After I Fall (One Direction) *Extreme carrottness*

Chapter Nine

Chapter 9

~Nicola's P.O.V~

It's been two days since the...'incident'... It's all been calm and peaceful. Ruby, Jesse and Brooklyn were away at a ‘Beauty camp’ for a couple of days, but they are returning to school today. Hooray! Note the sarcasm.

I glumly walked down the spiral staircase, every step was a challenge. I was already dreading school today, and now I have to deal with the devils. And of course I just HAD to wake up late this morning, giving me twenty minutes to get dressed and ready.

The moment my feet hit the floor in the living room, Dads voice spoke up.

"Nicola, we're cleaning up your room today so go collect anything you really need from it. I also need to talk to you about something I found in your room… so hurry.”

A wave of nervousness rushed throughout my body. Did they find anything!? If they ever read my diary I would die. I sprinted upstairs to my bedroom with the sudden energy I had gotten.

My heart skipped a few beats as I couldn’t feel the diary under my mattress.

“It has to be here… It HAS to be here!!!” I panicked. My heart was skipping beats continuously. I felt out of breath, but I kept rustling around the sheets for my diary.

“Nothing, nothing, a tissue, nothing…” I spoke in my head.

I felt the feeling of leather underneath my fingertips. I clutched the object and ripped it out from underneath the bed.

My diary. My diary!! Thank goodness it’s still here!

I practically hugged the book, so relieved nobody has found it.

“Nicola hurry up!” I heard dad say from downstairs.

I grabbed my school bag from and put my precious diary in it and rushed downstairs.

 “Yes dad?” I asked when I walked into the kitchen.

“Look what I found in your room…” He said and I panicked again, what else do I have?

He picked up a thin white crop top with a skull printed on it.

“I clearly told you NOT to buy this! You aren’t wearing it.” He told me and returned to eating his breakfast. I sighed in relief; I thought he found something really bad. Harry was a protective dad, so he wouldn’t let me wear anything like a crop top.

Is...Is that a-all?” I stuttered out. The nerves are still kicking in…

“Yes… Now hurry because you’re going to be late! You need to take the bus today.” He handed me a packed lunch and kissed my forehead.

“I love you sweetheart, don’t forget that.” He gave me a warm smile and gestured me out the front door.

I sighed inwardly and scuffed my feet to the bus stop. There were only me, and one other guy who never talked at the bus stop. I had only taken the bus twice, and both times it was a complete nightmare.

I could hear the school bus in the distance. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Brooklyn, ruby and Jesse all went on this bus, so they would torment me to the point of tears and/or bruises.

The bus pulled up in front of me and the unknown boy, screeching to a halt. I saw Ruby through the dirty window. When she saw me she smirked and said something to Brooklyn-who was sitting beside her- and got out her phone. She typed something for a few seconds, and then looked back at me with an amused and rude face on.

I felt my phone vibrate from my back pocket. I got my phone out, too curious to know what Ruby sent me.

R= what the hell you waiting for you bitch? You’re holding us up, so more your fat ass.

I looked back at the bus and noticed the doors open and the driver staring at me weirdly. My face immediately flushed and I looked to my feet.

Swallowing the lump in my throat, I stepped carefully onto the bus. I could feel stares on me immediately, making me blush deeper from embarrassment.

Hearing the hushed voices mocking and embarrassing me further made me want to cry, but I knew the real torture was soon to come from Ruby, Jesse and Brooklyn.

I kept my head down and carefully sat down in an empty seat. Ruby, Jesse and Brooklyn sat about three seats away, so hopefully they would be in one of those moods to ignore me.

I guess I spoke too soon; I heard the guy behind me being told to "get lost" by the obvious Brooklyn.

Brooklyn sat directly behind me, Jesse in front of me and Ruby in the empty spot beside me. Basically, I was trapped.

"Hey slut." Ruby blew a bubble with her gum and popped it.

"H-Hi" I looked at my lap.

I felt one of them slap my cheek, making my head turn slightly.

"I didn't SAY you could talk to me! Now listen, you will take my math homework and finish it before first period is over, got it?" Brooklyn shoved a few pages of her homework into my arms.

I noticed Jesse was a little quiet, not talking to me a lot.

I nodded my head at Brooklyn, trying to figure out how I would do it all before first period was over.

"Answer her goddammit!" I felt another slap on my cheek from Jesse. After slapping me she crossed her arms and looks away madly.

This is why I don't take the bus...

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As soon as the bus came to a stop in front of this hell hole of a school, I rushed to the front of the bus, trying to get out of here. While stepping off the bus, A kid tried to trip me, making me stumble into Tyler, Ruby's boyfriend.

"Watch it fat ass!" He pushed me away. Of course with my luck, I stumbled once again, into Ruby.

"Why the hell were you all on my boyfriend!?" She yelled in my face, then pushing me to the hard ground. Tears formed in my eyes and I stood up quickly.

I didn’t ever bother fighting back; it would only make everything so much worse. Everyone hates me because I’m weird.

I brushed it off and moved on.

‘I will NOT cry. I will NOT cry.’ I kept chanting in my head. I can’t give them what they want; eventually they will get bored and back off.

I got to my dusty, old locker. Of course as usual, there were many hate notes stuck to the front. I put my bag on the ground then picked all the notes off, reading each one by one.

 ‘I will NOT cry. I will NOT cry.’ I chanted again and again in my head. I took out my books for math and science then closed the locker door.

I was halfway to my class when I realised I left my bag on the ground by my locker. Shit!

I sprinted through the halls, almost being tripped many times. When I got back to my locker, I saw Brooklyn, Ruby, Max, Ryan, and Jesse all standing there reading a book,

My Diary…

A/N

OHNO! Haha okay so I kept changing the story line in this chapter… whoops. Sorry there isn’t much 1D yet, I’m still trying to get this book on track and include everyone!

Do you guys maybe want to follow my twitter for this AIF, @Megan_andLiz ?? Nothing is happening much on it yet tho.. :3

Anywaaays! :P

I’m trying to space out this story a little, because I don’t want it to end fast like Before I fall. Lots of drama in the next few chappies tho :3

Till Next update my darlings!

~LuLu <3 xx :)