The Boy Across the Street

9

Staying home from school was probably the best decision I've ever made. I had to lie to my mom and tell her that I was getting cramps, but staying in bed and catching up on all my favorite show was so worth it.

All the drama in the shows reminded me of all the drama that had been going on in my life recently. Ever since Joel moved here I've been getting caught up in situations with him. Like last night, I never expected that to happen and the fact that it did makes me want to go into hibernation.

Him seeing me so weak makes me feel like I have to act tough now, and act like I don't give a shit about him or anyone. I hate when people see me in a vulnerable state, I usually never even talk to anyone about my feelings but to know that Joel walked into the room while my disgusting ex boyfriend tried to do god knows what to me makes me feel so weak.

But I'm glad he came when he did. If it weren't for him, who knows what could of happened. Jason was clearly drunk and I was too weak to do anything. Something was put in my cup that the bitch with bright hair gave me and it made everything spin, I was so dizzy I thought I was going to throw up all over the place.

And speaking of Joel, he gets me so confused. I don't know how to feel about him, one second I'm hating his guts and the other I'm wanting to hug and kiss that boy all over. I've never felt that way about anyone except for Jason and knowing now that anyone can break your heart I don't think I even want to try with Joel. But when he punched the hell out of Jason and picked me up I felt like he had just saved me, like as if he were my hero.

I shake my head and try to rid my mind of the bittersweet thoughts. Soon my eyes flutter closed and images begin running through my head.

Standing at my locker, I put my heavy school books away and look quickly in the tiny mirror that's hanging inside of my locker door.

When I shut my locker those familiar brown eyes are looking down at me with a gorgeous lopsided smile accompanying them. I return the smile and lean against my locker.

"Hey" Joel says, his smile never leaving his perfectly sculpted face.

"Hi" I say and furrow my eyebrows at myself for just thinking that and wondering how I could be such a creep.

He engulfs me in a hug and soon my arms are around his waist returning the gesture. He smells good, like Abercrombie and Fitch. He would be the type of guy to buy from there.

"What are you doing after school?" He asks me lacing his fingers with mine as we walk down the long hallway. It's called "Main street" in our school because it's the busiest hallway usually. One of the entire walls is just windows so you can see the most of the campus and cars passing by. No one really stops to enjoy the view but I really like it, since I've never seem a school like this before.

"Nothing. Maybe you can come over later." I smile and stand on my tippy toes and close my eyes to give him a kiss. My lips linger on his for a few until I finally open my eyes again.

I gasp at the sight inches away from my face. It's someone smiling at me, like they had been Joel this whole time and I just hadn't noticed. I back away to get a better view of the person and my heart starts to race.

It's Jason. He has the same wicked smirk he had on yesterday on his face and I can feel my eyes stinging with tears.

"I would love to come to your house after school," he smiles down at me and pulls me close to him while his giant hands trail down my body. It feels like I'm being suffocated to death, I'm so close to him I could barely breathe.

"Get off," I whimper trying to shove him off of me, trying to be nice at first and give him a light push but now slamming my fists onto his muscular arms since he doesn't seem to loosen his grip on me.

"Don't act like you don't want it." He growls in my ear and leaves disgusting wet kisses along my neck. At this point tears are strolling down my cheeks and I dig my long nails into the skin of his arms and jump out of his grip once he lets me go.

"You bitch!" He hisses at me, while a group of people form a circle around us. I look around, seeing people I recognize from school and some I've never seen before. And right behind Jason is Joel, looking at me with the same dirty smirk Jason had.

"Whore! Attention seeker! Slut!" Insults are thrown at me left and right, all by these people I don't know. It seems like Everyone has something to say now, it's like I'm at a concert and everyone is singing a song but just at different times. I press my palms against my ears and shake my head trying to get rid of all these voices in my head.

I kneel down to the ground as every insult that is now thrown at me gives me the biggest headache. "Emily.. Emily," I can hear someone shouting my name in the distance but I only press my palms against my ears harder, wanting all of this to go away.

"Emily,"

My eyes spring open, awakened sweaty and breathing heavily while I look around my room.

And sure enough there's Joel at my bedroom door.

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