Sanity Siphoned

Ch4: Surprise Induced

Chapter 4

Julienne's small streak of luck ended that Friday when someone decided to pick up the slack for Michael in the taunts and insults department.

Anna Moore hung out with the popular crowd but unlike most stereotypical popular senior girls she wasn't a cheerleader, she actually didn't do any sports unless it consisted of something with her finger nails and precious car.

"Hey, Teller." Anna began as she sat across from Julienne during lunch. "What's with the bandage on your hand? Are you too stupid to figure out you had to aim higher to kill yourself? You know I wouldn't mind helping you out, this world could do without one more loser." She didn't even think twice to be so cruel, none of them did. From the table to the left where her friends sat a burst of laughter erupted. The insult wasn't even funny.

Anna waved her hand in front of Julienne's face but she stayed focus on the book in front of her. Never did she give any them the satisfaction of a reaction. They wanted her to get angry and cry, to do anything to say they broke her down.

"Hey, I'm talking to you and unless you want that damn book shoved down your throat you'll stop ignoring me." she said with her jaw clenched tight, she got mad at the drop of a hat.

The bell rang and Julienne continued to ignore the other girl as she left the cafeteria for her next class.

"You handled that pretty well, you don't even look mad. I always got you mad but I'm more clever then Anna." Michael said as he fell into step with her in the hallway. They had the same class next so it didn't look all that weird.

Julienne glanced around and realized yup he was talking to her in public, talking to her and not at her for someone else's amusement, usually his own.

He kept going. "That was harsh, I draw the line at suicide though, it'd be pretty screwed up to cause someone's death and then they come haunt you for all eternity. I don't like ghosts." Where she didn't speak at all he spoke too much. "My mom is going to your house today to work on some presentation. I offered to tag along, won't that be fun?" he broke that interesting bit of news as they reached the classroom and she had no time to react.

Julienne froze at the entry way of the room and only moved when someone else pushed her farther inside. She snapped out of her daze and took a seat. This was not happening, she thought, it didn't end well when she was alone with Michael. She did stupid things like kiss him back and surrender into the toxic peace he offered.

She had to get out of this and the only way was talking to her mother. As soon as she got home she tried explaining that she didn't want Michael around.

"Honey that's rude. Patricia and I are friends and co-workers, I can't tell her to keep her son away anymore then someone could tell me to keep you away. They welcomed us into their house and we have to do the same." she explained while working on dinner.

Julienne knew unless she found the courage to tell her mother everything she was stuck with Michael. And stuck she was.

It wasn't long after school when they arrived. Patricia was nice as always and went out of her time to say hello to Julienne. It was surprising such a nice woman gave birth to Michael.

It was a week ago today they had first come to dinner and Julienne landed in the hospital. A lot had changed in that week, like the fact she knew what Michael Gregory's mouth tasted like.

They sat alone in the living room while their moms worked in the kitchen. It didn't take long for Michael's mind to wander. He ran his hand up her ankle to her thigh. "Show me your room." he whispered against her ear.

Julienne's heart raced at an abnormal speed. She found she couldn't think all that well when he touched her. There were two sides to her mind, one good and one bad, the bad one pushed her to fall into his hands like putty and forget all the rest of the world.

"I—I can't, my mom-"

"Isn't paying us any attention. If they ask we can say we went to work on some homework. If we say here I am going to kiss you and I am going to touch you and if we get caught I promise I won't be the one embarrassed."

She believed him, embarrassment wasn't something that was associated with him. Caught between a rock and a hard place, her sadistic side that wanted its new favorite drug won and they were off the couch.

There was no discussing it anymore. They knew what was happening and didn't care to question it. They weren't fully out of the hallway when he pulled her mouth to his. This time his hands didn't bury themselves in her hair, they moved under her shirt and up her waist.

Michael stepped back and eyed her shirt. "You wear bigger clothes then I do. I'm touching a lot of things I like but I want to see them."

It was in that moment right there Julienne became sure she had lost every bit of common sense she ever had when she let him pull her shirt off. She stood there speechless as his eyes roamed every bit of exposed skin.

"You actually have a pretty hot body under all these clothes." He whispered more to himself as he moved his hands up her waist again. He leaned down and rested his forehead on hers. "You showed me yours so you probably want to see mine."

"Yeah…I'm really curious about what type of bra you wear." Her rare sarcasm made an appearance when she was nervous. She stayed silent when she was scared and uncomfortable.

He stood up and cupped her face between his hands. "You really have to stop hiding this girl." He kissed her again and didn't stop until her mom yelled it was time for dinner.