More Than Friends?

~Chapter Five: Blah, Blah, Blah, Bully~

I show up to school the next day and I get the same remarks I got on my first day. The first three classes of the day went fairly quickly. But it's the rest of the day that seemed to take forever. I go to the cafeteria and sat down at the empty table again. I thought the rest of the day was going to be a breeze because for the the first three classes so managed to sneak my phone in so I survived. But lunch all he'll rained down upon me. I was sitting down sketching and listening to music. When Stacy and her clique came up to my table. "What're you drawing you little Emo whore? You know when I heard we were getting a new girl I thought it was going to be somebody cool, not some Emo freak who listens to some fucking worthless shit!" I turn my music up all the way so I can't hear them but one her friends grabs my phone and throws it on the ground, busting it. Glass flies everywhere. Then they break my favorite headphones. I try to get up and leave but Stacy grabs me and shoves me against the wall. "You aren't going anywhere you emo bitch!" That's when Alex walks into the cafeteria. "Hey Alice I was just in the libra- Get your fucking hands off of her!" He yells as he runs up to Stacy and pulls her off of me. "Thank you but, you could just let them beat me.." I mumble. He scoffs. "As if that was an option. I would never let them kick your ass. Come one, let's go." He takes my hand and drags me down to the principal's office. He bursts in the door and his mom jumps a little. "Alex, you scared me." She sees him clearly pissed and me about to cry. "Stacy and the rest of her fucking clique were beating Alice." He says irritated. His mom walks up to me and hugs me. "Oh dear, I am so sorry Alice. I will have them suspended immediately." She says. "Mrs. Walsh please don't do that, it will only make things worse." I mumble, as I start tearing up. "Can I drive her home?" Alex asks looking as if he were going to back there and kill all of them. "Yes, you may. You take the day off too. I don't you killing anyone." Mrs. Walsh says to him. Alex starts walking out of Mrs. Walsh's office then the school all together. I quickly follow. "God, I want to kill those bitches." He says irritated. We walk out into the parking lot and get in his truck. "I'll drop you off at home." He says. "No!" I scream. He looks at me questionably. "Why?" "My parents will think K ditching and will literally beat me. Even if you're there." I reply. "Okay we'll go to my house." He starts driving and we arrive there within 15 minutes. He gets out of the truck and walks around to the other side to open my door. "Thanks.." I say shyly and we start walking into his house. He walks in like its nothin but, it's really awkward for me. I walk up to their TV and I see a little cabinet with a sticker on it that says, "Alex's movies don't touch or you'll fucking die.." I pen the cabinet and look at all of the movies he owns. I find Rocky Horror Picture Show. "Hey Alex, can we watch Rocky Horror Picture Show?" He walks out of the kitchen with a huge bag of flaming hot Cheetos, a small PB&J sandwich, and a glass of tea. "Sure, if you eat this.." He says. "No.." I reply. "Fine, then no movie." he says. "Fine.." I complain. He sets the food down and comes over to me and pops the movie in the DVD player. I go and sit on the couch and Alex joins me. I reluctantly eat the food. We watch the whole movie. I look at the time. "Crap! I have to go!" I say. I get up grab my stuff and run out of his house. "Wait!" He yells. I turn around. "Yeah?" I question. "Are you going to be okay?" He asks. I nod. "If you count being abused all night because you're parents are drunk, then yeah." I respond. Alex looks at me concerned. "They do that to you?!" He asks clearly pissed. I nod once more. "Look I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow Alex." I begin walking but Alex grabs my wrist and pulls me back. "Yeah, no." He says. "Alex I seriously have to go, they will kill me if I'm late." I say my voice getting shaky. "Look, you're even terrified of going home. God Alice, is this why you always showed up with bruises all over you in second grade?" I looks down. "Yeah.." Alex lifts my head up. "This isn't going to keep happening. Come on." He drags me to my house and tries opening the door but, it's bolted. We go through my window instead. "Get everything you need." Alex says irritated. I grab the huge suitcase from my closet and I begin packing everything, literally everything. I grab all my clothes, I grab my makeup, I grab my black nail polish, and I grab my blades. I toss all of the items in the suitcase, then I zip it up. From there, Alex grabs the suitcase and tosses it out the window. He grabs my wrist again and pulls me out the window. He silently shuts it, and then we go to his house. His mom shows up 5 minutes after we get back from packing my stuff. "Mom, can we get Alice a hotel to stay in?" He asks. "What for?" She asks him. "Her parents abuse her and she needs a place to stay." Mrs. Walsh looks to Alex then runs over to me and hugs me. "Oh dear. Look we have a spare bedroom upstairs, you can stay in there okay?" Mrs. Walsh says. "Okay, thank you.." I reply. Mrs. Walsh then turns to Alex and says. "Go show Alice where her room is dear." Alex guides me to my new room. "I'll leave you to unpack." He then leaves and goes downstairs.