I'll Be the Light

Back to School

Today was a stressful day. My first day back and everyone had questions. People also had their insults but who really cares about that anymore. I turned the corner heading to my locker only to see Colton leaning against it. I smiled as I walked up to him, him returning it. "What are you doing here?" I asked, putting in my combination. "I'm picking you and Schyler up from now on since I'm on break from touring." He said. I nodded and thanked him. "Hey I was wondering, are you doing anything tonight? I wanted to show you around Murfreesboro since you're still kind of new here." He shyly asked. I thought about it as I unpacked my book bag. I could use this because I was still new since we moved here three months ago and I didn't even know where the grocery store was. "I would like that." I said, grinning. "Great. We'll drop Schyler off first and then we'll head out." He said. "Sounds good." I agreed. "Well I have to go pull the car up to the curb so I'll be right back." He said, hurrying off. I chuckled. He was such a nice guy. Man, he was all I could think about since last night. Did that kiss mean something? Did he like me? Should I make the first move? I was thrown out of my thoughts as pain shot through my fingers. "Ah!" I shouted, ripping my finger out of my slammed shut locker door. It was red and I could already see a bruise forming. A snide laugh sounded behind me and I turned Daniella Ryan and her snobby friends laughing at me. I sighed. 'Here we go again.' "What do you want now Daniella? Don't you have something better to do than bully me?" I asked. She always picked on me and I don't know why. I never did anything to her. Heck, we didn't even have any classes together. She flipped her blonde hair and rolled her blue eyes. "I heard you were in the hospital. Were you cutting again?" She sneered. Her cronies giggled behind her. I rolled my eyes. "I was in a car accident. Now if you don't mind, I'm meeting someone." I said, pushing past them. Her crony on the right - Brielle Turner - pushed me back against the lockers. "I wasn't done with you bitch." Daniella sneered. She stepped closer to me until I could see the veins in her eyes. "For all I care, you can go crawl back into the rat hole you came from. This is my school and I'm not going to let some piece of shit like you mess it up. Got that?" She said. She had about a foot on me with her heels but I could easily knock her down. I tensed, sensing a fight coming on as I didn't reply. I could feel her getting angrier by the minute. "I said," she said as she pushed me against the lockers, "got that?" She commanded. "Excuse me." A voice said, causing us all to turn and look. Standing there was Colton. I smiled in relief. 'Thank you Lord.' He began to push past the girls and reached me. He took my hand and began to pull me away. Daniella grabbed him. "Who are you?" She sneered. "I'm Colton Dixon. The lead singer from the band Messenger and Genna's boyfriend." He said, smiling. Daniella's jaw dropped and Colton wrapped his arm around my shoulder and walked away. I looked at her over my shoulder and winked, getting a death glare from her. We walked outside and got many shocked looks. "Thanks for bailing me out back there." I said. "Anytime Genna. And maybe that little 'boyfriend' thing won't be a little lie." He said, winking at me. My face lit on fire at that. 'Did he just say that!? Oh my gosh he did!' We got into his blue Jeep and I got a worried look from Schyler in the front seat. I shook my head, saying it was nothing. I don't think she believed me but she looked away anyway. All I wanted to do was go out with Colton and call it a day. Well not go out with him like that I mean yeah I want to go out with him- ugh never mind!