The Do Or Die

Chapter One; The Deal

     Sitting at our normal lunch table, I catch Ashley smirking at some girl. The girl has tears streaming down her pale face. She stood from the table to leave but one of the boys that were at her table stood up and stopped her. He wrapped his arms around her as she cried into him. The kids all at the table seemed upset about something.

Ashley calls them "emo." Emo is sort for emotional, right? Everyone is emotional, I don't understand her hate for them. They're people just like us. They dress different and like different things, but everyone is not exactly the same. People have their own interests. The way they dress reminds me of how Ju-. Nevermind.

Ashley stood up started walking towards them. I followed. Before getting to close she says to me, "pathetic emos." She just wanted to harass them. She always does but I'm too afraid to stand up to Ashley. She has too much power, but I can't let her today. That girls expression showed so much hurt, it showed how broken she felt.

I moved in front of Ashley, "Stop, can't you see that they're already having a bad day?" She sent me a death glare, one that made me want to shrink. "Parker, I think you should get out of my way." 

I look up at her, she's wearing large heels and only being 5'1 doesn't help. Her height alone is 5'6. "No." Ashley's hand made its way to my shoulder, her manicured nails dug into my bare left shoulder, drawing a scratch of blood. I wince, staring at the harmless wound. 

 "We must have a small chat after school, Parker." I finally met her gaze that drilled holes into my head. I nodded mutely. Ashley turned on her heels and walked back to our table. I looked back at the table with the girl who was crying, when I did the girl who was crying and the boy comforting her, were gone. Glancing around the table, I received a smile from one of the girls. I smiled back then looked at my shoulder, a short sigh left my lips. I dug too deep. 

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Every few seconds I wiped my hands on my shorts. I was beyond nervous.  Ashley could destroy me, inside and out.  Though it was still warm from the left over summer air, I felt cold.  The cardigan I pulled on was not helping.  Waiting by Ashley's car, where she texted me to meet her felt unusual today.  Like I wasn't supposed to ever be in this situation, but look, here I stand by her passenger door.  A few minutes pass before Ashley comes out, seeing me a smirk roles on her face.  Two beeps alarmed from her car, meaning it was unlocked.  I opened the door and sat down, soon Ashley was seated and turning on the pink mercedes-benz.  As soon as we pulled out of the schools parking lot Ashley's voice rung in my ears, "you fucked up. You stick up for those pathetic slobs, then you must become one. Starting tomorrow, you're the new girl at school but you'll be a pathetic emo slut. I'll have it all arranged so you, Miranda won't fail.  I'll inform the school how you are on a trip, traveling the country and i'll be emailing your assignments to you.  Miranda, you'll be fine, unless you screw this up.  Your new schedule will be the same as your old, so all you have to do is do the homework then copy it to the other sheet.  Hand me Miranda's work, so I can take it in.  Very simple.  You won't fail twelfth grade."  I wasn't understanding everything she was saying, I mean I was but I didn't understand what she wanted me to do. 

"What do you mean become one of them?" Her eyes left the road and she gave me a blank stare as if I was stupid. I just truly did not understand. "You're turning emo. You must friend those things and make them love you, possibly have one of them fall for you.  Have them trust you so much that they'll tell you things, things that you'll tell me.  Then by the end of the year, you'll show who you really are and reveal all of their pathetic little sob stories."