The Next Generation

Chapter 6

I woke up to the sun shining into my window. I was on my bed. How'd I get here? 

"Are you feeling better?" dad asked walking into my room.

"How'd I get up here?" I asked.

"I put you there. Now are you feeling better? Can you go to school today?" He asked. I nodded and got up. He nodded and walked out of my room. I got a pair of jeans and a blue shirt. I got dressed and put my hair in a messy bun. I found my cowboy boots so I put them on. No makeup today. I walked downstairs after grabbing my phone and bag. Mom had breakfast made so I ate some.

"I want Starbucks." I said randomly.

"Let's go get some then." Ella said. Kyla agreed with her. The boys just grunted. We said bye to mom and dad and then left. I got my coffee from Starbucks and we left to school. When we got there people were outside mingling.

"I hate people." I groaned as I got out of the car. I walked to the school with the others strolling behind me.

"Oh look who decided to show up." I heard Danica say.

"Leave me alone." I said. I tried walking around her but she just followed my moves.

"No. You hurt my brother. He just sits at home if he's not in school. He stays in his room. It's not normal for him. And thanks to your little sister over there he has a broken nose. A bruised eye and jaw." She said.

"Move." I said.

"No. You don't get to tell me what to do. You are a nothing at this school. So why don't you just pack your things and leave." She said.

"Move." I repeated. She still didn't move. So I did the next thing I thought of. I punched her. While she was holding her nose we took that as our chance to leave.

"Are you okay?" Hunter asked me grabbing my wrist. I turned around so he wouldn't see the tears in my eyes. I pulled my wrist away and walked to my first period. I sat in the back corner so no one could sit next to me. I wiped my tears quickly so if someone walks in they won't see me. I pulled my phone out to check the time and saw we still had five minutes until the start of school. I pulled up my messages and sent a text to my mom saying that I don't want to be here. I locked my phone when the bell rang and put my head down.

"Skye?" I heard a voice whisper beside me. I looked up and saw Lucas sitting next to me. I smiled at him. He obviously pulled a desk up to sit next to me.

"Hey." I said with a weak smile.

"What the hell are you doing talking to that bitch?!" I heard Danica screech. Not in the mood to deal with her I put my head down on my desk to hide my face.

"Talking to her. And she is not a bitch you are. So is your brother. It's sad how he gets beat up by a girl. I mean she broke his nose." Lucas said. The class laughed. They stopped when Jackson walked into the class. I looked up and we made eye contacted. One of his eyes was completely swollen shut. His other had a faded bruise that looked like he put makeup on it. His jaw was the same way.

"You don't talk about me or my brother like that. He was weak because of what this bitch did to him." She said.

"You know what? You can call me a bitch all you want because we all know that's not true. Now for you that's a whole other story. The only reason no one has stood up to you is because you scare them. But you don't scare me. I have dealt with people like you. And to be honest I hate them. I hate those stuck up, snobby, bitches. So you need to turn around and sit your ass down before I bruise you other eye. So your makeup isn't just going to be used to cover Jackson's bruises but yours too. So I'm done here. Sit down and leave me and my family and friends alone. Before you regret it." I tell her getting in her face. And she laughed. She freaking laughed at me. And I punched her. Again and again and again and again until someone pulled me off.

"It's not worth it." Lucas said. Ella was right by his side. I had tears in my eyes. I looked up and saw Jackson looking from me to Danica to his former best friend to Ella them back to me. We made eye contact and I broke. The tears just spilled.

"What's going on in here?" Our teacher said walking in to see the scene in front of him. I looked at him and back at Jackson. I just shook my head and left the room. I heard him calling after me but I just continued to the bathroom. And there I called mom.

"Hello?" She said.

"Mom I can't do this. I need to go home." I said crying now.

"Baby what's wrong?" She asked.

"Everything. Mom Danica has started crap since I got to the parking lot this morning. Then she walks into first period sporting a black eye I gave her this morning and she yells at Lucas for talking to me. She called me a bitch Lucas stuck up for me. And then she blamed me for Jackson getting beat up yesterday. So I gave her a long speech and ten she laughed at me. So I beat her. She was bleeding and unconscious when I left. But Jackson was there watching the whole time and when me and him made eye contact I lost it. I started crying. The teacher walked in and he saw Danica on the ground and me crying. So I left class and now here I am." I told her still crying.

"Baby. I'm at work do you want me to get Jakob to come get you?" She asks.

"Please." I said knowing mom nor dad could get off of work to come get me.

"Okay I'll call him now. I love you." She said hanging up. I stood up and walked out of the bathroom. Hunter was walking out of the boys bathroom at the same time I walked out. He looked at me and I hugged him.

"What happened?" He asked. So I told him everything. He just held me and let me cry. After a few minutes I told him I had to go and gave him my car keys. He kissed my forehead and we walked our opposite directions.

"There you are. Skylar you don't just walk out of class like that. You have detention after school." The teacher said. I looked at him. I was still crying.

"I'm not going. I wouldn't have done that if I didn't have to deal with people like those two." I said pointing to Danica was was holding an ice pack to her face. And at Jackson who was sitting next to her. "So I'm sorry that I walked out but honestly I didn't want anybody to see me cry." I said and went to sit back down. Ella was sitting in front of me and Lucas still beside me.

"Okay fine. But next time you'll have detention." He said. E was about to start teaching but his class phone rang. "Hello?" He answered. "Okay. Bye." He hung up and looked at me.

"You leaving." He said. Ella looked at me and I just shook my head. I got my things and left to meet uncle Jakob by the door. He took me home and I went straight to my room. I didn't want to talk to or see anyone. And he respected that. So I laid down and cried myself to sleep.

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The next chapter will be in Ella's POV. Thank you all for reading this book. Hope you enjoy. Please vote and comment.