BELOVED (Heart Of Hunters, #1)

CHAPTER TWO - EXPELLED

CHAPTER TWO

EXPELLED

Kara slammed her palm into the metal locker. It swung open and she reached inside, pulling out the plastic sandwich bag. She fished out the last two white pills from its confines. Her shaking fingers brought them to her parched lips and she swallowed them dry, shoving the empty baggy into her jeans pocket. She needed more tonight, without a doubt, especially if she was to endure more of James.

“Kara!”

Her friend's abrupt approach scared her and she closed her locker, spinning towards her, “Jessica.”

“How was Biology?”

“Suck hole, for one we were late.” She grumbled, “My ankle is killing me and I have gym next and death is seemingly better than living!”

“You're so dramatic sometimes and like gym is ever hard for you.” Jessica snubbed.

“I'm not that dramatic.” Kara stuffed, You would be dramatic too if you had my life.

“Whatever,” Jessica shrugged and started on with a different topic, “The gang is going to The Waker tonight. Derrick is going, I already talked to him in first period.” She winked at Kara.

She sighed, “Jess, I don't know if I'm really into him.”

“You don't have to be into him, you just need to lose your virginity!” She shot at her.

Kara stared up at her, “Are you serious?”

“Kinda?” Jessica tried with an overzealous fake smile.

Kara limped, “Crap, I can't do gym.”

“The absolute horror of not being about to punt a volleyball across a gym floor.” Jessica droned, uninterested in Kara's pain.

She swung her gym bag into her friend, “Ha, ha! It's the only class I'm not managing an F in.”

“Great.” Jessica commented, “So Derrick. You did say, you'd go out with him.”

Kara wanted the warning bell to ring so the conversation would dissolve, “Ugh, I didn't.”

“You did!” Jessica jumped at her and Kara stumbled back from the abruptness.

She pressed a hand to the blonde's shoulder and pushed back a few inches, “Let's calm down. It's just a boy.”

Jessica looked displeased, “Yeah, meaning he's not tall, dark or broody.”

“Don't start.” Kara went to walk away.

“Just cause James comes back doesn’t mean you can blow people off!”

Her friend's words rang into her ears and she sighed, dropping her chin, “That is not why.”

Jessica crossed her arms, “Seriously, don't do this again, Kara. Don't let him fuck with you again! He had you naked and in bed and then stopped it all!”

Kara looked around her, “Jessica, do you have to yell it?”

The girl snorted, “I'm just saying. He's a total jerk!”

Kara sighed, exhausted from the topic.

A tall, gangly teenage boy bounded around the corner at them – which provided her with an out from the conversation, just not much of one.

“Kara, hey!”

She turned to him, “Hi, Derrick.”

He smiled and hugged her, lifting her from the ground, “Where were you first period?”