The Boy Two Doors Down

Chapter 10 - Rage

(A/N) : I never expected to make a story this long to be honest.

(Italics means this is in the person's thoughts)

30 minutes ago.

3rd person's PoV:

Silence enveloped the room, broken only by the sounds of keys clacking. Xavier sat by the computer, staring straight at the computer screen.

"Brittany huh?" He smirked. "Not bad Simon, not bad. Unfortunately, I'm not that stupid." He dialed someone.

"Syl? Come to my room." He braced for the response.

"Now? It's past twelve fuckin' am! What is so important?"

"Just haul your ass over." Xavier heard a groan as he cut the call.

Jessica's PoV:

"So...what did I miss after all this time? Wait, did Matthew hand in the assignment?" Mel grinned. "You were on radio silence for three months and all you care about is a god damn assignment?" She sighs. "If you must know, yes. He did. You guys got the second highest score. Better than me anyway. Tyler was useless!" I laughed. I missed conversations like this.

I caught a wink by Melina and Yasmine repeatedly shaking her head. "While you were gone Jes, Yasmine and-"

"NONONONONONONONO!"

"Danny became a thing. The way he asked her was pretty darn romantic if you ask me." Yasmine flipped off Melina before heading to her room." As Melina and I stood in silence, we heard muffled yells from Yasmine's bedroom. "But onto more spicy topics, Hunter and you...Netflix and Chilled? My face erupted into a furious red blush. "No! We just slept! And maybe had a little cuddling..."

As Melina suddenly gave me a hug and whispered "It's good to have you back.", I had conflicting feelings build up in me. On one hand, I was slowly developing a crush on Hunter. I mean, how could you not? After spending the night with him and that hot set of abs... On the other hand, I find it weird to fall for my bully. It's almost like I have Stockholm-Syndrome. Well, I'll just let this take its course. I don't even know if he likes me. One can only hope.

(Time skip to the next morning. Still in Jessica's PoV):

As I walked into class, I was swarmed by my classmates.

"Where have you been?!"

"Are you OK?"

"You missed so much!"

I raised my hand for silence. "Sorry for not being around. I was sick for quite a bit." Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Brittany sneering at me. Figures. Considering she's not the most important person in the room for more than half a second. The others looked at me with suspicious glances but I ignored it. But their whispers couldn't escape my attention.

"Sick for three months? Hella sus."

"You think she was pregnant or something?"

"Could be. I heard she was raped."

"Think one of the FBI did it?"

"Oh shut up! Can't you see you're harassing her!"

I whipped my head around and immediately turned back. That voice belonged to Xavier. His right arm is in a cast and a crutch was held in his left hand. His eye was blue-black and there were plasters on his face. Every inch he moved closer to me felt like the Devil advancing to me. He placed a hand on my shoulder and I instantly recoiled.

"Jessica? Are you OK?"

My breath shuddered. I stood up.

"Get away from me you fucking rapist." I whispered. He froze. "I'm sorry? What did you say?" He asked loudly. Every word was a stab into my heart. I knew what he was doing but I didn't care. "I said, get away from me you Fucking Rapist!" I yelled. The class fell silent. All eyes fell on Xavier and I. A questioning look was plastered on Xavier's face.

"Me? Rape? I haven't done anything like that. For fuck's sake I have a girlfriend! I'm trying to be helpful and you accuse me of doing something like that?!"

I detected the underlying mockery in his voice. But I didn't care. I saw red.

Make. Him. Pay.

I heard those words over and over again in my head. I rushed over him and punched him. I landed punch after punch. I was suddenly pulled back by my classmates. I swung blindly until I had depleted my energy. Xavier laid on the floor, bloody nose and ever blacker eyes. I noted the similarity between the time Tyler beat me up and how I beat up Xavier. Two security guards rushed into the room and grabbed me. I tried to resist but failed. All I saw was rage. Anger boiled through my veins. Just before I passed out from exhaustion, I heard a single word. A name. A name I knew.

"Vanessa."

A/N: More will be revealed in the coming future hopefully. See you in the next chapter!

Until then,

Nyx out.