I love you, I'm sorry

Chapter 1

Emma's POV:

I stepped out of the school bus. God, why did the summer holiday have to pass so fast? I wish it was so much longer. School sucks ass. I took a deep breath and trudged into the ancient building, my Converse sneakers untied. My headphones started playing "Bad Drugs" by King Kavalier and ChrisLee.

My fingers gripped the bag handle tighter when I saw them. Jenna and her friends. I tried to walk past them as stealthy as possible so they wouldn't see me. A hand grabbed my hair and tugged me back.

I bit my lip to stop the yelp of pain from escaping me. I looked up. Percy Hynes White. Captain of the school's basketball team and the most popular guy in school. Great. I nearly said "What do you want, Percy Jackson?"

I decided to stay silent and not offend the poor demigod.

Percy smirked. God, how I wanted to smack his fucking face.

"Look who it is, I wasn't expecting you to have the balls to even show up for another year. At least I got a free punching bag." His minions behind him cackled like Percy had just made the funniest joke in all of history.

He twisted on my hair tighter, causing me to wince in pain, which he just smiled sadistically at. Seeing me in pain seemed to give him immense joy.

"What did I do this time, Percy?"

"Oh shut up, you freak. This is why you have no fucking friends, you fucking homosexual whore!"

His words were like a knife to the heart, and then it seemed like someone was twisting the knife over and over. I forced myself not to cry, not to act pathetic and give Percy the satisfaction of seeing me cry. Not over his words.

Honestly, I don't understand why my sexuality has anything to do with all the bullies. Surprising how one thing so personal can apparently affect so many people. Like, it's the freakin 21st century, they need to grow up.

Percy shoved me against the lockers. Hard. I winced in pain. My back felt like it was burning from the impact. The tears burned my eyes.

"Percy, let her go."

I turned around, wondering who had spoken up for me. Jenna Ortega. Percy looked just as confused as I was. "You sticking up for this loser, Ortega?" Percy questioned.

"You know I hate her, dumbass. It's just Principal Gupta walking around. She'll suspend you if she catches you, which means you won't be able to play for the school team's match on Saturday."

Percy's little brain took a couple of minutes to understand the simple sentence before he finally let go of me. I glanced at Abby, Percy's girlfriend.

"Don't look at my girlfriend like that, you freak. She's fucking straight!" Percy growled at me.

Before I could reply, I felt a cold liquid run down my clothes. I spun around and saw some of Percy's minions, laughing while holding an empty bucket of red paint.

"Good job, boys!" Abby and Percy laughed, so did students around the hallway who saw what happened. Jenna just looked....indifferent as usual.

I quickly grabbed my things and ran to the school's bathroom on the fourth floor, nobody went there since a couple years ago, some kid died inside. People believed it was haunted. Stupid, because no kid actually died, it was just some fake rumor. Good thing for me, I guess, since it was always empty.

I started washing the paint off when I heard a voice behind me.

"You okay?"