Desperate

11

Cole

I'm at home chilling with the boys when I get sent a picture of Arabella and Lucas on a date, the text below says 'drug deal or hook up?'.

Why the fuck is she out with him, no self respecting girl would go out with him, yeah he's cool for when you wanna party but anything beyond that is just slutty.

I thought she had goals in life I thought under all the smiles and politeness, she was real, I though she had goals in life that she works hard for. But if she's on drugs, she's not the person I thought she was.

"you fighting tonight?" Callum asks me. Callum is one of my close friends, we're on the football team together, along with Jamal, Andrew, and Nathanial, we grew up together, we look out for each other.

"Depends who's fighting, I need a challenge for once." I say, I need to let out some anger.

*2 hours later*

We're at the abandoned night club packed with sweaty bodies looking for some adrenaline, I'm fighting last and the favourite to win is me which means I could stand to win a lot of money if Jamal bets.

The fights are looking good, there's finally some decent competition.

I get to the middle of the room where the fights are happening, I hear drunken shouts from people who hate me and encouragements from people who hate my opponent.

Across the open space I see my opponent, Seth madden, he's not very big or strong but he's fast, so I have to be faster.

As soon as we're told to start I punch him in the nose, quickly followed by a blow to the stomach. Before I can punch his face again, I feel I hit to the side of my face, but I retaliated quickly,  knocking him to the floor and kicking him in the gut again. And just like that I won, not the challenge I was hoping for, but the money is good.

At school on Monday I'm stood by my locker with Jamal and Callum when I see Arabella walking alone, she looks tired, but she doesn't stop smiling at people who meet her eye.

But when she walks past me she just stares straight ahead, like I don't exists, it annoys me, I have to get her attention some how.

Before I can stop myself the words slip my mouth "slut".

She stops, and slowly turns around. Her bright eyes staring into mine, "what did you just say." She says so calmly it sends shivers down my spine, she wasn't getting angry or upset, she just stood and stared at me.

Taking one step closer to me, she repeats here self after I don't answer. So I don't seem affected by her response, I lean down so my mouth is right next to her ear and coldly say, " I mean if your giving it to Lucas sawyer you'll give it to anyone, unless your just doing it for the drugs."

What the fuck is wrong with me.

We just stare at each other for a second in complete silence, there's no emotion showing on her face. I wish she would just say something, anything, but no she just turns around and walks away with her head held high like nothing happened.