Let Yourself Fall // sequel to My Ethan Karpathy

Chapter 4.

PAISLEYS POV:

The bell goes, signalling that it is lunch time. I walk out of my maths class and am met by Chris. We walk together to where Ethan and Meghan are waiting for us. I actually really like lunch times, is the only time the bullies can't pester me. They never do anything in front of Ethan. In front of Ethan, they are angels. I sit down next to Ethan and he gives me a quick peck on the cheek since he hasn't seen me all morning. We sit, talk and laugh our way throughout lunch, eating small bites so we don't spit it everywhere when Chris and Ethan make stupid jokes. They're stupid, and immature, but they're damn funny. At one point, I accidentally flick lettuce across the table at one point, I can't help but laugh as I saw it landed on Chris' forehead.Chris doesn't respond, he just smirks then throws a handful of chips at me.

"Eww! Chris, that went down my shirt!" I squeal.

"Ethan can get it." Chris smirks. I look over to Ethan, but he doesn't protest, just blushes a light shade of red and smirks at Chris.

"Deny it." I order, death staring him.

"Ah, but then my princess, I'd be lying. We don't lie anymore, remember?" Ethan teases. This causes me to blush a deep red. Horny 15 year old boys.

ETHANS POV:

Holy shit, did I really just admit that I want to touch her boobs? What the fuck just came over me. I'm laughing but cringing at myself right now. She's blushing a real deep shade of red now, it's pretty cute. And the way she's bending over to get the chips out, I guess you could say it was a pretty good view. The rest of the day we have apart, so I walk slowly to my next class, dragging my feet underneath me.

PAISLEYS POV:

I check my phone after school to find five new messages from the unknown number.

Unknown number: Oi, you ugly cow. Just go back to your own school, no one likes you here. Go back where no one hates you and don't want you to die.

Unknown number: don't think you are so nice because everyone hates you, you're a dumb, ugly shit.

Unknown number: you may want to watch the calories, Ethan won't date you if you get any bigger. And your so called 'model shoots' will stop selling products and you will lose your 'job'. Maybe lay off the food for a few weeks.. Yeah, that'll do.

Unknown number: just let Ethan go, let him be with the popular, pretty girls. You know he wants to. The world would be better without you, the girls could have Ethan. Stop being so selfish.

Unknown number: the world doesn't need you, just leave. Please, just take one for the team. I'm sure I can provide the knife.

This last one just gets me. I can't take it anymore, this has been happening pretty much every day since we started here. I run out the front, through the gate and down the road, ignoring the shouts from Chris and Ethan as I sprint past them, tears streaming down my face. At first, they chase after me, but since I was full of adrenaline, I was faster than them. They were just in earshot when I heard Chris tell Ethan to give up, that I would come back. Well, I'm not coming back. Not tonight at least, I need some time to myself. I run and run until I can run no further, see a small grassed area and decide to go there. It's now that I realise I am past lost. I collapse down by a bush and just lay there. I lay there until the sun sets, I lay there until it is pitch black.

That's when I start to feel scared, so I tuck myself up against the bush, hoping I was out of sight. I last a few hours, but just as I am growing tired, my back starts to ache. I decide that it can't hurt to stand up for a few seconds before tucking myself away for the night in the bush. I stand up, but just as I do so, a tall, dark figure comes into view. I can just see the outline of a middle aged man with a grey beard in the moonlight, and he's coming towards me, I've never been more scared in my life.

"Well, well, well, what's a pretty girl like you doing out here all alone?" The man asks creepily, rubbing his hand up and down my arm. I slap his arm away but he just continues to touch and grab at me, I try to back away but he just follows me.

"Please leave me alone." I beg, tears threatening to spill over my eyes.

"I won't hurt you, as long as you give me what I want." he smiles at me, it's the most pedophilic smile I've ever seen.

"Please don't, I'm only fourteen." I lie.

"Do you think I care?" He snaps. He grabs at my boobs roughly with his hands, playing with them, me trying to peel him off, but he just grabs them rougher. He then jerks me forward roughly, pushing me to the ground. He rips my top off and throws it on the ground by the fence. The tears are streaming down my face now. I beg him to stop, but he just continues, coming towards me.

ETHANS POV:

I'm worried sick. Paisley hasn't come home and I'm honestly scared shitless. I asked Holly if I could go and look for her, but she told me she would turn up tomorrow and I needed to go to bed. I did as she said, but I snuck out my window and am now roaming the streets at midnight, looking for my girlfriend. I am about three kilometres away from home when I hear the most scared, ear piercing scream I've ever heard in my life. And it wasn't the fact that the person who had screamed, was obviously in serious need of help. It was the fact that that scream belonged to Paisley.