Home-life wasn’t something I particularly enjoyed. As I sat on the cream coloured school bus waiting for it to reach my designated stop I couldn’t help but wish for time to slow down. My headache was getting worse, my skull feeling like it was caging in a raging monster instead of my brain but I was still wishing to remain on the bumpy, sweat smelling vehicle.
“Party this weekend at my house!” Taylor bellowed from the five seater row at the rear end and the bus cheered. Even the unpopular people seemed to be excited about the party that would pursue the week. I however rolled my eyes at her cliché attempt to hook up with Luke yet again.
Luke was sitting beside her, his blond hair styled up in a quiff and he was truly pleasing to the eyes. However the boy being Ashton’s best friend guaranteed that I would never get to know him properly but the few times we spoke during our seating arrangements in English he seemed like a really nice guy.
I pulled out my old phone, I was still saving up to upgrade it but my job wasn’t exactly well paying so for now I was stuck with an iPhone, the third generation of course which I wasn’t going to complain about because it’s better than a flip phone or nothing at all. I plugged in the cheap earphones that came with it, I still had the pair that originally came in the packaging, and I always took good care of my earphones unlike some people who go through a few pairs a month.
When you’re alone do you think of me?
And my diamond rings thrown out to sea
and when you love do you love for me
like harmony a never ending dream
oh well of well I still hope for the best
say goodbye and send me off with a kiss farewell.
The song rang through the earphones filling my head with the sound of the bass, the drums, the guitar, it all blended together in such a way that I felt bumps surface on my arms, the hair on the back of my neck raise as I let myself get lost in the music.
Suddenly my earphones were ripped out of my ear and rage flooded my mind, “What do you think you’re doing asshole?!” I spit out my eyes only seeing red when my gaze landed on Ashton who sat cockily beside me. “Why do you feel the need to grace me with your presence?”
“Are you coming to the party?” He asked with a sly smirk and even though I wasn’t already, just he feeling the need to double check had my answer locked in on a hard no.
“Are you coming out of the closet?” My question threw him off slightly, he obviously wasn’t expecting any response other than a yes, no or slap in the face. The last option was also on my mind.
“No?”
“Oh look you answered your own question, well done.” I said in a mockingly sweet voice, “Now fuck off.” I said more sharply as I ripped my earphones out of his hands and put them back in my ears just as the vehicle began to slow down at my stop.
I stood up, only to wobble slightly when the bus came to a stop, Ashton however did not move. “Oh I’m sorry princess is this you’re stop?” he asking using my own mock sweetness against me.
I didn’t have any words I could have said, time was running out and as much as I hated home I hated walking there even more knowing that with every step towards the retched place my feet would try and heave me the opposite direction.
Without warning I place my hand directly on Ashton lap, taking a hard grip of his nuts I begin pulling upwards. The boy’s face was that of pure shock as he followed my hand and moved with its guidance out of my way. “Wow… You’d think for a boy your height you’d have more to offer. Such a shame,” I shrug, the whole bus seeming to have bought my bluff as I pushed him towards the back off the bus where he had originally came from.
