Bent

□CHAPTER: 12

"That was really rude Kathy and he feels so bad. He  feels bad for something that you did." Trisha shouts at me. I stare at her absent mindedly. I knew that this was coming but still, I'm not welcoming it.

"Yes that was rude of me but I wasn't in the right state of mind. I'm sorry." I say to her not really sounding sincere in my apology,but I don't really care at the moment.

I keep looking around for Jace but I don't see him anywhere. I texted him asking where he is but he didn't reply. I'm not gonna call him becuase I'm afraid that my voice will crack and betray me. Not that talking to him face to face is going to be any different but at least I can find something about him that's annoying and focus on that.

"I don't want you to apologise to me. I want you to apologise to Roger." She says and I choke on the piece of bread in my mouth.
"I'm sorry. I thought I heard you say-"

"Apologise to Roger. Yes that's exactly what I said." She interrupts me with a blank expression on her face. The tone of her voice is stern and commanding and I'm not very happy with it.

After calming down from coughing I stare at her and she returns my stare. We're now in a heated staring competition and she looks like she's about to break but to my dismay I break first at the sight of Jace walking towards the woods. Why on earth does he hang out there?

I wonder if he is still the most popular guy in school. I wouldn't be surprised if he switched ranks to the most weird loner in school. But that still confuses me becuase he has such an easy going personality.

...is that a compliment?...

Argh no! Just an observation. But still I thought he wasn't going to have a problem with fitting in and making friends.

...but it kind of seems to me that he doesn't wanna make friends...

Yeah you're right. Well I'm right. But he would've made friends easily if he wanted them.

...yup, he did befriend you after all...

Ah! That's not nice!

...but it's true...

And that is my que to stop mentally talking to myself.

"Why can't you just try with Roger, Kathy?" Trisha asks snapping me out of my trans. I zone out a lot. "We'll talk about this later. I need to be somewhere else right now." I say standing up and taking my bag.

"What about lunch?" She asks pointing at my half eaten sandwich. "Eat it or throw it away. I bought it with his money so I couldn't care less if it goes to waste. See ya later." I say walking towards the back of the school.

"Okay but this conversation isn't over." She shouts after me and I wave goodbye without looking back at her. My limping has gone down a few notches and that is great. I'm still walking slower than usual but it's cool. Looking around me to see that no one is looking at me I quickly walk towards the woods.

What on earth am I doing? I mean no one even goes near the woods. Why I am following a guy I barely even know into the woods; I really have no idea. So much so I'm annoyed at the silence of my subconscious. She is supposed to stop me from doing things like this. Nope I'm not going there. I'll just have to speak to Jace some other time.

When I turn around to go back to the school buildings I notice that I'm already deep in the woods. How the heck did I not notice myself getting here. I look around me and all I see are trees, and trees and even more trees. Oh my goodness I do not know how I got here.