The White Widow (A Superhero novel)

Chapter 18- Congratulatins Tyler, you won.

Chapter 18- Risk it

As the blood made small pools around me, Lennie dragged me away from it. I kept my head down, my hair covering my face as I clung to my mask.

"Clear...up...the blood" I said to her.

"Sierra we need to get you away, to a hospital" She says.

"No, I'm healing go get some paper towels and clear it up. Please" I say taking small breaths.

She looks at me and nods, I stand up slowly and pull my mask on to my face. I walk as fast as I can, but it is like a snails pace, nobody is around to see me and Lennie but I knew Peter would be around here somewhere. I grab my rucksack that lies next to me and pull a sweater and jeans over my outfit.

"I got some!" She says running out of the bathroom.

She runs towards the blood and wipes it away with the paper towels, I watch her as the white towels slowly start to turn red. Once she finishes she puts the paper towels in a container, I cock my head at her "You should get rid of them, burn the blood or do something" I tell her.

"But, what was that guy on about. Two weeks, blood? If that guy is making you do something you will regret so, tell me now because then we can go to your parents and explain everything"

I shake my head at her "No! That will make things even worse, if they see me with all of my scratches and near enough scars they will freak out. On account of what happened the night I was going to see Peter"

She opens her eyes wider "That was Tyler?"

I nod. Her eyes fall to the floor looking back to the blood that was trailing behind me "I can take care of him" I say wearily.

She brings her eyes up to mine, she holds on to my arms them taking them off to reveal the blood. "Please, don't do this to me. To Peter. To your parents" She cries.

I smile and hug her tightly, I hold on to her arm and we make our way to the girls bathroom. We walk quickly to the girls bathroom, Lennie thrusts me in and locks the door behind her. I take off my outfit to reveal my black tank top and black leggings, Lennie runs into a toilet stall but by the time she comes back I'm healed.

"Self heal huh?" She laughs.

"Funny" I say sarcastically "Just pass me my phone"

She nods and digs into my backpack to reveal my iPhone, she hands it to me. I switch it on to see 5 missed calls from Peter, Lennie sees "You better call him"

I do, press the call button and Peter immediately  answers. I hear his breathing, it worries me as he has yet to speak.

"Sierra where are you?" He half shouts down the phone, I don't tear away from the phone even though the ringing hurts.

"I'm fine, Lennie is with me. Don't worry about me" I say as my voice starts to crack, then the tears come. They drip down my face running cold like a race from both eyes.

"Tell me where you and Lennie are and we will come and find you" He says.

Lennie looks to me and shakes her head, I freeze "We?"

Lennie cocks her head and stuffs the rest of the paper towels in the bin and returns to me "Yeah, James is with me"

I rest my head up against the stall "Don't worry about us. Lennie and I will find you"

The words barely come out, I wipe my eyes quickly and listen to him "We're outside the school. I will see you later then" Peter them pauses, I start to panic but then I hear his voice again "I love you" He whispers into the phone.

That's it, he hangs up.

I bash my head against the stall and punch it hard, the stall then has a huge dent in it. I sink to the floor and the tears start up again, He doesn't deserve this I thought 'He doesn't deserve to be kept in danger, I can't love him without hurting him.

I punch the stall one more time, the dent gets wider and a small hole forms. I unlock the stall but don't come out, Lennie stares down to me and smiles "It could have been worse" She laughs "I mean, you haven't broke the place yet"

I walk out and close what's left of the stall down behind me and fall into Lennie's arms.

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We walk out the of girls bathroom with me in a mixture of Lennie's sweater and my ripped leggings. The rest of my clothes lie in blood at the bottom of my bag, there are now scabs of blood along my arms that are covered and are slowly healing.

Lennie let's go of me and I slowly start to stand up, I look around me, the lockers are completely smashed "Is this what you wanted?" I shout. "You got it, so congratulations. You managed to tear me apart while you teared Peter and my family apart!"

"Sierra he's not here" Lennie says in a low voice.

"I know that, but he can always hear me!" I shout.

"Keep your voice down! The cops will be here any second"

I grin at the floor, "Congratulations Tyler, you won"