The Secret Holders

Chapter 12

Kathryn's POV

I lay on the couch, my stomach curled to my chest, sobs racking my body. Grace sit next to me, stroking my hair and whispering soothing words.

"Just tell me what happen, your ok it will be fine," Grace whispers, trying to get me to talk.

I take a deep breath, my hands starting to shake.

"Josh was drunk at the movies, and he.. he slapped me and tried to get me to stay with him," I sob, leaning more against her, tears beginning to escape.

She gets up suddenly, pissed. "That douche!" She screeches, grabbing her phone.

I shake my head vigorously, "Grace! It's fine, I dealt with it already, please can we just watch some movies and hang out?" I say, stretching myself across the couch.

She sighs, nodding and placing herself on another couch, looking stiff.

A couple hours later my phone buzzes, I perk up, something inside of me made me think it was Lucas, coming to make me feel better, maybe be here for me.

It's not Lucas, it's Josh. I sigh.

Grace's P.O.V.

I wanted to just strangle Josh. He hurt Kathryn just like his stupid Facebook About Me said. If Kathryn had just listened to me, then she wouldn't be sitting here mopping over a no good douchebag.

"Grace, it hurts." Kathryn winced and whimpered when I placed the ice bag on her cheek.

I examined her cheek and saw that it was turning blue and purple. It was bruising. The skin surrounding her bruise seemed to be paler than the rest of her face. I had texted Sean to see if he had found Lucas, but he didn't respond. Sean just dropped me at the dorm and left, because he thought he was a bad influence on me.

"Kathryn, it's gonna hurt. Just hang in there."

Kathryn groans and continues to watch Spongebob. This was probably the one thing that we share in common. Spongebob. We were nothing alike which brought us closer together as best friends.

"Grace, are you still mad at me?" Kathryn's voice sounds despairing and I almost feel bad. Almost.

"Yes." I didn't want to lie.

"How many times am I going to have to sorry?"

"Just about 500 more times," I giggle showing Kathryn I was kidding.

Kathryn rolls her eyes.

"Just promise me this," I say. "Don't fall for his shenanigans again. He wants you to die, so don't let him."

"Anything else?" She made me sound like the teacher. And I don't have to worry about teachers until this stupid Winter Break is over.

"Not until I kick that douchebag's ass."

Kathryn places her hand on my shoulder, "Don't do it."

I breathe in and out, then mutely nod. This was going to be harsh. I always did something wrong under pressure.

My phone buzzes in my back pocket, but I ignore it. It was probably just Sean texting me about some stupid project thing.

"Who was that?" Kathryn sounds worried as if it were Josh trying to reach her, but obviously it wasn't.

"Don't know, don't care."

"Ugh, you're so ignorant."

I giggle as Kathryn tries to grab my phone from my hand. After failing multiple times, she finally reaches out and snatches it.

She stares at the phone and shrieks while throwing the phone in the air, forcing me to reach out and catch it before it hits the ground. She sprints out the door while changing into a werewolf in the process. I sigh while grabbing my keys. This is going to be dramatic.

I attempt to run alongside Kathryn, but she was exceptionally fast. I plan a plot within my head and turn around. I push into 'my' car and drive past Kathryn while yelling, "Get in!"

Kathryn looks at me for a long second before jumping in and allowing me to drive.

"Where to?"

"The forest."

"The forest?" I gasp, "Lucas's back isn't he!"

She nods and I speed down the road as fast as it can go.

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