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Ch.2- announcments

Chapter twooooo !! This is one is kind of boring but they'll start getting more exciting I promiseee :) Please comment, vote, and share !! thanks ilyy xx -Emilee

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"4 years? That's.." mum counted on her fingers, "that's ever since you started attending that school!"

"Yeah," I say quietly, "sorry."

"Sorry isn't gonna change the way they treated you, Ashley. Why didn't you tell us?" my father cuts in, obviously disappointed in me for not ever bringing it up.

"I knew you would tell the school and get them in trouble. And I thought that if they got in trouble, they might do something worse," I shrug like it wasn't a big deal, using my fork to push the food round on my plate. I'm not very hungry anymore.

"Babe, they would have gotten suspended, or something. They wouldn't have had a chance to do anything to you again-"

"Until they came back and were more angry than before," I cut my mother's words short. 

"Is it only you?" Gemma speaks up for the first time, looking up at me from her almost full plate.

"No, they mess with everyone. I'm just their favourite because I'm small, an easy target, and a 'nerd'." I say, gripping the fork tighter in my hand. The more I thought about it, the more angry the situation made me.

"Oh, Ashley," mum gets up from her chair and walks around the table to hug me. "I'm so sorry."

"It isn't your fault," I whisper and stand up after she unwrapped her arms from me. "I'm gonna go upstairs. Do you um.." I point to the table.

"No, it's fine darling. I'll clean up." She smiles sympathetically before gathering the dirty dishes in her hands. I jog upstairs, taking two steps at a time and enter my room. I grabbed my phone off the desk and opened my contacts. I had mum, dad, Harry, Gemma and a girl called Kellyn. 

I locked the screen and set it back down. I then picked up a new book of Mr. Stolls', the ripped one, and opened it to the first page. 

I had planned to read the first chapter and stop, but before I knew it, I was closing the book after reading the last passage. I looked at the alarm clock beside me. 3:32 am.

I thought about showering and changing into pajama's, but before I could put my thoughts into action, I fell asleep with the book still in my hand.

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"Ashley." Someone shook my shoulders and I sat up quickly, looking around the room. "It's okay, I was just waking you up for breakfast." I looked up at Gemma and she gave me a smile. I returned one, and followed her downstairs.

"Aren't those the clothes you wore yesterday?" my mum asked as I walked into the dining room, taking my seat. I nodded my head before taking a sip of my water. "Why didn't you change?"