Katherine
"Grayson please help" I said running out of the classroom trying to find him. "Come here I'm not gonna hurt you if you be good" I heard Blake say behind me. "No leave me alone!" I yelled. "Baby please listen" he begged while grabbing my wrists. "No stop leave me alone you pervert!" I screamed. He tightened his grip on my wrists and gave me an angry look. "Grayson help!" I screamed out.
"Shut up!" He yelled. "Don't touch her!" I heard a voice yell. I looked to see that it was a guy who looked just like Grayson. It was Ethan. "Ethan please help me!" I screamed. "This guy can't help you. He's weak" Blake said chuckling. Ethan's fist connected with Blake's face as he fell to the ground.
"Come on let's get out of here." He said grabbing my hand and pulling me. We ran to the guy's locker room where Grayson was changing shirts.
"I got Katherine" I heard Ethan say. "Oh my god are you okay?" He asked hugging me. I made sure I hugged him tight so I would feel safe. I let go of the hug and started to cry. "He was gonna hurt me and I tried to run but couldn't." I sobbed. I turned around to see Ethan with a worried face. "Thank you so much" I said hugging him tightly.
"You're welcome. Gray told me everything and I'll make sure he doesn't hurt you." He said. I nodded and tried wiping my tears away. I turned back to Grayson. "My teacher put me in his class." I said. "Wait what?" He asked. "Apparently since I'm making really good grades in his class, he moved me to advanced English."
"Oh my god. You need to tell the teachers" he said grabbing both of my hands. "No. I can't. He'll only get more mad and take it out on me." I said. "Okay. But if it gets any worse, we're telling the office, okay?" He asked. "Okay." I said pulling him into another hug.
Blake
"You swap to this school and make her life miserable, then you'll have your money"
Katherine
"I'll be right here when you come out of class." Grayson said as we stood outside of my science class. "Thank you" I said. I walked in and slowly walked to my seat.
"Students, we'll have a new student today. He transferred schools and he's moving into this class, since today is his first day with us, be nice." She said.
I realized the new kid would be my partner since I was the only person without a partner.
"Kids, please give a warm welcome to Aaron"
He walked in and sat next to me.
"Hi" he said. "Hi." I replied. "What's your name?" He asked. "Katherine." I said. "Aaron" he said. I nodded my head and began paying attention to the teacher.
We went through class without really talking and then walked out. On my way out, we were the last ones since we sit in the back and he pushed me onto the ground and laughed while he walked off. I quickly got up so Grayson wouldn't see and walked out the door to see him.
"Hey what happened?" He asked looking at me worriedly. "Nothing" I lied. "Oh okay. What's your next class?" He asked. "Actually, can we skip the rest of the day?" I asked. "Why? Did something happen?" He asked. "No I just need to get away for a while." I said. "Oh okay. Where will we go?" He asked. "I know a place." I said grabbing his hand.
"Right here" I said pointing to where we need to go. "Katherine this is a cemetery..." he began. "I know. I'm here to see my dad." I said. "Oh okay." He said stopping the car. "Come with me." I begged. He nodded his head as we got out of the car. I looked around at the names until I found my dad's in the very middle.
"Hi dad" I said sitting. I saw Grayson staring at the gravestone. "Sit. Please" I said tapping the ground beside me. He sat down and sighed. "I'm so sorry this happened." He said. "It's fine. I come here a lot to visit him." I said.
"How did he die?" He asked. "Well he was really..... depressed. And he only got that way when my mom cheated on him and left me alone as soon as he was gone. He killed himself." I said.
"How did he do it?" He asked.
"He used to cut and one day.... he cut too deep." I said.
"Oh. Who told you?"
"Obviously not my mom. As soon as she found out she took off and I was home alone for 3 days until someone found me." I said.
"Who found you?"
"The police. My dad died in the house and they came to inspect the place and they found me..... and told me."
"Oh. I'm so sorry."
"Yeah. Well he left me a note.... but I never read it. And I don't want to."
"Why not?"
"Because it would be too hard."
"Do you still have it?"
"Yes. I was planning on reading it soon, but I never have"
"What if I read it to you?" He asked. I was silent until I finally looked at him. "That's a good idea" I said. "Really?" He asked shocked. "Yeah let's go..." I said walking to the car. He got up and followed behind me.
We arrived at my apartment and I unlocked the door. I ran to my room and rummaged around in my drawer and found the note with my note written on it.
I turned and handed him the note and he looked at it. "Read it." I said trying to choke back tears.
His eyes moved to the envelope and he opened it, pulling out a letter. "Are you sure?" He asked. "Just read it." I said sitting down on my bed. He sat down next to me and began reading it.
Katherine,
If you're reading this then you probably think that I'm selfish and a coward for doing this. If you don't know, I was in severe depression and all of those times I was away on "work trips, I was really at a mental hospital getting treatment.
I'm sorry for all of the times I wasn't there to see you win the soccer tournament and I'm sorry I wasn't there to see you graduate from high school..... I had a wonderful life with 2 wonderful girls that I loved very much.
Don't spend your days moping over my death and don't blame yourself for my death. This was a serious choice to make and my choice was now. I'm so sorry but just remember that I will always love you.
I am leaving everything to you. My belongings, my money, everything I owned. It belongs to you. I love you with all my heart, and I'll see you again another day.
Love, dad.
After he finished reading, I was not sad and I was not depressed. I was angry. All of those years my mother said the money and cars and jewelry belonged to her, actually belonged to me. It's mine. And she took it. She always said it was hers and I thought I had no proof of it to be mine, but it was here all along.
"Grayson..." I began. "Yes?" He asked setting the letter down. "Get in the car."
