tortured tutor (edited)

chapter thirty-six

skylers pov:
the digital alarm clock beeped repeatedly, annoying me awake. confusion struck me as i remembered that annoying sound takes place at my house...
the bright numbers shown 6:00am as the rest of the room started to appear. my heart started to race the second my vision cleared up.

why am i in my room?

not ethan and i's room.

my room.

the clanking sounds of beer bottles rang throughout the house. this has to be a dream. i cant be here, ethan saved me from this place. suddenly the door whipped open and i was thrown off the bed. it's just a nightmare. my father stood over me and bent over to slap me. if this was a nightmare why did that hurt.

"go to school you lazy shit, get out of here before i beat your ass and throw you down the stairs again like last night!" my father yelled furiously.

scrambling off the floor i didn't even bother to grab anything i just jump out the window and ran. once i got to the corner i stopped to collect my thoughts. it was still dark out, the sun barely rising. what day even is it? walking in the direction of the school my dads words play back to me.

"get out of here before i beat your ass and throw you down the stairs again like last night!"

last night?
that happened before i knew ethan..

this doesn't make sense..
did ethan drop me off here after we had sex?
omg... we had sex
no why would he do that.

finally making it to school early, the property was a ghost town.

after an hour people started to show up but still no sign of ethan.

"hey dude why aren't you in our usual spot?" i jumped as ash came up from behind me. what does she mean? we haven't talked in months.

~ "oh hey how are you?", i asked confused
"good, why didn't you answer my text about soccer practice"

soccer practice? it's not even soccer season anymore.
this entire day isn't making sense.
~ "oh that's today...? what's the date today?", i played along.

"june 18th, are you okay skyler?",ash raised her eyebrow.

no. it can't be. yesterday was december 10th. ethan and i started dating at the end of june. that was 6 months ago.

"c'mon skyler we gotta get to class", ash pulled me as the bell rang.

everything circled through my head the entire period trying to make sense of things. it wasn't until 3rd period that i was aware of my surroundings as i randomly got called into the office. i wonder what i did.

"good afternoon Miss banks, you're probably wondering why I called you in here today." I nodded as the principal continued.  " well you see a student has been struggling with all of his classes and I decided it would be best if you,  a straight A student, tutored him."

oh geez i don't have time for this. i need help with my own life first.

"who is the student in need sir?" i asked confused.

"ethan dolan"