Trust and Betrayal

Chapter 2 - Oh Honey...

Honey's POV
Groggy and frustrated at the bad timing my alarm had, I slam my hand down onto it to turn it off. I roll over only to meet burning light dispensing through the curtains. This puts me in an even worse mood because I fall off my bed in surprise. I grabbed my iPhone 5S and checked Instagram. All I saw were hundreds of comments, follow requests and most of all likes. I smiled warmly. It's one of the reasons I love Instagram; it's a really nice feeling when someone thinks your pretty. Then I checked my messages. As usual I had around 500 to read. My friends just don't know when to shut up do they! I made a mental note to read them later, I didn't have time to read them now.
I put the shower on and brushed my teeth careful not to wake up my sisters and parents. I climbed into the shower and let the water remove all the impurities on my body.
I've always wondered how people could be so strong. I mean, I know people who've been bullied and yet they still seem happier than I am these days. I continue thinking about strong people and find myself subconsciously singing 'Airplanes' by B.O.B.
I get out of the shower and get dressed whilst my mind wanders from being strong to Jaden. I smile at the thought of him. He's so sweet and I love his laugh, it's so contagious. I shake my head in an attempt to get rid of the thoughts. I shouldn't be thinking about him like that, I literally met him yesterday.
"Who?!" I heard a voice scream and I turned around suddenly to face my son of a b*tch stepdad. Immediately, I grabbed the nearest towel. Had he no sense of privacy?! "No one, for God sake can't you at least knock on the door?! I put up a sign because you never knock! Are you gonna tell me you can't read now?!" I exclaimed harshly. He tensed at my words and took a few steps towards me, "You shut up! Who do you think you are?! You think that just because you are 13 that you can boss around your parents! You need to get far away from here, like go to boarding school because your so thick!" He shouted in my face. Spit splattered on my face and I gingerly wiped it off with my hand. "And you need a breath mint." I mumbled under my breath. Suddenly, I felt a stinging pain on my left cheek. I glanced in the mirror and saw a hand shaped pink mark on my face. My body started to shake with rage. "Get the hell out! I swear I'll kill you if you're still here in 3 seconds!" I slammed the door in my face and threw on my clothes. I didn't bother with my hair and makeup, I just grabbed my bag and left with tears stinging in my eyes.
Luckily, I managed to calm myself down on the way to the bus stop and the mark had faded slightly. I plastered on a fake smile and strode confidently under the bus shelter. The last thing I wanted people to do was to fuss over me.
As soon as Liz saw me, she started talking like normal. I stopped listening after a while and just stared at the road that lay before me. Why did I have to suffer? I've never done anything that sinful and God decided to put me into this fat, ugly body. He had to give me a whore of a stepdad. I was awoken from my daze by a familiar voice.
"Your not fat or ugly." Jaden said stepping out from behind the trees. Confused, I glanced around and saw that Liz had walked away. Typical Liz behaviour. "Huh?" I whispered a lot quieter than I was supposed to say. He sighed. "What's wrong?" I was taken back by the question. Why would he ask that? It's not like he cares or anything. And how does he know? Liz didn't even notice. "What makes you think there's something wrong?!" I try and say cheerfully but my voice cracks. "Come on Honey, I'm not stupid. I know there's something wrong because you're not smiling and you look pale. You aren't talking to Liz and your eyes red. You've been crying so tell me what's wrong." He said.
"I - I," my voice cracked, "I can't tell you." I finally manage to say not daring to meet his eyes.
"Why? It can't be that bad, it's not like you're getting abused or something..." He trails off when he sees my facial expression on my face. An expression filled with hurt and pain. "Oh Honey..." After hearing those words I couldn't help but breakdown. All my emotions emptied out onto his shirt. He rubbed my back with his thumb whilst I cried and I cried till I had no emotion left except hate. "I hate him." I whisper with the little energy I have left.
"Him?"
"I'll tell you later, I promise." I say as he bus arrives - late as usual. I get on the bus and sit by the window with Jaden next to me. I rest my head on his shoulder and stare out of the window.
------------------ 2 hours later ------------------- I doodle the word 'Jaden' in my English exercise book. After what happened this morning, he's all I can think about. Why does he care so much? "Thinking about Jaden huh?" Imogen, another of my good friends said.
"No! I'm just writing his name because he asked me to!" I say matter-of-factly
"Right(!)" Imogen says laughing along with me. "But seriously, if he really makes you happy then he's someone special. Just don't forget to ask him if he has any friends!" She exclaimed and the whole class turned towards us. I cower away whilst laughing. "Right, Miss Cortez and Miss Smith, detention after school." Our horrid teacher said with no emotion whatsoever.
Author's Note
I'm not going to pretend that this update is not 3 weeks late because it is and I'm sorry. It's mainly because of school but now I'm on holiday - whoop! Go Easter! - I'll be uploading every 3 days. Vote and comment if you like it and want to here some more.

Next Update: Tuesday 7th April (5 votes and 3 comments for an early update.)