Confessions of a teenage bystander.

Chapter 14.

People began to swarm around the loud noise. Everything turned into slow motion. I gazed over the faces that surrounded us. This was it! A spark of anger flickered across me. A sudden jolt in my arms slammed into her petite figure. She fell to the ground and everything became silent.

"That’s for making me bleed!" I yelled at her. Still she sat there. All eyes were on me

"Don't you see Rachel? I've had it. I won’t put up with your immature games anymore. You got that. You can’t walk over people like you do. It’s just not right. It's got to stop. Thing are going to change. And I’ll make sure of it." I leaned closer to her.

"You see these people here." I said waving my finger over the large circle around me.

"These are people. They have lives that don’t revolve around pleasing you. You think you're all that. You would be no one without you're little entourage of followers. Who I have reason to believe you've brainwashed. Because if i had a choice. I sure as hell would not choose to be you're friend." I eased up into a normal voice. She was listening carefully to exactly what i was saying. I noticed that people started to make their way behind. They understood what i was getting at.

"They are all sick of the crap you put them through!" Her eyes trailed along the people that stood behind me. Slowly she stood up and turned to face the people backing her up. Her only friends. Who all happened to be the most popular people in are year. The ones she sat with. The ones she chose. She was one of them. It was a stand off. Like at the front line of war. Staring down our competition while they stared at us. I stood in the middle with rachel who turned back to face me. The sight of her made me sick.

"So who cares. Im still beautiful and they still love me. So nothing else matters." She laughed in my face.

"God Ella come on. Its the 21st century! Move on. This is how things are and you cant change it. You're still a loser and i still rock. Do us a favour. Get a life and stop being so jealous of me. I mean come on, you've been jealous of me ever since we started talking. Am i right?" She looked back to the group agreeing with her. With that reasurance she continued.

"Yeah thats why Rick pretended to like you. He only asked you out because everyone else was taken. He didnt actually love you. He wanted me. Always did. He just couldnt break you're little fragile heart. I showed him why he should stop pretending like he cared for you. So I gave him what you couldnt. What every guy wants. You just couldnt satisfy him." She mocked.

"Yeah you're right. I just couldn’t sleep with everyone in our entire year. I have this thing its called pride. Meaning I don’t just nail anything that’s willing." I shot back. Apart from the loud gasps everything was completely silent while I waited for Rachel to react.

Instead she just smiled nervously and stepped closer. I was waiting for her to launch herself at me but she didn’t. Instead she flung herself at Chris and wrapped her legs around him. Holding him close she pressed her lips on his. I waited and waited for her to let go or him to push her off instead slowly she forced herself to be close to him.

She clung there and he was doing nothing to stop her from kissing him. I started shaking. The world was spinning. I had to get out of here. I pushed through her friends who stood their gawking at Rachel touching every part of him. Once I made my way past through the mass of people I started to run through to the other side of the school. I was out in the middle of the oval when I collapsed down to the ground.

I lay their staring at the sky. Breathing recklessly. I started to burst into loud laughs. How stupid was I? Still I laughed. When I caught my breathe I sat up and began to turn when I noticed that the entire year was standing their staring at me. I started to laugh even harder that I fell to the ground clutching my stomach. I laughed so hard it hurt.

I was so stupid to start believing people again. Like they cared for me. Once I was able to stand I slowly walked up to the school. I noticed they started to follow me. Shuffling close behind. I realized I was walking right up to Rachel. She was in the hallway all alone. A large grin spread across my face.

"So officially you are now the school SLUT! Bravo, bravo. What an achievement for you!" I laughed.

"Excuse me!" She replied.

"Now come on. You can’t think that things will go back to normal. Everyone knows now just how far you will go to get laid. Wake up Rachel. It’s as you said the 21st century!" I smiled even bigger. A loud shriek came from her. Suddenly she lunged for me and pushed me back. She sat there on top of me. Gripping my shoulders she pushed me into the ground. I kicked my legs and rolled over so I was holding her down.

"Don’t you ever touch me again you backstabbing, boyfriend stealing whore!" I shouted in her face. I swung my right arm back and put all my force into her face. I heard a crunch as I pulled my clenched fist back I noticed blood on my knuckles. Slowly I got up staring at my fist as I made my way to the bathroom. I washed my hand. My fist was tender.

As I moved my finger I screamed in agonizing pain. I think I better get this checked out. I walked out to be surrounded by almost everyone that had seen the whole incident. The face I most recognized was Eric.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned.

"Hell yeah. You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that!" I smiled. Everyone’s faces were concerned.

"Ha I bet you all think I’m crazy don’t you?" I laughed off as I started walking to the car park.

"You think? I mean come on first you start running away in tears and then we find you laughing at nothing. Then you don’t care what Rachel did to Chris. Like you're not affected by it. We all know you like him." Eric explained softly.

"Yeah well big mistake that was. Hey where is he anyway. I still have another good hand!" I beamed.

"Yeah right like I will let you do that now. Come on I’ll take you to get it checked out. I heard a crack." He lightly grasped my hand. Carefully examining it.

"Besides you left and didn’t get to see the best part!" He laughed as we slid into my car.

"Oh yeah what happened?" I asked suspiciously.

"I'll tell you later. First we need to make sure you're okay!" He raced off to the hospital.