*avery's prov*
The school day has ended as I make my way home on the bus. Its 5 and everyone at school has been asked to attend. Aria and I planned on going. I curl my short brown hair with a straighter. The school said to where our school colors so I put on a red shirt with black jeans and but my nikes on again. . Our school colors are red, black and white. Pretty typical colors if you ask me.
I decide to walk to school. It's not a long walk but it's not something I enjoy doing.
I reach the school and walk back to the bleachers and find aria and her boyfriend Blake. Grayson found us with Ethan and sat with us. The game started. I personally really don't like football. It's such a boring game to me. All they do is run into each other and the whistle is blown every minute.
"you don't look like your enjoying the game very much" grayson asks me
"Im not the biggest football fan" I laugh
"Im suppose to be playing but I had a concussion last week so they put me out for a couple weeks."
"Ow man. That sounds bad. Are you okay now?"
"oh yeah. Its done now but they want to keep me out incase it happens again right after I got out of the last one. If that makes sense" he says
"yeah I get it. Do you just play football?" I ask kindly.
"Um no, haha I uh also play lacrosse. I use to play hockey but I quit once I started high school. Still a pretty big fan myself. How about you Avery?"
"I played a little bit of volleyball but I'm on and off with it. I watch a little bit of hockey but not the biggest sports fan." I say
The game has ended and the school won 20-5 (authors note:Idk how he scoring in football goes 😂)
I saw goodbye to aria and the boys and start to walk away.
"Hey do you need a ride home?" Grayson asks me
"no it's okay. I can walk" I answer
"Are you sure. Its probably not the best idea." He says being concerned.
"I got it." I Say with a smile
I turn and start walking. I walk with my head down. "Is it safe to walk?" I ask myself. All of a sudden I'm pushed back into the brick wall of the school. Hitting my head, hard. I wince in pain and open my eyes to see him. Shawn. "Found you." Shawn says with a creepy smile.
"Did you think you were going to hide from me. I found you" he says while still holding my against the wall.
"Shawn leave, leave me alone. I don't want to see you." I whisper. Scared of what he will do to me.
"why don't you want to see me? I'm not leaving now because I found you, why do you want me to leave. I just came"
"you hurt me Shawn, and not just emotionally but physically too. you are a horrible person. I don't want to see you, you are a piece of shi-" he stops me before I can finish by slapping me and followed up with a punch to the lip.
Before I can turn my head. I hear "get off of her" it's grayson. He's on stop or Shawn. Punching his face. I can barely see straight, my head is spinning and aching in pain.
"Grayson! Grayson please stop! Let's go!" I yell.
I attempt at pulling him off and it works.
"Touch her again and see what happens" grayson threatens.
Grayson is holding me as he walks me to his jeep. Leaving Shawn on the grass. He opens the door for me and helps me in and buckles my seatbelt as I hold my head and have my eyes closes shut. Still wincing in pain. my head is pounding. He jumps into the drivers seat and starts to leave.
"Avery are you okay?" He says very loud.
"I guess, my head is pounding. It hurts a lot." I say
"I saw him shove you into the wall, I'll take you back to my house, you're safe now Avery. I got you" he says putting his hand on my thigh.
" can you tell me who was that, Avery?" he looks to me.
I shake my head no.
The rest of the car ride is silent. He rubs his thumb back and fourth on the back of my shoulder/neck. I kept my eyes closed the whole ride back.
He pulls into his driveway and he gets out. I start to get out but he stops me and starts helping me. "I got you" he says.
"Thank you"
he helps me into the house and sits me onto the couch. Grayson gets me some advil and an ice pack wrapped in a towel.
"where does it hurt?" He asks.
I put my hand on the back of my head. He applies the ice pack.
"what do you wanna do?" Grayson asks.
"who's home?" I completely ignore the question without thinking.
"no one. Ethan said he was going to his girlfriends house and my parents are on a business trip."
" oh okay well uh watch a movie." I say
"yeah of course. you should text your mom and let you know where you are and that you're okay."
I nod my head in agreement and text my mom and say I went to a friends house.
"I don't mind what movie me watch." I reply to graysons question.
He picks the 5th wave and sits next to me. I put my head on his shoulder.
*graysons prov*
The movie ends and I try to ask the question again.
"Avery I need to know who that was back at the school. who did I beat up" showing my beat up hands.
"It was my ex" Avery starts crying. She sits up. "His name is Shawn. He, he abused me. That's why I moved schools." She's sobbing now.
I grab her and hug her tightly. "why didn't you tell me? Is this the reason why you won't go out with me, what did he do?" I ask 50 million questions. "Im so sorry. Its just so hard for me. I wanted to leave and forget about him. Hoping he would do the same, but he didn't. Its hard to trust another guy after him. He would punch and slap me if I didn't do what he said or if I was late. He raped and would give me bruises and hand prints on me. I didn't know how to leave him. I'm so sorry." Avery says still crying.
"Don't be"
