𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 || 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘹 𝘈𝘶

Chapter 10 // Figuring it out

(Third Person POV)

It was a new day and Lucas had arrived at school ready for the hard day ahead.

That was until his dad physically shouted at him and smashed his body up against the wall for staying out later than his curfew.

Now Lucas felt like shit and was no longer ready to go for school. His goal for today was ignore everyone and avoid Max and his friends.

If Lucas was being honest he was terrified by anyone finding out the truth is the home.

They say home where's the heart at but Lucas had a black hole in his heart.

Lucas got ready and made sure to wear sunglasses to block his black eyes to avoid people looking at him weird. He made his way to school and sighed.

He really liked this place and the people here but if his dad keeps hurting him worser he knows they will have to run away again.

"Anyway stop all the sad thoughts" Lucas tells himself. This is just how his life is and he's learnt to just deal with it.

|Enter School|

Max walks into school with her brothers on both of her sides. Truth be told she was excited today. Yesterday she had so much fun with Lucas and it was really the first time she opened up to someone like that.

So here she was non stop smiling and don't think her brothers didn't notice it.

"Seriously Max what's up with you?" Mike asks as they walk through the hallways.

"Yeah why are u smiling so much?" Dustin adds on. 

Max shrugs.

"Am I not allowed to smile now?"  She asks them.

"There not saying that there just confused why your so giddy and happy since last night?" Will explains.

Last night.

The smile creeped back on her face.

"See..." Will says pointing at her face. She shakes her head.

"Just shut up losers and head to class" Max says chuckling as she walks away from them to class. They stand there dumbfounded by there sister.

"Ok something is definitely up..." Mike says.

Dustin and Will nod in unison. The bells rings and they rush to class.

|Classroom|

Max enter the classroom with a smile still plastered on her face. She greets the teacher and she sits at her normal spot waiting to talk to Lucas.

The thing is he never turned up to class.

This caused Max to worry about him. He can't miss a class on his first week at the school or he's going to get detention.

Is it my fault he didn't turn up to class? Max asks herself.

Her thoughts were interrupted by someone running through the door causing everyone to look at the person. It was Lucas.

"Hey so sorry mam I forgot the time" Lucas tells the teacher.

The teacher rolls her eyes and tells him to take a seat. Lucas nods as he walks to his normal spot. As Lucas sits down he senses Max staring at him.

"What?" He asks harshly. Max eyes widen.

"Huh? Oh nothing..." Max answers looking down at the desk. This made Lucas feel bad.

"Shit...sorry Max just a stressful day" He says putting his hand on her shoulder. Max turns towards him and sends him a small smile to which he reciprocates.

They turn there attention back to class as the teacher begins her lesson. Safe to say class was boring. Max noticed something off with Lucas. He kept zoning out and she had to keep pointing him in the shoulder to listen. Max was beginning to worry more. Something was definitely off with him.

Class ended and Lucas sprinted out of class before Max could lecture him and ask what's wrong with him. She just sighed as she headed to her next lesson.

|lunch|

It was now lunch and Lucas knew he was going to get asked lots of questions like "why are you wearing sunglasses inside? It's not even hot outside". He sighed as he entered the canteen. He gets his food off the lunch lady and sits down at the table.

Everyone was already there and they all darted there attention to Lucas with confused looks. Lucas rolls his eyes behind his sunglasses. "What?" He asks them annoyed.

"Nothing...just wondering why your wearing sunglasses?" Mike asks furrowing his eyebrows. Lucas gulps. "Ummm...fashion" he answers looking at Mike trying to sound convincing enough. I guess it worked as Mike backed off and everyone went back to there conversations. 

As Lucas was zoned out once again he felt a hand place on his shoulder as he yelps in pain a little to loud.

"Fuck sorry are u ok?" Max says as everyone at the table looks at him.

"Huh? Yeah yeah you just caught me by surprise" Lucas says fake smiling at her. "Anyway I need to use the restroom I'll be back in a sec" He says standing up walking out the cafeteria.

"Hmmm...I see what you mean max" Will speaks up.

"Yeah your right something is definitely wrong with him" Dustin adds on. Mike nods in agreement.

"Why did he grunt when I touched his shoulder?" Max says.

They all shrug.

"He might be getting hurt by someone.." El says as she stops eating her sandwich. All there eyes widen.

"Holy shit..El" Max says. El looks confused as she returns back to eating her sandwich.

"I think your right because he's wearing sunglasses when it's not even warm outside so that's normally means his hiding something on his face" Suzie says leaning on Dustin's shoulder.

Max is shocked. There right. She stands up as they all look at her confused. "Max where are you going?" El asks. Max turns to look at them.

"To save someone before it's too late" She says running out the cafeteria searching for Lucas.

Lucas stays in the boys restroom as he looks in the mirror. He pulls his shirt off to see his bruise on his shoulder hoping no one walks in. Luckily no one did.

His shoulder looked back and now he was worried. How can I play football when my shoulder turns purple? He asks himself. He splashes some water on his face as he sighs. He looks into the mirror as he felt different emotions.

Anger. He hated his fucking dad and he just wanted him die and be out of his life forever.

Sadness. He felt sad asking himself questions on a daily basis. "Why me?" "What did I do to deserve this?".

Weakness. His dad. The truth is his dad was his biggest weakness from becoming who he inspired to be. Lucas always felt weak when it came to his dad. He lets him constantly beat him as he just stands there letting it happen.

As Lucas was stuck in his thoughts and emotions someone walks in. Lucas panicked as he quickly rushed to put his shirt back on.

But it was already too late as the person looked at him and his shoulder with widen eyes...

Sorry for the cliffhanger 😉

Word Count: 1259

I also want to say sorry for the long wait for an update. I have been too inconsistent and I understand this but my personal life has been getting in the way of updating my stories. I hope you guys understand I'm not the fastest to update but I want to make sure every chapter is interesting and detailed to perfection. Anyway love you all so much and thanks for reading my story.

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