saving him (under editing)

School

Taylor's POV

I woke up and got in the shower feeling my body ache from last night, once the water hit my skin I could feel my muscles relax and I let out a breath. Once been washing myself I hopped out of the shower and got dressed I looked at my big curly hair undecided I was going to wear it out today. I looked at my appearance in the mirror in my bathroom and decided I look decent enough for today. I grab my book bag and headed downstairs to make breakfast for Jeff and Kim, if I did not do this I knew once I got home from school I would be beaten for not listening to their rules. I quickly made pancakes eggs and some bacon and ate a little bit before I ran out the house to my bus stop. Once the bus showed up I walked to the back of the bus and put my headphones in I looked out the window the whole ride to school ignoring the comments the other kids on the bus were making about me. I was the last one to get off the bus once we arrived at the school and I slowly walked to my locker to grab the books I needed and to put my book bag away. Once doing so I walked to my first period class which was reading and I said at the front desk. It was still early and not a lot of kids we're in the classroom yet. The teacher Mr.Harrison still had not entered the classroom and the class soon started to feel with 12th graders. I held my breath as I seen Amanda Ford walk into the classroom with her two friends following behind her. I look down at my desk trying to avoid eye contact so she would not be provoked to say anything to me. I seen her in her friends walk past my desk without stopping. I let out the breath I was holding and was pleased to see Mr.Harrison walk in. He told us to take out our notebooks and to get started on the classwork. This period went by quickly, once I heard the bell rings signaling that the class was over I quickly grabbed my books and headed out of the door, I tried to get to second period without anyone disturbing me. Now if that happened this just wouldn't be Grey Oaks High, Trevor a jock on the football team walked past me and slapped my books out of my hand. As I bent down to pick them up I felt a slap to my face. I looked up and seen Amanda and her friends standing above me and laughing, I held my cheek as I felt my eyes start to water up from the stinging. Amanda then said " awwww is the Whittle baby going to cry?" I held my tears from falling and proceeded to pick up my books once done I stood up and started to try and make my way out of the crowd that formed around me. As I shoved through the people I bumped into this tall boy with dark brown hair and tattoos up and down both arms. I looked at him about to say sorry but once my eyes made contact with his I suddenly could not think of any words to say. He gave me a strange look and that's when I realized I was staring at him, I quickly looked that down to my feet and made my way to modern u.s history. This time i sat in the very back of the classroom and waited for everyone else to come in. I rolled my eyes to myself as Amanda and Trevor walked in they smirked at me and both took their seats in front of me. Class started but I didn't really pay much attention until we all heard a knock at the door. Miss James the history teacher walked to the door and opened it, from where I was sitting I could not see who was at the door but I could see that Miss James had a surprised expression on her face she then regained her composure and put a smirk on her face and moved her hands to her hips and said " well Antonio it's nice to see you back in school" whoever Antonio was we did not hear his reply. Miss James then moved out of the doorway and in walked the tall boy that I earlier bumped into. At this moment I decided to take a better look at him considering that everyone else in the classrooms was staring to. He looked around the room and locked eyes with me I could feel my cheeks start to heat up and it was times like this that I was extremely grateful for my complexion because it was harder to see the blush that creeped up onto my face. I looked down at my books and pretended to start reading something. Miss James then said to the class " none of you recognize Mr Russo here because he rarely shows up to school" I raise my eyebrows and lifted my head up to see the expression on the boys face, I was expecting him to be embarrassed at the comment miss James just said but he had a blank expression. He rolled his eyes and said " where do I sit?" miss James looked around the classroom and so did I looking for an empty seat for him to sit in but to my surprise the only empty desk was beside me and behind Trevor. Miss James said "go sit next to Taylor" the boy to make his way started to the empty desk next to mines. I watched as he confidently walked pass the students in their seats, before he sat down he looked at me and I looked away. This boy was dropped dead gorgeous but I know that he was just like everyone else in school. He would make fun of me just as everyone else so I was careful to not look for too long do not draw attention to myself. Miss James then started to talk about a project and said we would have partners everyone in class got excited except myself considering I have no friends. Miss James then said " now don't get too excited because I'm picking their partners for you" everyone groaned and made a noise as she passed out the project paper. She then stood in front of the classroom with her clipboard in hand and proceeded to call off names. I didn't really pay attention to everyone that was partners but once I heard my name being called I will suddenly interested, she said " Taylor and ... Trevor". My eyes widened and I heard Trevor yell " what the fuck I'm not working with that THING." Everyone looked at me and started laughing, I looked down at my desk. Miss James yelled " Trevor go to the office and you have detention after school". Trevor looked at me as he stood from his seat, i could feel the hatred roll off his body as he looked at me. I quivered a little in my seat and looked down at my desk again. I then heard miss James sigh and said " Fine Taylor and Antonio " i kept my head down and waited to hear Antonio to make a smart comment like Trevor did. After about 20 seconds scrunched my eyebrows together and looked up at Antonio and he just looked at me with a blank expression on his face. I then looked to miss James and saw a shocked expression on her face. Amanda then said " miss James don't you think me and Antonio would make a better fit than him and" she turned around and looked at me with a face full of disgust and said "her". Miss James said "Amanda turn around you are working with William" Amanda huffed and sank in her seat as William turned around and smiled at her. If the heart eyes were a real thing William would definitely look like the heart eye emoji. Miss James continued to call off name and I again stopped paying attention considering it had nothing to do with me. I looked over at Antonio and seen he was still looking at me I said "umm hi" he didn't respond I then looked down and said "sooo ummm its cool if you don't want to work with me or do the work I can do the whole project and just put your name on it" it was quite for a moment so I looked up to see Antonio looking at me with his eyebrows furrowed together and he said " I'm pretty sure that's against the rules" I said "yeah but that's usually what ends up happening when I'm pared with someone for group work" he said "why?" I looked at me hands and said "wow you really must not come to school that often" I looked up at him "most people don't like me, they don't want to be seen with me so they make me do the work without them". he had a blank expression on his face and then he spoke " well I'm not 'most people' and your not doing the project alone" I looked at him with shocked eyes. He then said "would you like to get started today after school?"

"Sure"

"Cool my house or yours?"

I thought about the question, I definitely can not bring him to my house Jeff and Kim would kill me for bringing some one home. I quickly said "yours".

He nodded and said "cool well I have detention so we can go to my house after that"

I only nodded my head trying to not ask any questions like why does he have detention when its only second period? Or why is he being nice to me? I decided to leave all my unanswered questions to myself. I then realized that if I stay after with him for detention and go to his house to work on the project I wouldn't have enough time to cook, clean and get the house ready for when Kim and Jeff came home. I sighed and sank in my seat a little and looked over at Antonio and seen him looking forward and paying attention to miss James. I looked at his perfectly chizled jaw line and the way his tattoos would move when his muscles flexed. I quickly looked away and said to myself stop Taylor this boy is only being nice to you because of the project. He would never go for a girl like you, your to ugly for him and plus he probably already has a girlfriend I mean why wouldn't he look at him. I looked over to Antonio and seen him looking at me I looked away again and said to myself, see he is too good for you we have already come to terms that nobody wants us so we shouldn't get attached to the first person the isn't mean to us. I shighed and knew that I was right the bell then rang and I made my way to my third period class. I had to go to my locker to get my physics book and to put my history book away. Once I reached my locker I put my history book away and grabbed my physics one and closed my locker, once I turned around I felt my self being pushed into the locker and he back hit the cold hard metal on the wall. I gasped as the wind was knocked out of me, I seen Trevor stand in front of me and he looked furious he said " you little bitch you got me detention and suspended from next game" he grabbed the front of my hoodie and slammed me into the lockers again he started to pull me up so my feet were barely touching the ground. By now a group of students had formed around us. Trevor raised his hand and was about to slap me, I closed my eyes and waited for the blow to my face but it never came. I opened my eyes and seen Trevor looking at my face he didn't look as mad but my soft and caring. I then heard Amanda yell " what are you waiting for Trev slap the bitch so we can get to class". Trevor's face looked like he was sad, he raised his hand again and slapped me hard in the face he then dropped me and and feel to my knees. I held my cheek and looked down before anyone seen my teary fall. I grabbed my books and ran to the bathroom once inside a stall I let a few tears fall but I quickly stopped before more spilled out. I walked out and looked at my cheek in the mirror. It was red enough to see if you are close up but not from a distance. I grabbed my books and walked to class I knew I was late because the hallways were empty and it was quiet. I made my way to the class quickly so I would not be anymore lat and I knocked on the door. Mr.lobb opened the door and looked at me with a hard look I looked down at me feet. He said "Ms.Johnson why are you late?"

"I'm sorry sir I had to use the bathroom"

"You have detention after school" I pulled my head up and widened my eyes and was about to protest but stopped once he said "and if you don't show up I will call your parents" I walked into the classroom with my head down and made my way to my desk. I quickly did my worksheet and passed it in. I sat at my desk for the rest of the time thinking about what detention was going to be like. The bell finally rang signaling it was time for next class and I made my way to art. Art went by quickly without any problems. It was now time for lunch I made my way in like and grabbed the chicken nuggets, French fries, apple slices, carrots, and a water bottle. I looked around the cafeteria and saw an empty table I sat down and pulled out my headphones and my phone. I started to listen to "Pour It Up by Rihanna" and started eating my lunch. I finished my food and was just sitting there so i just kept listening to my music and looked around the cafeteria. I looked around and i saw Antonio sitting with four other boys, they all had tattoos and looked scary. i looked at Antonio as he sat there listening to the boy with long blond hair talk, he then looked away from the boy and made eye contact with me and i quickly looked away. i got up from my seat and threw my trash away and walked out of the cafeteria and made my way to my locker. I bragged the books i needed for the last two periods and walked into the bathroom. I seen Becca and Stacy, Amanda's friends looking in the mirror fixing their makeup. i looked away and walked into the bathroom stall and used the bathroom. i finished what i was doing and i walked out and washed my hands, Becca and Stacy were on either side of me and they both looked at each other. I looked up in the mirror and they both started laughing. i looked down and Stacy said " you know your ugly so what is the purpose of looking?" Becca said " yeah what are you expecting your face to change?" i finished washing my hands and walked out of the bathroom. The rest of the day went by uneventful until detention.....