Blue Angel [Amberprice FF]

The Power She Has.

Today was Monday. And I hated it. It's not enough that I hate school in general, no, today must be the day where Rachel would come back to school. Skipping was impossible. My mom said David would drive me and follow me into the building, so there's no way I can skip. My mom is right though, I can't run away from her forever. I think I did a good job on that the whole last week. But today is the day where I'd have to face my problems. 

So I forced myself out of bed, got ready and accepted it that David would drive me to school. I finished smoking a cigarette before I opened the door to the passenger seat and sat down, silently. David didn't try to talk to me at all, I guess even knew how uncomfortable the whole situation was for me. When we reached school, David made the attempt of getting out of the car, but I stopped him. "I think I know the way myself. I know mom told you to follow me into the building but I understand that I can't run away from my problems. You can drive home. If you don't trust me then ask mom to call the school, later on, to ask if I was at school or not." He nodded and drove off. 

Great. No sight of her - yet. I took a deep breath and made my way into the school building, quickly getting to my locker and picking up the books for the lessons. I saw Skip walking through the hallway. I love that guy, he's so lovely. There's no way you can hate him. He likes to talk to the students at Blackwell. Even though he shouldn't be so communicative to us, he doesn't care. A lot of students here have a good attitude towards him. He also lets a lot of things slip, without Wells knowing of course. He let me finish my weed once. Really chill and funny guy.

I also saw Victoria with her two puppets, not really interested in looking at them anymore. I always cringe at her sight.

Then I overheard a quite interesting conversation behind me, hiding in a corner so I could listen to it more without them seeing me. It was Steph talking to Eliot.

"You know that I didn't want to do it, right?" - "But you did it anyway. Don't say you didn't enjoy it." - "We weren't even that into it. We stopped when she caught us, nothing more. No feelings, nothing. I feel so bad." Unfortunately, the conversation went into an incomprehensible mumbling. 

Eliot is involved in this? That got me thinking. Rachel was still not in sight. 

I made my way to the first lesson and sat down on my usual seat near the window. My phone vibrated. It was from Rachel. "Break. Meet me at the lockers." Ugh, here we go. It was actually weird getting a cold message from her. But I guess she must be pissed at me, I ignored her completely. I had a reason, yes, but... Nevermind.

The break got closer and it was nerve-wracking. Some part of me does want to talk to her again, the other part doesn't. I got nervous. It was like the first day we met after the Firewalk concert. My palms got sweaty. Ok, I really need to calm down. The bell rang through my ears. Here we go.

I stood up cautiously, afraid of fainting. I shoved my hands deep into my pockets. I was really ready to turn around again when I caught her sight but there was no way I could do that because she already caught my sight. Dang it. So I walked closer to her.  

"Hey," she said with her usual soft voice. "Uh, hi," I responded coldly. My main goal in this conversation was to not get overwhelmed by my feelings and jump into her arms again, as bad as I wanted to. I had to stay cold. "So, you wanted to talk?" - "Yes. Look, Chloe, I'm sorry for everything I have done. I miss you." - "Didn't look like it when you fucked Steph." She gritted her teeth. "There's a reason I did what I did." - "Tell me then." She looked at me kinda sad. "I wish I could. But I can't," she said. "Why not?" - "I just can't tell you, alright? Maybe one day." I was getting angry. "Then what is the point of our conversation anyway? I thought you might explain your actions, now you're just talking useless shit." - "I miss you is all I can say. I don't wanna have Steph next to me when I wake up, I want you next to me. When we made the promise that we'd run away together, I meant it. And I still mean it." I sighed in frustration. "You still owe me an explanation. There's no sense in forgiving you for me." - "Well... You're making me do it. I just want to warn you that we might get into big trouble. See you next break, Chloe. I have to do something beforehand but I promise you, you get your explanation." I nodded at her and was about to walk away when I was slammed against a locker.

For a moment I didn't even realize what was happening until I opened my eyes that I shut out of intention. Rachel slammed me against that locker. Her grip was tight on my shoulders. And there it was again, the power she has over me. We looked each other deep in the eyes. She could have kissed me right there and I wouldn't have the power to resist. For one moment I saw the love and the desire in her eyes she always had when she used to look at me. And then her eyes saddened - and she let go. She coughed shortly and went her way without a word. I just hate the power she has over me. 

When I thought that I had the power of my body back, I walked to the classroom of the next lesson. I'd probably spend the whole lesson thinking about what this whole thing was and look forward to the next break.

And that's exactly what I did. I scribbled some fucked up theories on my papers, not paying any attention to the teacher at all. Eliot was somehow involved in this, Steph and Rachel, too. Who else? And what did Rachel meant when she said that we'd be in trouble? The whole situation was just fucked up. It was kind of not a relieve to hear the bell again, I don't know why.

I was waiting at my locker yet again. And my feeling of feeling not so good strengthened when Rachel came up to my lockers. But not alone, she had Steph with her.

"Hi, Chloe," Steph said. "Rachel can't take it anymore and I'm not blaming her. We did some stupid shit. It breaks my heart to see both of you so sad. Even though I had a crush on Rachel, it's not like that anymore. And it makes me wanna burn myself to death that I have caused your guys' break up," she explained further. "Rachel will explain everything to you. We talked about it earlier and even though it's not turning out well for me, I let her. This is about the both of you, not about me." - "Holy shit, what the fuck is wrong, can I please get any kind of explanation now?"

And it wasn't that fucked up as I thought but still - what the fuck?

A/N: First of all, thank you for bringing this story up to 20k reads and into the ranks of genre FF. (It's currently on place 942 or something). Sorry to leave you guys with a cliffhanger, but also not. Next chapter is expected to be out on Monday!