Chapter 5
He was hovering over me, taunting me with every movement. He kept getting closer and closer till his face was even with mine. He touched me, violated me to shame and then he was gone. David was standing behind him. I tried to tell him that it wasn’t what it looked like and I loved him, but I couldn’t speak. My lips were sealed. Disgust was written all over his face and it was directed towards me.
I deserved it, I deserve everything that I get.
David was gone now and I was alone.
I awoke in a cold sweat in the bath tub, my neck horribly stiff, my body aching. How was I going to make it to school? How was I going to get Emily ready? But most importantly how would I face David?
These questions ravaged my mind, bringing me closer and closer to losing my sanity. I gripped the side of the tub so I could try to stand. My legs were shaking in pain while I got up. Maybe a hot shower will ease my muscles.
I turned the handle to the left turning on the water and pulled the switch to activate the shower. I stood under the soothing water willing it to wash away all the dirtiness I felt. I scrubbed and scrubbed until my skin was red hurting. The only thing I had left to do was wash my hair, so I took the strawberry scented soap, put some in my hands, and gently washed my hair.
I have absolutely no idea what time it is, so I dried myself off and walked into my room. The cool air greeted my causing goose bumps to rise all over my body. I went to my dresser and put on some panties and a bra, sweat pants, a plain white tee, and my BMTH hoodie. I looked at the clock on my table. 4:00 A.M. Four in the morning?! What am I supposed to do for the next 2 hours? Maybe if I can make it down the stairs I can download some new music, distract myself. I pulled on my shoes then made my way to the door to the hallway at a turtle pace. I shuddered realizing that I had to pass the basement to get to the office. The memories flooded through my head. My footsteps faltered. I could feel his hands on me, his breath on my neck, the things he said to me repeating over and over in my head.
I was almost sobbing now. Forget the music I need some air. I started walking back to the kitchen to go out the back door. I turned the knob as slowly as possible so I wouldn’t make any noise and slipped through hoping Rus or Jenni wouldn’t wake up.
It was still dark outside so I’m pretty sure I would be alone. I like being alone, there’s no questions to be answered. I wandered into the trail that leads into the forest walking at a slow pace because it was all I could manage. Pain surged through my body every second and I knew that it wasn’t going away any time soon.
A twig snapped somewhere in the distance ahead of me. I waited a little before continuing deeper into the trail. Maybe I was just hearing things.
I walked for another five minutes before I came across the most beautiful clearing in the middle of the forest. The grass was still green and the leaves on the trees surrounding were turning various shades of red and brown. There were patches of clovers everywhere and the radius of my new safe haven was about thirteen feel. It was perfect. I think someone had been here before because there were two big rocks that made a bench. I walked to it running my hands along the smooth surface before I sat down.
Another twig snapped. I looked to the right of me, then the left but nothing was there. I sighed putting my head between my legs. “Pull yourself together.”
My mind is just playing tricks on me.
I picked up my head to see a wolf blocking my way to the train. My heart rate sped up and my breathing became shallow. There’s a wolf in front of me. He wasn’t normal though, his fur was black and eyes blue. The thing that freaked me out was that he was about twice the size of a normal wolf. The weirder thing was that I wasn’t afraid; I felt the need to touch him and be close to him.
He started walking towards me with his head bent but keeping eye contact. Those eyes, where have I seen them before? He was about three feet away from me when he stopped and sat down still looking at me like he wanted me to go the rest of the way. I’m definitely going crazy now I made friends with a wolf. Who would have thought?
I got up slowly because of the pain in my stomach. I clenched my side and was fully standing now. I took slow steps towards him in case he freaked but he just looked sad.
“I have to go back home and get ready for school, you want to walk with me?” He perked up with that question. I lead the way, falling into a slow rhythm. There was a comfortable silence, but what else did I expect he couldn’t talk.
We got back to my house and I turned to look at him. Wait a second.. how did I even know if he was a boy. “Are you a boy?” I whispered to him, we were too close to my house to be talking in a normal voice. He looked at me like I was stupid and nodded his head. So he is a boy. WAIT!? He understood me?
I’m losing it.
“Maybe I’ll come back after dinner tonight around 10.” I told him, hoping he would meet me. I patted his head and started to walk towards my door.
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It was lunch time at school and David hasn’t tried to talk to me. My heart ached. What’s wrong with me? Why do I feel like this? I need answers.
I was sitting in the cafeteria all the way towards the back by myself like I usually do. I was starving, I didn’t get to eat breakfast because I was late getting back from my walk. My stomach growled at the thought of food. I can make it to the end of school, hopefully.
“Are you hungry?” I nearly jumped out of me seat. I turned around to see those wonderful blue eyes of his. He was smiling a friendly smile “Can we sit with you?” I hadn’t even noticed the other two boys. I shook my head yes and he just smiled at me again and took a seat by me while the other two boys sat across from me.
“So why were you sitting by yourself?” David asked.
“I don’t have friends.” I responded. My stomach growled making it known that I lied about being hungry.
“You know” David began “You’re a terrible liar, here have my lunch.” He slid his tray towards me that contained a slice of pizza, some plain potato chips, and a coke. “No, I’m fine re-“ I was cut off by Marci.
“David why are you sitting by her?” She asked right when I was talking. “You should be with us.”
I felt a tug at my heart as I looked down. “Marci I can sit with whomever I want” David said And her face dropped. The other two boys smirked at his comment, I made a mental note to find out what their names are. I looked up meeting Marci’s death glare. She was too fast for me to catch on to what she was about to do and before I knew it she was pouring water all over me. In the process my hood fell off and I heard a few people gasp. All attention was on us and I looked at her. Her face filled with satisfaction. The cafeteria erupted with laughter. A lump formed in my throat, no way was I going to cry in front of these people. I grabbed my bag and pulled up my hood and walked as fast as I could, weaving around people while they just pointed and laughed I finally got to the doors and walked out. I walked to the girls locker room in the, put my stuff on the couch and went to the sink. I gripped both sides leaning over looking at myself at the mirror letting the tears fall.
Rus was right, I’m pathetic.
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WerewolfAllison hasnever had the best of anything. She lost her parents at the age of thirteen, left alone to care for her baby sister emily. Her life couldnt get any worse, or so she thought. When her parents passed adoption never crossed her mind at su...