Twinning

Chapter 27

I honestly wish I could just skip school today. I feel sick. But I know mom won't let me, so when my alarm goes off, I get dressed and get ready for the day.

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I pull into the student parking lot the same time as Harry. My head starts spinning as I make eye contact with him. He just kinda looks at me for a moment. His eyes linger down to the hickeys and marks Marcel left on my thighs and he rolls his eyes in complete disgust. I try to give him a smile or something, but he just immediately walks away. This is killing me. Absolutely killing me. So anyway, I head inside for cheer practice, Alyssa looks quite satisfied with the bruising on my jaw. Cheer practice was hot and brutal as usual, except this time I found myself sticking by Sage and making conversation. It's nice to know I finally have someone to talk to. Once cheer practice is over, we all head back to the change room and change into our clothes for the day. I'm about to head out the door when Alyssa pulls me back into the change room just so she can step through the door before me. I let out an irritated breath and walk out behind her. As soon as I step out of the change room I see Alyssa meet up with Marcel. He slides his hand around her waist and looks back at me, winking. I can't take this much longer. I wait for Marcel and Alyssa to make their way down the hall before I start going to class. Things have just gotten worse.

"Hey you. How much money?", "I'd love a bit of that." All the sexual jokes and snickering have just gotten worse and I try my hardest to ignore everyone and head straight to class. When I arrive, Louis gives me a warm smile and I smile back, but, to protect him, I don't go and talk to him. Instead, I just sit alone at my desk until class begins. As soon as the bell rings, releasing us to second period, Lou runs up to me.

"How are you holding up?" He asks me. I scoff.

"Well, I guess I'm making pretty good money. But I'm busy every night for about a month now. How's your business going?" I say, sarcastically and he sighs.

"I'm sorry, Jen." I shake my head,

"Yeah. It's whatever. So are we eating in the library?" I ask. He takes a deep breath and doesn't answer right away.

"Uh... Niall and I actually have somewhere to be..." I furrow my eyebrows.

"What?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry, Jen. Do you have anywhere else to go?" I let out a short breath and shake my head,

"No. I'll figure something out." He nods and we make our way to second period. My mind is buzzing as we get to our next class. The comments haven't stopped. Girls calling me a slut, guys trying to get it in. I wonder how much of this someone can take before they crack. I guess I'm about to find out. School cannot go by any slower. The next two periods drift on by, as if the clock has almost stopped. Finally it's lunch and I lazily walk out into the hallway. I have no where to turn, literally. I contemplate finding Luke, but there's already been enough rumors of him and I floating around. I make my way to the girls bathroom to freshen up. To my surprise, as soon as I step into the empty bathroom, the door opens behind me and slams shut. I spin around and I find myself face to face with Alyssa.

"Funny seeing you here." She says, lightly. The tone of her voice is mocking and I decide to take a step back.

"Alyssa. I don't want any trouble." I say in a shaky voice.

"Well I want to get back at you for what you've done." She states, simply. I shake my head. There's no way out of this. I can just pray that someone walks through the door.

"I'm not going to fight you." I respond as she walks closer to me.

"Good! If you don't fight back, it'll just make it easier on me." She says in a sing-song voice. I shake my head and back up again.