The Pain that Lingers

chapter fourteen: Riding a Wave That Never Breaks

Lucy 

Harrison sat at my table and Ethan was already there. 

Ethan looked up at me questioning why Harrison was here. 

"Harrison, this is Ethan!" I said, the two shook hands and Harrison sat down. I avoided eye contact with him. My brother looked at me randomly from across the room. 

"So, what brings you here, Harrison?" Ethan asked. 

"Our lovely friend Lucy invited me, problem?" He replied.

"No problem. I just was curious because after all of these years you're finally talking to me." Ethan said. Wait- these two know each other. 

"Yes, we know each other," Ethan said, I guess he read my facial expressions. 

"Harrison here is Nova's brother." Ethan said, my eyes grew wide. My mouth dropped and I gaped at Harrison. 

"Long story." Harrison told me. 

"Well, if you two know each other then I'm guessing you hate Jayden?" I questioned Harrison. 

"You can say that!" 

"Well, we have a plan to take that entire group down, one by one." Ethan said, confidentially. 

Harrison chuckled, "You really think you can take down them?" He asked, rolling his eyes. "No one can ever take down Jayden and his little pack." Harrison said. 

I scoffed, "I know most of their secrets already. If you want to know them, come over to my house later after school and I'll fill you in on the details." I stated. 

"You may think you know them, but really you don't." Harrison said in a low voice. I know he doesn't approve of this, but the only way for us to take them all down is if we're all on the same team. 

Early this week, I was told Karina's grandfather died and she couldn't be at school for a few months. It's sad, and I need her as a friend. I can't deal with Jayden and his crew all by myself. 

"Fine, I'll come over your house." Harrison said, interrupting my deep thoughts. I snapped my head back up to nod my head at him thanking him for hearing me out. Jayden gaped at me, he seemed confused as to why Harrison would be here. From a distance I see Logan get up from his seat and walk out of the cafeteria. 

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It was later in the evening and Harrison was supposed to come over. 

I still wore some jeans and a white t shirt from a thrift store. I loved the color purple and I love wearing black jeans. 

"Lucy, someone is at the door for you, he says you two are working on a project!" Mom called from the living room. 

"Tell him to come upstairs!" I yelled back. I hear the front door close and my bedroom door open. Harrison was wearing a different outfit than earlier, he didn't have his nose piercing and he wasn't wearing all black, I kind of liked him like this; I like the way he looks either way. 

"You look, nice!" I say, I mentally slapped myself. Harrison wasn't bad looking at all. His black hair brought out his baby blue eyes and his olive skin complexion. 

"Thanks..." He said, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head. 

"Anyway, since we already discussed the rough draft of the project, we can just talk about Jayden." I told Harrison as he sat on my desk chair. 

"Why is everyone obsessed with him? He's nothing but a douchebag." 

"I know. Discussing their secrets is important though, if we want to take all of them down at once." I exclaimed. Harrison walked around my room and looked at my old photos of me, Clay and Alyssa. We were in Germany for a school field trip when we took that photo, sophomore year. We all took a German class and made it our mission to go to Germany once we were all fluent in that language. 

"So... Onto Jayden. I found out that his friend, Marcus, sold drugs. I also learned that Jayden's girlfriend, Skylar, is cheating on him with coach Todd." I said, Harrison still kept ignoring me and looked around my room more. 

"Not surprised. When I caught coach Todd and Skylar last year, it didn't really matter to me because she wasn't dating Jayden at the time!" Harrison stated. 

I sighed, "I have them on video! If that video gets out, it will hurt Jayden and I'll finally know his weak spot!" 

"Hurting other's gets us nowhere in life." Harrison said. I walk over to him and said, "If I let him win, he's letting my demons win." I said, looking deep into Harrisons eyes. I hear the door open and I hear Logan walk in, and I heard other voices as well. No! 

I run to the door to shut it so that Logan and his "friends" doesn't see that I'm here with Harrison, but it was too late. I was met with Jayden's cold eyes. His eyes looked like they were ice, frozen in time. He looked at me and then looked at Harrison. He rushed into my room and grabbed Harrison's collar from his sweatshirt. 

"What are you doing here, asshole?!" Jayden yelled. Logan rushed into my room to get Jayden off of Harrison.

"Get out of my room!" I yelled, "You're not fucking wanted in here, so get the fuck out!" I stammered. 

"I've had enough of this. Sorry, Logan." Jayden said and picked me up. Who does he think he is, coming over my house? And who does Logan think he is inviting him over here when he PROMISED I wouldn't see his face again. 

"Put me down!" I cried out, hitting his back. He threw me into the driver's seat of his car. Harrison and Logan come rushing out banging on his door to get him to let me out. My mom left to go to her yoga class ten minutes ago. 

"If you do this, I'm going to call the cops." Logan said with fury. 

"I already know about you, and your family!" Jayden said from the outside. How? How does he know? Jayden smirked and drove off, fast. He didn't slow down until we reached a park. It was seven thirty at night and it was getting dark soon. 

He got out of his car and dragged me into the woods. 

"Jayden stop this madness, right now!" I yelled. 

"Shut up, bitch." Jayden said, slapping me on the face. As soon as I let out a yelp, he realized what he did and let go of me. "I told you to shut the fuck up and listen to me." I instantly stopped fighting him. 

"What do you know about us?" He asked me with a stone-cold voice, his forehead scrunched up and his veins were popping out. What is he on? 

"Are you on something, Jayden?" I questioned. He glared at me, and I could tell he was because his eyes are bloodshot red. 

"You know NOTHING! Nothing, about me or my past. If you think you can take ME down, you're fucking wrong. I know about your dad, and that he was almost killed. God, who do you think runs this place around here?" Jayden asked. 

"It was you?" I gaped at him. 

"No! Not that part. But I know everything else." He said grinning. "I looked in your diary!" 

"YOU LOOKED IN MY DIARY?!" I screamed, panicking. He read my private thoughts. He knows about Tyler. 

"I know how to get in that head of yours. I know your weaknesses, so if you try to use mine against me, I'll always be one step ahead!" Jayden said marching up to me and grabbing my wrists. I fought against him, I kicked him and punched him but nothing worked. 

"Stop fighting." He whispered yelled; his hands were under my shirt. I whimpered. 

"You're a monster!" I said, I saw something in his eyes switch. He calmed down and came back to reality. 

"We all have demons, Lucy. Have you met yourself?"