The Comeback Season

|chapter twenty-three|

"Let go of me," I scream struggling against Mike's grip. His grip only gets tighter before he slams my back against his car for the third time. "You think this is a game," Mike says whispering in my ear. "Yep," I say headbutting him in the nose.

Mike moves back and holds his now bloody nose. I take my chance and start running towards the school. It's only short-lived because Mike grabs me right back into his grip. "Oh, I like when you fight back," he says holding my body tightly in his arms. I try stomping on his foot and hitting him with my elbows, but it's no use. I hit my breaking point and I begin to scream.

"Help! Someone, please help me!" Mike slaps his hand over my mouth causing me to bite my lip. I can taste the blood inside my mouth. As he drags me back towards his car, I see the school's back door open. Out walks a confused Mr. Parker searching the parking lot. When his eyes see Mike dragging me he breaks out into a sprint.

Mike says, "this isn't over," deep into my ear before dropping me on the ground. He quickly jumps into his truck and swerves out of the parking lot. Mr. Parker runs to my injured body on the ground.

"Lia, are you okay?" I look up and tears just start streaming down my face. Mr. Parker quickly grabs me into a hug and rubs the back of my head. He keeps saying "it's ok" before my crying fit calms down. Mr. Parker helps me stand up. "We're going to call the police, ok." I nod my head while he takes out his phone to call them.

I go lean against my car and dial the only person I want to talk to right now. "Hey, Cay," I say sniffling through my words. "Lia, what's wrong." "Umm, something just happened at school and I need you to come get me." "I'm on the way," he says before hanging up. All I needed now was my brother.

A few minutes after I get off the phone with Cayden, I see two police cars pull into the parking lot. When they both get out of their cars, one goes to look at my car while the other goes to Mr. Parker. "Hello George," Mr. P says shaking hands with the police officer. "Hey, Kyle. Long time no see," he says bringing Mr. P into a hug.

They look surprisingly similar. Their hair is the same color and they have the same nose. "George, this is Lia. Lia this is my brother, George." "I didn't know you had a brother," I say shaking George's hand. "Yeah, he doesn't mention me that much," George says laughing. Mr. P just rolls his eyes and says "Lia, tell him what happened."

I tell George how I walked to my car and noticed the tires. I told him how Mike pulled up and hit me. "How did you get the bloody lip?" George asks looking up from his notepad. "He slapped his hand over my mouth to keep me from screaming." George gives me a gloomy look before he continues writing.

"Do you have any idea why he would have done this?" I think back to the bleaching incident. Honestly, no one would know unless Sabrina comes out and says she was with Mike when the event happened. To which, Bryce would ask why were they together. Which brings me to the point that Sabrina is not going to talk because she would have to admit that she was cheating.

"No sir," I say shaking my head. George nods before closing his notepad. He says something into the radio on his shoulder. "Lia, would you like to press charges?" I nod my head "yes". "The only thing left for you to do is come down to the station with a guardian to sign a warrant then we can start our investigation."

I nod my head and turn to see my brother pulling into the lot. "However, I'm going to come up here tomorrow to watch the security cams to see if Mike slashed your tires." George gives me a slight smile and I give him one in return.

Cayden quickly gets out of his car and runs to me. He picks me up off the ground into a hug before letting me go. He looks over my body for I don't know what. "Are you ok? What's going on?" I tell him the same thing I told the officers and I see the madness in his face. "Thanks for saving my sister Mr. P," my brother says hugging Mr. Parker. He used to teach my brother for a while.