Along for the ride

Chapter 37

Important Authors note at the end.

The rest of the night was hectic.

There were constant arguments about the situation, mostly just between me and my dad. My mom never said a word.

He mostly went on and on about how irresponsible I was, and how I've turned into "one of those teenage daughters that go out and get pregnant at sixteen".

Oh yeah. He asked me if I was pregnant.

What made me even more angry was the fact that they took no responsibility for the matter. I assured him that none of this would even be happening if they would've just stayed home in the first place.

He says that's not an excuse.

After a troubling dinner, I could feel my head throbbing. I excused myself from the table.

"Where do you think you're going?" Dad announced, throwing his napkin down.

"Up to my room. Would you like to hold my hand and escort me up? Oooo and maybe if I'm lucky you might even tuck me in!" I gave him a cheesy smile, easing my voice up at the end.

He chewed his food and glared at me.

Once in the comfort of my own room, I stripped off my clothes changing into comfortable one.

As I slid into bed, I couldn't believe all that had happened in just a matter of hours. What was Rhyan possibly thinking?

I'm just scared that Jake will find him before I do.

But as I sobbed silently beneath the sheets, a small part of me wanted Jake to find him.

He had gone too far this time.

I wanted that son of a bitch to get what he deserved.

~*~

"I just can't believe he would do something like that," Valorie almost whispered.

I slammed my locker shut, startling her, "Neither can I."

She shook her head, and looked down embarrassed.

We started walking to first period when I spotted Jake.

We made eye contact. A small smile formed on my lips, as I began to walk towards him.

Without hesitation, he turned down the hall, walking away from me.

I felt a sea of pain down me.

I turned around, and walked towards Valorie.

"Are you okay?" She whispered.

I nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine! Let's get to class, shall we?"

"Gabbie, if you want to talk about, we can just skip first and-"

"Talk about what? I'm fine. Can we go to class now, Val? I can't afford to be late again. You know how he is." I forced out a laugh, and walked towards first period.

~*~

By the time lunch came around, I was a zombie walking through these halls.

The few times I spotted Jake today, he had avoided me completely.

I didn't know what was going on. I would think that we would be safe at school.

Regardless, that didn't stop me from walking to his locker once the bell rang for lunch.

"Hey," I said, softly.

He glared at me from the corner of his eye, and continued to shove books into his locker.