The school day passes quickly without much happening. Elijah takes me to school in his car but we don't talk and just sit in silence. I brought one joint with me in case I couldn't take the pain anymore, and I'm already having a hard time breathing. Today I'm also carrying my books with me at least till I get to my locker, which doesn't help my situation. Somehow I get through the first and second period, without getting in trouble or passing out, but by the third period I'm about to collapse on the floor. My arm hurts so bad that when I'm holding my pen it starts to tremble, ruining all my notes. I excuse myself to go to the bathroom and take my joint and lighter with me.
I lean against the wall and light up the joint, praying no one comes in here. If they snitch on me and tell my brothers I'm fucking dead. My prayers are not answered because a girl walks in. She is wearing an oversized shirt that covers her butt and shorts. I notice that her wrists are covered in bracelets and her hands are littered with decorative rings, she looks cool I won't lie. Her hair is long and dirty blond, the strands are neatly tucked behind her ears but you can see that her hair is wild, untamable. At this point I don't even try to hide the joint and instead offer it to her, she smiles at me and places it carefully between thumb and index finger before taking a drag. She chuckles as she lets out the smoke.
"My name's Kate" she says, extending out her hand for me to take. we exchange a firm handshake before she passes my joint back, i take another long drag and pass it back.
"I'm Isabella, but everyone calls me Bella"
"You new here, I've never seen you"
"Yeah, just moved from Chicago, this is my second day here"
"Second day and already smoking in the bathroom, you really got some guts on you. You're already becoming my new best friend. Most of the girls here are lame anyways." she chuckles.
"I should get back to class, I don't want to get into too much trouble. Are you coming to the party tonight?"
"Yeah, you?"
"Yes, I had to blackmail my brother into taking me but he finally gave in." I say grinning, I already feel much more relaxed and the pain is lessening making it easier for me to breathe.
"Cool, who's your brother?"
"Dominic Rossi" she shrieks and jumps up and down, I just stare at her confused.
"No fucking way your brothers are sooo popular, and sooo hot. They've got girls litterly drooling on them, they would do anything to be fucked or recive any attention by them." I cringe "I didn't know they had a sister though, how is no one talking about you?"
"I might have told everyone my old surname" I say grinning.
"You're weird, I like it." Just then the bell rings, and I groan, how did I not notice the time. I hope the teacher is not going to report it, Arthur won't be happy, like at all. I hurryout of the bathroom and walk towards class, I need to retrieve my backpack. I hope the teacher won't stop me. As I'm about to enter, a hand grabs me and pulls me away. It's the curly haired boy from yesterday, who I found out is called Axel. I wince and instinctively jump away from him.
He looks concerned but doesn't say anything and just hands me my backpack, how nice of him. I can't stop looking at him. He has such a petty face and electric blue eyes and those curls, those pretty black curls that fall on his eyes. No Bella stop! It's probably the weed's effect anyways, I can't possibly like him. I murmur a thanks and walk away heading to my next class. The rest of the day passes smoothly, and I decide to pass lunch in the library since I'm not going to eat anyways, and I need to recharge my social battery for tonight.
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Saving Isabella
Teen FictionIsabella's life has been anything but easy. At 14, she's already endured more than most. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Jack, were both controlling and abusive, leaving Isa to navigate the scars of their manipulation. Her mother always told...
