Almost Indistuctible (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 9- Sapphire

Quick authors note, this will be one of the few chapters where I replay events. I thought you might want to see Sapphie's fight from her POV. Enjoy
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I was at my locker getting my things for the day when I heard a familiar voice call my name.
"Hey Sapphire."
Only a couple people talked to me at this school. Besides Ike, they where all Barbies or Jerks. This one, was the Barbie Queen, My former BFF, the one, the only, Claire Lifter. Around her stood her go-to group. The blond girl, Rebecca, was a gossip queen. Then the boys, their boyfriends, the two main jocks. One was captain of the football team, the other captain of the baseball team. I know, stereotypical right? Que dramatic music and 'Mean Girls' Logo. They strutted or walked (depending on the gender) over to me. I knew what was coming. I braced myself for a punch. Nothing.

"You have such low expectations for me, dear." Claire said menacingly. I couldn't help but glare daggers at her. She told everyone about my mom when I thought I could trust her with that secret. I hate her.

"Yeah, but your shorts seem to have pretty high one." I retorted. Just because I was a victim doesn't mean I wouldn't dis her shorts. She could have just been wearing underwear because they where so short. She scoffed at me.

"At least my shorts are longer than your mom's life and your parents relationship." She spat back, that struck a nerve. My glare turned harder.

"Do NOT bring my 'mom' into this. It's your fault anyone but us know about it in the first place. I don't need new kids pitying me too." I said to her in a harsh tone. She smirked, she knew she was bothering me know. I know what your thinking. 'OMG! Why didn't u just ignore her. #bullying101.' Well, In my defense, she brought my parents into this. She also knew how much I hate talking about my 'mom'. All in all, It's because she is a female dog. Pardon my French.

"Why not, it's not like you'r gonna tell them. I might just get them all together and tell them at the same time. Then they'll understand why they should ignore you." Claire replied. I was about to punch her head off.

"Yeah, I forgot about that. You always have to tell EVERYONE my problems. You just had to tell the whole school, humn, Couldn't let me tell people in my own time. I would have just told who needed to know, people that were close to me, but no, YOU JUST TOLD THE WHOLE SCHOOL!" My voice cracked as I finished my little speach.

"Who would you tell, your books, no one even knows you exist." Claire paused for a second, than faked a thinking look."Oh, and if they do, they do this." She stateted than slapped me across the face, I was use to it. My face flew to the left and my books crashed on the ground.

"Oh, BTW, I hope your dad doesn't get stuck at 'work' again today." Rebecca added as she and Claire giggled at the red hand mark on my face and scattered books. That was the end of the line.

"HE WAS AT WORK, NO QUOTE ABOUT IT! " I yelled. Than I slapped Rebecca across the face. She was not going to bring my amazing dad into this. No Way. Their bodyguards/Boyfriends took that as there que. Claire's boyfriend, Jake, punched me extremely hard in the stomach, knocking the wind out of me and sending a wave of pain though me. I fell, gasping for breath as Claire and Rebecca both took a turn kicking me. My vision started to blur and my head spun. I felt like I was going to pass out and vomit. It reminded me of her and I started to sob. Between my emotional and physical pain, I was just holding on to consciousness. Then I felt myself being lifted.

"Dad?" I mumbled questionably. The guy seemed a little to small, but I couldn't really tell in my state. It was just like in the past when she would blow up and he would carry me to the 'saftey' of the basement. It wasn't comfortable, but it was better than her. The memory made me shake harder than I already was.

"No Sapphie. It's Ike." I heard Ike's soothing voice say. He shure knew how to use a gentle voice. He carried me for a while untill I noticed he was setting me down. My grip on him tightened, just like it did with my dad, until he got me off.

"Please stay here." I said mentally, I knew I sounded desperate, but I needed someone with me.

"Ok," the nurse said, "What's your name?"

"Sapphire Elisabeth Brook." I said quickly. I knew the drill, she did this everytime sense I had a concussion once.

"Who's your mother?" The nurse asked, the second she said mother, I almost lost it.

2 years ago, sitting in my room praying it wouldn't be too bad. It was Wednesday, the worst day of the week, stress relief day. The more stress, the harder she would hit. This would be bad. I was pulled out of my thoughts by the sound of a door opening, To my surprise, it was dad, not mom. I sighed in relief until I realized what was happening. I looked at my dad. He was broke down at the foot of my bed I turned and asked him what was wrong.
"Your mom, Saph, she's dead." He cried a little more before continuing. "She was having an affair with another guy after getting drunk and crashed on the way home. She ran right into a concrete wall. She was so drunk she didn't see a WALL. How stupid can she get?!" After finishing his story, he broke down again. As much as I hated my mom, I loved her. She made dad happy and even was nice when she wasn't stressed. I knew she had a mental illness, but what she did was still dumb.

Dear? What's your mom's name?" The nurse repeated, snapping me out of my thoughts. I sighed as I answered

"Rochelle Elizabeth Kinlin." I answered, I never used my last name when I was talking about her. It was to hard to say.

"Good job, what's your dad's name?" This time, I didn't hesitate.

"Carlos Peter Brook." I answered proudly, I always loved my dad, I still do, he's all I got.

"Ok, you seem to be ok, just got the wind knocked out of you and shook up. Do you need some ice, Dear?" The nurse askes

"Yes, please." I answered once the nurse left, Ike walked over and sat by me. I was still shaking and taking quick breaths. He touched my shoulders and turned me to face him.

"Take a deep breath, Sapphie." He said. I tried to take a longer breath, but it didn't work well, Ike was reminded me of my dad every Wednesday night. I would have broke down again if Ike didn't hug me. Ike hugged me until my breathing was normal again. I looked up at him.

"Thanks Ike, really, Thank you." I said, my voice was cracking from crying. Ike got a plastic cup and filled it with water for me. I smiled at him and drank it quickly.

"No prob. That's what friends are for, right." Ike responded. I was extremely happy when he said that. I haven't had a real friend since Claire, and she betrayed me. I smiled at him, my face stretching into a grin. Then the nurse came back in and gave me the ice. She gave us a pass and sent us back to class. I continued to smile, despite what happened, because Ike was my friend and he was here for me.
***********************************Whew! That was a long chapter, 1328 words. Yeah! I will hopefully be more active over break and try to get the whole story up. Love y'all. Stay Awesome!