The New Kid

Chapter 04- "You want me to skip school?! Let's do it.

As I'm sitting in the principal's office, in one of the chairs for the students, I get bored so conveniently there's a safety pin there. So I start drawing shapes and whatever into the chair.

"Why are you doing that Ava?" Principal Pone asks.

"I was waiting for you to start talking." I say nonchalantly and continue drawing. He sighs.

"Please give me the safety pin Ava." He says with his hand out and I hand it to him with no hesitation.

"Only cause you asked nicely." I smile at him. He tries to hide his smile but I already saw it.

"Alright now Ava, you beat up Jacks-" he starts laughing half way through his lecture. I crack a smile. "Ava," he starts again "the rules here for fighting is automatic suspension and 10 hours of community service." He speaks like he's reading from a paper. I 'drop' my head to seem sad.
"I understand sir." I say in my nicest tone. He's quiet for a bit so I lift my head, I guess he was a bit taken back that I 'apologized'.

After my meeting with the principal I walk out just in time for classes to change. As I'm walking out of the office a stranger links their arm in mine and asks the magic phrase "you wanna skip school with me?"
I try to seem like a good girl so I gasp and ask them back "You want me to skip school?! Lets do it." As I look over I notice it's one of the other guys that claims to be a bad ass in school. His name is Trenton James but he just prefers to be called TJ.

He's hot, he's got tattoos and beautiful brown hair and nice soft tanned skin. He realizes I'm starting and smirks.

"I'm so glad that you're day dreaming about me, but you gotta get in the car." He breaks me out of my daze.
"Don't flatter yourself, I saw the devil in you for a second." I smirk back, pulling the door open and sliding in the front seat. He smiles at me sweetly before saying
"You've got to be a devil to see a devil."
I scoff at this " I am not a devil." I say simply.
As if he was ignoring me he goes on to say "And you're a beautiful liar. Now tell me about yourself."

I look at him, shrug and tell my story and he sits silently listening until I'm done. Even after I finish he drives quietly. I get ready to speak but he beats he to it.
"Your story is familiar, my mom went through the same identical thing." He says keeping his eyes on the road. "My mom is strong and stubborn, just like you. Very soon after my grandparents disowned her, she was raped and beaten and found in an alleyway. She was taken to the hospital without being cleaned up so they could find her rapist. The person that found her was my uncle. They were both obviously really young. He convinced my dad's parents to let her stay there. My dad found out about her and they started to talk and got interested in each other. My uncle noticed this and tried to sabotage this. He wanted to be with my mom so bad, he's the reason he is not with her. My mom had found out she was pregnant by the rapist, but she isn't one for abortion, she says its not the child's fault. When my mom had the baby, my dad had been supporting her the entire time. My uncle was still obviously envious of this. So he killed the baby, he drowned it. He's in jail for murder and 2 years after he killed the baby I was born. But I wasn't the only one, I had/have a twin. His name is Christian, when we were in the nursery at the hospital apparently something happened where he got switched with someone else's baby. My mom didn't want the other baby he got mixed up with, so I have no clue what happened to him/her. After that, they couldn't find my brother and my mom said no more kids after me." He finishes his story. It wasn't even his complete story, it wasn't his at all. It's his mom's. I just sit there quiet just embracing the story no matter whose it is.

"I like you." I say finally. He chuckles and stops at a stop light, looking over to me "I like you too."

We ride in silence until he pulls up to this strip mall.
"Wanna go shopping?" He asks.
"I don't have any-" I start but he cuts me off.
"You really think I would ask you to skip school and not treat you? Tsk tsk. Come on beautiful, we've got some shopping to do." He says parking the car and taking the keys out of the ignition. I smile at him and open the door and slide out closing the door behind me walking to his side of the car. He grabs my hand like a kid and we cross the street. I look up at the tall building and sigh, I haven't been shopping in about 5 years. Here goes nothing.

*3 hours later*
I'm carrying about 12 bags, one was only filled with perfumes and body washes and the others filled with clothes. I'm just following behind TJ and I see he's going to the food court.
"Hey" I stop him "you've spent so much money on me for no reason, I don't want you to spend anymore." He's really tall so I have to look up at him.
"Well sweetheart, I guess that's why I'm called a bad boy. I don't listen to anyone, not even a beautiful girl who I'd like to be much more than friends with." He winks at me. I smile at him and try my best to blow him a kiss. He sees my struggle and does exactly what I knew he would. He kissed me, it was just a peck, but he kissed me.
"Now what do you want to eat?"
"Uh pizza." I smile at him.
"Say it again?" He asks, I'm a bit confused so I do.
"Pizza, uh please." I smile.
"I love your accent." He smiles down at me and I can't help but smile.
"Thank you. I'm gonna go find a seat, can I just have cheese pizza?" I ask nicely.
"May I have another kiss?" He asks and I kiss him with no hesitation. We pull away and smile I turn around to walk away and everyone is staring. What do I do you ask? I give everyone in there the middle finger. Everyone acts like I just killed their dogs gasping and looking away, some even cover their eyes. I just laugh. I find a table and sit down as soon as I sit down my phone goes off, I didn't even check the caller ID before answering.
"Hello?"
"So you think you're going to succeed without your parents, think again!"
"Mom?"
"Don't act like you don't know who the hell I am, you're a failure and that's all you'll ever be. Your father and I tried to raise you so well but you failed us. That's where it all starts they say, at home. You'll fail all your pathetic life. No one will ever love you. You are unlovable. We don't know where you're located but we will find you, and make your life hell little girl, the same way you did us. Just wait on it." Then she hangs up. I sit there shocked. I have no words for what just happened. They legally disowned me! Why are they trying to ruin me, they got me out of their lives so why aren't they content with that. I've gotta be prepared for this. I will be. I am becoming a new person and no one from my past will change that.

TJ walks over to the table smiling widely and I smile back.
"Cheese pizza for you beautiful." He says sitting it down in front of me. I inhale the scent and thank him before digging in. He smiles at me again and asks
"Hey, you wanna be my girlfriend?"

I stop mid bite. I almost choke on my pizza. I look at him, I'm not really ready for a relationship and I don't know him well, but then again life is short. I sit there quietly thinking about it.
"Uhm..."

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Hey guys, I really hope you enjoy this chapter. The girl there in the picture is Ava, sorry I didn't get her picture up sooner. I'll try to update really soon, just bear with me.