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part 18

My eyes struggle to open as the tears from last night glued them shut. I push myself into a sitting position as my whole body aches. My lungs burn as air enters them. My heart thumps in my head and the right side of my face is throbbing.

I stand up and walk towards my bathroom hunched over holding my ribs. When my eyes meet my reflection I feel my chest tighten. My right eye is bloodshot and burised around it.

SHIT....there is no way of hiding this from anyone. My hand comes up and pushes slightly around my swollen eye making me wince and swear under my breath. My bruises on my neck are starting to fade into a more greenish yellow color,but they are still very noticeable.

I do my normal morning routine and put make-up on my neck and a tiny bit around my eye. There is no possible way to hide it because the part of my eye that was once white is a sea of red.

I pull my bag off of the floor and throw it over my shoulder. I didn't get any of my homework done because of the little incident that happened with Billy.
I sneak down the stairs and towards the front door. I don't want Molly to see me and most definitely don't want to run into Billy.

I slip out the front door and walk towards calebs black car that is parked in the driveway. I sling the door open and sit my body down against the leather seats. I toss my bag in the back while trying to keep my head down so neither one of them see my eye. "What the hell happened to your face?" Ryders raspy voice sounds from behind me.
This fucking asshole never knows when to stop running his mouth.

My head snaps up at the words that come from the back seat. I look over at her to see her hair thrown in front of her face as she looks at her white chucks in the floor board. "What the fuck is he taking about stella?" I ask I feel the blood that was once flowing through my veins replaced with lava. "Stella I swear to God if you don't fucking answer my question." I say giving her a warning.

She doesn't make a move or a sound. I reach over and grasp her chin Inbetween my fingers. I pull her face around so I can see the right side along with the left. My heart drops at the sad look in her eyes. I can tell she's in pain but trying to mask it. Her eye is swollen almost to the point you can barely see her pupil. The makeup she has over top of the bruised skin does a poor job at hiding it. "I-i ran into my bathroom door ok it just happened last night it was an accident I ran into my bathroom door." She lets the lies spill from that pretty little mouth of hers.

I know it's a lie because she repeats herself when she's lying. It frustrates me that she is lying I wish she could just tell me the truth. I let go of her face and put my hands on the wheel. I run my tongue over my teeth trying to control my anger. I'm not mad at her I'm mad at whoever did this to her.

I put the car in drive and drive towards the school. "Me and Ryder have football practice after school, so you can either ask someone else for a ride or wait on the bleachers for us" I say as I turn into the school parking lot. She nods her head as I park the car. She slings the door open and hops out me and Ryder following. She walks a little farther ahead of us and Ryder leans in and asks "you don't really believe her story about the bathroom door do you?"

I shake my head no and let out a breath through my nose. "Fuck no! We need to figure out how it really happened" i say as I furrow my eyebrows. "Do you think maybe her moms new boyfriend is doing it? She didn't start getting hurt until he showed up maybe you should ask your dad to run a background check on him" Ryder says. Why didn't I think about that?

I'm sitting on the bleachers watching a bunch of boys toss a ball around. I only know three things about football. One it is associated with the word touchdown, two one of the requirements of being on the team is being hot as hell and three the big yellow forks are useless.

I am finishing some of my homework while waiting on Ryder and Caleb. I hear shoes klink against the metal bleachers getting closer to me. I look up from my science book to see Tyler sitting beside me. His black eye that Caleb gave him now faded. I roll my eyes which sends a jolt of pain through my head. I look back down at the book that is layed open in my lap. "Oh so your not talking to me now huh?" He asks with a scoff.

"I'm not trying to be rude but could you possibly leave me alone?" I ask flipping the page and writing some notes in my note book. "So what? Are you with andrews now? Is that what happend to your eye? Did he teach you a lesson about not talking to other guys?" He asks I bite my lip not wanting to be rude to him but he just makes the task impossibility hard.

I look out at the feild and see the boys filing into the locker room. There sweaty bodies all jumbled up into one group. I slam my book shut and shove it into my bag. I stand up and start walking towards the locker room. I hear his abnormally big feet following behind me. "Leave me alone Tyler I don't want to talk to you" I say turning the corner that leads to the place i just seen my friends enter "Why should I do that? You abandoned me the other night at my party" he says as he grabs my wrist and turns me to look at him.

His touch bring back the thoughts I had that night. I pull my arm out of his grasp "I said leave me alone" I say slowly trying to get the point through . "But-" he says but gets cut off. "She said leave her alone Herrington" I hear ryders voice come from behind me. I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

"Hey stella I think Caleb wants to talk to you he's in the locker room he told me to let you know" I shake my head yes not asking him if I'm actually allowed in the locker room or not because I'm desperate to get out of this situation. I walk towards the entrance of the locker room when I hear Tyler shout from behind me " I'll see you around sweetheart" making me shiver at the nickname. Not the good kind of shivers either.