Accidentally Delinquent

Chapter 1

"Come on Belle!" Justin, my best friend since the first grade tries to persuade me for the hundredth time
"It's gonna be so fun!" he pleads, earning a concerned look from me.

"Look, the popular kids wouldn't just ask us to go to a party with them." I reason, but to no avail

"Would you stop overthinking it for a second?" Gracie asks, giving me a glare "Like, Jeez! You need to let loose."

I sigh in defeat, feeling bad that my paranoia is getting in the way of them having fun.

I debated telling them that they can go on their own, but I know they'd say they couldn't possibly have fun without me.

"Okay, but we can't get into trouble. You know what Principle Van said—" I try to remind them, but Gracie cuts in

"Yeah yeah one more time we get into trouble we would have to face serious consequences." she mocks, copying his voice and making a face while saying this, making me laugh and roll my eyes at her.

"Fine. Let's go."

They both give me shocked expressions to mock me, and they eventually bring me into a group hug as Justin whispers in my ear "Don't worry, what could happen?"

I give him a smile and the bell rings, indicating that school is over and I wave them all goodbyes and leave, actually looking forward to getting ready for this party.

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"THAT'S JUST TERRIBLE!" Gracie yells at me, crossing her arms and giving my outfit an accusing glare

"It's just an outfit..."

"Belle this is a party. You can't just go out there wearing sweatpants and a tank!" She tells me, and frantically goes through all my clothes

A few disappointed looks later and she finally finds an outfit she's happy with.

She hands me a tight fitting black dress that stopped mid-thigh and hands me a pair of black, glittery stilettos

I laugh in her face, thinking she was joking, but she doesn't move a muscle as I try and go through her to put these revealing clothes back.

"You. Are. Wearing. Those. End. Of. Discussion." she says flatly, and I sigh and try to put it on.

I give myself a once over in the mirror, trying to convince myself this is a good idea, my face unable to hide the concern.

I didn't like disobeying the rules, and the people that invited us to this so called party always tries to humiliate us and put us down. Because apparently we're 'nerds'

"Okay, whatever you're thinking. Stop thinking it." Gracie tells me, and I give her a look that basically says 'I'm-never-going-to-forgive-you-for-making-me-wear-this' and she laughs.

"Yeah yeah whatever. Tonight we have fun!" she announces to no-one in particular and walks out of my house.

I grab my purse and follow her to her car, which was already running and I get into the passangers seat.

It was 7:30 at night on a Thursday and my heart was literally jumping out of its chest.

I know you think I'm overreacting, I mean hey, it's just a harmless party.

But the last time these people invited us to one, we ended up covered in raw eggs and flour and pushed into our principal's pool, completely clogging the drainage with the flour and polluting the water.

We got suspended for a while then they decided to strike again.

They told us to go to the library and when we did, they had bruises all over their faces and accused us of beating them up, getting us suspended yet again.

I have more stories but thinking about them isn't really gonna make me any less nervous about this.

So basically the whole school staff think we're some a$$h0le bullies who don't know when to stop, hence the warning from our principal.

I didn't notice that I was so deep in thought until the engine dies down and we stop in the house of the school jock, Marley Ruther.

Gracie squeals in excitment as she sees Justin pull up in the parking lot mere seconds after we do, and I see Marley and Gretchen smirking as we get out of the car.

"Hey losers." Gretchen greets us, and Justin and Gracie happily greet her back.

"Hi Gretchen."

She looks at me, as if waiting for me to say something, and I just nod, not wanting to initiate any form of conversation with her.

"Right. Follow me" she orders, and we all go with her, until Marley stops me.

"Uh-uh. Not you baby." he tells me, wrapping his arms around my waist and bringing me closer to him, making me cringe and feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Let me go." I tell him, but I seem to have lost my voice as it comes out hoarse and weak.

He laughs maliciously at this and fiddles with the strap of my dress. I try to push him away from me but he tightens his grip.

"You look incredibly sexy today babe."

"Let me go please." I whimper , scared out of my mind. Because, knowing Marley, he is capable of anything... Including rape.

"Damn." He puts his hand under my dress and starts groping my a$$.

"Hey! Stop it!" I yell at him, pushing him away "GET AWAY FROM ME."

He pulls the strap of my dress down, and puts his lips on mine.

I didn't kiss him back at all and I attempted to scream, but they were muffled against his lips as his hands still wandered wherever he wanted them to be.

"Someone help!!! Please!!" I try to yell, but I almost accepted my fate as he doesn't even budge.

"Hey! Let the girl go!" Gretchen tells him, an amused smile on her lips.

He looks at her, and chuckles "Way to cock block me Gretch."

I visibly cringe as I hear him say those words, he was actually going to attempt to rape me.

"We have a situation." she tells him, her amused expression fading quickly as it was replaced with a cold and serious one.

"What is it?" he asks, and she whispers something in his ear, making him stiffen.

"He's dead?" Marley asks, panic rising in his voice, and Gretchen nods.

"We gotta get outta here." he yells, and she follows him to his car, running away.

I take this opportunity to run into his house and try to find my friends.

The moment I step inside, I see the situation.

Justin was performing CPR on a random guy and Gracie was in the corner crying.

"What the hell happened?" I ask them, my voice almost yelling.

"We killed him." they both say, and after a few moments of silence, police sirens approach and we all stiffen.

"HANDS IN THE AIR. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT."

"Belle Tanner ? You are under arrest for the murder of Tom Hulls."

"WHAT?" all three of us yell in unision.

"I didn't kill him!"

"Say that in the station."

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Hey guys!!! So that was the first chapter. This is the first book I have ever written so please bear with me.

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