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ashton irwin was the new kid at Lakewood E. High school. he made friends with his badass, outgoing personality. he walked around and complimented the popular girls shooting them a wink while he himself hooked up with a few.

he invited himself to so many parties, i couldn't even count. he drank, smoked and was pretty much your typical bad boy except instead of wearing leather he wore nike and adidas.

i hated ashton. his loud personality was the opposite of mine and he pushed around rejects like me. i avoided him as much as possible but somehow he would get caught up in my pictures or end up in the seat next to me. usually he wouldn't really take notice of me but today he did.

i was walking in today with my best friend. we were talking and laughing. i was ecstatic because today was our first game. my mind was buzzing then i looked ahead at my crush who was a few feet ahead of me talking to his crush.

my heart sunk a little but i pushed it away before my best friend could realise how much it bothered me. she was too busy talking about something anyway. in the midst of my sentence as i walked through the door i heard loud laughs behind me then i found myself on the ground. there were roars of laughter as i stared at the white tiles that were inches from my face. i swung my head around as ashton irwin was cracking up. the girls behind him fake gasped and laughed with there friends.

my cheeks heated up in embarrassment as my friend just stared at me dumbfounded.

of course, she's not gonna help me up or ask me if i'm okay or anything

i stood up and brushed myself off then continued walking whilst rolling my eyes as if it didn't bother me as much as it did inside. this wasn't like the second time this year that i had fallen in public. it seemed like i was cursed yet i always thought about the negativity i used to have so i pushed it away.

besides i never had the guts to just straight up yell at ashton. on the other hand, he ran after fiesty girls.

i sighed to myself and mumbled to my friend, "today's gonna be a lovely day."

it wasn't.

he happened to be standing next to my locker laughing with his friends. i silently grabbed my belongings so i can rush off to class but he was next to me instantly.

he laughed and dipped his head lower to be eye level with me.

"whatsup?" he smirked then pressed his hands down on the book i held in my hand knocking it to the floor. "whoops."

"asshole." i whispered and bent down to pick it up.

"what was that?" he cupped his ear.

"i called you an asshole." i muttered pushing my annoying glasses up.

"that's a bad word. i'm gonna have to call the dean." his eyes widened and he fake gasped then looked behind him. i followed his gaze but he hit my book out of my hand again.

"stop that!" i yelled picking up my book then turning on my heels. ashton stepped on my laces as i stumbled then quickened my pace into a sprint running up three flights of stairs straight.

"you alright?" the boy sitting next to me asked as i gasped for air and blinked away tears once I sat down in my seat. the bell rang.

"yeah." my voice croaked. i glanced up at him and he pressed his lips in a thin line.

"you sure?" he pressed further and i nodded silently taking out my homework from the night before.

i'm fine.

.......

"how was school?" was the typical question i was asked daily.

"good." i muttered before grabbing the tub of ice cream from the freezer and charging up the stairs.

i pulled out my notebook that looked like my dog had eaten half of it. homework was going to have to wait. my mind buzzed at the moment and i couldn't hold it in.

i started writing nonstop. i wrote whatever came to mind. to start, i wrote about my day and i didn't realise i was flipping pages and pages until my hand started to cramp up. i slowed down a little and began writing whatever came to mind.

a tear rolled down my cheek. don't worry...everyone will forget.
but today was only the start of bullying to continue for 2 more years.

no one stood up for me...well everyone stopped trying. i started to get frustrated and wanted to switch schools. i begged my dad but my dad was a cold man and told me to push through it. i was the only daughter and even today i know that my dad was still bitter that his first kid wasn't a boy. all my life i toughened up and even almost dressed like one but he treated me different.
some days my mom snuck me home from school and made sure to call in so my dad wouldn't get any emails.

soon enough i graduated. i pushed through and i never saw ashton irwin ever again...until i looked at a random cover of a magazine in target.

that can't be him. i decided to ask the teen on the cash register.

"hey...can you tell me who this man is?" i questioned and she stared at me as if i were psycho.

"that's ashton irwin." she muttered giving me a 'duh' look. my eyes narrowed.

"yeah well i was just simply asking you know politely." i muttered. that straightened her. i turned away and snatched my belongings while strolling to my car.

it's amazing how this kid has done nothing but torture me yet his dreams came true and not mine.

but little did i know that fate would bring us together again eventually and little did i know that he would become the most trustworthy person i met.


i keep debating on a new book to write but im so busy i never have time.

~zee




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