Not That Evil

Chapter Twenty

WARNING: FEELS AND POSSIBLE TRIGGERS!!!!! Reader discretion is advised!
Also, I know it may seem odd that they're dissecting pigs, but that's what we do in my school system. Do you guys dissect anything different?
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I sat in class the next day between two kids I didn't know, but I knew that they were looking at me with distaste. One of them was male, and the other was female, both with darker skin than most people here. I glanced sideways at them and realized that they weren't looking at me at all, but rather each other, with looks of affection. Now I was attempting to control my vomit with the strange and foreign displays of affection. The bell rang, the teacher walked in, and the two people I was sitting between stopped staring at each other, much to my relief.
"Alright, good afternoon. It's officially that wonderful time of year where we dissect pigs to learn about the structure of mammal's bodies." Some people groaned, others gagged, but I was sitting there in content. Finally, my urge to kill would be satisfied. "Now, you'll be working with the people in your group. Only one person has to to the cutting, but everyone must locate the various parts I will tell you to find. Later, we'll compare this with the organization of organs in human bodies, alright? Please distinguish your cutter, and then we will get started."
I looked at the two on my right and left, and what they said astonished me.
"I'd be willing to cut the pig."
"I could always do it, if you want." I could only stutter through my next sentence, I was so shocked.
"Wh-well, I-I mean, only if you guys want to..."
"How about this:" the girl suggested, "you can cut off the head, Hera, then I can cut and open the body, and then Ray over here can find the organs. Does that sound good?"
"Y-yeah. That would be great. Wow, I've never met anyone here who was interested in getting their hands dirty."
"Well, I want to be a marine biologist..." the boy started.
"...and I just have an interest in anatomy," the girl finished.
"That's amazing. Now, you guys know my name, and I'm assuming who my mom is, but I have no idea who you two are, and if we're going to be slicing apart this animal together, I think I should at least know that."
"Oh, well, I'm Rajah, daughter of Jasemine and Aladdin." The girl flashed me a pearly white smile that seemed to glow against her tanned skin.
"I'm Raymond, but most people call me Ray." He stuck out his hand and I shook it. "I'm the son of Tiana and Naveen."
The teacher came over and placed the tray with the baby pig and a few pairs of gloves on our table, and the three of us put the gloves on, then I got started. With one fowl swoop, I chopped the pig's head clean off, and then Rajah grabbed the scalpel, and was about to slice open the pig, when someone let out a loud scream, and we all raced over to the large windows. I had to push through people to see what everyone was staring at, and when I finally got to the front, I turned back around and raced to the stairs. I had never been so glad that this class was right under the roof in my life. After racing up the short flight of stairs, I kicked the door open and screamed.
"Aline!"
She turned around, her blonde hair a mess and her blue eyes bloodshot. She shook her head and stepped only slightly away from the edge.
"Hera, what are you doing? Shouldn't you be off laughing with Jon and his friends?"
"Aline, they aren't my real friends! I'm only... well, it's a long story, but if you come down, I'll tell you, I promise."
"What would be the point of coming down? To be laughed at and scorned by everyone around me? Hera, I look around, and all I see is people laughing at me!"
"Aline, not everyone hates you, and not everyone thinks you're stupid! Please, Aline, come down!"
"Aline, I appreciate what you're saying, but you are the only one that cares about me. No one else does."
"Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay do, I swear!"
"They don't even know me!"
"They've heard so much about you though, and they think your life is worth living, too! Please, just come down with me."
"Hera, invisible support won't help." Aline began to back farther towards the edge.
"Aline, please!"
"No, Hera." She looked at me again. "I'm sorry."
"No!" I raced towards the edge, but I was too late. She leapt off the edge and barreled towards the ground, her bones crunching as she smashed against the ground.