Love Me Like You Do

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        I walk and sit down in the seat I always sit in for science first period. Back row, right corner so I can look out the window during class and pretend I'm someplace different. I hear Ed Sheeran faintly playing over the P.A system warning us we have one minute to get to class. I put in my headphones hoping that they will give people the impression I don't feel like talking right now so I don't have to. I still have what seems to be  an everlasting headache from the night before which isn't helping with my mood. I quickly pull my homework out of my bag and flip to the worksheet we were assigned, while trying to Google the answers simultaneously. Baylee rushes into the room sits down beside me and goes straight on her phone, thankfully she seems to have gotten the message. Our teacher, Ms. Rowland, hurries into the room just as they finished the daily sign off line for the announcements, "Stay Classy TSS". Which was stolen from Anchorman may I add. I spent almost the entire period staring at the clock waiting. When it finally strikes 9:20 I gather my books and ask if I can be excused to the washroom as I know most of my small group of friends are at this time. Each day we ask to leave at this time, and then each day we never come back to class, not that our teachers care much. I text Baylee for anything I miss so the next day even if my teacher did want to report it to the office, there is proof I was there, so not much can be done. Not that it's ever came down to me blackmailing a teacher, normally she is just glad to have less people to deal with. For a high school teacher, Ms. Rowland hates kids, and talking in front of people.

        As I walk to my locker I can hear the clicking of my boots on the grey floor tiles as I walk around the top floor to get to my locker and put my books away. I quickly unlock my locker, throw my books inside and sling my khaki Burberry coat over my arm before I head to the bathroom. In the washroom I gaze into the mirror. Staring back I see my reflection, a fair, thin, blue eyed, blonde girl with hair that goes almost down to my waist styled curly today. I hurry to pull up my abercrombie dark-washed jeans,adjust my cropped baseball tee with gray sleeves, skim through my hair with a brush, and reapply my lip gloss.

         I throw on my jacket, pick up my black bag, and walk out the main doors of the school to see my boyfriend Jack along with my group of friends which includes Peyton and her boyfriend Brooks, Lacey and her boyfriend Peter, Del, and Baylyn standing on the steps of the school all holding coffee. I walk over to Jack and he hands me a hot chocolate with whipped cream of course and puts his arm around me. We've been dating for almost two years now..., a month or two after he moved here from the U.K. He has olive-skin, dirty blond hair slightly ccombed to the left, and dark blue almost green eyes. And even better, his accent. We all walk over to the picnic tables around the back of the school, shaded by an overhang so the snow can't reach us, where we finish our drinks, and laugh mostly about the events of the night before. Needless to say, drunk Katherine doesn't come out often, but when she does apparently it's hysterical. And my friends show me no mercy while playing the videos of me practically throwing myself at Jack on a loop. After what seems like seconds we hear the bell ring and we need to get to our first class.

"I'll see you at lunch, here, this should help with your head", he says as he hands me an asprin and kisses me on the forehead.

"Thanks I'm dying over here", I laugh lightly. Without these daily "unoffical breaks" from school I'm not sure what would keep me going each day. I've never been big into learning as the school board calls it, because really all I've been taught from it is how to cheat without being caught and how to memorize a semesters worth of material overnight before finals. Yet still I manage to slide through with a 95% GPA. I bounce into my seat also at the back of the room beside Hannah, a short brunette with the personality of a firecracker, ready to go off when she sees even a spark. To be honest I'm not exactly "liked" at school. Most call me the "bitches ring-leader". But when it comes to me what you give is what you get,, if you are nice to me then I will be nice back, but if you disrespect me I will disrepsect you. And if you hurt my friends, you also hurt me. That's a good way to make multiple enemys at once if you ask me.

"Miss Katherine, would you like to explain to me why you have your jacket on still?"

"Well it is quite cold today." I say as I gulp down one of the Advil's Jack gave me.

"Is that medicine that hasn't been pre-approved by a doctor you are taking? Hallway now!" He accuses me as I follow him to the brightly lit grey hallway. I shut the door and prepare myself.

"I don't even want to hear it from you any more. You will be here in detention after school for the next week. No exceptions, for the love of god you could have been taking ecstasy and I would have had no idea. Now go sit down and don't talk for the rest of the period." The after-noon dragged by after that. At the final bell I dashed out of class and to Jack's locker to tell him that I could walk home.

"No it's okay I'll wait with you." So we headed to the cafeteria (where they hold detention) and not surprisingly found Peter, and Seth folding their homework into airplanes at the desk.

"Woah what is she doing here?!" They half shouted. Not in the mood to talk I ignored them and sat went and sat at the bench without a word. I saw Jack brush his hand to the side motioning for them not to dig any deeper.  Ms. Johansen starts going over the rules... "no cell-phones, talking, and/or leaving this room without being dismissed by me. And I'm going to have to ask Mr. Tanner to leave as his name isn't on my list so the school can't be held liable for him being inside this room at this time." I see him pack up his bag and pull out his phone as he leavess. Seconds after I get a text "might have to break up with u, I don't usually date the delinquent type especially a pill popper ;) meet me @ the gym when ur done <3" I smile to myself before placing my phone on the table and switching it over to vibrate. And I don't know if you've ever been in detention before but it is quite possibly the longest, most boring hour of you're life.

         I see my phone start continuously vibrating against the table. Who could want to reach me so bad right now? Considering there were only 15 minutes I decided against checking my phone until after I got out not wanting to risk getting another hour for something stupid. Finally after what felt like an eternity of watching Peter tap his hand against the table and bob his leg up and down we were told we could leave. I was headed towards the library when Jack comes running down the main stairway and stop right in front of me, all the colour drained from his face as if he just saw a ghost. He kept opening his mouth to speak but no words left his mouth. He contemplated each word like if he said something wrong it would set off a landmine...,

"I... umm just heard from your... umm mum. Katherine, I'm not sure what to say... whatever happens just know I'll always be right beside you" his faced distorted to hide the beginning of tears forming in the corner of his eyes. I just stared at him confused, what the hell could he be talking about!?

"I understand if you don't want to talk to me about it,  I just wish you would love-,"

"What's going on, I don't understand?" I sharply cut him off dismissing his final thoughts.

"I'm so sorry." He whispers while pulling me into a tight hug causing my bag to tumble to the floor. And before I even found out what was wrong, I knew it wasn't going to be good.

First Chapter complete!!!! And ended on a cliff-hanger, what do you think happened? ;) What do you think so far? Each read, comment, piece of feedback, and person who enjoys my writing makes all the time I spend thinking of ideas worth it!! Fun fact- This is loosely based off of the life of someone very close to me... Stay Beautiful xoxo Saige