Cigarettes And A Typewriter (ON HOLD).

CH 6: Instagram Post

***Warning: There is bullying in this chapter***

~Alice

Heading to my fifth period class, I see a familiar red haired friend of mine at his locker which makes my muscles in my body relax better. Every time I'm in these generic hallways, I like the walls are closing in on me and it's hard to be relaxed around school. Adam closes the metal door and begins to walk towards me which causes my lips to form a big grin as my legs walk a little bit faster towards him.

"Hey, Ginger Snap!" I say to him, Adam snaps his head in my direction, "Hi, Alice." He smiles while rolling his eyes, I laugh at his expression and make my way to World History II. Yet, my smile dies when I hear a familiar voice call out in my direction, "I didn't know the circus was in town!"

I look up ahead to see Rex and Danny walking my way, trying to avoid their attention even more I stare at the ground. The feeling of pins and needles in the pit of my stomach start to kick in and I feel sick. "Hoped you liked the post Alice."

I stop walking in the middle of the hallway and look back to see Rex laughing at my confused expression as he nudges Danny, who seems to be uninterested, "W-what post?" I ask meekly.

"Go ask your boyfriend, I'm sure he knows. Everyone does." Rex says and walks away with Danny. I feel my face get hot and tingly after his comment, as I question myself what everyone knows? The bell snaps me out of my head and forces me to go to my class where there is a substitute named Mr. Reed. He quickly takes role and explains that our teacher left unexpectedly, therefore there is nothing for the class to do. I pull out my phone and begin to scroll some of the boys profiles, which are blocked. But I unblocked Rex out all of them since he is the one that gives me the most trouble. Tears spring out of my eyes when I see the picture staring back at me, and it's me photoshopped on a slaughtered pig with the caption, 'She over ate, lmao! #pig #slut'

"Alice," A voice says next to me, I look over to see a blonde haired girl bending next to my chair as her friends look over at us from another table, "Are you okay?"

"Sydney, how many people saw this?" I ask and point to my screen, Sydney looks over at my phone and I watch her face turn from worry to horror, "About most of the school," She sadly says and I cover my mouth, "But it's okay now! Everyone-." I cut her off and grab my things to head to the bathroom as Mr. Reed calls out my name to stop me. I walk to the bathroom as a sob slithers out of my throat like a snake would or what Rex would do. I push my way into the bathroom and pick the first stall I see and sit on the toilet where I start to cry heavily.

'Why me? What did I ever do to them?' I ask myself in my head over and over again. There isn't a day where I don't ask myself that.

"Hey, are you okay in there?"

I move my hands from my face and see Jenny with concern, "Alice?!" She gasps, "Why are you crying?"

"You had to have seen it, Jenny." I say, Jenny's eyes widen at my statement, "The post you mean," She says, "Alice, Rex is just some nobody which makes him an ass hat to you because you have a future."

"That doesn't make it hurt any less." I sniffle. "You're not wrong there," Jenny says and gets to eye level to me, "Don't let them win."

"It's hard-."

The bell cuts me off, Jenny and I look at each other and she stands up and holds out her hand for me to grab which I do, "Let's get you cleaned up, okay?" She asks and I nod.

After cleaning ourselves up and head to the cafeteria where Adam is at our usual table. Adam smile fades once he sees my red eyes, "Alice, what's wrong?" He asks, Jenny instead chimes in for me, "She saw the post Adam," Jenny looks at me, "Why don't you get something to eat?"

"I'm not really hungry."

"You said that this morning-." Adam is cut off by Rex and his friends at another table booming laughter. Their laughter gives me the chills as if it was cold water splashing onto my back, it was the same laughter they had in August. In front of that water fountain, I feel my heart to beat out of my chest when I make my way out of my seat and towards them.

Although I'm afraid and everyone is looking at me with confused eyes, I give a hard stare towards Rex and I stop in front of him. Rex turns towards me while chuckling, "What, you want my leftovers?" He comments.

"No, but you can." I say...

TO BE CONTINUED