Chapter Four: Bullying and Pain

My mom yelling up the stairs woke me up. I looked at the clock seeing it said 07:50 am. I came to the realization that I was going to be late. I scrambled out of bed and quickly threw on some cloths, throwing my hair into a messy bun and brushing my teeth before running down the stairs. I grabbed my bag and ran out the door. Mom caught me at the door and handed me a sack with some breakfest in it. She always made sure I didn't go hungry. On the walk to school I opened the sack to find a bagel and cream cheese. My mom knew me so well. I ate my breakfast as I walked along the path. Before the long the school came into view. I entered with my head down to avoid unwanted interaction. Once to my locker I quickly grabbed my books and headed to class. I sat in my spot in the far back corner. I decided to read a book my mom bought me until class started so I didn't attract any bullies. 

Of course that's never how it works out. 

"Hey Micheals," One of the more popular girls named Rose called to me. I regretfully looked up to meet her eyes. She wore a wide crimison grin that oozed of malice. 

"Y-yes?" I answered hating that my voice stuttered without me meaning too. Damn it all to hell because it made her smug face contort to something more sinister. Why couldn't they just leave me alone. 

"Y-yes?" She mocked me closing the distance between us. She grabbed my ponytail and yanked my head back roughly. I grimaced in pain making her smile even more. 

"The alpha is MINE, I suggest you keep your whore paws to yourself." She hissed out. I shook my head in disbelief. What is she talking about, me and Emilio weren't like that. I admit that he has changed a bit towards me. He harasses me less and doesn't hurt me like he used to. 

"N-no-o t-hat's, it's not." I stuttered out. This angered her more and she pulled my hair hard causing the desk to fall on it's back with me in it. I made a sound with the thud of the chair hitting the ground. Rose drug me to over to the wall kicking me into it. I hit the back of it, and pain flared through my abdomen. Rose continued to kick me over and over while the on looking crowd smirked and giggled. I tried to muffle my cries since they only encouraged the abuse. 

Rose was the beta's daughter of another pack we shared the school with and she wanted the luna position. And she'd do anything to ensure she got it. Once she was done abusing my body, she flipped her hair back behind her shoulder and turned around. She sat at her desk like she didn't just beat the living hell out of me. I took my time to catch the air she had beat out of me before I got up. I slowly moved to my desk and took a seat. The class went by quickly luckly for me. Instead of attending the rest of my classes I headed out to go home. I needed a warm bath and to lay in my bed for awhile. I walked very slowly home so it took me three times as long to get there. Once I came in the door, I meet my mom's shocked face. 

"Baby, you look like hell, is everything alright?" She questioned full of concern. She had no idea about the physical abuse. They were smart to leave their bruises where she and Chloe couldn't see. 

"Yeah mom, I'll be fine, I just don't feel great. I'm going to go take a warm bath and lay down." I stated, my mom nodded and watched me turn my back and head slowly up the stairs. Once I made it to my room I dropped my bag. The first thing I did was run the bath water. As it was running I slowly got out of my clothes. I put some lavender oil in the bath to help with my pain. I stopped the water and slipped my bruised body into the bath tub. I submerged myself from the shoulders down. I let my body soak for a long time before deciding to get out. The lavender had helped some but not as much as I would have liked. Slipping on some comfy pajama pants and t-shirt I crawled into bed and let myself slip into a slumber. 

When I woke up the sky was barely starting to lighten. I looked at the clock on my night table. It read 5:34 am, I interally groaned as I sat up. My body still hurt a bit but it was mostly healed. I had my werewolf abilities to thank for that. My stomach screamed at me since I hadn't eaten since breakfast. I crawled out of bed and headed down stairs to the kitchen. Once there I pulled the stuff to make some tomato sandwiches out of the fridge.

Once the sandwiches were made I poured myself some water from the filtering pitcher we kept in the fridge. Finally, I sat down to take a bite of my food. I damn near moaned when I took a bite. I ate my food in silence until my phone buzzed. It was an unknown number, I opened it to find a text. "I will have you, you are mine." it read making me roll my eyes. What a weird message, I laugh reacted to it and locked my phone returning to my sandwiches. As I finished I heard rustling in the house. My dad entered the kitchen. 

"Oh, didn't expect to see my lovely daughter up this early." He said with adoration. 

"Oh yah, I went to bed early yesterday without eating so I came down to fight my tummies anger." I said with a laugh causing him to chuckle as he poured himself some coffee. 

"Well dear, I have to go." He said leaning over and kissing the top of my head before ruffling my hair. I protested making him laugh and wave as he left through the door. I rolled my eyes and chuckled at his behavior before putting my dishes in the sink. I headed upstairs to get dressed for the last day of school before the mating ball. I decided to wear something comfortable today. So I opted for gray leggings with some combat boots and a cut off t-shirt that hung down to my belly button. Taking one last look in the mirror, I was appeased with the way I look so I headed down the stairs and out the door for my walk to school.

My walk to school was luckily uneventful. I entered the school that was still quiet empty since it was pretty early. I grabbed my books I needed for first period and headed to class. I took my seat in the back of the class. Soon other students made their way in. They were all to busy talking about the mating ball that was happening to worry about me. I for once was happy that the mating ball was such a big thing to us. The school day went by quickly and without any encounters.

I gathered up my stuff at the ring of the bell and hurried out of the school building. I wanted to avoid everyone as much as possible. On my walk home, I though of the possibility of finding my mate. Hopefully he would be caring and loving to me. I smiled to myself at the thoughts. Plus side a lot of my bullies could not attend because they were to young. The mating ball required you to be eighteen. So only about half of the senior class was able to attend. No wolf would find their mates before the age of eighteen with the exception of the Alpha King. He was able to find his mate as young as sixteen, however it was still rare. I finally made it home, fully surprised that Emilio didn't try to mess with me today at all. I flopped myself on the bed and stared at my ceiling. What would tomarrow bring and will I find the one who will love me.