Chapter 6 - Kirstie's Winning

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Connor's POV:

As we enter the kitchen, the only thing that's been going through my mind that Kirstie is going to win and I will never speak to James ever again. I'm not going to lie, I have never liked Kirstie and she has never liked me for some reason. I don't know why we haven't seen eye to eye. But we never will. She's stuck up and she thinks that I will steal James from her.

We all sit at the table in the kitchen, me and Kirstie sitting face to face with James in the middle. 'Can I start?' Kirstie acts innocent. I fake smile and say 'ok'. She smiles and says 'why did you push me over Connor?'. 'Excuse me?' I ask. How could she, she pushed me over. James looks at me in shock 'I... I didn't' my voice comes out. 'Look at this then' Kirstie then shows a bruise on her elbow. James looks even more shocked. 'I never had you down as the violent type Connor'. James says almost shocked.

I sit back down and say 'I never touched her, she pushed me'. My eyes beginning to go watery. 'What's this then?' Kirstie says shoving her elbow next to my face. I lean back away from her. James closes his eyes and shakes his head. In that split second, Kirstie smiles evilly. Kirstie then kicks the table as James eyes were closed and she jumps like she was just hit. 'Connor!' James shouts causing me to flinch.

I feel myself shaking in fear. 'I haven't done anything' my voice croaks out. 'K-K-Kirstie why are you doing this?' I say frightened. 'I'm just telling the truth Connor'. I look at her and say 'it's all lies though'. James stands up and walks over to me. As he stops, he lifts his arm up and I flinch away as I fear he will hit me. But instead he puts his hand on my shoulder and says 'why are you doing this?'. I freeze, he believes her.

'I'm not doing anything' I mutter out quietly. Tears begin to roll down my face. As James is about to wipe them away, I turn and sprint. But not up to my room, out the front door. 'Connor!' James shouts following me out the door. I don't stop running. I just run until I can't go no more.

Kirstie's POV:

I have finally done it. I have drove a wedge between Connor and James. Make-up is great for things like fake bruises. That's how I made this one on my right elbow. No one knows the truth besides Connor and no one believes him. James comes running into the kitchen out of breath and says 'Connors done a runner!'. I look at him and hold back a smile. 'I think it's best we leave him to it'.

Connor's POV:

Why me? Why do I have to fancy James? Stupid Kirstie, I hate her so much. I turn down an alleyway and lean against the wall. I hear some whispering and I look down into the alleyway. A guy walks out in a beanie, he is just a bit taller than me. 'Sup mate' he says in a deep accent. 'Erm... Hi' I say. 'You lookin for trouble as you don't want to mess with us'. I shake my head and say 'no sorry'. He then smiles and says 'too late'. I am yanked by the hair and my head is driven into a mucky green dumpster. I lay on the floor next to the dumpster holding my head in pain. The man reappears with 4 other guys saying 'I want you to do us a favour, get out of our alleyway and never return or else it'll be worse'. I nod and struggle to stand up.

'Are you trying to get yourself killed?' He asks and I crawl along the floor as fast as I can. 'You have 10 seconds, or else I will drive this bat into your spine'. My eyes widen and I crawl as fast as I can. As he counts down, the pathway comes more into view and I reach it as he gets to 3. He smiles and says 'you'll stay away if you had a brain'.

I limp my way back to the house and I look through the window and Kirstie and James seem to be arguing about something, or they could just be annoyed about me running off. I knock on the door lightly and Luisa answers and I shush her and say 'I'm going upstairs'. She nods and let's me past quietly. As I sneak into the living room, Tristan sees me and I shush him to. He nods and Luisa sits back down next to him.

I get to the top of the stairs and I head into my room. As I collapse on my bed, there is a knock on the door and I limp over and open it, I smile when I see Luisa. 'I saw bruises on your face and head, so I brought the first aid kit'. I smile and say 'thank you'. She sighs and asks me 'what happened?'. I shake my head and she nods understanding.

As Luisa helps me to clean up, she smiles and says 'by the way, James knows your back. And so does Kirstie'. I freeze. There is a knock on the door and it opens revealing Kirstie. Kirstie smiles and says 'Luisa, is it ok if me and Connor have a moment alone please?'. Luisa smiles and stands up. Kirstie walks closer and closer and my heartbeat speeds up.

I feel my hair yanked for the second time today and I mentally scream in pain. 'Tell anyone about this and I will take you out into the woods and kill you, you hear me?'. I nod and tears roll down my face. She smiles and slaps my face. 'You're so worthless you can't do anything right' Kirstie smiles.

As Kirstie leaves the room, I start to cry. She is right, no one likes me anymore and I guess Luisa only helped me because she felt sorry for me. I start to cry until I know someone who will be able to help me like they have before. I load up my phone and scroll through my contacts until I see Brads name.

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