DISTANT

Chapter 18

"OH MY GOSH ZAYNA!!!!!" screamed Zenobia while running to her best friend. She jumped on Zayna which made her stumble and fall backwards, dragging Zenobia down with her.

In between kisses on the cheek, Zenobia said, "I'm" kiss "So happy" kiss "That" kiss "You are" kiss "Okay!" Leaving one last sloppy kiss on her cheek.

"Okay, okay. Enough with the affection, Zenobia. You are attracting attention." Laughed Zayna while trying to wriggle out of her hold.

Fighting Zenobia was useless. It's a mystery to know where this chica got her energy from.

"No I don't want to leave you alone again." She said while tightening her hold on Zayna.

"If you don't let go, you are going to suffocate me." She said struggling to catch her breath.

Thankfully Zenobia got up, pulling Zayna up with her.

The two girls walked to their lockers, getting their books for their morning periods.
In the middle of their conversation they heard Davina call their names.

She looked very distressed as she ran down the hallway, with her arms frantically flying around in the air.

"Zayna, there's a fight going on at the science lab." She said once she reached them.

"Sorry to waste your energy Vina, but I don't do fights. Are you okay though?" She asked.

"Of course I'm not okay. Zayna, it involves Nate."

All three girls sprinted towards the science lab. Zayna's head throbbed because so many thoughts were running through her mind.

There was a huge crowd surrounding the victims fighting. She squeezed her way through the crowd, once she got to the front she was about to pass out at what was displayed in front of her eyes.

Nate was leaning against the wall with his head layed back, struggling to keep his eyes open. He was clutching his stomach and had so many bruises on his face and arms. His face was beaten black and blue and he had a cut with blood oozing from his temple.

In front of him stood Kyle, one of the soccer players, smirking with a busted lip and half of his face was swollen, with blood dripping from his nose.

Kyle stalked towards Nate, limping in the process. He pinned Nate up against the wall and said, "Your mother is a worthless wh**e. She never loved you anyway."

In a flash, Nate pushed Kyle onto the ground and threw punches at his face repeatedly.
If Zenobia's energy was this bad, imagine Nate's.

"Zayna, please stop him he will only listen to you. Just stop him!" Yelled Davina, fear written across her face.

"Oh no! He's going to kill him!" Panicked Zenobia.

Nate stood up and kicked Kyle's side then went back down delivering more blows.
Some of the football and soccer players tried to get him, but he would either shove them or punch him.

He was like a tame animal gone wild.

Zayna has never seen this side of him before and her entire body trembled from fear.

"Zayna, please help my cousin." Cried Davina, fresh tears fell from her eyes.

She dropped her bag to the ground and made her way slowly towards the beast. When she got closer she noticed that there were tears of anger swimming in his eyes. There was no emotion but pure rage on his bloodied face.

She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder and yelled at him to stop. He ignored her and continued throwing punches at Kyle's unconscious body.

Shaking him, she yelled again, "NATE PLEASE ST- -"

She was cut off when Nate got off Kyle and grabbed her arms.
Now she was really scared.

Without thinking, he lifted her from the ground and threw her against the glass door of the school's entrance.

Everything went silent at the sound of glass shattering as Zayna's body rolled down the stairs landing quiet hard on the tar road below.

Zenobia and Davina rushed towards her side. Zenobia placed Zayna's head gently on her lap, taking out bits of glass that landed in her hair, while Davina searched her body for anymore injuries.

Her vision started to get hazy when she saw Nate just standing there with a blank face. After a few seconds, his mind registered what had happened and immediately he rushed towards her, but got held back by Mike, another soccer player.

A loud ringing noise was heard in her ears as she saw stars in her vision. Zenobia was sobbing while brushing stray pieces of her hair to the back, away from her face.

"A ti qué te pasa!?" Yelled Davina in Spanish. (What's wrong with you?)

She stormed towards Nate and gave him one helluva slap across the face.

He struggled to get out of the football and soccer players' hold but it was useless. Eventually they dragged him away into the office.

The last thing she saw were tears streaming down his face before going into a deep slumber.