that’s what you want, you got it.” He got out of my way. “So no calls, texts, or sending me nudes, I’m guessing?” 

Now that he was out of my way, I walked past him and held onto my tote bag. I nodded. “Yeah. None of those things. At least not until I’m ready to, uh, be together with you again.” I forced the words out. 

He clicked his tongue and stared at me for a few seconds before agreeing. “Okay, no problem.” He sniffled dryly. “I’m only doing this because I love you, I hope you know that.” He walked close to me. 

“Thank you,” I replied calmly. 

He stood not too far from me and stared into my eyes. For a second, he squinted his eyes in suspicion. “You—you look different,” He mumbled and my heart skipped a beat. “Your eyes. Are you wearing colored contacts?” 

“Wh–what do you mean?” I stuttered in nervousness as I looked away from him. “I’m not wearing colored contacts. It’s my actual eye color.” 

“Hmm,” He made a small sound. 

“Why do you ask?  Are they a different color than normal?” 

“Yeah.” He scoffed faintly. “Your eyes should be literally black, not ocean blue.” He pointed out. 

Crap. Crap. Crap!

I did not notice that when the Moon goddess had me reincarnated into the body of Katara, I had brought my blue eyes. This was not good. It was not like I did not like my blue eyes, I loved them. 

But they were going to be a problem for me because the real Katara did not have blue eyes. I needed to find an excuse but I could not come up with one. I needed to keep my real identity hidden.

“Anyway, I better get my butt out of this bathroom before I get expelled.” Chad laughed, and I forced a laugh. 

“Yeah.” I ran my hand through my hair. I excused myself and I watched him walk away until he disappeared out of the bathroom. 

I then turned my attention to the mirror and my reflection startled me. I still was not used to seeing the new body that I was in. My dark straight hair looked lustrous and my blue eyes were evident. 

I had a small fear at the bottom of my stomach. Chad was being suspicious of me. What if he found out the truth that I was not really Katara? 

I breathed out a sigh and then proceeded to walk out of the bathroom. I pulled out my phone and the schedule for my classes was in my notes app. When I found out which class I had to go to, I headed in that direction. 

Every classroom had a number on top. That helped me to find the right one to walk into. The number 222 sat on top of the doorway as I approached it. It was where my History class was held. 

When I entered the classroom, I was taken aback by how full it was. I had a feeling that I was late. All thanks to Chad and his shenanigans. 

“Are you going to just keep standing at the doorway or are you going to come in and take a seat?” The teacher standing in front of the class asked. She was wearing jeans and a loose purple blouse. Glasses sat on her eyes and her skin was white as snow. 

“I, uh…” I did not know what to say. Everyone was staring at me and my face was red from embarrassment. 

I searched the class quickly for an empty seat but only found one, and it was next to the guy that I hit in the hallway earlier. The Jade guy. 

I swallowed and proceeded to walk toward the empty seat. When I reached it, I sat down next to the guy and he glanced at me with a frown on his face. 

We were almost at the back of the class. 

“Okay, now that Katara is done interrupting my class by being late once again, let’s get back to the topic.” The teacher continued. 

I placed my tote bag on the floor and then took out my laptop, a small notepad, and a pen. When I had them on my desk, I felt the guy next to me staring at me. When I looked at him, he did not dial down his hard stare. 

“Can I help you?” I asked softly.

“Your arm.” His line of sight fell on my arm. 

Intrigued, I looked at where he was looking and noticed bruise marks on my arm. It was red in some places and purplish in others. I did not realize that they were there. It must have been when Chad was forcing himself on me in the supply closet. 

“Are you okay?” Jade’s voice stole my attention from my arm. “Those look fresh. You should get them looked at at the nurse’s office.”

“Yeah, probably,” I replied in a monotone. Why was he being nice to me? Especially after Vanity and I had treated him like sh*t earlier in the hallway. 

“I could take you there after class if you would like.” He shrugged lightly and then played with his fingers. Sitting next to him, I could see in full splendor how really attractive he was. 

His lips were full and rosy pink. I could see the softness even without feeling them. His green eyes were electric and I could not handle looking at them for more than three seconds without feeling butterflies. 

When I opened my mouth to speak, I heard someone clear their throat. When I looked in the direction of the noise, I saw that it was Chad. He was sitting not too far from us. He kept his eyes on me as he played with a ballpen in his right hand. 

“Well?” Jade spoke again, waiting for a reply from me. Even his voice was attractive.