Toxic

Chapter three

Chapter three

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Kierra's POV

I've always wondered why men are so shitty. Honestly. My dad was an ass to my mother before they died, all my previous boyfriends were jerks and found some way to break my heart, and lastly my cousin Leah just got a divorce because her slut of a husband couldn't keep it in his pants.

I've made a promise to myself after I broke up with Dylan that I would never ever get back into a relationship with anyone, male or female. I'll never allow anything, or anyone for that matter to break or hurt me ever again whether emotionally or physically.

When I was in elementary school I was bullied. Kids used to make me feel like shit. They went from pushing me down, destroying my note books to physically hurting me, calling me names and teasing me about my parents. Like seriously? What's funny about someone's parents dying. I used to go home every evening with a new scratch or bruise and the teachers or grumpy old lady at the home I was placed in never cared to do anything about it.

Screw them.

One day we had P.E and unfortunately for me we were playing Dodge ball. As you might have thought I wasn't a big fan of sports in school. Anyways, I was everyone's target. I didn't have a hard time dodging the balls until a few of the guys started taking it a little too far. When the coach stepped out, they started to throw the balls at me like I was a goal.

But something unexpected happened. Something strange to me, something that gave me a whole new perspective of life. Two boys stood up for me. Dylan and Tyler. At first I thought what they were doing made no sense because the kids would just continue bullying me, but everything changed from that day onwards. They were like my personal bodyguards, glaring and beating up anyone that would even look in my direction. At first I cussed them out telling them I don't need their help and they should just leave me alone, but they kept on standing up for me and talking to me and eventually the three of us became close friends. I always wondered why they cared so much but I never questioned it because I was truly grateful and my mother always told me that when opportunities come and good things happen to you in life never question it. Just be grateful.

Everything changed after I met those boys. Tyler's uncle started giving me lessons on self defense and I started standing up for my self. I finally started voicing my thoughts at anyone that was 'rude' to me. Because honestly I used to throw my own comebacks to the bitches at school but that was in my mind. My confidence heightened and people often told me that I had a smart mouth but the thing is I had good grades to go with it.

I wasn't a dull kid. I was a nerd honestly. Always trying my best to be on top and have fun while at it. All work and no play makes Jill a dull girl, right? Dylan introduced me to a few of his friends and I got really attached to them, they were pretty cool people. We started dating in high school and that's when Tyler started acting out, then I found out he liked me but to cut a long story short, his feelings eventually died down and he started acting normal again.

Thinking back I realised that I really miss my old life. But I would never ever want to go back to those days. Ever.

I busted my ass off to get where I am today and even though its not much and I'm kinda struggling right now, I'd never give this life up for anything. During my series of reminiscing my phone started ringing. It was Brent.

"O my gosh, girl you would never believe who just got a job!" He screamed through the phone, overexcited.

"Um, you?"

"No you dummy, you!"

"Huh?" I blinked. "I already have a job." I pointed out. I'm a bartender and a make up artist but its nothing big, only part time.