Fight or Flight

Chapter I

Casper POV

I woke up late, again. It's only the second semester in school and I'm late 3/5 days each week.

Thank god Jill and Robert aren't here. I would be killed, if they saw me still here.

I hear my phone start ringing.
I get up fast, almost to fast. I go crazy looking for it. I flip my sheets everything in sight I'm looking though.

10 minutes later.

I found my phone, finally. It was under my bed. Still charging. I put my room back together, so I don't get beaten for it.

Yes, I have abusive parents. Only few know, but I won't let them get involved. They don't know why though. I haven't told them about the whole Josh thing, I probably never will.

In 5th grade, I told my best friend, this was before Sam and Cameron. Quinn, she knows what happened and helps me convince them not to get involved.

Me and Quinn visit Josh on Fridays, when I spend the night at her place. I always bring a flower, sometimes she does too. We both give him updates in our lives, and tell him we miss him. Quinn teaches him what we learned that week, I help with the examples. When we leave we tell him we'll be back next weekend and that I'll be okay, for now. Martha and Bob, Josh's parents, moved away when we were in sixth grade I don't blame them. They couldn't handle being reminded of him, I couldn't either after things got better. I hope their doing good. I still keep in contact with them, when I can. All they know is that Josh was hit by a car which is true. But they never found out who did it, it was my parents.

Today is Tuesday. I finally got dressed. Today is my day to carpool. I'm an only child, thankfully. I wouldn't want anyone else to be hurt the way I'm hurt.

I finally pick everyone up, I tell them why I'm late. They're happy Jill and Robert weren't there.

We get to school, the bell rings when we get to our seats in the front.

Caspers schedule:
I Forgeign Language-Smith
II Math-Roberson
III Science-Hathaway
IV Study Hall
V Lunch
VI Social Studies-Joesph
VII Language Arts-Smith
VIII Language Arts-Smith
IX Study Hall
X Physical Education-Harper

Me, Quinn, Sam, and Cameron have pretty similar schedules:

Quinn
Foreign Language
Science
Social Studies
Chorus
Lunch
Math
LA
LA
Chorus
PE

Sam
FL
Math
SS
Chorus
Lunch
Sci
LA
LA
Study Hall
PE

Cameron
FL
Math
SS
Chorus
Lunch
Sci
LA
LA
Chorus
PE

Schedules:
FL
MATH SCI SS
SCI SS
STUDY HALL
LUNCH
SS MATH SCI
LA
LA
STUDY HALL CHORUS
PE

In Foreign Language (FL) we're all together learning German. There are only two groups, our group and Xander's group, but just the boys, thank god.

German is pretty unpopular here, I have no idea why they picked it.

Today we got handed a German sing book (Deutsche Volkslieder by Joseph Müller-Blattau). We have to sing/read it in English, by the end of the quarter. So I had 8 weeks, great (jk). We each had to have a partner. One boy and one girl, fabulous (jk). There was four girls and three boys. But then Blake walks in. He sits in the middle of the room. He's new. He's pretty ni.... Hot as hell. Kind of nerdy, but the hot kind of nerdy. I think I like him already.

The teacher says, "since you are not moving, I'll pick the partners". She thought we would be happy to have boy partners, but we were not... At all.

"Review the book, while I pair you up."

My group sits in the front, we are the nerds. We're smart, kind of pretty, and quiet. The bad boys sit in the back of the room. Blake, for now, sits in the middle. There are lots of other seats.

"Okay" says the teacher, about ten minutes later. "I'm going to pair you up now, no changing partners." She continues, "Sam and Blake, welcome to our school Blake. Cameron and Ash. Quinn and Aidan. And last but not least, Casper and Xander." She explains the point of this project, I don't hear a word. I'm pissed. "Why do I get stuck with the idiot", I say, interrupting the class. "Why do I get the person that never works, hits on every girl, and is, well, just a jerk!" Yep I said it. I pay attention around here.

The teacher is shocked. She never would have expected me to say anything against a person, even about Xander. Everyone is in complete shock.

Just then the bell rings and I run out of the room.

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