“Buenos dias!” Mr. Brandon says, an enthusiastic smile on his face. Not only is it very rare for him to be in a good mood, but I am certain he hates this class almost as much as I do. It’s Monday morning (that in itself is horrible already) and I’ve been pushed into a locker, tripped on the stairs and someone added a ‘Freak’ to the beautiful ‘Bitch’ on my locker. And all that before first period even started.
So my mood was at an all time low (unfortunately not the band) and when Marco sat down next to me, it dropped even more. “Hey” He gives me a hesitant smile, but I just ignore him. He would only make Jason hate me more (though I doubt that’s possible). “I’m really sorry about what I did to you, I realised how horrible they are and-“ Marco obviously doesn’t get the hint, so I turn and glare at him. He still keeps talking.
“Listen, I get it. You wanted to be part of the ‘cool kids’. And yeah, they are horrible, but if you keep talking to me, you might as well wear a target on your back. So stop, for your own good” I interrupt him and his eyes widen slightly before a sly smile makes his way on his face. “So you care about me, huh?” I roll my eyes and almost smile, but then sigh. “No one should be treated like that” He frowns at that and there’s the look in his eyes that I hate most. Pity. I don’t need anyone feeling bad for me.
“I could help you. Maybe they would stop if I-“ “No” I intended it to be strong, but my voice comes out weak and shaky. I hate that. “You don’t have to go through this by yourself” He whispers and reaches out to touch my hand, but then stops, realising that it probably wouldn’t be a good idea. The bell saves me and I almost jump up, surprised that Mr. Brandon didn’t scold us even once. That’s so not like him.
I successfully escape Marco for the rest of the day, that is until lunch. As usual I’m sitting by myself, eating quietly, but then I hear someone sit down opposite me. When I look up I find a grinning Marco staring at me. “You shouldn’t be here” I murmur while chewing on my sandwich. “I’m exactly where I want to be” He replies confidently and I just shake my head. It’s a waste of time trying to change his mind, so I might as well give up now.
“Well, well look what we have here. The Freak duo” I hear Jason’s mocking voice next to me, but I choose to ignore it. Unfortunately Marco doesn’t. “Don’t call her that” He sounds confident and Jason raises his eyebrows in surprise. But that quickly turns into a smug expression. “Oh really? What are you gonna do about it?” Marco just glares at him in reply and he turns to me.
“You get your little boyfriend to protect you now? That’s pretty pathetic, freak” he emphasises the word and before I know what’s going on, Marco gets up abruptly and takes a step toward Jason. “I’ll beat the shit out of you if you don’t stop right now!” He yells and all I can do is just stare in shock as the situation infolds in front of me. He charges at Jason and the fall to the floor, a mess of limbs. But of course, Jason is much stronger (and probably experienced) so he comes out on top and I watch in horror as he beats Marco repeatedly in the face.
Finally I manage to break out of my trance and stand up. “Get off of him!” I attempt to shove Jason off Marco, the key word being attempt. At least he stops, but now his furious glare is directed toward me. I watch in shock as he raises his fist and the next moment I’m on the floor, holding my bleeding nose. He turns back around, facing Marco and suddenly I feel anger curse through my veins.
For the first time ever, someone stood up for me, someone made an effort to be my friend and help me and there was no way Jason would hurt him anymore. I get up and say, with my voice cold as ice and eerily calm: “I said, get off of him” He turns back around, his fist already raised but I’m faster. I punch him straight to the face. And it feels pretty damn great.
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Not my best chapter, but hey I updated :D
Thank you very much for reading, you're awesome and I love you!!
I just started school again and I'm kind of at a loss of ideas for this story at the moment, so updates will be kind of slow, but I'll try to post at least every two or three weeks!
So any suggestions for things you would like to see are very welcome :)
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