Torn In Three

Chapter Five

I walked through the teacher’s dorm; hand in hand with Dom. Everyone was smiling, and making ‘ooh’ and ‘ah’ noises as if they were at a firework show. It seems that once you begin dating someone who everyone respects, you become respected. I could get used to this.

Dom was chuckling at everyone’s response, and squeezed my hand lightly. I smiled warmly at him, and he returned it. When we got to his door, he kissed me and I gladly kissed him back. He kicked open the door and pulled me in, his lips never leaving mine. We carried on like that, until we were rudely interrupted.

‘’Look at the happy couple. I see you’ve moved on, girl.’’

I jumped violently, as did Dom. I turned to see Marisa standing there, wearing nothing but a shirt that came down to her thighs; obviously belonging to Zach. To her left was Zach, who was in nothing but boxers. I momentarily gawped at his bare chest, but then realised what he and Marisa must have been doing.

‘’Hello, pretty boy. I don’t believe we’ve met; I’m Marisa Clarke, the new English teacher here.’’

I watched Marisa step closer to Dom, pulling up her shirt slightly to reveal more of her thigh area. Dom cleared his throat, and I saw his eyes flick up and down her curvy body quickly. He was checking her out, and I was boiling with anger. I was angry at all three of them, and wanted to punch something.

‘’Hello, I’m Dom Alexander. I’m also an English teacher here.’’ Dom replied, blushing slightly.

Marisa giggled like a schoolgirl, and stepped even closer to him. I stole a glance at Zach, and regretted it immediately. He was looking right back at me, and as soon as I caught his eyes they flashed with anger, curiosity, and most of all, pain. I suddenly snapped my head up to see Marisa a centimetre from Dom.

‘’Get the fuck away from my boyfriend!’’ I screeched.

Marisa slunk back to Zach in fear, and I felt a bit of pride slither to my chest for a second. She soon started smirking again, and I shot daggers at her. I slowly turned toward Dom, glaring at him. He looked at me tearfully, silently pleading for forgiveness.

‘’It’s cool, babe. Just a misunderstanding, right?’’ I giggled, wrapping my arm around him and kissing his chest.

‘’Yeah, you’re forgiven too, Princess.’’ Zach said to Marisa, although he was looking at me with such venom.

We all stood there for a minute, staring at each other. Zach was glaring at me, Marisa was staring at Dom in awe, Dom was glaring at Zach, and I was looking around at everyone nervously.

‘’We should all get to bed, school tomorrow.’’ I muttered.

So we did just that, Marisa climbing in to bed with Zach and me curling up beside Dom.

**

This may have been the worst English lesson anyone could ever have. Marisa, who I now have to call Miss Brindle, was watching the lesson to ‘get a feel of the place’. I knew she only wanted to do this in order to spend more time with Dom. I could see her gaze on him at all times, and it made me want to vomit. I had tried time and time again to convince Dom she couldn’t be trusted, but he thought she was nice and that I was overreacting.

‘’Joshua, if you don’t stop making eyes at Leah, my girlfriend, I’ll suspend you from class, okay?’’ Dom hissed to a boy sitting beside me. I narrowed my eyes at Dom angrily, prepared to shout at him. He says I’m overreacting about Marisa, and yet he threatens people when they so much as look at me?

‘’Oh, shut up.’’ I muttered.

‘’What was that, Leah?’’ Marisa asked, smirking.

‘’Fuck you, Marisa.’’

‘’Excuse me?’’

‘’You heard me.’’

Before I knew what was happening, I was being dragged by the ear lobe out of the class room. I tried to struggle, but she just pulled at my ear harder. Once we were in the corridor, I was pushed against the wall. I hit my head, and collapsed to the floor. I looked up at Marisa, my vision blurring.

‘’You will address me as Miss Brindle in the classroom and in school hours, girl. Also, if you ever use such foul language against me or any other member of staff again, I will make sure you’re no longer a member of this school. Understand?’’ She scolded, glaring at me.

‘’W-whatever…’’ I managed to stutter.

Then she hit me, and everything went black.

**

‘’Leah, can you hear me?’’

Yes, I can hear you.

I couldn’t get the words out. They stayed in my brain, while I tried to open my eyes. As I did so, I saw a blurred figure sitting in front of me.

‘’She’s waking up!’’

Dom?

‘’Oh thank god!’’

Marisa?

‘’You have a lot of explaining to do, Marisa.’’

Zach?

‘’Where the fuck am I?’’ I groaned.

‘’Good morning to you, too.’’ Dom chuckled.

‘’Oh, shut up. Answer my question, Dommy.’’

‘’The medical room. You passed out.’’

I gasped, and it all came back to me. I remember talking back to Miss Brindle, and her dragging me out of the classroom. I remember hitting my head, and her hitting me. I could feel a bruise on my cheekbone, and yelped in surprise.

‘’I’m so sorry for hitting you, Leah. It was just out of anger, I can’t forgive myself for hurting my student.’’ Marisa spluttered, interrupting my thoughts.

‘’You. Bitch.’’ I heard Zach growl, making me stare at him.

‘’What do you mean, baby?’’ Marisa asked, tossing her head to the side.

‘’You know full well what I mean. I can’t believe you hit her!’’

‘’Please, forgive me! I didn’t mean it.’’

‘’Fuck you, Marisa. It’s over; I hate you.’’

I could tell his words stung Marisa, but my heart soared at the fact he’d ended it over me. He did care.

‘’A three day relationship? What a record breaker, Zach!’’ I giggled.

‘’Seriously, Leah? Is that all you can say?’’ Zach hissed, but he was laughing.

I carried on laughing, and then noticed Marisa had left. Dom was eyeing me suspiciously, so I pulled him toward me and kissed him. He smiled in to the kiss, and ran his tongue along my bottom lip. I let him in, and our tongues collided. When we pulled apart, I stole a glance at Zach. He looked like he was about to cry, and it made my heart ache.

What the hell was I doing?