Until You

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

I woke up and got dressed. I walked downstairs and ate some breakfast. Surprisingly mom and dad weren't fighting but then I realized that they were mad at each other and had probably fought before I came down.. I finished my breakfast and walked out the door. Mom told me to walk to school so I could get some exercise in. She hasn't noticed that I've been pinning my clothes so that they can fit me. All my clothes were too big for me now. I've been losing a lot of weight. I took my phone out and saw I had a text from Daniel

Daniel:
Good morning beautiful

Me:
Good morning :)

Daniel:
How are you?

Me:
I'm good. You?

Daniel:
I'm actually hella tired but I'm glad you're good

Me:
You should take a nap if you're tired

Daniel:
Well if I did I wouldn't wake up until tomorrow

Me:
Well I think you should be taking care of your body

Daniel:
You're right I will since the pretty girl said to. Football has
just been very demanding of us recently so I've been very
tired from the long practices

We continued talking until I got to school and told him I needed to go. He seemed like a really nice guy. I hope I can see him again. It's been about 2 months since I met him. He likes animals and photography. He sends me pictures he takes all the time.
I walked to Julie. We were talking until I saw him. I started shaking. Julie didn't notice. I was terrified of him being so close.. I told myself to calm down. He wasn't going to do anything. Or was he? That didn't matter. I was probably overthinking the situation. So what guys are horny at our age, probably happened to many other girls my age. I'm not important by my feelings. Months have passed and I haven't told them what he did. I should, right? They are my friends. I stood up and I told them.
"Guys I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"They all said
"Well you all know Nicole's boyfriend Brian right?"
"Yeah"
"Well 2 school years ago when we were friends he would always say inappropriate comments about my body. And as you know I'm self conscious so it made me feel insecure. He would say things like "you have big boobs" and "your boobs look nice" or "you have a nice body". He also would touch me in ways that I didn't like at all. He would always be sexual towards me. He said all of this while he was dating Nicole for the first time. This made me uncomfortable. And I didn't say anything because I was scared and his girlfriend was my friend. Then it was because I didn't have any classes with him which meant it stopped. But in all honesty he abused me and practically groomed me. I feel so ashamed and I should've stopped it but I didn't want to upset him and it felt like he was my only friend."
They all looked at me with sad eyes. It was quiet between all of us. I was terrified. Thinking only the worst scenarios of what they would say. Julie looked at Rose and spoke up.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that. We'll make sure nothing happens to you. You're going to be fine, we're here for you and we always will be."
"Thanks Julie." Isaiah spoke after Julie
"Oh get over yourself. Brian is like that. That's the type of person he is and I mean he's not wrong you do have a nice body."
I was taken back. I couldn't believe he was saying that. Was I really overreacting?
"Get over myself? Really. I should get over myself? So I shouldn't worry about something happening to me then? I'm scared. Okay but I wouldn't expect you to understand that. And really? You're going to say something like that? I expected more from you. You are like the only guy I trust and you say something like that."
After I said that we had to leave for our next class. I started tearing up but I couldn't let anyone see that. I didn't want people to know that I was hurt. I quickly wiped my tears away. I kept thinking about what Isaiah said. I didn't pay attention in class afterwards. I hate when Isaiah pulls this shit. I can't believe I used to like him. I thought he was my best friend and was supposed to be there for me. I can't believe that he would say that to me especially after I said something that put me in a vulnerable position.
I started packing up once I heard people in the back zipping backpacks and putting their stuff away. I gave myself a reality check. I sucked it up and then let it go. I waited for mom to come pick me up until I got a text from her.