Before I was Bad

Chapter 8

I stop in my tracks...........
"Jade are you ok"? Josh asks me. A million questions are spinning around in my head I feel like I'm about to explode. What if Charlie's -A I don't even know this guy? It's probably just a coincidence I mean white sneakers are a very common thing to wear. I try to reassure myself and throw all of
the negative thoughts out of my disturbed brain "yeah I'm fine" I answer casually like nothing has happened.

"You can't tell me what to do"  Lucille turns around to face me a face full of makeup. She looks ridiculous a right old tart her hair is in a bun ,she is wearing a shiny black dress ,black high heels  and is wearing black eye shadow along with black mascara. She was planning to go to a party of one of her friends Ian it was his his 18th Birthday , Mum said that she wasn't aloud to go because she was under age. Knowing my sister she didn't react well to that , she told me that she  had a fake ID that her friend Emily had given it to her , of course she made me swear to not tell Mum this and I never did. "Your not going" I tugged at her arm pulling her away from the front door "get off me I'm going if you like it or not"  "Lucille your far to young your only 16 years old anything could happen to you it's dangerous". "Your over reacting" she pushed me out the way and slammed the front door in my face I felt a rush of cold air.

"Want to play snooker with us"? Amber says I quickly snap out of my usual day dream

"yeah of course".

"Your so posh anyone would think that you've had speaking lessons"Amber laughs to herself and we all stare at her.

"Where did you guys get this snooker table anyway ,everything in here all looks so new"?

"It was already here when we first discovered this hid out" Jason answers he looks sheepishly at me. I look around me I am surrounded by white walls, empty plastic chairs and round tables.

"It's strange because I haven't really seen you guys around before why is that"?

"Most of the time we're not really in lessons ,to be honest the teachers don't really care" Jason says.

"In other words We're the outcasts" Charlie says.

"Oh Charles you so hilarious" Amber says she smacks him on the shoulder playfully.

For the rest of the afternoon we all do nothing but talk about our disturbed lives and play snooker. It actually feels nice to be around people who actually understand me and don't continually patronise me ,Vic was out of order earlier. She treated me like I was completely out of control and like I was a nut case like my mother. I felt alone until I met people like these guys and I am sure Charlie isn't -A how can he be? He seems like such a sweet guy and I don't think that he would ever do that to anyone.Amber I feel like I could really get on with her well even though she is probably a bad influence on me. Jason is distant and is probably the least talkative out of all of Josh's friends ,but I find him very mysterious and like he's almost not telling his friends something.

When it is time to go I feel a rush of panic blow over my thin and skeleton like face. I have just realised that I have to go and see Mrs Anderson after this she can't make me pay for the damage of that stupid bathroom because it was all -A. I am now starting to think that I don't give a shit what -A thinks anymore ,anyway what could possibly go wrong -A can't blame me for my sister's murder because I didn't do it.

Amber hugs me tight before I go and Josh locks up the hidden white door making sure no one sees him put in the lock up passcode.

"I'm glade I met you we all had so much fun today" Josh says he smiles at me and I smile back.

"I swear everything will all get better in time Jade it will I promise" Amber says.

I text -A 

I don't care about you or what you try to do to me anymore but you can't control me I am not your prisoner.
I refuse to do what you say now so get out of my life you big bully.

I click send my hands are literally shaking a tear rolls down my face and I quickly walk down into the darkness of the hallway.

When I get to the Principals Office the lights are turned off so I decide to just go in there and wait for her. Her desk is a complete mess and there is a half eaten apple laying on the desk that has gone off, I cringe at it trying not to look at it. All that I can hear is the restless sound of the clock ticking I must have been standing there for at least 20 minutes. A dark and tall like figure appears through the door her heels echoing against the floor. Her entrance is dramatic like a mysterious wizard suffocating a fairy tale world.

"Miss you wanted to see me". I look up at her like an innocent child she looks at me like I'm stupid.

"Oh yes Jade about the Girls Bathroom". Her eyes are constantly fixed on me and she isn't moving she looks almost like a wax work figure ,her skin is like clay ,her hair is like straw and her nose is long with a wort on the end like a witch.

"Look Jade me and Mr Taylor have decided that as your home life is difficult, the death of your sister and your Mum is in a mental institution we are going to let you off".

"What ,so you believe that I didn't do it".

" No we know you did it , it's so obvious Jade stop trying to deny it there was no one out of class that time , it was just you".

"Miss I can explain there's this person called -A manipulating me online ok they've been threatening me ever since my sister died. This person broke into my house, attacked my friend, has been bullying me online and might of even killed my sister ok. "I don't feel safe in my own home anymore I don't even know who I am, look Miss you have to help me. I can't believe that I have told Mrs Anderson about this -A is going to kill me!!!!! I feel dizzy and heartless but I don't care what fucking -A thinks -A is going to pay for everything that bitch.

"What do you mean Jade someone has been threatening you"?

"I don't even know this person Miss I swear I haven't done anything , its all them they are making everyone think that I killed my sister and if I don't speak out now I will be locked up for this."

"Have you told the police about this it's a serious thing"?

Out of all people I tell Mrs Anderson and a guy that I only just met the night after my sister died. Two people that I wouldn't even trust if Lucille was here right now to me they are total strangers. When I was a child I was totally oblivious to the idea of the world I didn't know about crime , I didn't realise how much of a big impact just nasty words can make, I didn't know about stalkers , terroist attacks and most of all murder. When we are children I don't think we realise how lucky we really are , I almost can't believe that I wanted to be this age. If only I could have seen into the future I would have changed it.

"Miss I swear I will tell the Police about it this time".

"This time you must tell the Police about this sooner rather than later Jade who knows what this -A is capable of".

I ran out of the Office door tears flooding down my face....................

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