Polar Opposites

Chapter 5

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Riley's POV

I walk into school the next day, with my head down. I had woken up late, thanks to my alarm, so I looked it like trash.

I quickly threw on a pair of leggings and a sweatshirt. It was hot outside, but I didn't like showing anything anyway. My body was anything, besides in shape.

I dashed across my room, pausing for a brief moment and cringing at my reflection. My hair was a mess, knots everywhere with multiple strands poking out in every direction. I momentarily brushed through the knots, trying to get my wild hair somewhat tamed.

I slipped into a pair of sneakers, not looking twice at my full appearance. My feet padded quickly across the floor, leading me down the stairs and to the wooden door. Walking as fast as my feet would carry me, I began the journey to my school. The walk wasn't bad, maybe 20 minutes.

As I finally slowed down, walking through the doorway. I glanced towards the clock,'7:52' it read. I sighed and continued walking while simultaneously staring at the floor.

I always hated hallways. Hallways are crowded and uncomfortable and if you make eye contact it's usually awkward. I often hope nobody even looks my way, and this usually tends to be the case. Most of the time when people looked my way, it was with a look of annoyance because I had bumped into them.

Aaron walks by me with his sidekick, Cameron. We make eye contact but he looks away, not even fazed. I don't know why but there's a small, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I look towards the dirt covered floor, my shoulders slumping slightly I drag my feet towards my locker.

I looked down at the schedule placed between my finger tips, re-reading my classes trying to memorize their order and locations.

I open up my locker door, gathering my textbooks when I hear footsteps coming from behind me.

I don't look because I know who it is, I thought maybe I could go a day without his antagonizing words. He then coughs trying to get my attention, yet I pretend like I don't hear it.

"Are you just gonna ignore me, Riley?"

Nothing Riley, say nothing and they'll leave you alone.

"Awe come on don't be like that, just answer me. I haven't seen you all summer" he sneers at me in a sardonic tone.

Just don't answer. Your okay. Your okay.

I close my locker and try to walk past Garrett and his ass hats of friends, but he steps in front of me.

"Where do you think your going? You haven't even said hi to me." He is becoming more unnerved with each word of his I choose to ignore.

"Hi" I mutter, hoping he didn't even hear.

"There we go, I didn't want to have to remind you what happens when you ignore me you little bitch."

He has never hit me or physically hurt me before, but if we were ever alone, I wouldn't be so sure. He has verbally abused me for a long time, I was his punching bag for whatever problems he'd been dealing with for the past year. I predict this year to be no different.

I'm not usually the one to stand for people's bullshit, I used to stand up for myself more. Now, it seems like it's pointless because no matter what it seems to continue. A lot of the time, I can't stand it anymore and I explode. Yet, I am going to try to keep my cool.

"Can you please leave me alone?" I speak in a whisper still staring at my feet.

"What? Am I making you upset? I haven't even started yet, this is just the first day," he spits then looks down at my outfit "Oh thank god you decided to wear something to cover up that hideous thing you call a 'body', last year you forgot a couple times." His face is now scrunched up in disgust, while his buds behind him cackle.

I finally crack "Oh looks like you forgot that I don't give a fuck what you think. By the way, I have some concealer you might want to borrow sometime. Looks like you need it more then I do" I hiss, referring to his face.

I then push my shoulder past his, but a hand reaches out grabbing my wrist. The nails digging into my skin hard enough to draw blood. I turn and see Garrett, his eyes blazing with pure fury and rage, a shiver runs up my spine.

"Say anything like that to me again, and I will end you. Got it?"

I nod slowly, mainly because I feel as if my hand is about to fall off. He then releases my hand, turning abruptly and walking away, his slaves falling after him.

Tears brim in my eyes as I speed down the hall towards the girls bathroom, speedily pushing the door open. I drop my head down, to see if any feet are poking out from beneath the stalls. None appear so I immediately make my way towards the sinks.

I meet my own set of eyes in the mirror, my vision blurs with tears and I blink slowly trying to get them away. That sense of heat comes to my nose and I swallow the tears down. I make my way to the paper towels and hold one to the brim of my eyes.

I lean my back against the wall and briefly close my eyes sighing, frustrated. There's a certain feeling I get often when I have these moments. It's extremely hard to describe, but the only way I can put it is as if my heart was left in someones hands and they were slowly squeezing it, harder and harder. Or as if my insides were set on fire, and you could feel the burning.

The bell sounds, taking me away from my moment, as I crumple and throw out the paper towel. I open the door and rush down the hall to my locker, gathering my supplies, then proceeding to make my way to first period

A/N
Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated for like 3 weeks :(. School started and I've had a ton of homework (so fun I know I'll try to contain my excitement don't worry). Anyway, thanks so much for 140 reads!! Wow, it may not be a lot compared to many others with like 140 millions reads, but it means a lot to me. Thanks for voting, commenting, reading everything. Here's to 140 more 🍻

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