Our Bond

Chapter 2

Harmony

I fucking hate people. That was so embarrassing! I could scream. I want to smash their fucking heads in. Maybe knock some of their screws loose, so they wouldn't be such uptight assholes. I stormed out of class allowing the door to slam. I could feel my blood boiling inside me. I was so angry, but what could I possibly do ? I broke down in front of the girls bathroom door. The halls were pretty empty so I didn't care. "Hey girl why are you crying?" I looked up to see another good friend of mine. Her name is Diana. When my family first moved to Ashville, she was the first girl on the bus I used to ride to befriend me. She is African-American, pretty and  short, thick curly hair and big honey brown eyes. Her skin looks like brown silk and she has one the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen. "Hey Di, nothing some people were just being assholes and I just got so angry and frustrated that I broke down." I said wiping the tears away from my face. "It's ok hon, they aren't worth the referral." She helps me off the floor and gives me a hug. "You know Harmony, you can't let people have power over you, I promise you it's not worth the stress." She says grabbing my bookbag. "I know, but it's kind of hard." She grabs my hand and we walk down the hallway towards the library . "You're so good to me." I say kissing her hand. "Duh, who else would protect your heart from these fuckers." She says flicking off the classroom doors. I love Diana, she is such an amazing friend. 

I spent most of the day in the library and it was peaceful. I love to read, it is my safe haven and it takes me into another reality I feel that is better than my own. "Hey Mony." I look up to see Austin standing behind me with Alana on his arm. I cringe on the inside. "Hey guys, what's up" I say continuing to flip through my book. " Hey girly, I was just thinking it would be a great idea if we all went to go see a horror movie, do you like those?" Alana says as she releases Austin's arm. "Yea, I love them!" I try to say enthusiastically. "Great! I have the perfect movie." She says squeezing my shoulder. "Great, now if you will excuse us Harmony, we have some research to do." He says winking at me playfully. Gross. They leave and I breathe a breath of fresh air. "Finally, alone at last." I spoke too soon.

"Hey beautiful." I look up to see it's my ex. My skin starts to crawl instantly. I kept my head down, clearly trying to ignore him.  "Oh, sweetheart, don't be so cold." He says touching my shoulder. I push his hand away. "Adin, please leave me alone, I have nothing to say to you." I say getting off the bean bag I was sitting on. "Harmony, wait up. Let's talk." He says while running to my side. "Let's talk this out, I slick miss you."

"Slick?" I said annoyingly 

"Yeah, you were the sweetest girlfriend I ever had. You made me happy."

"Oh, you mean when you weren't putting your hands on me or trying to force me to have sex with you." I said as I made my way to the exit of the library. "Yeah, I assumed you'd be easy, seeing you're a virgin and all." He says as he bites his lip. I try to push my way past him, but he blocked my only exit. "Look, either you give me another chance or I may release the audio clip of your moans to everyone in the school." 

"What audio clip? You don't have any clips of me. We never had sex! The only thing we ever did was kiss." 

"The school doesn't know that. You know Harmony, a rumor spreads like wildfire and you denying it will only add fuel to the flame. I can say it was you, and because I have a very persuasive personality everyone would believe me. You think you got bullied before, I can make you're life a living hell." He says with a cocky grin. 

"So, you're blackmailing me to date you again?"

"No, no my baby girl, I'm blackmailing you for your virginity. I can give you the best night of your life. All you have to do is say yes and I will delete the clip right in front of you."

I cannot believe this fucker is blackmailing me. What should I do? I don't want to have sex with him. I just don't! I am strong, I can tell him no and face the ridicule. I'm going to call him on his bluff. He's a good looking guy, why does he want me. He's evil, abusive, and manipulative and I'm grateful I got out before it got too bad. "Thanks for the offer, but I will pass." I say removing his arm from the door. "Okay Menendez, it's your funeral." He says waving his phone at me.

Why does this kind of nonsense always seem to come my way. Am I that bad of a person that this shit just comes out of nowhere to knock me down time and time again? I'm so tired and stressed the fuck out. I can never seem to catch a break for anything. Pretty sure I'm cursed.

I walked to my next class of the day hoping this miserable ass day would be over, just so I can go home. Before I go to class, I stopped in the girl bathroom to take my "happy pills". It's some narcotics I stole from my grandmother. She doesn't take them anyway, so she wouldn't even know they're missing. I take two and swallow them dry. I run to the water fountain because I feel like one of the pills got stuck in my throat. I sprint down the hall to my biology class, right before the tardy bell rings. I sat in my desk and I put one of my headphones in. I don't care for biology as much, so I might try to sneak a nap in. 

I can feel the pills starting to take effect. My body feels like I'm in slow motion and I feel so at ease to the point where I'm actually smiling like a dummy. "Hey pretty girl, what are you smiling at?" My friend Arin says from beside me. "Nothing, just daydreaming" I say pushing my hair into a messy bun. "Oh, alright then, I missed you at the homecoming game." he says scooting closer to me.  "Yeah, I was looking for a job and I had an interview that day." I say and it seems to catch him by surprise. "Why do you seem so surprised?" I asked laying my head back on the desk. 

"You have the biggest house in Ashville and you drive a 1978 Dodge Challenger." He says with a goofy grin and I laughed. "Oh, you know I never even noticed if I'm honest with you," I say and the teacher starts talking again. 

Arin moves over to my table without the teacher looking and he slides me a piece of paper with his number on it. He whispers the words call me after school and I simply nod my head. Maybe this day isn't so bad after all. 

The school day seem to roll by fast after my biology class and I think I never been this excited to go home. The drugs seemed to be wearing off just in time for me to get behind the wheel. As I was walking to the parking lot I saw Adin flirting with some poor underclassmen, I wanted to save her, but didn't want to go anywhere near that lunatic. He caught me staring and started waving his phone at me again. Fucking loser. 

As I pulled into my driveway I noticed no one was home, which was nothing new at my house. It was really rare that I saw my parents. Some nights, like last night they would send my grandmother to come stay with me. Ninety percent of the time I am here, by myself. I didn't mind that. I got in the house screaming "the queen has arrived" and laughing at myself for being such a lame. I did most of the homework I had, I did while I was in the library, so now it's time to chill. I flopped on my sofa, pulling my phone and happy pills out of my pocket. A piece of paper fell out of my pocket and onto the floor. It was Arin's number. 

It wouldn't hurt to call him right?

I dialed his number and it rung for a few seconds before he picked up.

Arin-Harmony?

Harmony-Yes?

Arin-Oh, thank God, I thought it was a spam call. How are you beautiful?

Harmony- I'm good how about you handsome ?

Arin-Handsome? Are you flirting with me now ?

Harmony-Maybe haha!

Arin-Good, I like that.

I started to blush more as our conversation continued. He made me laugh hard. That is something I haven't done in a very long time. It was refreshing. I'm starting to think I like Arin more than I thought. 

Austin Who?