The New Beginning

Chapter 33-dark ( Carsons POV)

I trudged into the school building like a zombie. I hadn't been able to sleep all weekend. My mind was on Clair. I tried texting and calling her but no reply. Like all the sudden, she was gone I. Thin air. I walked in to school and my eyes were immediately met by a white piece of paper with red writing on it taped to Clair's locker. SLUT was all it said. It wasn't the only one there. Jamie's locker had one that said SLUT IN TRAINING. I ripped them both off but it had been to late. They had already seen them.

I looked in the corner of my eye to see a crying Clair and a comforting Jamie. "Are you okay?" I asked. I was greeted by the sound of more cries, forcing me to look away for a second. I hated seeing Clair cry. As I looked over, I saw a worried face on Dustin as he slammed his locker and walked down the hall. "What happened?" I asked as if I didn't already know.

"I am a slut. Even my mom thinks so." Clair wailed.

"Hey, hey , hey. You are not a slut. I don't like that word. You are a nice, beautiful girl." I reassured causing her to smile that smile I love so much.

"Dustin hates me and so does Alex. Everyone at school thinks I'm easy and I have no phone." She complained. I reached out a hand and helped her up ,pulling her into a hug.

"You are not easy." I whispered in her ear. Suddenly a cough sounding like 'hoe'. Came from behind from a group of giggly girls. "Come on, I will walk you to class." I offered as I stuck out my hand.

"I think I am just going home." She replied wiping her tears.

"I'll walk you to the office."I answered taking her hand and leading the way. I loved the feeling of her fingers in mine. It was like that was how it was meant to be.

"You don't have to." Clair announced.

"Come on." I began walking not letting go. I never wanted to let go ,but she wasn't mine to hold on to.

"I'm fine. You guys get to class." She said stopping in front of the steps. "I don't want you guys to be late." She untangled our fingers and ran up the stairs. I then turned my attention to Jamie.

"How are you doing about it all?" I asked concerned.

"I'm fine. I'm used to the harassment, I just figured they had stopped." She announced clenching her teeth.

"Did Tray see it?" I questioned.

"No, and he isn't going to know." She stated making me confused.

"What?" Slipped out of my mouth.

"It is one sign. It is harmless for me. You know if I tell him he will blow it way out of proportion." Jamie replied making sense.

"You got a point, but me and him had a conversation like this not long ago. He said that he knows you would tell him if anything like this happened." I said.

"He did?" She replied as a smile slid off her face. "Great now, I'm the bad girlfriend. Could my day get worse?" She asked throwing up her hands and walking down back to her locker. I stood there confused at what had just happened. Suddenly, a smack on the head knocked me back to life again and out of my phase.

"Earth to Carson?" I heard Dustin say.

"Yeah, sorry Im here." I replied.

"What's wrong with Clair? Is she okay?" He asked concern hitting his face.

'No, she isn't okay because you let her go and is being called a slut'was what I wanted to say,but I didn't. "Just some prank some kids did got to her. She will be fine" I lied. Part of my mind didn't really think she would be okay.

"What prank?" He asked.

"Some kids made a sign and put it on her locker was all." I brushed it off pretending it was no big deal.

"I got to go."Dustin exclaimed clenching his teeth and fists. He pushed past me down the steps leading downstairs to the English room.

I strolled over to my locker realizing I hadn't been there since I got here and my back pack had began to get heavy. Then, I heard Clair's name ,and my head turned. I listened closely.

"Yeah, she totally had it coming." Alex said slyly.

"It still isn't right. Wasn't the sticky notes enough?" Dustin asked deeply.

"Just a harmless prank. Clair is a slut." He defended.

"I to,d you to stay out of what happened! We never should have done that stupid test on her anyways." Dustin replied causing me to go into shock.

"Are you going soft on me?" Alex asked intently.

"I really liked her ok?" Dustin admitted.

"We'll, so did I but as we both know now, it is good thing we got away from the slut." Alex suggested causing anger to bubble inside me. Was all this some kind of test? What kind of sick people would do this?

"I guess your right. Just no more signs got it?" Dustin commanded as Alex shook his head ok.

"I feel so bad for her. She thinks I still love her you know." Dustin snorted nervously. I knew he still did wether he admitted it or not.

" nice" Alex congratulated fist bumping him. "We'll I better get to class." With that he was gone. Just then Dustin realized I was there.

"Your sick." I said shaking my head looking him in the eye.

"Look okay? I didn't do any of it!" Dustin defended.

"Really? Because from what I just heard I would beg to differ."

"Alex was the one that did it all. Yeah, I knew. Yeah it made me mad, but he broke me and Clair up to protect me. She is kind of you know. Coocoo." Dustin said trying to easy everything up. I didn't care that I knew he didn't mean it. Anger boiled in my blood. I grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him against the locker. His fist connected with my face causing a slight sting. I kicked his newly healed leg cause him to groan in pain. I knew that was a dirty move but at that point I didn't care. Next thing I knew I was thrown on the ground and my head banged backwords. The world went blurry and soon all I saw was dark....,