Painful, Pure Love

Chapter 2

James Walker, the most stupid jock in our grade, was beating up my best friend Mason. I ran over to them to try and make them stop.

 "Oh god, Mason? Are you okay?!", I worriedly said. His lip was bleeding and he had multiple bruises forming on his face. Tears started forming in my eyes.

 "Brooklyn?", Mason asked. 

"Yes, Mace?"

"Can you help me to the nurses office, please?", he asked.

 "Sure" 

I took Mason's hand and shoved through the small crowd that was forming around us. Everyone's eyes were on Mason and I. Why can't they just mind their own business?  

We got to the nurses office really fast. 

"Are you sure you're okay Mason?", I asked again.

 "Yeah, I'm fine. It just hurts really bad", he said.

 "Oh, poor boy!", the nurse said, "come inside and I'll get you fixed up." 

I sat down next to Mason while the nurse was cleaning his cuts. We sat in silence for a few minutes until I finally spoke up.

 "Why did James attack  you?", I wondered. 

James was always the guy to goof around with his friends and make inappropriate  jokes. But I've never seen him punch someone. Especially someone like Mason.

 "Well, he was talking about you and I didn't like it", he stated. 

"Was it good or bad?", I questioned.

 "Uh...sort of both", he said. 

"What do you mean?" I was starting to question what James was talking about. I didn't even know he knew I existed. I mean, I'm just an average girl in an average high school.

 "He was saying...dirty stuff about you", he finally said. Oh.

"Oh. Okay", I said. No one said anything for a while. I decided I was going to let the nurse take care of him for the time being.

 "I'm gonna go now. Class is about to start. Uh, bye", I quickly said.

 I rushed out of the room before he could say anything. Mason's my best friend and all, but when I asked if it was bad or good and he said 'both', I got suspicious about what he meant.

 I was almost at my first class that I share, unfortunately, with Stacey Barns. The most popular girl in school. I haven't talked to her before, but one day at lunch my other best friend Scarlett accidentally ran into Stacey, so she poured her drink all over Scarlett. I haven't liked Stacey since that day. Also, she wears the sluttiest clothes to school.

I stepped right into AP Calculus as the bell rang. I sat down in my seat and started to take notes.

~Skip School Day~

I was walking home when I heard my name being called. I turned around and saw a familiar red head. Scarlett.

 "Hey. What are you doing?", I asked her. 

"I was wondering if I could hang at your place tonight," she said. "My parents are having a work meeting and I do NOT want to be caught up in that." 

"Yeah sure, you can come over," I said, "let me just asked my mom."

 We talked on the long walk home. When we got to my house, I saw four cars, one blue, the others gray, parked in my driveway. I wonder who's here. As soon as I was about to open the door, my brother slammed it open and it hit my head.