Fallen Roses

Chapter 12

The sun pierced my eyes. I groan and twist so that my face was against the windshield. Wait. I open my eyes and snap to look at who had slipped under my head.

I sit up and whip around to see Ace laying next to me. I stare as he stirs. His eyes open and look to me. He looks at me and opens his mouth. He grows red in the face seeing me staring at him.

"L-Look. I-I was just worried. S-so I came to check on you and you were so cute sleeping there and uh.." Ace stutters. I stare for a moment before bursting into laughter. He is pretty cute when he is flustered. 

I face Ace again and smile. We chat a bit about cars and get off the hood. We make our way around the little camp until we spot James and one of the girls laying in the grass together almost naked.

Ace snickers and throws a blanket on the girl. Ace asks me to move her from James. As I moved the poor girl and groans slightly, but remains asleep. Ace looks around in the grass with a plastic bag he got from the picnic table.

Ace picks something from the ground and tip toes over to James. I step back behind a tree unsure what was going to happen. I watch as Ace inches closer to the sleeping James. I snicker in anticipation. 

Ace raises his hand with the bag and throws the contents down on James. I open my eyes wide realizing it's dog shit. My mouth hangs open as James jumps up trying to wipe off what was on him. Unfortunately, he smears it across himself even more. 

I stare in shock as James charges at Ace. After Ace dodges James, he runs to me and holds me in front of him as if I were a shield. 

James's face turns red with anger as I slip out of Ace's grasp. I run and weave between cars. I duck behind Vince's car. I pant and listen to my surroundings. I wait and hear nothing. I lean forward to look, but stop when I hear a twig snap to my right. 

I snap around and concentrate. After a few seconds, I see a shadow pop out from the front of the car. Just like old times. I lose myself into my thoughts thinking back.

--Flashback--

I run down a hallway of this ridiculous school. It's been nearly a week and already some jock is after me. I take turns and different hallways left and right. I could still hear those damn football cleats behind me. 

I jump into an empty room and slam the door shut to lock it. I run to the back of the room and duck under the large oak desk. I hold my breath as the doors slam open and a herd of feet stomp into the room.

I heard crashes and the clanging of metal and wood of what I could only guess was desks. The noise grows louder and closer as they trash the room.

"Hey! What are you boys doing??" a voice calls. The jocks grumble as the grow quieter. I sigh in relief. Everything grows quiet.

I look around. A hand reaches out and grabs my arm. I am dragged away from the desk and lifted into the air. I screamed in horror.

I look around and Ace's hand was on my shoulder. I pant and look the other way to see James still covered in shit. I stand up and cover my eyes taking deep breathes. Shit not again.