It is only Tuesday, and I can already tell I'm in for a long week of abuse and hiding. I might attempt to hang out with Jared today, when Jaxon and Charleen leave for their date night at 4 this after noon.
Most likely, I'll be beat on or yelled at by Jaxon for an hour or so after school. Jared gave me direction to his buddy Sam's yesterday at He pet Angeles court house. I'll drive there in my car when these two leave.
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I decide to get dressed, instead of drag-assing around like Charleen does. She will probably take the entire hour of my abuse to be getting ready.
I brush my long, red hair and I let out a tired yawn. I leave my room and I am greeted with a right hook to my face.
"Cover that up, you filthy whore." Jaxon whispers coldly to me. "And don't come home after school."
I rush to the bathroom and put some foundation over my newly formed black eye. I sigh as I blink tears back. At least I won't be coming home after school. I'll drive my car to that Sam guys house after school ends.
I park my car beside Jared's truck at school, and check my makeup. My black eye is still covered, good. I step out of my beautiful car, and I slam the door shut because I am still angry with Jaxon for giving me a black eye before school. He is slipping; he keeps on like this, he will get caught and be sent to prison for abuse and become a bug guys bitch.
"Hey, Tori." Jared greets me with a half hug.
Kim is leaned against Paul Lahote's truck. She grabs my throat as she runs towards me. "I told you, whore, Jared is MINE!!!!"
Tears form. "S-sorry."
I run off toward the school as Kim let's go, ignoring Jared's calls.
Paul's POV
I see Kim stirring up shit with Jared's possible imprint, and it angers me in the pit of my stomach. I watch Jared's possible imprint run off, ignoring him.
"What's her name again?" I ask, Jared wasn't asking her by name.
"Tori Fleming." Jared replies as Kim tries to cling onto him for dear life. "Kim, get the hell off of me."
I narrow my eyes at Kim before looking after Tori Fleming. "Tori!" I call as I jog towards her, she stops.
Tori's pov
"You're Paul, right?" I ask when Paul finally approaches me.
"Yes, that's me, Paul." He replies.
I look back at Jared and see Kim throwing herself at him. "Are those two together?"
Paul follows me gaze. "No, they used to date last year. Kim is just.... Obsessed."
I hum in response. "Poor Jared. Tell him I'm sorry. I'm gonna avoid him until she disappears."
Paul sighs in disappointment. "Alright, I'll tell him. You still coming to Sam's?"
"Yes. You're my friend right?" I ask.
"Yeah, I'll be your bestest friend, if you'll allow it." Paul grins down at me as we enter the school.
"That's good." I smile. "I really like Jared."
"I can tell by the way you look at him." Paul smiles, is reaching my locker. "Jared is looking forward to hanging out this afternoon."
"If Kim's there, I'm hanging out on the outside." I say.
"Alright." Paul shrugs. "Get to class. I'll see you at lunch, bestie Tori."
I leave Paul behind as I stroll down the hallways. My eye begins to throb, where Jaxon punched me this morning, bringing back the painful memories. I blink away the tears before I find my class. I sit beside Rachel Black, Paul's girlfriend, because Kim is beside Jared.
"Once Kim backs down, you can go around Jared without a problem." Rachel whispers towards me. "Jared dumped her because she cheated on him, and she became the crazy-obsessive ex girlfriend, who won't let another girl within 100 yards of him."
I take a look at Kim and Jared. Jared -the poor guy- looks so miserable while Kim clings onto his arm. I smirk at his misery and I turn towards the front of the class.
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Paul walks with me to my car after school ends, and he leans against the passenger's seat.
"Rachel says that you was watching Jared and Kim all day." Paul scolds. "It's gonna keep hurting the more you watch it."
"I can't help it, Paul." I groan as I throw my bag through the window behind him. "He is so miserable, and he just lets her be that way."
Paul sighs. "I noticed that too. Hey, just follow me to Sam's, Tori."
I get into my car as Paul jogs across the lot and gets I to his truck. Jared is watching me from his truck, Kim is already gone. I see a rain drop hit the windshield before I start up my Corvette Stingray. I follow behind Paul's truck towards Sam's house.
—-
"Sam!" Paul calls as we enter the lovely, comfy home.
"What do you want, Paul?" A man -no older that 23- asks, stepping into view.
"This is my new best friend, Tori Fleming." Paul introduced me. "Tori, this is a good buddy of the Lahote family, Sam Uley."
Sam shakes my hand gently. "Nice to meet ya. Welcome to La Push."
I nod. "Thanks, mr Uley."
"Oh Tori, call me Sam. My dad was Mr Uley." Sam jokes. "I'm not an old man yet, and that makes it sound like I am."
I smile. "Sorry."
"Don't apologize, either." Sam scolds me.
"Habit, my bad." I frown.
Sam sighs. "Emily!"
When he says the name, a petite woman steps into view; her hair and eyes are down, and a scar stands out along her tanned jaw. She is really pretty, so I push the scar aside.
"What is it, Sam?" She asks, adoration in her eyes as she looks at Sam.
"This is Tori, care to have her eat.?" Sam asks.
Emily smiles brightly and nods. "Follow me, Tori."
But we all stop when the cop radio Emily has comes on, with shocking news.
"There has been a bad accident on the straight stretch from Forks to Port Angeles. Kim Porter, the young driver, and Angelo Miller, 20 and the passenger, were both killed on impact."
Paul's head pops up when he heard they were killed. "Kim's dead?"
Everyone seems kind of relieved, and shocked at the same time. Jared walks in, and sees everyone with the same expression.
"What'd I miss?" Jared asks, sitting beside me. "Finally, beside someone I like."
Sam remains silent and turns the news on, Kim's accident is on the screen. Jared's eyes brighten, glossy a little, and he stands up.
"She's dead?" Jared sighs. "Why did she cling to me when she was with that Angelo guy?"
"She's Kim." Paul shrugs. "She was obsessive and crazy."
"Never an explanation to what she did." Sam adds. "Tori, wanna sleep over? Emily would love an over night guest."
"I don't have a change of clothes...." I mutter.
"You're about my size." Emily smiles at me. "Let's get you to the guest room, you can get cleaned up while I make dinner."
—-
Dinner was great. Emily make baked chicken, mashed potatoes, burgers, baked beans, and homemade potato salad. I am in the guest room, curled up under a blanket, listening to the rain hit the tin roof.
I close my eyes as Jared's glossy eyes from earlier fill his head. I know he's gonna miss her, or he is a little hurt about Kim's death. It shocked all of us. He will miss her, but not like he should and i know this.
The thought eases my rushing mind, and I close my eyes. I let Jared's face image make me smile. I yawn before sleep eventually takes my mind over, having me enter dreamland.
