Torn Into Pieces

Chapter 4

Ace POV

I was still pissed off at what Charlie said to me, I don't know why but it bothered me. Maybe because it's true. Because they didn't want me, and just got rid of me to make things easier. Adian was trying to make me feel better, but it didn't help.

I grew even more annoyed whenever I found out I had therapy today. I hated therapy. Why would I want to talk to some stranger about my feelings? It was stupid and wasn't going to help. Whatever they had to say wasn't going to make things better for me or make feel better.

I just wanted to hit something but didn't considering I was currently waiting for the therapist to enter this god forsaken room. I looked around the room and it was the neatiest room I ever saw in my entire life. It was plain and the walls were grey. The only thing that stood out was the degree on the wall. Like who fucking cares.

I snapped out of my thoughts whenever some man entered. I watched as he sat in front of me with a notebook in hand, he stared at me like he was waiting for me to speak. I wasn't going to speak first if that is what he wanted. He can go fuck himself for all I care. But he finally broke the silence, "How is everything going?" He asked me while watching my body movements.

"Fine," I retorted at him. I just wanted this to be over but from the looks of it, he was going to make this hard. "How long do I have to stay in here?" I voiced after a while.

"A hour," he answered.

I grumbled. Why a fucking hour? What does he expect us to talk about for a fucking hour? "Can we call this an hour? I already waited for like 30 minutes," I scowled at him.

"The hour only starts whenever I enter the room," he explained.

"Well I waited for 30 minutes. Not my problem, you can't get here on time," I seethed at him.

He sighed, "True but I had a meeting," he informed me. Not my fucking problem.

"And lunch is in a few minutes," I threw back at him. Like hell did I care about eating. I just wanted out of here.

"How about this? I get you after lunch on Tuesdays?" He offered. That meant I could skip the exercise.

I smiled at him, "Deal."

He nodded his head, "See you next Tuesday then Ace."

I got up and left before he could say anything else. I walked down to the cafertia and sat beside Adrian.

"How'd it go?" He asked as I stabbed at the food on the plate.

"It fucking sucks. Have to go every Tuesday after lunch for a hour. Only good part is I skip the exercises," I mumbled out.

I saw Charlie walk over to me, "Can we talk?" He asked me. I just looked at him, "I'm sorry for what I said yesterday," he told me. I didn't believe him but just shrugged before stabbing my food again. He sighed and just walked away.

Even though he apologized, didn't mean I forgave him or even tried to forgive him. Adrian and Brian just talked the entire lunch as I zoned out.

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We were currently following Alexander into the woods as he explained what we had to do, "Just follow the path the entire time and first one who makes it back to camp decides what we do tomorrow. But run the entire thing, no stopping unless you have to," he ordered us as we began running.

Charlie and me were in front, it was obvious that he was competitive. I can't even count how many times we have tried to trip each other. I felt him push me and I pushed back, "Fucking stop, you teachers pet," I hissed at him.

He pushed me harder and I almost fell. I grew mad and shoved him even harder, he glared at me. He stuck his foot out and I fell down. I felt my ankle twist in a painful way and I hissed. I glared at him as he smirked at me. I jumped up and punched him square in the face.

He fell back and onto the ground. I ignored my hurting ankle, as I glared down at him. He jumped up and attacked me. His body collided with mine and I fell as he was on top of me. He punched me in the face, and I didn't see no way out of it as his fist hit my face multiple times. I finally saw a upper hand and my fist slammed right into his ribs.

He fell off me and I got on top of him and started punching him in return. He grunted as he tried to get out from under me. I was suddenly yanked off and thrown to the side, I groaned as my ankle twisted even further. I only saw Alexander, and he looked pissed.

"What the fuck do you two think you are doing?!" He yelled at us.

"He shoved me and got mad whenever I shoved him back and he attacked me!!" Charlie cried. Fucking liar.

"He shoved me first!!" I defended myself.

Alexander glared at me as Charlie spoke again, "And he got more mad whenever I fought back!!" He sprouted lies again.

"I only hit back because you kept hitting me!!" I yelled at him. He flinched at my yelling and I rolled my eyes. "Fucking teachers pet..." I muttered under my breath.

Alexander looked over Charlie and glared at me, "This is the second time this week Ace!!" He yelled at me. Yes it hurt whenever he didn't even check me for injuries, but it hurt even worse as he took the liar's side.

I stood up ignoring the pain in my ankle, "Whatever," I muttered feeling dejected and giving up of defending myself.

"Both of you go to the nurse, we'll talk about punishment later. Specially for you Ace," he ordered us before walking away.

Charlie smirked at me before walking away.

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I was sitting in the nurse's office as she wrapped my ankle up in a bandage, "What really happened sweetheart?" She asked me sweetly.

"Doesn't matter. You won't believe me," I muttered to her and looked away.

"I know that boy lied to Sergeant Morgan," she told me sweetly. I looked at her shocked and she chuckled, "He looked very happy for someone who is the victim. And his injuries aren't that bad compared to you. Looks like he had you pinned for a second without defense," she acknowledged as I was surprised.

"He kept shoving me and I shoved back of course. He shoved too hard and I fell, twisting my ankle in the process," I explained, "next thing I knew, I punched him and then he was on top of me. Punching me with no escape until I finally found one. Whenever Sergeant Morgan got to us, he started playing victim and Sergeant Morgan believed him. He didn't listen as I tried to explain it to him," I finally finished.

She hummed as she finished my ankle and started cleaning up my face.I winced every now and then and she apologized. I heard the door open and saw Alexander walk in. He glared at me and before he said anything, the nurse cut him off, "He didn't start the fight. The other boy did," she explained to him.

He glared at the nurse, "Of course he told you that Angela. He's trying to get you to pity him," he told her curtly like I wasn't here and that hurt. "And he's rich. He's used to telling lies to get his way," he basically hissed at me.

This is why he hates me? Because I'm rich?

I scoffed, "Well sorry to disappoint. It's the truth," I hissed back at him. "I didn't even start anything with him. He shoved me first, but fine take that teachers pet side all you want," I growled at him.

"Oh please. That ain't working on me you brat," he snapped at me.

"Just because you think rich people is spoiled brats doesn't mean it's true," I barked at him. "Just because your home life isn't all rainbows and sunshine doesn't mean you can take it out on other people who has more money."

He looked taken aback but quickly covered it, "Well just because I didn't have as much money as you, didn't mean I hated my mom for who she dated and made it obvious to her," he snapped at me. It did hurt but didn't show it, "Or she had to send me away to get rid of me."

I froze. I forced Angela to stop and grabbed the ice pack and stood up. I ignored my ankle before I looked him in the eyes, "At least I don't leave kids in a shed for 14 hours without food," I seethed at him before storming out.

I forced back the tears and headed to my cabin. Once I got there, I laid down and went to sleep.