Chasing The Dream

Chapter 10

At school the next day I park in my usual parking spot and Alex was there waiting for me. He grabs my hand and Mackenzie and Blake give me a knowing look then walk off.

"Hey gorgeous." Alex greets me.

"Hey." I say blushing.

"Are you ready to tell the band about us?" he asks me.

"Shit. I forgot about that. I hope they aren't mad." I say grimacing.

"I'm pretty sure they saw it coming. They even talked to me about it." he says.

"Really? What'd they say?" I ask.

"They saw me looking at you and told me to make sure I use a condom and that they don't want to deal with a hormonal girl and eventually a crying torture device that will lead you to suicide." he answers.

"Uh..." I trail off unsure of what to say. We walk into the school holding hands and everyone turns to look at us. I blush and hide my face against Alex's arm. I quickly look up and am met with an icy glare from Queen Bitch. If looks could kill I would be blown to smithereens. She did not look happy and I knew there would be hell to pay.

The school day passes slowly due to the fact that I was always looking over my shoulder searching for the Bitch. All day I was tense and jumpy, everyone noticed and asked me about it but I brushed it off as nothing.

At the end of the day I heard the clip-clopping of heels on asphalt while I was waiting for the girls to show up. I turned around and there was the Bitch. On the inside I was terrified, but on the outside I glared at her.

"I hope you know he's only going to use you. He doesn't even like you. I mean who would with your boring looks." she said tossing her hair. That last part about my "boring looks" really hurt me but I didn't show it.

"At least I don't look like I work on the street corner." I say right back at her. She glares at me.

"I've got guys begging on their knees for me. You have guys begging you to put some makeup on so they don't have to see your ugly face." she snaps.

"I thought it was you begging to be on your knees." I smile sweetly at her.

"I bet you don't even know how to kiss, let alone give a guy pleasure." she says.

"Well I'm sure I can figure it out, but I'll never be as much as a dick sniffer as you." I respond. This chick has seriously gotten on my nerves.

"I could have as many guys in a week as you could have in your entire lifetime." she tries to come back.

"Oh so you just admitted to being a cum dumpster." I say. This was just getting way too easy. She was basically digging her own grave.

"At least I can make them come." she says pathetically.

"So can their right hand, and your point is?" I look around and see that about twenty people are surrounding us and at least three are recording the argument.

"Alex is mine so back off!" she yells.

"Honey he was never yours." I laugh. She growls and launches herself at me and starts clawing at my face. She digs her nails into my temple and drags them down my entire face. I can already feel the blood dripping down my face.

"What was that for bitch?!" I scream at her.

"You ruined everything! I was supposed to be with Alex. Not you, ME!" she yells launching herself at me again. This time I was prepared for it and grabbed her wrists before she could do anything. She struggles out of my grip and slaps my cheek. That pisses me off so I throw a right hook at her jaw. It was a perfect hit and it knocks her off of balance. She gets up and grabs my hair pulling me down to the floor. I elbow her in the gut and I can hear her breath halt. I just wish it would stop forever.

"You fucking asshole!" she yells. That's when I punch her in the nose. Hard. I hear a crunch and blood starts gushing out of her nose. I'm pretty sure I broke it. She covers her nose with her hand and glares at me. Then she tackles me to the ground. This chick just won't give up! She straddles me pinning me to the ground.

"I never thought you were a lesbian. I guess all of those guys you've had sex with were just a front." I say.

"I. Am. Not. A. Lesbian!" she screams. She attempts to punch me multiple times, but they were so sloppy I easily avoided them. I flipped our positions so I was on top and I started pummeling her face. I feel a pair of strong arms encircle me and pull me off of her.

"Put me down!" I scream. I look over at Marie to see that she was being pulled up by her friends. Her nose had stopped bleeding, which led me to believe that I didn't break it like I had first thought. She had bruises forming all over her face and a few scratch marks.

"What the hell has gotten into you?" Alex asks me. Turns out he was the one who grabbed me.

"She fucking started it!" I say.

"Yea I know. I got a bunch of texts saying that you and Marie were fighting, then someone sent me a video! Why were you fighting?" he says frustrated.

"She started insulting me and I said a few things back, then she launched herself at me! I wasn't just gonna stand there and do nothing!" I defend.

"We should get you home and clean you up." he says looking over my entire body making sure I was in one piece. Mackenzie and Blake step out of the crowd and we all get in my car. Alex gets in the driver's seat since I was "incapable" of driving.

"I hate that bitch." I grumble.

"I think everyone knows that now due to the fight. Everyone's going to know about it tomorrow." Blake says.

"Yea I know." I say.

"At least you kicked her ass." Mackenzie says. We pull up to my house and all of us file in. Thankfully my brother and sister were in their rooms doing homework, my mom was in her room folding laundry and my dad was at work. If someone saw me covered in blood I would have a lot of explaining to do.

I go into the bathroom and look in the mirror. The right side of my face was covered in blood because of the multiple gouges on my face. I had a red handprint on the left side and it looked like it was already swelling. Other than that I came out of that fight unharmed. I grab a washcloth and slowly wipe all of the blood off of my face. I then clean out the gouges, which hurts like hell.

"I'm so glad you're all right." Alex says hugging me tightly when I walk out.

"What about your car? Didn't you leave it at the school?" I ask him.

"I walked today, so I didn't have my car." he answers.

"Oh. I should give you guys a ride home." I say to Alex, Mackenzie and Blake. We get in the car and I drop all of them off. When I get home my mom was walking out of the kitchen and saw me.

"Oh my god what happened to you?" she cries.

"Some girl decided to use me as a scratching post. I will admit that I retaliated but only in self defense." I say honestly.

"Oh sweetie. Have you put Neosporin on it?" she asks.

"No." I say. She heads over to the medicine cabinet and takes it out. She walks over to me and starts putting it on my face.

"Damn that burns!" I yell. She ignores me and continues to put in over the scratches. She finishes and tells me that dinner is ready. I go sit at the table while she gets my brother and sister. They run downstairs and Cole immediately notices my face.

"Dude did you get in a fight?" he asks excitedly. I just glare at him and eat my dinner. My dad was still at work so he wasn't here to question me either. I finish eating and go up to my room. I sit on my bed and was hit with an immense amount of exhaustion. I change into PJs and slide under the covers immediately falling asleep.