Arrest Me (Mature ZM)

Chapter 54

I stared at him for a second with a look of disgust. How could he ever think that I would date him? He was the scum of the earth and he wanted to be with me. All of the things we had done together had meant nothing to both of us and now he suddenly had a change of heart?

I had moved on from him. I had moved on from the casual hookups that I used to have with guys. I was with Zayn now and there was no way I was going back to Mark. I was in love with Zayn and I didn't plan on loving anyone else for the rest of my life. It been hard enough for me to finally love Zayn and now I understood why love was so amazing. Mark needed to get his head in the right place and realize that we were never going to be a thing again.

"What the hell are you thinking?" I couldn't hold back the rage from my voice. How dare he think that he would ever be better than my current boyfriend! Where did he get this idea that we could date? I definitely didn't do anything to try to convince him of this.

"Ava..." He pleaded for me to listen to him but I wasn't having any of it.

"Mark, f.uck off. I have a boyfriend and I don't even like you!" I pushed him away from me. "Stay the f.uck away from me." I moved past him and started walking out of the secluded corner. I needed to get out of there. I didn't want him to try anything...

"So you don't want to know why everyone was staring at you today?" He said from behind me and I stopped walking immediately. His words pricked my ears and I stood with my back to him in silence as the words registered.

So there was a reason...

I wasn't imagining things.

I wasn't paranoid.

"What are you talking about?" I said and turned around.

"Haven't you noticed that everyone has been staring at you today?" He smirked and walked closer to me. I felt myself cringe when he called me baby. He didn't deserve to call me that but I didn't feel like calling him out either. I wanted to know what the hell he was talking about. "Didn't you hear the big news about your parents, darling?"

My parents? What the f.uck had happened to my parents? They were in jail right now and I didn't understand how news could have gotten out about them. I had already had enough torture from my classmates making fun of the fact that my parents had gotten arrested.

Then again, Mark was probably just trying to get a rise out of me. He just wanted me to get mad because he had told me a year ago that he found me hot when I was mad.

"What the f.uck are you talking about?" I stormed back to him and shoved him against the wall. "Don't you start spreading rumors!" I held my hand against his chest forcefully so he wouldn't try to get away from my fury.

"I'm not, Ava. You didn't hear about it? It was all over the news!" He seemed genuinely surprised that I didn't know.

"Would you just tell me?" I pleaded; my fury was no longer directed at him. I just wanted to know what the hell he was talking about.

He sighed before telling me, "Your parents had their sentencing this weekend."

"What?!" I gasped and suddenly felt faint. "Don't lie to me, you bastard."

"I'm not lying, I swear," He held his hands up and I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to think of what to say next. I started pacing around the small area as I struggled to breathe. My heart was racing and black spots appeared in my vision.

It couldn't be true.

"How long?" I gasped and leaned against the cold wall so that I could try to wake myself out of my daze. I tried to breathe slower but it wasn't working.