Darkened Labyrinth

Chapter 3

I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing. "Shit! another day of hell" I moan. I get up slowly rubbing my eyes as I glance at the time. "Im going to be late!" I have a quick shower, apply some makeup and sprint out of the house, not bothering to have breakfast.

As I arrive to school I have already missed half of my first period. I quickly sprint to my math class and as I sprint through the door, Mr Burn's gives me a filthy look. "Sit down miss! You can explain to me what happened after class!" he says sternly. " Awww! The teachers pet slept in for once!" Lacy's mouth opens but all I hear is poisonous venom coming out. Out of the corner of my eye, I see amber covering her mouth to hold her laughter in and Ashleigh is nodding her head in shame.

After class is over I quickly explain to Mr Burn's why I was late. Thankfully he gives me a second chance considering it was my first time being late. I thank him and quickly run into the hall way hoping no one will see me. To my like, I accidentally run into the trio again. I try to dodge them but they were too quick for me. "Awww did the little bitch not want to come to school today, huh? Was she to scared to run into us again?" Amber giggles and Ashleigh looks at me her eyes filled with sadness. "I - I" I stuttered Amber and Lacy laugh " the nerd's trying to stick up for herself!" Amber laughs.

Everyone's attention lands on me. No, this isn't right! I hate being the centre of attention. That feeling you get when certain eyes dig through your skin and it feels like they can read your mind. Ugh yuck! I hate it!

"STOP!!" I turn around and see a guy appear from the crowd that had formed. "Jason! Hi there!" Lacey exclaimed throwing her hands up in surprise. "I'm done pretending okay!? I'm tired of pretending like I don't see how Brooke must be feeling. I'm tired of trying to keep my reputation up because at the end that won't even matter. You people are sick!" Jason shouted balling his fists. "What are you talking about, Jason?" Amber says in a fake sweet voice as she twirls a strand of her hair around.

"Don't play dumb on me. Do you even take a second to think about how others feel!? She could be thinking about dying for goodness sake! I think it's time for you all to mature and grow up and leave the poor kid alone!" Jason stated with pure emotion in his voice. "Excuse me.. Did you just tell me to grow up?" Lacey asked, shocked that someone stood up to her. "You heard me Lacey" Jason said with pure hatred in his eyes.

"Betrayer" Lacey says while grinding her teeth together. She storms off away with Amber and Ashleigh follows behind them smiling. Once the crowd disappeared, I start to walk out of Jason's sight but he grabs me by my wrist. "AAAHHHH! Ow! Ow! Ow!" I hiss. A confused look flashes past his face until he finally realizes what he did. "Oh my gosh I'm sorry!" He says softly. I just nod holding the tears back. Jason grabs my arm, moves my bracelets up slowly and gently brush his thumb against my scars.

"Stay strong Brooke. You're better than this"

-Grace and Christine :D