Nerd

Chapter 28

TW: Mentions of abuse, blood, and death

~Time Skip~

POV Alex

I see Jenn walking into the classroom. I'm happy she came, she doesn't come every day. I get that but she probably gets in trouble with school and her parents. I wish her just normal life.

I hate Charlie for ruining her life.

Jenn looks at me and I shove the chair next to me away from the table to make sure Jenn sees the empty spot next to me. Jenn smiles and drops her back next to me. She takes her seat and then I see it.

Her arm is red and there are some dry blood spots. "What happened?" I ask shocked. Jenn quickly puts her arm under the table and mumbles "Nothing."

"It doesn't seem like nothing to me," I state. "Did Charlie do that?" I ask angrily. If he did, I swear, I'm gonna kill him. Jenn shakes her head slowly. "Who did it?" I ask again.

Jenn closes her eyes as a sign of not caring that much about it. I do. I don't want her to have a shitty life. She deserves more.

Jenn lets out a deep breath and leans sideward toward me. Her head softly lies down my shoulder and I secretly smile. "Thanks for being my friend," Jenn whispers. "Always," I whisper back and I place my head on top of hers.

Her beautiful hair jumps to every side of my face. I smell her hair. Mmm vanilla. I feel the goosebumps creating in my arms. Her hair smells so good.

I smell again. "Are you sniffing my hair?" Jenn asks with a chuckle in her voice. "N-No," I stutter. Jenn pulls her head back up and looks into my eyes.

I feel myself turning deep red. "You were, weren't you?" Jenn teases. I don't answer, I look at my table. When I look back into Jenn's eyes, she smiles which makes me smile.

I should tell her I like her. I want to tell her. But she won't like me. Who would like me? Maybe I'll ruin our friendship. That's not what I want. I should stop liking her.

The teacher starts the lesson and Jenn pays attention. I look at her. Her hair falls perfectly behind her ears. Her shiny eyes follow everything the teacher does, it's beautiful.

I won't be able to stop liking her. I love her. I love her.

~Time Skip~

I walk through the hallway. It's a break and Sam and David are getting lunch at a bakery. Yas went with them, and I haven't seen Jenn this break. So, I'm alone.

I walk past some empty classrooms, looking for a place to eat my lunch without getting disrupted by other people. I see Jenn's old friends in a corner. One of the girls is bullying a first-year.

Her name was Nova if I'm right.

Another girl probably Farah, is looking at her phone, trying to ignore the bullying.

June is watching and standing behind Nova.

I walk toward them. "Don't you have anything better to do than bullying people?!" I state. I grab the backpack of the first year which was laid on the ground because Nova threw it away, and give it back to the first year.

The little kid smiles at me and quickly walks away. "You're horrible," I state and I walk away from the three girls.

I walk further into the hallway. These classrooms are almost always empty, they're old and stale. I want to turn around to head back to the better classrooms when I hear a yell. Very high. Not a screaming-because-of-something-fun-yell but a screaming-for-help-yell.

I run toward the noise. One of the old classrooms has the light turned on. I walk toward the door and listen through the keyhole.

"Listen to me. You won't escape. I hate you even more than you hate yourself," a scary, deep voice says. "I'm gonna punish you even more than how you punish yourself," the voice continues.

Wait, I know this voice, it's-. Another scream for help. Shit. That's Jenn.

I push the door open. I see Charlie laying on top of Jenn with a scary-looking knife in her arm. When he notices me, he stands up and points the knife in my direction.

"No, Alex, Don't- Don't get involved," Jenn's voice says weakly. I look at her arm, the blood is flowing out of it. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!!" I yell at Charlie.

I run toward Jenn who's almost passing out because she lost too much blood. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?! SHE'S DYING!" I yell at Charlie. I kneel next to Jenn and put out my shirt to bind her arm with it.

The tears fill my eyes when I see her face full of scratches. "It's her punishment," Charlie states. With a blurred vision because of the tears, I turn around. "You son of a bitch," I shout and I run toward him.

Just before I was close enough to punch him, Charlie grabs the knife and stabs it into my stomach.

When Charlie realizes what he did, he throws the knife on the ground and stares at me with his eyes widened.

My shirtless body has a layer of red blood on it. The wound is still pushing out blood. On the ground is a little pool forming with the dark red liquid.

I fall to my knees and open my mouth. Out of my mouth comes a lot more blood. My lips are red while the blood is still going out of my mouth.

I fall forward and I try to move toward Jenn. Her eyes are wet and slowly close. I can't lose her. I have to save her.

"No, Jenn," I weakly state just before everything fades to black.

Oh My Gosh, I can't believe this came out of my mind... I'm literally crying because of my own story.

Yesterday, I was discussing with a friend of mine if I should give this story a happy or a sad ending... Blame her...

I'm sorry. I hope you will forgive me and still read the next chapter! I'll try to make things up with you guys.

Love, Anna <3