The Bad Girl And The Queen

Chapter 13

Lexis POV
I arrive home at 8am. I sat outside the liquor store until now nursing a bottle of vodka. I didn't want to go home and worry Theo. Before leaving Mr Martin's house I wasn't aware of my beaten up face. It wasn't as bad as it sometimes is but I know that Theo worries about me. He worries almost as much as I worry about him. I use the vodka to pour into some of the open wounds not wanting them to get infected. It's always a pain trying to get my hands on antibiotics to get rid of infections, I used to go to the Doctors but after awhile I knew they would have alerted social services for some bullshit claim like child abuse.
I used the rest of the vodka to help me forget what happened last night. Thankfully most of it was a blur but the imagination is a powerful tool I seemed to be filling in the blanks with what I hope was false accounts of what happened. What i do remember is sitting in his car. He drove me to some bar. I must have got in  a fight with some guy hence the face along with my beaten knuckles. But from what i can tell, nothing too bad happened last night. Besides getting drugged. But i checked myself over in the toilets. There was no sign of us doing any thing bad last night. which is good. But he still drugged me which is super weird and kind of scary. 
When I finally stumbled home I was drunk out of my mind. Theo had already left and our mum had taken off ages ago with the baby. No ones heard from them since. Theo's quite torn up but he's used to it by now. I hate leaving him alone so much but he understands he's a good kid.
I got into the shower. Dried blood pooled all around the shower drain. I cleaned myself up pretty good considering I was seeing double. When I stood naked in the mirror I could see bruises all over my body from where I had been hit repeatedly. I guess i wasn't at the top of my game last night in the bar. Normally i can fight pretty damn well.

I put on my least revealing clothes in an attempt to cover up some of last nights events. 

When I was ready I didn't bother to eat I just headed straight for school. When I arrived I headed straight for my Mr Marin's office. I never did find out why he had a waiting room. And now I never will.
After about five minutes of waiting for him to finish up with some stupid kid someone else entered the room. I could feel their eyes burning into me. I tried my hardest not to look up. But some part of me knew I needed to. As soon as I looked up our eyes locked. It was Bethany.

Bethany's POV
When I first saw her I was torn between slapping her and comforting her. By her expression it was clear she wasn't capable of handling another fight between us. She looked even more broken then before.
I wanted nothing more then to wrap my arms around her and comfort her. I looked into Mr Marin's office to see if anyone was in there. It was just a scared looking freshman. I knew that we were alone and that any contact between us would not be documented between classmates or teachers.
I gave into my temptation. After what seemed like a 12 hour staring competition I sat down next to Lexi.
I was lost for words so instead I grabbed her hand in what I hope came across as a gesture of comforting and not rudeness. I smiled at her she weakly smiled back. Suddenly I'm hit by a strong smell. Is she drunk? I can smell vodka all over her?
"Lexi what happened? Are you drunk?" I could hear my own voice shaking. I forgot how nervous this girl made me. She laughed like she always does. She finds it funny how she makes me nervous. I laugh with her before repeating the question this time without my voice shaking.
"Same old same old." Is all she says and lets go of my hand. Normally this is my move especially when out in the open. She doesn't normally shy away from my touch like this. Have I finally blown my chances with her?
She picks up on my mood and reassures me.
"Sorry it's just my hand is sore." She says. I look down at her hand. The colouring is faint but I can clearly make out purple bruising all over.
"Lexi it looks like you've been hitting someone, but if that was the case I doubt your face would look like that. You're not one to fight unless you know you're likely to come out unharmed." She looks at me as if to say 'don't question me' but instead she smiles. She says nothing but she leans her head on my shoulder. It's a small gesture but it's enough to make my heart skip a beat.
Before I know what I'm doing I'm running my hand through her hair. I gently comb it, it's still damp from her shower this morning. God now my thoughts are going to inappropriate places. As if she senses this Lexi stares up at me and smirks.

Lexis POV
Laying my head on Bethany's shoulders is killing me. As each hour goes by the alcohol wears off and my whole body is becoming more and more sore. Despite this i continue to lean on her. Being close to her helps me to forget about the pain, helps me to forget about last night, about everything. Whilst Bethany is running her fingers through my hair it brings my mind back to the other times she had done the same thing. I look up at her and I smirk. Before I can stop myself I'm leaning up and kissing her. After the initial shock she begins to kiss me back. We're kissing for what seems like hours when suddenly she pulls away from me. I realise why when I see a young boy appear from the office. He looks like he's being crying. I don't blame him I'd cry in sirs presence too.
I look over at Bethany who's looking straight ahead pretending she doesn't know me. For some reason right now it doesn't annoy me. I'm glad she's acting this way. At least sir won't know we know each other.
Shit. He does. All because I couldn't keep my mouth shut.
Wait. Why is she here? Shes never in trouble and this isn't one of her teachers.
"We have about five minutes before sir comes to get one of us. Why are you here?" I ask urgently.
"I don't know. I think because of you, you know the day we ran out of school." She says looking at me confused.
I know that's not it. Sir couldn't give a shit about that. Unless someone else brought it up because then he would be forced to take action? If that's the case then he already knew beforehand that I knew Bethany. Maybe he thought we were just friends now he knows the truth. Is she in danger? Is he going to confront her? Touch her? God I would kill him.
I hear sir getting up from his desk. Before he comes out I prepare myself and warn Bethany.
"Listen to me quick, whatever you do don't drink anything he gives you decline and decline. Afterwards wait outside for me we need to talk. Not in public don't worry we can go somewhere quiet." My voice shakes as I tell her this, she's confused I can tell but she nods her head. She doesn't have time to respond before sir calls her into his office. I move closer to the door listening in to their conversation. Making sure he doesn't try anything with her.