Bully Me No More

6

*RAIN*

Not only did Roc not defend me at lunch, but he wasn't at school yesterday and the boys did worse. Ray threw pencils at me during math class and Princeton pushed me down some more stairs. Prodigy ended my day by tripping me on the walk home, causing me to cut my arm on the rocky concrete.

I knocked on the door and walked by Roc and up the stairs not responding to his "Hello."

I plugged in the hot glue gun, grabbed black paint, and a large long piece of cardboard to glue all three pieces onto.

"Rain. Can we talk?"

"No." I said harshly.

"Rain. Please." He sat down beside me and grabbed my hand. I pulled away.

"Touch me again and I'm leaving. You can do this by yourself."

He let go and sat across from me instead of next to me. The next 2 hours we spent working on the project were silent. He decided to keep the project and bring it to school with him. I ignored his attempts to kiss me goodbye and walked home with watery eyes.

--NEXT DAY

Ms.Mandaletta was surprised at how good our project was and Roc was happy he could stay on the team. I ignored his whispers and tried to focus on my work. The morning passed quickly and then it was lunch time. Instead of eating I went to the library with Angie and did homework. In last period Ray wasn't feeling good so he didn't bother messing with me. I kinda wished he did though, at least then I wouldn't have been thinking about Roc for an hour!

The last bell rang and I SLOWLY went to my locker and SLOWLY packed my backpack. Hoping if I went slow enough Roc and his group would already be long gone when I started walking.

"Hey beautiful."

"What!?" I yelled, slamming my locker. "You ok with people seeing us talk?!" I started to yell. "Hey guys Roc is talking to me! The loner chick!"

People in the halls stopped and stared.

"Rain stop it." He said angrily.

"WHY ROC!? DOES IT BOTHER YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US!?" I yelled.

"No." He mumbled.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY ROC? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU!" I lied.

He turned to walk away. I expected him to. He surprised me by turning back around and pushing me against the lockers. Our lips crashed against each other's and people in the hall whooped and whistled.

"Can we talk now?" He asked, out of breath.

In a trance I nodded, not able to speak. We ended up walking to his house, Ray, Prod, and Prince seemed to have just diasapeared. Roc shut his door.

"Rain. I'm sorry for what I did the other day. Or...for what I didn't do. I should have stuck up fo you."

"That hurt me Roc. You made me feel so...stupid!"

"I know that and I'm sorry."

My eyes watered and I let a few tears fall quietly. As much as I wanted him to be mine every bone in my body told me not to trust him. I thought back to all the times he took part in tripping me, or pushing me to the ground and I flashbacked to him laughing at me from the top of the stairs. It made me cry harder. Could he really just stop all of that? Could he really stop hurting me? I doubt it.