Do You Trust Me? *Colby Brock*

Chapter 7

It was Monday morning and I woke up pretty early. Thankfully my dad left the night before. I had ignored everyones text for the weekend, I didn't want to be seen. I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth when I looked into the mirror and noticed the bruse next to my eye had become darker and more painful. I sighed "Guess it's gonna take me ten minutes to cover this up." I turned around and punched my bathroom wall. I went back into my room and pulled out a pair of leggings and an oversized pink hudddie from Ben. I did two braids in my hair and worked on my make up. I made sure the bruse wasn't visible and put my glasses on for extra protection. I headed downstairs and grabbed a poptart. My mom came up behind me and went into the fridge.
"How is it?" She asked calmly.
"It still hurts and has gotten darker... But I've had worse," I just shrugged it off.
"Baby... You need to stop protecting me. I can take it."
"But you shouldn't have to!" I slammed the cubbard door. "WE shouldn't have to!" my mom looked like she was about to cry.
"I know Baby, I know. But we can't and won't leave" She patted my head and pulled me into a hug. I pushed her off and wiped away a tear that smudged part of my foundation. Mom didn't say anying and let me go. "Have a good day at school darling!" She smiled. I put on some black convers and left the house. When I got into my car I text Colby.
Me: Hey..?
Colby:Hey. Where have you been? You haven't answered any of our texts...
Me: Right sorry... My dad was randomly in town and wanted to spend time with me 😁
Colby: Okay what's up then?
Me: Can you walk me to classes again? I can get you another pass.
Colby: Oh yeah sure why not 😊
Me: See you in history!

I drove to school and headed to the deans office to get Colby another slip. He actually said yes and gave me another slip to give to Colby. I headed to History to get to class early. Jake was already sat in the back of the classroom so I went and sat with him.
"You're here early aren't ya flame?" He said smerking.
"Yeah... Just thought I'd come and sit in the classroom till lesson starts" I nuddged him playfully. He smiled back and me and we messed around till class started. It was nice, just being able to let loose. The others came into the room and I tried to act like everything was fine. We were about halfway through the lesson when Colby pulled Sam Jake and Emily to the corner so Zoe and I couldn't hear.

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"Yo... Does something seem off with Flame to you?" I asked the others concerningly. Sam and Jake nodded.
"Don't you see it? She's covered a bruse up with makeup... It looks pretty bad too." Emily pointed out concerningly. Just underneath Flames eye was a small patch of dark purple and black. We looked over at Zoe and she nodded indicating that it was a bruse.
"Do we say owt?" Sam asked looking back over.
"No man, if somethings happend we gotta let her come to us" Jake said patting me on the back.
"She bearly knows us tho... I feel like we should ask" Emily said calling over Zoe and Flame. "What happened? You can tell us Flame" Emily reached out her hand but Flame refused.
"I don't know what on earth you are talking about Emily." Flame became very defensive almost immediately.
"Flame we can see the bruse..." Sam said pointing to where it is.
"I have no idea what you are on about. So would you drop it? I'm fine!" I saw a tear drop down her cheek and and when she wiped it away you could see more of the bruse.
"Who did this! Flame that's a massive bruse!" I became very on edge.
"WOULD YOU DROP IT!" Flame slammed her hands on the desk. "I'm FINE! Everything is FINE! Now quit ASKING ABOUT IT!" The whole classroom became silent. She grabbed her bag and stood up. "May colby and I be excused please Mrs? " she gleared signalling for me to stand up. The teacher nodded her head and I grabbed my bag and walked out.

"What was that!" I stopped her in the hallway.
"Nothing okay? It was nothing. Yes it's a bruse. If you must know... I em... I walked into a street lamp. Hit my head and it brused." I could see another tear falling down her cheek so I wiped it away. We silently walked to our next classroom. It was a long awkward silence.

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When we got to the English classroom we were a little early so I went to the bathroom to cover up the parts of the bruse what was showing. "FOR GOD SAKE!" I hollard in the empty bathroom. The whole bottom part of the bruse was completely uncovered and looked even worse. I threw my makeup bag down onto the sink bench and bursted into a flood of tears. I heard someone come to the bathroom door and a freshman walked inside.
"Are you okay? We can hear you from next door." She had a look of concern across her face.
"Yeah no I'm fine, just having a rough morning." She came over and gave me a hug, I didnt fight back nor did I push her away.
"Need some help?" She smiled pointing to my bruse. I nodded and she grabbed my foundation from my bag. She helped me cover it up and she fixed the rest of my makeup. "My names Alice by the way," She smiled putting the lid on the eyeliner pencil.
"Flame. Thanks for the help Alice." I smiled and pulled her into another hug. We exchanged number just as the bell rang for next class. I walked out to see colby stood outside waiting for me.
"Calmed down now?" He smiled and laughed. I couldn't help but smile too. I nodded and we walked into class to get the table at the back. The rest of the day went pretty well no one else asked about the bruse and I texted Alice during most of my classes.

It got to the end of the day and colby had grabbed me from my human emotions class. As he walked me out of school he was oddly quiet. "What's up with you?" I asked confused. He didn't respond to me. "Yo... Brock? What's the matter?" I still had no answer. It was unusual for Colby to be so quiet around me. I had had enough. I pushed him into a locker and pulled the bennie off his head. "You better tell me right now what bothering you Brock or you won't get this back!" He sighed and I could see a glimpse of pain in his eyes. I let go of him and aloud him to take a breath.
"Who did that?" His face went strawberry red. "Who put that bruse on your face?" I was taken back. I saw a tear roll down his cheek and he looked as if he was going to explode. I shook my head.
"I told you, I waked into a street lamp."
"You don't get that kind of bruse from walking into a pole Flame." He looked at me annoyed but I didn't want him to find out who actually had done it.
"My... Sister came back at the same time my dad did... We had gotten into a fight." Clearly that wasn't true. Colby shook his head and decided not to ask anymore. He walked me to my car and left without saying goodbye.

(So I start back at school like in under two days. Sorry if I don't post frequently but I'll try and get a new chapter out every week? Don't be a silent reader. Vote and comment x)