Nightmares (ON HOLD)

The Aftermath (4)

I wake up to the smell of mint infused with smoke. Cigarettes? I don't smoke but wait what if I did last night. I try and remember, but nothing comes to me, no no no I couldn't have smoked right. I hate smoking it's killing you slowly.

Not only that but I feel an odd weight specifically in the area where my hip bones are, curious I open my eyes and see a very close up Hunter in front of my face. My eyes widen looking at his hand on my hip and his ruffled hair. His whole demeanour is calm compared to when he is awake. He sounds like a little boy who had a sugar rush and then collapsed from his tiredness.

Wait I'm getting off topic, why the fuck are we lying next to each other in the first place. Hunter barely likes the sound of my voice much less being near me. My whole body stiffens as I see his eyes start to flutter open, I quickly close mine before he thinks I'm a freak for watching him sleep. There's a brief moment of silence in the air before he pushes me back and I fall off the couch. "What the fuck Nicole!?", his entire calm demeanour gone and replaced with his old angry self.

He sits up straight, and I stand to dust myself off. "What do you think you were doing?", he asks a question. "I would ask you the same thing?", I tell him as I look around the room to find the place in an even messier state than last time. I don't see the others around, and I start to get worried. "What happened last night?", I ask, and Hunter ruffles up his hair "don't you mean morning?", I roll my eyes. "Doesn't matter", I tell him as he gets up to stretch. "Well enjoy cleaning up, I'm gonna get going", he tells me and starts walking out of the room.

Once he is gone, I grab a clean trash bag and start to clean up the house.

When I'm done cleaning up, I realise everyone has left already. Not only did the others leave without telling me; they also left me with Hunter.

I mean pushing me off the couch was nothing I mean he could have done something way worse. Honestly, I don't know what his problem is, when I came back from the hospital he was extremely flirty, fun and kind but all of the sudden one day he just became isolated and a complete Jackass.

The funny thing is that he isn't like this to the others, he just seems to have something against me, and I have no idea why. The past few weeks I have stopped fighting back with him, it usually just ends with him winning and me being insulted to the point that I'm left crying in my room. I tried asking Parker about it, but all he told me was that when the time is right I'll find out.

The sudden sound of a notification tone snaps me out of my thoughts, I scan the room and see my computer screen lighting up. I walk over to it and open my email to see one from the school address, curious I open it up and start to read it.

Morning Graduated students I would like to invite you back to school for a special fundraiser for next year's seniors ski trip. We are currently running on a small budget and are trying our very best to make this trip happen, thus asking you to help us with gathering money. We are asking you to come because you have gone on the voyage, know how much fun it is and want others to experience it as well. If interested, please come to school on Monday for more information.

PS. you don't have a choice in doing this and if you fail to attend this will be told to your colleges in an unpleasant way making it impossible to get accepted.

-Have a good day.

I am left gaping at the screen, those savages. I grab my phone and call Jasmine. When she doesn't answer, I call Ava, on the third ring she picks up and starts shouting into my ear.

"This is FUCKING blackmail; they can't make us can they?", she argues. "Well they technically just did, but I mean it can't be that bad its just a day right. I'm sure we can handle that", I assure her, but she just sighs with frustration. "Yeah I guess", she says. A moment of silence passes before she speaks again.