All through the day, my mind is blank. I can't think of anything else but my training. What will I learn? Is this going to be painful? Fear starts to take over me. I also have to keep a lookout for Ophere, God knows where he could be. What if I'm attacked and I can't defend myself? What if not strong enough?
But I also can't stop thinking about Luke and Hunter, they're so handsome. Hunter, the sexy bad-boy way he walks and his dreamy eyes. Luke, a symbol of gods creation. Perfection. Just like his brother. But I can't tell them how I feel about them, the way they make me feel. I wonder if they feel the same way.
I feel a pair of eyes on me, I turn to see Hunter watching me carefully. Like he was trying to read the expression on my face. I quickly turn around, a blush creeping on my face. He was staring at me, but what for?
***
It isn't long before the final bell rings and the school days over. I walk out of class to find the hallways completely empty...except for Piper. Damn it, I really thought I avoided her. But how did she get the hallways empty, scary. She quickly walks up to me and punches me in the stomach. I feel as if the wind is knocked out of me. I fall to the ground, defeated.
"So you think you can steal my boyfriend, can you tramp?" She asks me. Her boyfriend, what the hell...
"I don't know...what your talking...about." I say in breaths.
"You know me and Hunter are and item now, it's all over the school." She says to me with her snobby, up-tight voice. God that's annoying. "Why the fuck were you hanging around him yesterday?" She growls at me angrily.
"We're just friends you psycho-bitch." I yell at her. She starts kicking me in the chest over and over until everything goes completely black.
***
I woke up in a room, I big room, there were lots of bright lights. There was something in my arm, a needle? My vision adjust and I realize I'm in a hospital room. I blink slowly and look out of the window. It's nighttime outside. I look to my right to see Hunter and Luke sleeping on the couch. I try to sit up but I yell loudly in pain. I see Hunter and Luke immediately wake up and look at me with pain in their eyes. Hunter silently hold his hands, looks up and whispers 'thank you'.
"Nurse, she's awake!" Luke immediately yells. Hunter runs to my side in an instant. He looks at me, for some confirmation that I'm able to talk.
"H-Hunter, what happened to me. I'm so scared!" I start whimpering until tears run down my face. Hunter sits in my bed and hugs me closely to him chest. I feel so happy in his arms. The nurse comes walking into the room at a fast pace and Luke comes to my bedside as well.
"Well Miss. Martinez, it seems your awake now. You were out for quite some time." She says to me. Worry takes over me.
"How long was I asleep?" I quietly say.
"You were out for a week." Is all Hunter says to me. He could barely get the words out, almost as if he were choking on his words.
"A WEEK!" I yell, causing stress in my chest. I wince in pain. "Ow, Dammit!" I say, frustrated. "What about my schoolwork, what about Stephen and Sarah." I say, looking at Hunter and Luke.
"Calm down, Your Aunt and Brother are out in the hallway, I told them to wait there." Luke days to me.
"I want them in here, NOW!" I yell. The nurse quickly walks out into the hallways to retrieve them. I look up at Hunter and Luke. They both look sad, like puppies do when their owner is in pain.
"Where the hell is she?" I hear Stephens voice out in the hallway. I know I'm about to get a very stern talking to. Stephen and Sarah walk in at the same time. "Oh hell no, Vi what did you do?!" Stephen says to me, anger in his tone.
"Stephen, language!" Sarah yells at him.
"Sorry Aunt Sarah, I'm just so mad right now!" He says, punching the wall. He storms out, but not before shooting a deadly glare at Hunter and Luke, who don't look fazed by it at all.
What do I tell them, that I'm being bullied? Hell no.
"I um...I fell down a flight of stairs at school, yeah, that's what happened to me." I say, lying.
"Oh dear, well you have to learn to be careful walking down the stairs, your lucky your injuries are minor. Your ribs are bruised a little and your arm is sprained, nothing a few days of bed rest can't fix." I hear the nurse say to me.
"And about your school work, do you remember when you came to school yesterday?" Hunter asks me.
"Yeah, yesterday was June 17, why?" I ask.
"It was the last day of school Violet." Hunter says to me. My mind is blank. It was the last day, and I basically missed it?
"Can Hunter and I have a moment please?" I say quietly. Everyone nods and walks out of the room, except for Hunter. I look at him, a pleading look in my eyes. "Hunter, it was Piper's fault that I'm like this, she hurt me bad," I quietly say to him. His face contorts into a deep, angry frown.
"What! Dove, has she done this before!?" He says, his voice rising. I can tell he's angry about this.
"Um, yes. But only once before. It wasn't as serious last time. She only choked me for spilling coffee on her." I said. Silence fills the room, awkward silence.
"I knew she would come after you eventually." He says to me after calming down.
"What do you mean by eventually?" I ask him, curious for the answer.
"She um, she works for Ophere?" He tells me in the form of a question.
It only took me two seconds for my anger to burst through me...
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The Odd One Out
Roman pour AdolescentsStarting over is never easy, especially for a girl like Naomi. For a time, she always felt different, almost as though she didn't belong in the world. A new town and a new school, a change in scenery seemed like it was needed. But before long, Naomi...
