A Broken Hearted Girl {Wattys2014}

Chapter 1- The Present is Just as Bad as The Past part 2

I sucked in a shaky breath, closed my eyes for a second and blew it out quickly. I raised my eyes from the book I was reading and stared daggers at Mark who was standing in the front of my little table with two other guys I knew as Derek and Shawn, from the basketball team.

"What are you doing up here," I said with as much hate laced in my words as possible so he wouldn't hear the fear in my voice.

"Well, if I remember correctly this is a public school library and we are free to roam if we'd like," Mark said with that stupid smug grin on his face.

I just stared at him with narrowed eyes for a split second before making up in my mind that I was leaving my little table much earlier than expected. I picked up my book and bag to start making my way around the table and to the front of the library. But before I could move fully around the table Mark had grabbed my wrist and pulled me to a stop. This is why I was trying to leave quickly.

"What do you want Mark I'm tryin to leave," I snapped at him through gritted teeth, trying not to show how scared I really was of being alone with him.

Mark stepped more closely to me and backed me up against the back wall that was behind my little table. He put his lips close to my ear and whispered softly so that his friends wouldn't hear, "You know exactly what I want Kierra," he said all the while discreetly rubbing my thigh with his free hand. He stepped back a little after I shrugged his hand away, but still kept a firm grip on my wrist.

Then he continued, "Plus, I told my dudes here how good you were in that ...area and they would like a go at you too," he said and I could actually here the smug smirk he was wearing in his voice. My breathing hitched and I snapped my head over his shoulder to his two friends with lustful looks in their eyes and moving closer to me as well.

I tried not to show how much I was trembling inside and moved my eyes back to Marks evil ones and said with as much courage as I could muster, "Really? Well that's to bad, I don't do that and even if I did you would be the last person I would even think of considering," surprised with myself for portraying some confidence and bravery towards him that I hadn't realized I had. Maybe I was becoming stronger.

Mark then got this hateful look in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared like it was never there to begin with before his smug expression was back on his face.

Once again he stepped closer to my ear but this time keeping his free hand away from me and said as quietly as he could, almost like he was trying to hide it from his friends, " like I told you before, I could take anything I want from you. I always get what I want. It wasn't that long ago when you were begging for my attention. And now you have it."

He stepped back to his original position again and said in a taunting manner, "I mean, you might as well put what you do best to work right?"

"Leave me alone Mark!" I snapped at him. "I will never ever want you again... Or any of your man whore friends."

I knew I was pushing my luck standing up to Mark for once but, he had ruined and tainted my secret spot of peace. I knew I would regret it in the end, but to be honest I also was trying to keep him talking to distract him from what ever little plan he had when he showed up here.

Just when Mark was about to say something else and his friends moved up to flank him, the school librarian came out of nowhere.

"What's going on here?" she screeched and started to walk down the empty aisle, "The bells about to ring. Get to class now!"

Mark instantly let go of my wrist and stepped out of my personal space. He walked back towards the librarian, but not before giving me another smug look before turning his attention to the librarian, "My bad Ms., you know how us teenagers are."