Broken • Dolan Twins

T H R E E

It's only third period and people are saying I'm pregnant. I have been ignoring Mya and everyone else, to be honest. During fourth period I can't take it anymore so I go to the bathroom and text Grayson.

"Meet me outside the school right now."

I head outside to the back field where nobody else is then I see him walk out of the school and look down at his phone. I run up to him and stand there, tears begin to slowly roll down my cheeks. I try to wipe them and Grayson turns back around and goes into the school. I drop to my knees and stare at the ground, then close my eyes and continue crying. Mya comes outside and tries to help me but I rush into the school and straight to class.

The final bell rings and I rush to my locker and grab my backpack then to my car. People have written the words "slut" and "dirty hoe" all over my car. I go to start the engine to find my car has been beaten up and won't run. I call Grayson and it goes straight to voicemail so I decide to call Ethan instead.

"Hello?" He says, picking up the phone.

"Ethan!" I Say then he interrupts me.

"It's you?! You little son of a bitch! Everyone thinks my brother got you pregnant!!" I feel a tear roll down my face as he says this.

"Someone busted up my car can I get a ride home?" I wipe the rear away.

"You fucking owe me... I'm at the back of the school hurry the fuck up." He hangs up.

I jump out of my car and jog to the back of the school. I see Ethan's car parked a few feet away from the bleachers to the football field. I walk over and get in his car.

"Thanks..." I say as I place my backpack by feet and click my seatbelt.

"Don't mention this to anyone you little shit.." He rolls his eyes and begins driving.

"It's not my fault you know..." I say in a tiny voice.

"What was that?"

"It's not my fault! Mya screamed in the hallway that I was pregnant... I didn't say anything to anyone..." I look down.

"I know it wasn't you... nobody would believe it that way." He says, making a turn out of the school parking lot.

"Then why are you so pissed off at me?"

"I'm not... I guess I'm mad at Grayson in a way... it's hard to explain. Sorry for getting all mad and stuff, I shouldn't have taken it out on you." He says, strictly focusing on the road.

The car is silent for the rest of the ride back to my house. He pulls in my driveway and unlocks the car. I grab my backpack and as I am about to open the door Ethan puts his hand on my shoulder. I turn around and look at him, it happens so fast. He puts his hand on my cheek and kisses me. I pull back to see his blank expression, and then I open the door and go into my house.

I never looked back. I don't know how long he sat in my driveway but I know he didn't leave right away... what just happened?

I don't stress about it too much. It was just a kiss...

I go inside and my dad isn't home. I go upstairs and pull out my stuff to study for biology. I'm about two hours into studying when Ethan calls me. I don't know why he was calling me but I promised myself I wouldn't get distracted, so I declined his call and continued studying.

I fell asleep while studying then woke up the next morning to my alarm blasting in my ear. I quickly turn it off and put my stuff back in my backpack.

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I get to school and park my car. I grab my backpack out of the passenger seat and head into the school through the side entrance near my locker. I put everything in my locker and I am on my way to first period when I see Grayson standing by someone's locker. I'm about to go up to him to say hi when he turns a little and I see he's not alone.

He's all over his ex, Emma. They are making out like crazy inside of her locker. I feel my heart break and I go into class.

Soon after class starts, Ethan walks in late. The teacher stops to ask him why he was late.

"Well you see... sir..." He says with a smirk.

"That's enough Ethan. Take your seat." The teacher says.

"Whatever you say, Ass- Helmet." He says winking at the teacher as the whole class roars with laughter as the teachers face furrows with anger.

"ITS ASSHELMET MR. DOLAN!" He screams over the loud laughs.

Ethan confidentially sits down in the only open seat, next to me. I ignore him the whole class. I wanted to talk to him but I knew it'd be awkward, for me at least, and I wasn't ready to talk to him about what happened quite yet. Especially now that Grayson was back with Emma right after me and him started hanging out.

The bell rings and I get up and grab my books. I head out of the room and go to my locker. After I put my things into my locker I feel a hand on my shoulder, I turn and am faced with Ethan very close to me.

"Why didn't you talk to me in class?" He says in a whisper that sends a tingle down my spine.

"I-I don't know Ethan..." His grip tightens on my shoulder as I close my eyes.

"Ethan let me go..." I say in a small voice. He's never acted like this before and I was really scared.

He pushed me backwards into the locker door. My head went backwards and got slammed. It pounded and my heart was beating a million miles an hour. My breathing got slower as I tried to calm myself down.

I grabbed my stuff as the fourth period bell rang and walked straight out of school to my car. I put the keys in the ignition and began backing out of my parking space.

The back of my head stung and I placed my hand on it to calm the pain, when I took my hand off there was blood on my fingers. I went to my house and went to my room. I tried to find a towel to put on the back of my head, but fainted onto my bed.

My vision went black and I stopped breathing. I don't remember what happened after that, I couldn't hear anything and I didn't even feel like fighting. I was in so much pain and everything felt normal again.

My body went numb and I couldn't feel anything. Then I saw a bright light, shortly after I saw my old best friend, Katelyn. She had died in a car crash while we were on our way home from a high school party.

The last time I saw her she was covered in scars and bandages, but this Katelyn was different. She had perfectly straight hair and smooth skin, no blood or scars. She seemed so happy and not in pain like she was before she died.

She wore a pink shirt and white shorts. She was smiling and staring right at me. My eyes started to water as I felt the urge to run and hug her.

"Katelyn!! Oh my god!" I said as I began walking towards her.

She smiled at me as a tear rolled down my cheek. Then she started panicking.

"Go back! Don't come closer!" She screamed with a look of worry on her face.

My heart sank and I felt like falling and crying. I wanted to be with my best friend so badly, why wouldn't she let me go by her?

I stopped in my place and started crying. She smiled again then disappeared. My heart shattered and I was left alone in this odd place.