Only He Can Do It.

8.

Back to Alisa's POV

I wipe the tear rolling down Benny's cheek because I know how upset he is about Anabel. I explain everything that happened at school today and he tells me to calm down because I end up crying again and getting very emotional.

He tells me to go change my clothes and then come eat my turkey ham sandwhich, my brother knows me well. I do all this then I sit on the couch again and I think. Think about what the future holds for me. Do I drop out of school again? Do I go back? What do I do?

I'm sitting there motionlessly wondering what will happen next
Benny comes sits next to me and puts his arm around me. I just lean against his shoulder, I can tell my brother has been working out because of how hard his biceps are.

'Have you been working out?' I turn to face my brother and he smiles and rolls his eyes 'Maybe' he says laughing at me.

To turn our minds away from the whole situation we decide to put on a film and eat popcorn. I have mine sweet n salty of course but Benny only has the salty side. If you have popcorn, it needs to be mixed, why doesn't he understand this?

The evening slowly passed and even though it was an unfortunate eventful day, I remember what Benny said to me this morning, I can change my fate by being strong. Anabel may have been strong once but that's not going to happen again. Yes it is, stop kidding yourself.

*****

Let's see how today goes, second day of school. Yesterday was quite awful, I wanna try and change how the end will turn out compared to yesterday.

I go into my form room and sit in the corner of the classroom hoping to not be seen by others. I just want to calm down and get on with my day. I must have been so mesmirised in my thoughts that I didn't even notice Michael sitting beside me, I only do when the teacher calls the register and he says his name 'yes miss' he calls and at that second I jump because his voice was near me and I was totally oblivious to him before. Wow. Alisa. You're so stupid.

'Hi. Sorry I didn't mean to scare you' Michael whispers and gives a small as our teacher is just talking at the class.

'No worries. I should be the sorry one, I was just in a deep thought' I say and I try to keep the information about me limited because nobody really wants to know me. You're just a waste of space.

'Don't worry' he looks at me and smiles. Michael seems like a joyful person to be around, just a few seconds later his face just drops the smile and his eyes faze at what seems to be around my jaw area.

'What happened there?' He now looks me in the eyes and I can see that he is concerned but I don't exactly know with what.

'What do you mean?' I ask, I'm pretty sure genuine confusion is written all over my face.

He points at my jaw, his fingers hovering over it 'You've got a big graze over here. What happened?' His eyebrows are furrowed and I can see he crease on between his eyebrows after trying to figure out what happened.

'I...umm. I tripped over yesterday and I fell on my face after school. Nothing much... haha' I try coming up with an excuse for it. How did I even not notice this? I know he's not buying it with the look on his face, even I wouldn't believe me if I heard myself say that. He's raising his eyebrow, to be honest it looks kinda cute, his eyebrow piercing makes it funny funny for some reason. Wow, too many distractions from one guy.

'Ok, I'll believe you.' He sarcastically nods his head and looks forward to the front of the class. I just lean against the wall even though I'm sitting on my chair and feel the side of my jaw. I can definitely feel it leaving a scar but I'm still not ready to look at the damage Anabel has done.

Form time passes and just when I'm about to get up and leave I feel someone grip my arm, I gasp out of shock, not a hard grip but a grip all the same. I quickly turn around to see who it is and out of the corner of my eye as I'm about it to turn I see the bright red hair. Michael. 'Sorry I didn't want to scare you,' at that he let go looking down at my arm. 'I just wanted to say that you're going to tell me about the scar on your face, not now but when you're ready, because that isn't from tripping over and falling on your face'

I don't say anything because I don't know what to say. I just nod and hurry to my class because I'm confused. Why does he want to know? Why does he even care? 

The classes are boring as hell but I still enjoy school more than home. I don't usually work well with people but this feels different. There is Anabel of course but I've managed to lock her back in my mind somewhere, somewhere I'm trying to forget.

As the lessons pass, lunchtime arrives, I manage to find that space I was eating at yesterday. Its a calm place and it let's me to clear my mind from all the people. Being around so many people at once is still a foreign thing to me and I need to take baby steps at being with so many people.

I'm reading my book on the bench when I feel someone push me over from behind. Very forceful hands they have but that force is a familiar one. I'm now lying on the floor with no will to get up. Just when I think she's left I feel her kick me in the stomach. She makes no remarks or sounds but I know its her, only she acts in this way. The pain is indescribable. I have no words for it. I should be used to it but I'm not. I hear her footsteps fade out.

'Alisa!' I hear that voice shout my name. The hint of Aussie as he says my name makes it almost comforting knowing I'm not alone. My vision is blurry and I don't have the best view from the ground but I can see Michael running towards me, kneeling down to see what's happened. His hand brushing away my hair from my face, I can feel the sticky blood on my face, probably on his hands after he touched me. At that I black out and vision is not longer a thing.

But I feel something. I'm in his arms, bridal style as he hurries and shouts for everyone to move. Oh how I'm grateful for Michael right now.

Hi, I don't like the ending of this chapter. Idk, sorry no update for a bit, school gets in the way but yeah. Hope you liked it x
-XcashtonsloverX