night souls and day hearts (girl x enby)

chap 13 new stakes, old conflict

Amelia was awoken from an amazing dream the next morning by her alarm.
She had been reliving the yesterday's tenser moments all night. She was not happy to be awake but knew that shed be late for school if she slept in. Though that didnt stop her from scrolling through Instagram untill she had to rush to get dressed and run to school.

She arrived a a few minutes before the start of home room, she was panting from the running. She rushed to her home room.

She didnt pay attention to homeroom or the class after that.  Amelia was busy telling milli about her weekend.
Milli told her that she was dumb for falling for a problematic person but Amelia didnt care. The two of them talked untill they had to go to different classes.

Amelia played attention to the 2 classes she had left before lunch tho it was hard when she heard 2 boys whisper about Robin's new hair color behind her, they were making fun of them. She was not a violent person but she had the urge to punch them.

She was relieved when that class was over and she was exited to go to lunch, she had decided to find Robin and sit with them.

She made her way to the cafeteria to start her search when she saw a family person approaching her angrily. Mike James stopped right in front if her., he looked like he was out for blood.

"What the fuck do I have to do to make you stay away from Robin", screamed Mike.

"There is nothing you can do", responded Amelia, matching his anger.

"You will be fucking sorry, emilia or whatever your fucking name is", growled Mike.

"You dont scare me", stated Amelia harshly.

"I really, really should", stared Mike.

Amelia was very aware that this was a threat but she refused to show the slight fear that was growing in her.

Mike pushed past her, intentionally ramming into her shoulder. She almost lost her balance but regained her footing. She looked back after him, rage and fear filled her. She suddenly became awayr of all the students around her, all their whispering, all their footsteps, it was deafening, claustrophobic.

She continued walking down the hall, she didnt dare run, she didnt want to be noticed, she regretted her pastel clothing. She felt like everyone was starring at her. She could hear her heart beat. It was deafening.

She rushed to a bathroom and sat down in a stall, sthe looked at her hands, they were shaking, she knew that she was having a panic attack but.

She took out her phone and texted the only person she could think of.

Amelia:
" I need you, I'm in the girls bathroom in the east corridor"

Robin:
"I'm coming"

Amelia let her head fall back against the wall behind her. She tried to calm her hyperventilating, she felt so claustrophobic.

She soon herd the door swing open .

"Amelia?", asked Robin slowly but with a bit of panic.

Amelia leaned forward and opened the stall door, Robin rushed in and closed the door behind them.

"Are you ok, you are like really pale", asked Robin, even more panicked.

"I think I'm having a panic attack", stated Amelia weakly.

"How can I help?", asked Robin, they sounded less panicked and more determined.

"I dont know!", said Amelia.

Robin looked at the stall thinking. They then grabbed Amelia's shoulders and pulled her up from the closed toilet seat where she was sitting. They turned the two of them around and sat themselves down where Amelia had been sitting, they then pulled Amelia onto their lap.

Amelia was surprised by the condition but when Robin wrapped their arms around her, she felt alpt of panic subside. Her breathing steadied.

The two teens sat there for a few minutes in silence, Amelia in Robin's embrace. The silence was broken bu Robin.

"Did something happen?", asked Robin, they sounded very worried.

"Mike James, threatened me, he told me to stay away from you again, he said that I should be scared of him", answered Amelia weakly.

She didnt feel the panic anymore but she was still recovering.

"He did what?!", asked Robin, their tone was harsh and the question was clearly rhetorical.

Robin stod up  making sure that Amelia didnt fall. They opened the door and started there way out.

"Go home angel, I'mma go teach him a lesson", stated Robin aggressively as they left the bathroom.

The pet name made Amelia's heart skip a beat. She made her way out of the bathroom to, Robin was already out of sight. She decided to follow their instruction. She didn't care about her bag she just started walking to the closest exit.

She walked out the door and found herself in the forest behind the school, she started walking towards where she knew the nearest road was. Her steps determined.

"Where do you think your going?" Asked the familiar voice of Mike from behind her.

She saw atleast 3 of the jock guys starting to surround her between the trees, she stopped walking and turned around.

"I'm going home", stated Amelia in a growl, she wasnt gonna go down easy if she was going to go down.

"Hah, no your not, you are going to stay right here, with us", said Mike, his voice was threatening and taunting.

"And why would I do that", stated Amelia firmly.

"Cuz you dint have a choice", said Mike with a small laugh.

He gestured with his hand and Amelia felt hands grasp her upper arms. It was 2 of the jocks. Mike started approaching her.

"You've made it clear that your not gonna leave Robin alone, that made you a problem but it looks like you've actually managed to become someone she cares abou-"

"Thay, I am someone they care about", interrupted Amelia aggressively.

"Shut the fuck up", growled Mike. He slapped Amelia across the face and she felt her cheek redden from the hit.

"As I was saying, you have become someone she cares about, fuck she might even love you or something. So I thought, if I cant make you stay away then I'll use you to hurt her", explained Mike, his tone was nasty and malicious.

"I mean what would hurt her more, making you stop talking to her, or hurt you, ruin you." Continued Mike, a smirk spreading across his face.

"So I'm gonna fucking ruin you, I'm gonna make you my bitch", taunted Mike, he reached his hand towards her body, she felt fear rush through her, she tried to back away but the two jocks held her in place, she felt his fingers grasp at her shirt.