The Only One » cth [en]

9. jade gets harassed

"I feel it in my bones, enough to make my systems blow..." I hum, tapping the steering wheel lightly. I can hear the saxophone in the back of the cover playing in the radio.

I'm supposed to grab the guys since I got the car to make a dress delivery today.

I feel like I'm really lucky that I got that offer when I did, thank god for that drawing workshop. I think I'd die if I had to stay three more years in a schoolling institution aka uni.

I hate coming here, it gives me bad memories. Highschool was a period I'd rather forget.

After parking, I lean against the main building and sigh. I'm late and they're not here. Those guys take ages.

I pretend to be doing something on my phone so I don't look so sad and lonely to the people who pass by.

"Watch out, George, hot content here."

My mistake is looking up to see where the voice came from.

Three guys and a girl are approaching me. The group is all dressed up so I suppose they're the rich kids of the place. At least, some of them.

"Did you hear me, sweet? I said you're hot."

I lower my phone and cross my arms. Ugh, pathetic and desperate.

"I'm not a starbucks drink, sorry. You look like you could use one, though, it's kinda cold out here."

Their attitudes obviously change after my comeback.

One of the guys comes closer to me and I watch as the sun reflects in his perfectly brushed quiff.

"Listen up, curious George and friends, I'm kinda busy here so can I ignore you some other time?"

Suddenly, one of his hands pushes me against the wall by my waist.

"Why are you playing hard to get when you're so hard to want?" The guy whispers against my ear and I freeze in my spot. This can't be happening. Maybe it's a curse.

I want to kick all of them in their dicks and pinch the girl's boobs (because, damn, that hurts). But I begin to panic and I can't move.

"Andy, let's go. She's not even pretty." The girl whines, apparently bored and I clench my fists.

"Well, maybe if you ate all that make-up you'd be pretty on the inside too." The stupid vagina owner squeals offended and I feel the grip around my waist tightening.

"Get off me, you creep." I find the strenght to say and then I try to push the guy's chest but he barely budges.

He pushes his leg into the middle of my tights and I gasp, both surprised, angry and flushed. I don't want this.

"Stop, please." I feel his nails sticking into my skin.

"Get the fuck away from her."

Our heads snap to the left, to face a way pissed Ashton stomping our way.

The son of a bitch steps away and I let myself lean into the wall behind me. My vision becomes blurred and empty.

I still can see Ashton pushing the guy, Luke putting an arm over me and Michael and Calum standing near us.

Once the assholes take off, Ash caresses my cheek and he grabs the car keys. None of us lnows what to say so we just stay silent the whole ride home. We drop them off, and I still feel kinda bad because I know if it wasn't for this incident Ashton would go out with the guys or something.

When we get to the apartment he tells me to sit in the couch and grabs a bag of chips for us. I give my cousin a thankful smile and cover the both of us with a blanket.

I put Bob's Burgers playing in the tv in hopes to make me laugh. It does, as always, but by the time the episode ends my mind is clouded with sorrow.

"Wow, my life really is depressing, isn't it?" I let out a sarcastic laugh out in the open.

"Hey, don't say that." Ash gets closer to me and I lay my head on his shoulder.

"People might be shitty, but you're not. You're just good enough, so you can tell them to go suck a dick and put a finger up each other's asses."

This time we both laugh and I feel my temporary melancholy vanishing.

"Why do you think that sucking a dick is used in such an offensive way? I mean, from my point of view it depends on the dick, but still-"

"Oh my god, Jade! Why would anyone know that? And who's dicks have you been seeing?"

My stomach starts to hurt from laughing at his shocked expression.

I really haven't watched many dicks besides Ash's when we were little and my first and only boyfriend's. But it's not like I have never watched porn and also I like to piss my cousin off.

My phone buzzes in my jeans and I watch Calum's name appearing on the screen.

I kick Ashton out of the room, still catching his mocking grin.

"What?"

"Nothing, cous. Your smile just grew bigger."