He's Back

26 - Say what now?

Evelyn's POV

After a few days of...well...not really peace, I had to face my fear and go back to school. This was the day I'd been deading since the moment I found out the news about the fight was spreading like STDs on a high school party. Kids my age are, nosey to say the least. I wasn't the most popular person in my high school, so I was scared to see the effects such a thing would have on my image. 

Even though I usually go to school with the girls, I had no communication with them the days that had passed. Ivory and Maya weren't responding and although me and Bailey had spoken a little, communication with her was also cut short. All of the above meant that I had to go face the crowds alone. How nice. I was determined to just go to school, ignore everyone, go to class, go home. Shouldn't be too hard to do, plus my bruises were slowly but surely fading and I had covered them with makeup. 

My plan started going to hell the minute I walked inside the gates, as anyone that passed by turned to stare at me, and whispers could be heard everywhere. I kept my chin high and tried to block the world, my eyes searching for my friends. It was so weird to me how none of them seemed to be around, it almost felt like I was from a different universe. The whispers around me were getting louder and I knew this day would be tough. 

"There you are!" Ivory suddenly appeared in front of me, making me jump. "Did I scare you? Sorry girlie I was just trying to find you everywhere and I couldn't so I got excited" I simply nodded my head, hand over my chest in an attempt to calm down. She seemed to notice the voices around us because she suggested we went somewhere else to talk, something I was grateful for. We were free for the first period, as the algebra teacher had to take her kitten to the vet. Kitty, if you're reading this, I hope you're okay, but please go to the vet more. 

We reached the football field and took a seat on the bleachers. "Now. What happened girl? The entire school is buzzing!" she said, putting a hand on my knee. "It's nothing, I promise. Everything is fine!" I tried reassuring her, but she wouldn't budge. "Nothing? You call this nothing? You got in a fight and got expelled! You. Now for real, tell me what happened"

I sighed "It was just a misunderstanding, me and Linsday solved it and now everything is okay between us" I explained, leaving out the parts about me being beaten to the ground and Lindsay actually hating my guts. "What is she all about anyway? She popped out of nowhere and suddenly the whole school was going 'Aiden's girlfriend this' and 'Black's girl that'. Did you even know he had a girlfriend?" 

I laughed at how interesting this whole situation seemed to her, while I couldn't care less. "No, he hadn't told me, not that he tells me anything anymore" I said, frustration and anger evident in my tone as I still hadn't gotten over what went down at his house. Ivory seemed to have picked it up "Is everything okay with you two? Did you guys fight again?" she asked, turning her whole body to face me. I shook my head, not wanting to shed any light on the fight between us or to how it escalated. "No, no, everything is fine" 

That last bit had her convinced, at least I hope. "Wait, so this girl... what's her name, Lindsay?" she asked and I nodded "What's up with her and you? What was she even pressed about, I mean you and Aiden are friends" she said but it almost seemed like she was coming to a conclusion of her own. I simply nodded, trying to stop the conversation as I didn't want to tell her anything more or have her realize something on her own. It's not that I didn't trust her, I knew her intentions were good but her enthusiasm alone could be detrimental. If I told her a single thing, I was scared that she was going to tell people and then we'd have bigger problems to deal with.