Shattered Asylum

Chapter 46

I get to school a couple minutes late, I slept so bad last night, tossing and turning with questions I know I won't get answers to. I texted Grayson asking where he went but he never texted back.

I get a tardy slip from the office and head to class. Everyone looks at me as I disrupt Mrs. Jean.

I mutter a sorry and head to my seat, whispers echo in the air as I sit down. Is everyone really mad that I interrupted class? I look around, everyone still looking at me. I squirm in my seat as I start to feel self conscious.

I look at Nora, wondering why the girls are whispering and pointing at me. She shrugs her shoulders, just as confused as I am. I shake my head and try to ignore them, this is going to be a long hour.

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Right when the bell rings a dozen girls surround me. "So, you're the girl he's been messing around with, is that his hoodie?" A girl asks glaring at me. "How good is he? I wonder who he's going to pick next." Another girl asks.

I look at everyone confused. I see Nora pushing everyone out of the way to get to me. "What are you guys doing? Leave her alone." She barks grabbing my arm and leading me out of the herd of girls. "What just happened?!" I ask, looking behind us to see if they are following.

"I have no clue." She says walking with me to class, glaring at anyone who attempts to walk up to us. I have a bad feeling swirling in the pit of my stomach.

The knot in my stomach gets worse as I watch Ashley walking up to us, her trademark smug smile firmly in place.

"Well, well, the girl I just wanted to see." She drawled. "Enjoying all the attention?" The corner of her mouth twitches with amusement at my confused face.

"What do you want?" I glare at her. She feigned innocence. "Oh nothing, just thought you might want to know why everyone is so interested in you today."

Nora snarls, stepping forward, ready to defend me, but Ashley holds her phone up, a video paused on the screen. She hits play and I watch in horror as a grainy clip showed me and Grayson go into his room, it cuts to her recording the door, you can hear clapping noises and a girl moaning loudly from the other side.

"Where did you get this?!" I demand, my voice slightly trembling. This is obviously fake, an edited video making it seem like we were having sex.

Ashley smirks. "Does it really matter? What matters is what everyone thinks they see." My hands ball into fists as my glare deepens. "Delete the video."

"No can do, you see, I wasn't the one who made  it." She sticks out her bottom lip, "sorry." I have a pretty good idea who made the video, Madison.

"Have fun dealing with all the crazed girls, and maybe next time, you won't embarrass me like you did on Saturday." She says before turning on her heel, her laugh echoing down the hall.

"Aven, tell me how you're feeling." Nora demands, grabbing my shoulders. I take in slow breathes, trying to calm my rapid heart. "I need to get to class." Nora nods her head before we starts walking again.

"That bitch! I'm so going to kill her! Why was I even friends with her?!" Nora spits out. Her eyes become storm clouds, dark and turbulent, flashing with anger and indignation. It looks like she's out for blood.

I just shrug, I'm not surprised Madison did this, she is known for doing shit like this. I get to Mr. Owens class right when the tardy bell rings. "Let's figure out a plan during lunch." Nora tells me, I give her a quick smile before opening the door.

I keep my head down as I walk to my seat, I already know everyone is staring at me, I can feel it. I plop in my chair and put my arms on the desk, laying my head down. When will I catch a break? "All right class, we are doing a lab today, let's go to the gym and i'll explain what we will be doing."