Unpredictable

Chapter 10

"It's not bad!" I told my parents as they asked what happened. "I just tripped and fell. I do it all the time." I purposely left out Park, my father would break him. Park a pretty big dude, but not 6'4. He also doesn't run every day, hike every weekend he can, and build everything on the other weekends. No, that's my dad. I try to tell myself he's why no one will date me. He's too intimidating.

"Do you think it'll scar?" I ask Rosie at lunch. "Probably. If yours does, his will too, then you can have matching scars on different temples." I glared at her and she just laughed at me. "Oh you'll be fine. It's not like people will put it together, that you got them at the same time. If it does scar it'll be, like, half an inch long." That gave me some hope, I guess. "Oh! Did you get us out of the football players grasp?" Rowan asked. I nodded. "I did, actually. Did him a... favor and now you're off the hook." Rose raised an eyebrow. "What kind of favor?" I waved it off. "Just a favor, too boring to recall really." I'm not sure they bought it but they stopped asking. I internally threw my fist in the air.

"Lillie sit." I held my hand out and moved it down. As I did she sat. "Good girl!" I exclaimed. "Elliot." He groaned, taking a chip from his bag and tossing it to her. She jumped and caught it. I was practicing tricks with her in the living room, and for praise I was having Elliot throw her chips. "Roll over." She did and Elliot tossed her her treat. "I don't see why I have to give my food to that stupid dog when we have actual dog treats." I glared at him. "It's easier this way, and she's not stupid." Elliot scoffed. "She can only do basic tricks, and sometimes not even those." I put my hands on my hips. "Oh yeah? I've taught her a new one. Lillie, attack." Lillie changed from a cute lovable animal to a savage guard dog. She started growling and showing her sharp teeth. She got low to the ground and had fire in her eyes. I could've sworn a smile flashed on Elliot's face as he tossed her more chips then usual. "Not bad girl. Not bad."

As I've said before, the people on my bus are annoying. Not just normal annoying, like they're next level annoying. This isn't your ordinary darkness... this is... advanced darkness. I have a Spongebob problem.

*awkward throat clear* Anyways! As I was saying. They are rude and disrespectful and I've nearly nailed two of them in the nose. There's two in particular that make my blood boil. Their names are Jordan and Mitchell, unfortunately also in my grade. They both come from broken homes, and I respect that, but they say the stupidest things. They cuss every 5 seconds, unable to finish a sentence without saying at least 2. These two respect no adult, and it's infuriating.

Today was particularly infuriating, and it's the closest I've come to getting in trouble at school. We had a substitute bus driver, so that was a factor. Our normal bus driver had conditioned herself to deal with these guys, mostly just by tuning them out. Plus she's the only adult they have a smidge of respect for.

But no. Today we had a sub. And that was going to be a disaster. Jordan was being extremely obnoxious, as usual. So was Mitchell. There were the people who got off at my stop. Lawson, the senior. Amelia, his freshman sister. Josh, the red haired guy in my grade. Ben, his red haired freshman brother. Some blonde haired 8th grade dude. And Elliot and myself.

We were in my neighborhood, this bus driver had moved sandy haired Jordan and dark haired Mitchell to the front seat because they kept breaking the rules. They kept being extremely rude to her, and I was clenching my hands into fists and biting my cheek so I wouldn't do anything I'd regret.

Mitchell was basically a 5 year old, and all bark with no bite. A 7th grade girl told him to shut up once, and he was all, "Did you just tell me to shut up?! SHE JUST TOLD ME TO SHUT UP!! You shut up!!" Yeah you get my point. Jordan just basically laughed and made it worse.

It was my turn to get off. Our order was, random blond haired guy, Amelia, Elliot, Ben, Lawson, me, Josh. I went up to the substitute and stopped. Josh went back to his seat because he must of forgotten something. I stopped at the bus seat. "I'm sorry people on this bus are so disrespectful." She smiled at me, a big African American lady who had just about had enough. "Well thank you. I'm only the sub, I'm sorry you have to deal with them everyday." I smiled and was about to get off, but Mitchell called to me.

"Did you just call us disrespectful?! Did you hear that?! She called us disrespectful!! How rude!! You're disrespectful!!" I'd had enough as well. "Well you are! I'm not afraid to punch you in the nose!!" Lawson, the tall senior with dark hair and light eyes, was starting to realize what was going on. So was Josh. Josh took a few steps back and Lawson got on the bus stairs.

Mitchell scoffed at me. "Like you would punch me! Girls can't punch!" My ears turned red and my hands were fists again. "THAT'S IT!!" I've had enough of his crap!!! He was going down!! My dad taught me how to punch, lock your wrist and punch like you're going to punch through something.

I ran to him and my fist had nearly connected with his crooked stupid nose.

But it didn't.

Lawson had realized what I was about to do a second before I did. Just before I was out of his reach his hands grabbed my hips and pulled me back, but I was mad. "Let me go!! LAWSON!" I yelled. Meanwhile the substitute might as well have been eating popcorn, because she was watching us like a movie. When he had pulled me back, he had gotten a better hold, now his hands held my waist. Once he had gotten that hold, Lawson wrapped his arms around my stomach.

"Opal!! Calm down!!!" He was yelling. I was doing all that I could to escape his grasp. I was pushing at his arms, clawing at them, but he wouldn't let go. "DIE!!" I yelled to Mitchell. Fear was evident in his eyes. Lawson started calling to Josh. "JOSH! Start pushing her back! Move man move!!!" Josh's blue eyes widened as he rushed forward. He grabbed my arms so I wouldn't punch HIM in the nose, and together they brought me off the bus. The bus's doors closed, and left like nothing happened.

Lawson had a few scratches on his arm. My elbow collided with Josh's rib cage in the tussle, leaving a bruise. I put my hands square on Lawson's chest and shoved. "I nearly had him!! I almost pushed that idiotic nose into his face but you stopped me!! Why would you do that?!" Lawson had his hands up in surrender and Josh was ready in case I started going crazy again. "Just keeping you out of detention. You should really thank me." He rubbed his scratched arms, and before he walked away, stated, "I didn't have to do that you know." I looked at Josh apologetically before turned on my heel and walking home.