Lotty

Part 10: Handprint

As we walked toward the school I felt my heart beat slowly get faster. The closer we got the more nervous I felt. I just looked at Jake and the ground as we walked from class to class. I felt like nothing was happening and the whole world had stopped yet I saw my feet moving and everyone's lips moving. By lunch time I had almost completely zoned out until I saw James. The second I saw him I stopped walking. Jake saw him and realized why I had stopped and looked into my eyes "Lotty we don't have to have lunch here. We can go outside or something." I looked at him then back at James he was sitting with Michelle and Nick like nothing happened. "No I want to have lunch here." Jake was shocked by my choice but followed along with it anyway. I walked over to my table and day down next to Michelle across from James.

He smiled and grabbed my hands and then leaned in to kiss me. I backed away "What are you doing?" He was shocked "Lotty what's wrong?" My eyes nearly fell out of my head "What's wrong?! Really! You kissed Dana!!" He was surprised I had known then he realized Jake saw him and Dana and turned to face him "Oh so you told her?!" With that James lifted Jake with amazing strength and threw him to the ground in anger. Jake looked up at him fear in his eyes. James was about to hit him when I ran in front of James. At that moment I saw James eyes. They were bright red and full of anger. Then his hand made contact with my face instead of it's natural target Jake. I fell to the ground and my whole cheek was red with a handprint on it. James was shocked he hit me. Everyone was staring. A few girls even came over to help me up. I felt my cheek begin to throb and tears began streaming down my face. "We are over James. Over."

Michael saw the whole thing and he ran over to my side examining my cheek. Then he spoke "James if you ever touch her again I will kill you!" James stood there not saying anything just staring at my cheek then he left the cafeteria.

After school Michael walked me home. He hadn't left my side since the incident in the cafeteria. He held me close under his arm as we walked. "Lotty are you okay?" He stopped walking and looked into my eyes. "Ya I'm fine just shocked he actually hit me." Michael saw that tears began to form in my eyes and hugged me tightly "Lotty I promise you I will never let anyone hit you again ever and if James even gets within five feet of you I will kill him." I didn't say anything because I didn't know what to say. Michael and I continued to walk. We were about a 10 minutes from my house when Michael picked me up. He began running with vampire speed to my house.

When we got there we were in my room. Olivia wasn't home because she was working late again. I was kinda glad she wasn't home because I would he able to hang out with Michael alone and be able to avoid a long conversation about the handprint on my face. I sat on my bed silent. My face still killed from the blow. I got up and looked in my mirror. My makeup was all over the place. Eyeliner ran down my face like my tears. I was hideous. "I am gross." That's when Michael walked next to me. He moved a piece of my hair from my face gently with his large hands. "Lotty even in the worst times you still look beautiful to me." I turned to face him and he wiped a tear from my face. "Why don't we get you cleaned up and then we can watch a movie or something." I nodded then went into the bathroom with Michael.

I sat on the toilet as he gently wiped my makeup from my face. As he was wiping my face I noticed that he looked nervous each time he wiped my face. "What's wrong? You look nervous." He looked up at me "Its just I don't want to hurt you. You're so fragile and precious." I placed a hand on his cheek "Michael you could never hurt me. At least not as bad as James did." He smiled "I might not be able to hurt you but I can tickle you." He began tickling me and I couldn't help but laugh. I managed to get away and we began running around the house. As I ran I looked back but Michael wasn't there. I slowly crept around my house looking for him. That's when Boom! I bumped into him and he lifted me up and placed me laying down on the couch. He climbed on me holding my wrists down. "See I can tickle you and pin you down." I giggled "Okay you can do those things." He got off of me and then sat down next to me "So what are we gonna watch beautiful?" I shrugged "I have no clue." We began searching and after about an hour we had found a movie and began watching it. I slowly began to fall asleep but tried to stay awake. I couldn't fight the urge to sleep anymore and I fell asleep.