Not What I Expected

Chapter 10: The Help to Freedom

TW: Abuse.

1 Month Later...

Let me catch you up. It has been 6 weeks. After a couple more dates with Connor, he finally asked me out and you can guess what I said. Yes! Of course. He treats me so well, he loves to show me off to all his friends at school and they seem to like me. Things with Leo and I seemed to settle and I could almost consider him a friend. Cecilia is still being all flirty with all the guys at our school but focusing her attention specifically on Christian. Everything seems perfect.

Well... I thought it was...

It was an average morning, Connor picked me up to drive me to school, and I was going to meet Cecilia. He parked towards the front of the front doors of the school like usual. He kissed my cheek as he left to hang with his friends who sized me up and down. I would just blame it on boys having no control. I see Bella at her locker and decide to jump-scare her. I did just that and her scream echoed through the school halls.

"You bitch!" she said as she punched my shoulder. We both laughed. I didn't get to see Bella a lot anymore. It seemed like after two weeks of Connor and I dating, he seemed to like a lot of alone time with me and preferred for me to hang out with his friends. I'm glad it never changed Bella's perception of me.

"So... You excited?" I furrow my brows and glance at her confused, "For Emily's party this weekend!? You're bringing Connor right?"

"Yeah, sorry I completely forgot." she shakes her head and chuckles softly at my forgetfulness.

"Hey, so am I coming to your place tonight?" I smiled and nodded my head followed by a simple verbal agreement. "Thank God, I feel like I've had no time to spend with you." She states as she pouts her bottom lip out.

As she finishes her sentence I hear Connor calling out to me.

"I'll see you tonight!" I give her a sympathetic smile, she returns the expression. I run up to Connor who lifts me off the ground with a hug.

"Hey, so me and the boys were talking and we were wondering if you wanted to go for a walk down to Crystal Lake tonight after Sunset?" Crystal Lake is a very beautiful lake area where a lot of people go for picnics or dates during the day, It's sort of early at night.

"Aw I'd love to but me and Bella already had plans for tonight," I say joyfully but apologetically. Connor rolls his eyes and his friends all look at each other with neutral faces. My playful attitude completely disappears and turns into concern as Connor looks at me slightly annoyed.

"Alright, we need to talk." my heart begins racing. I nod my head, signaling for him to continue. "I kinda don't want you hanging around Cecilia anymore." I was completely taken aback by what he said.

"What? Why? She's like my sister." he chuckles whilst looking at his friends, who also chuckle.

"I think she's a bad influence. And borderline...kinda a slut." He remarks whilst sucking on his teeth. I had kinda concluded in my mind that Connor has a slight distaste towards Bella, but I never thought he'd go as far as to call her a slut. "Anyways, I think it's important that you come to Crystal Lake tonight with me and the boys." He says while grabbing my arm tightly. I was almost shaking. I nodded my head in agreement to which he let go from his grip on my arm. He gave a sarcastic smile before walking off with his friends.

I stood in the middle of the Corridors, quietly shaking. People looked at me and murmured to each other. I have become a public figure at the school now because of my relation to Connor. It's not tough to say that I hated the attention. This sort of treatment was made for people as glamorous and resilient as Bella.