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Anthrophobia- The fear of people and society.

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Today is the sad day b.b. returns. I watch as she hugs one of her friends like they haven't seen each other in years, squealing like pigs.

Thankfully I don't have any classes with her until after lunch. So I've been doing a good job avoiding her. I know the time until I have to see her is just ticking away.

For some reason, I feel like I can't breathe in this crowd of people. I feel like there is more than usual like they've multiplied.

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After third period, I head to my locker to grab some lady products before my next class, aka tampons. When I shut my locker and turn to walk away I bump into someone. A loud scream makes my ears ring, I look at a furious b.b. Some sort of Starbucks spilled all over her shirt.

B.b. narrows her eyes, "what the hell."

I try not to laugh, "oops." I begin to walk past her, "watch where you're going next time.

She slaps me before I can walk away, my mouth hangs open in surprise, and this time she begins to walk away. Oh hell Nah, does she think I'm just going to let that go?

I stomp after her, I grab her hair and yank her back. She sheiks and stumbles back, ending up falling straight down on her ass. I smirk and what happens next is quick. "You bitch!" she yells.

I somehow end up on the floor with her, hair is pulled, noses and faces are punched, and legs kick. And I'll admit, her blows hurt like hell, It's probably her stupid heals and rings

But too soon, we're ripped away from each other. Someone pulls me back and holds me to them. I flail in the person's arms like an animal but they keep a tight hold on me. "Let me go, I'm not done with the bitch!"

"Yes you are," they say. "You're going to attract teachers."

At that moment, the principal comes in and yells, "What is going on here? everyone get to class." I just then realized the big crowd that has formed. I hate crowds, what did I just do?

Before I can register what's happening too much, I'm getting pulled through the crowd of people and out of the school building to the parking lot. Kashton opens the passenger door of his car for me, I look up at him but he doesn't look at me, just out at the rest of the cars in the parking lot.

I sigh and climb in, he doesn't look like he's in the mood for me to argue about why we're out here.

Kashton instantly shuts the door, a little too hard, and walks around to the drivers' side. He doesn't speak and he still doesn't look at me. Honestly, he looks mad now. But why is he mad? Is it something that I did?

I look away from Kashton. My hand wipes away the blood from my nose bleed but almost right after, I feel the blood flow down to my lip. I tilt my head back, "Don't tilt your head back," Kashton says from the first time since we've been out here.

He reaches over, opening the glove box and grabs a napkin, then handing it to me. "Pinch your nose above the nostrils and tilt your head forward, not all the way just slightly."

I do as he says, "Sounds like you know what you're doing."

He just shrugs before going quiet again.

My nose bleed stops rather quickly, I pull the napkin away and stuff it in my pocket, not knowing what else to do with it. I lean my head back against the headrest, I got to admit my whole face stings but I don't regret it. The pain is really nothing. The sting and the numbing feeling is something that I don't mind. I was done with her attitude, acting like she owns the place.