Why Me?

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Sorry bout the confusion. :/ I changed some things around so that Jace's POV counts as a chapter instead of bonus and whatnot... Well here's the new chapter! Enjoy!

~AlexisArmstrong <3

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"Stop it!" I whispered/ yelled. He threw another and it hit me on my face. "Pierce cut it out!" He chuckled to himself and sat back in his seat, crumpling another paper ball together. It was second period and Pierce decided it would be fun to throw things around the class. The teacher never cared about what we did, as long as we pass her class. Completely ignoring him, I faced the teacher and continued writing out the class notes. Another ball hit my head but bounced off and landed on my desk. Pierce reached over to grab it but I smacked his hand away and picked it off my desk.

I was contemplating throwing it away or back at him. He threw another at me, knocking the paper out of my hands. So I grabbed a small handbook from my bag, pulled my hand back and threw it at him. It ended up being too hard and he fell out of his seat. Landing on the ground with a 'thud' he looked at me shocked. Everyone turned to stare at him and he tried bending his head low to hide part of his face.

"Mr. Carter do we have a problem here?" She asked narrowing her eyes at him. I was trying to stifle a laugh when he looked up at her and shook his head repeatedly.

"No ma'am," he picked himself up. After dusting himself off he flopped back down in his chair and gave me a death glare. I gave him an innocent, puppy face making his expression soften. We stopped bothering each other for the rest of the period. But once the bell rang Pierce picked up my book and handed it back to me nicely. "I believe you dropped something," he said and I cautiously grasped the book and stuffed it back into my bag.

"Thanks," I muttered and rushed out the classroom away from him. I could hear the sound of footsteps getting closer to me and I sped up trying to stay out of his reach. Then I bumped into someone and fell to the ground, hard. "S-s-sorry," I stuttered as they lifted me off the ground.

"There you are!" Pierce exclaimed not too far behind me. I squeaked and hid myself behind the person who picked me up.

"Oh, hey Aab!" Looking to my right, I saw Myra standing there. Sterling walked up and stood beside me too, smiling at me.

"Sorry about big guy making you fall. Sometimes he's as tough as a rock!" Myra and Sterling laughed, I glanced up and saw the back of Jace's head.

"What's going on? Who're you hiding from?" Jace asked me as he spun to face me. I again was lost in his deep blue eyes. He cleared his throat making me look away.

"Umm-" before I was able to tell him, Pierce appeared.

"Hey you guys seen Appleseed?" He asked them.

"Seen who?" Sterling stepped around us and I hid myself farther behind Jace. I could feel Jace's eyes watching me but paid no attention and tried my best not to look back at them.

"Aab!" Pierce panted and I smiled.

"Uh no why?" Myra asked confusedly. Glancing at me secretly and I shook my head.

"Because I need to get my revenge."

"What'd she do?" Jace's voice held a tint of anger in it. Pierce smirked at him and stood up straight.

"Wouldn't you like to know," the bell rang and I stayed put, not wanting Pierce to find me. Since he hasn't yet. "Got to go! But if you do see her, tell her that she better watch out." I looked around Jace as he walked away and saw him wink at me.

"What was that all about?" Sterling turned to me, pointing his finger in Pierce's direction. I shook my head and walked around them, heading to my class. After going about 5 feet I turned to look at them.

"Are you coming or are you going to skip out of class?" Raising my eyebrow, I watched as they walked my way and together we went to 3rd period.

I was dreading the bell to lunch. Fortunately, I've been able to avoid Pierce, escpecially with Sterling and Jace's help but I can't avoid him during lunch since he eats with us. 'Ugh!' I thought in my head and looked up at the ceiling. The bell rang and I slowly trugged my way out of class and down the hall toward the cafe. Running a hand through my hair, I just want to get this over with. When I got there Pierce was munching happily on a sandwich and completely ignored me. Without letting my guard down I glanced at the empty seat next to Jace and saw no one there. Sighing in relief, I sat down and laid all of my stuff on the ground.

"So Appleseed, how's your day been?" Pierce smirked and I glared at him while scooting closer to Jace, farther away from him.

But I just smirked and laid my hands on the table, staring him down. "I don't know, you tell me after you completely embarrassed yourself in front of everyone." Pierce's smirk fell right of his face and he blushed slightly.

"Haha very funny," he put his sandwich back on the tray and leaned forward. "You won't think it's funny if something like that happened to you."

Leaning forward as well, "Oh really? I'd like to see you try."

"What are you guys talking about?" Penelope asked curiously. I smirked again and winked at Pierce making him frown before he shot himself out of his seat to try to cover my mouth. But I pushed my chair back and he was left laying on the table in a failed attempt to shut me up.

"Well Penny, if you must know..." I started.

"Don't you dare Appleseed," Pierce warned and I shot him an innocent smile.

"I don't know what you're talking about PandaBear," and turned back to Penny. "In 2nd period today Pierce decided to throw things at me and so I took a book and threw it at him. I threw it too hard I guess and he fell right out of his seat." Everyone started laughing, "it was hilarious! You should've been there."

Pierce glared at me while sitting back in his seat and I know that he has something planned for me later. But I wasn't going to stress over it now, that'll be saved for another time. The rest of the school day was uneventful and we were standing outside.

"So how was practice guys?" Myra asked as the guys came up, smelling of sweat and dirt. Pierce walked over to me and tried to put his arm around me but I scooted away from him. He gave me a hurt look and tried again but I pushed his arm away and shook my head.

"No way are you going to put that nasty smelling arm around me. You take a shower first," he got this glint in his eye but before I was able to run away, he jumped at me and threw his arm around my shoulder. I tried slipping out of it but ended up with my face directly under his armpit. "Gross!" I shrieked making him chuckle then he let go.

"Shall we go, I think I do need a shower right now." I nodded my head and we climbed into the car. Evelyn sat in the front seat this time. After dropping Pierce off at home we headed to Evelyn's.

"We'll be moving in after a few days. Probably during the weekend but we're not sure." She said as she was climbing out. I nodded my head.

"Well see ya tomorrow," I waved bye to her and she waved back. But when I got home, let's just say that Dad wasn't exactly sober or happy.