Hidden Identities

'You could've fooled me'

Distance - Christina Perri ft Jason Mraz

|Avril|

I walked alone to school today, I know Gina and Abigail had nothing to do with my parent's anger but I didn't feel like talking.

I hadn't eaten for quite long but I was more worried about other things.

Like Larry.

I didn't want to hurt him physically or mentally. He would get hurt if I avoided him because he had literally saved me, but if Dad found out I was hanging out with him...he might do more than just slap someone.

I don't want Larry getting hurt again because of me.

At break I met up with Abi and Gina and tried to act normal, but they already knew something wrong. They know when I want to be quiet so they didn't push me to say anything, which was a relief.

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Walking into Chemistry I mentally groaned as I saw we had a cover teacher, I actually enjoy doing serious experiments.

At least I get a chance to sleep.

I sighed as I sat in my seat then propped my elbow onto the table, leaning my head into my hand and closing my eyes.

People aimlessly chatted as the teacher sat in the desk, covered by the computer.

Am I making a big deal out of nothing?

'Having a bad day?' Mark asked cheerfully as he sat beside me.

'Something like that' I muttered, opening my eyes.

'It must be a bad day if Avril doesn't get to take charge of an experiment' He grinned.

Suddenly Gina's words filled my mind about Mark's feelings and my eyes widened, uh oh. Normal Avril.

Normal.

'Avriiil?' He waved a hand infront of my face as I flinched.

'Yup?'

'Are you seriously okay?' His bubbly face broke into a worried one, 'I've never seen you like this'.

I instinctively placed a hand over the bruise, 'I'm fine, don't worry'.

'What's the difference between a Covalent and an Ionic bond?' He demanded.

'One begins with C, the other doesn't?' I groaned.

He leaned closer to me with a curious expression that matched mine, 'Are you free after school? '.

'Why?'.

'I'll buy you bags and bags of skittles until you smile'.

A ghost of a smile appeared on my face, 'As tempting as that sounds I don't think I can...My parents...' I trailed off.

Going out with another guy suddenly is just more chaos.

He sighed and I gulped, he shouldn't be close enough so that I can feel his breath. 'I get it don't worry, strict parents?'.