I'm coming back

Chapter 3

Poppy POV:

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I thought it could not get any worse, but Sage walks down the middle of the lab stations and stops right at me and Jakes. I closed my eyes but I could hear his heavy breathing. 

He walked passed me and sat in the seat right behind me. 

Mr. Ryan continued his lesson and I felt something grab my hair and went to turn my head but something kicked my chair and I froze. 

"Don't move baby girl" His breath was hot against my neck, as he twirled a curl around his finger.

I whimpered and Jake grabbed my hand in a comforting motion. I sighed on the inside and I felt that everything was going to be okay. 

I guess that the whole class could feel everything that has happened but, thankfully they didn't say anything. 

The class droned on and on but I never felt his hand leave my hair... 

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"For the next lab, I want everyone to pair up. Girls with girls and guys with guys and if we have an odd number we will sort that out. Remember that this will be your partner for the rest of the year so please choose wisely" Mr. Ryan explained to the class.

I looked around for any girl that I could be partners with, but knowing my luck, all the girls were paired up. 

"Mr. Ryan I don't have a partner" I observed.

"Hmm... is there a boy that doesn't have a partner yet?" Mr. Ryan questioned.

I hoped and prayed with all my might that Jake didn't have a partner yet, but the one person that did not have a partner was Sage.

"I don't Ryans," Sage said with a smirk.

"Well that's perfect then, Ms. Poppy you will be paired with Mr. Sage" Mr. Ryan decided and at that point, I knew that my life was over. "Alright, now go find a lab station and grab a seat with your partner, then get started with the lab booklet." 

The noise in the class started to grow as everyone started their labs. 

"Hey, babe, ready to be partners?" Sage smirked. 

"Ready as I'll ever be" I mumbled.

"What?" he questioned.

"Yup I'm ready" I responded.

We started the lab and believe it or not Sage was quite good at science, he took it very seriously and make no snotty comments at all. 

When he was looking over at the beaker with his goggles over his hair, man I could feel myself falling for him... No, I couldn't he's a douche and all he would do would be hurt me.

 I promised myself that I won't ever let him touch me, ever. Little did I know how wrong I was...

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"Poppy?... you there?" Sage joked.

"Uh...what... ya that looks great! Did you think about adding...." I trailed on and on waiting for the bell to ring, meaning that my day was over.

RINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG.

Thank god I silently prayed and gathered up my things and ran out the door. 

I was walking past the library when I remembered that I promised my friend, Cathy that I would help her with her geometry project that was due in a few days. I huffed and walked into the library and found Cathy at the desk in the back near the window.

"Hey Poppy, thanks for helping again" Cathy chirped.

"Anytime, Cathy" I smiled. "Ready to get started?"

"Always" She replied 

We continued for about an hour and by this point, the school was mostly empty and so I told Cathy goodbye and I stayed behind to put the books away. 

Now it was just me and the librarian in the library, Mrs. Bees was creepy, so I ran as fast I could out of there.

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I headed toward my locker. 

Once I had opened my locker and put my books in it I smelt something funny, so I turned around and all I saw was Xander wearing his signature smirk. 

My heart rate was around 160 and I was freaking out. He only said one thing, but I would have preferred to not say anything at all.

"Ready to slip into something comfier?" He hissed.

I was utterly confused and I'm pretty sure the only thing that came out of my mouth was "ughbye". 

I took off running, dropping my stuff in the process, but at this point, nothing else really mattered. 

Why run? you might ask. Well, Xander is the aggressive one of the group and I was not going to wait for him to hurt me. 

I thought that I was fast, but nope, not fast enough to getaway. I was thrown to the ground and next thing I knew Xander was straddling me with a smirk and he held something over my face. 

The last thing I heard before losing consciousness was "good luck kid, your gonna need it".

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Hey, guys, the next chapter is a doozie, so buckle up. 

gDurkhardt :)

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