SEVENTEEN [ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY ]

[1.5]

Alice Rose-

"Will anything be different this today?" Alice asked Clay as the two of them stood by her locker.

"what do you mean 'different'?" he asked and eyed the hallway looking for the boy who hurt the girl next to him.

"do you think Monty actually said anything?" Alice said worrisome and looked down at her hands, "is Bryce going to come after me?"

Clay shook his head and looked down at the girl, "Bryce cant hurt you again, okay?"

Alice nodded her head and looked over at the group of boys walking down the hallway. her eyes landed on a certain brunette boy as her cheeks flushed and she quickly looked away, "clearly he didn't do anything," she scoffed and began walking to her fifth period class.

"Alice-"

"no, what's the point? no one seems to do anything about what happened to me- all they care about is whether or not Bryce's family is going to pay for the stupid baseball field" Alice complained to the boy.

"what you went through was horrifying, i'm not saying i know exactly what you've been through. i'm here, i will help take down Bryce,"

"good luck with that, hes the king of the school-"

"listen-" Clay snapped and looked at the girl, "justin-"

"don't tell justin," Alice snapped back looking at the boy, "i get he's your brother now but i don't want this going around school, okay?"

"listen! justin's been through this with jessica. we can report bryce and we can have jessica report bryce too. they can't not do anything if two people report the same crime against the same person," Clay said and sighed, "i just want to help you,"

Alice nodded before entering her class and hearing the small whispers of the boys in the back as she sat down in her assigned seat.

"nice ass," one of the boys said making the girl snap her head in their direction.

"fuck off, Luca," she sneered and rolled her eyes in the boys direction.

"i mean, you can fuck me," Luca muttered laughing along with the other athletes in the school.

before the bell rang, Chloe came waltzing in. a smile was plastered on her face as she sat down in her seat and waved toward her best friend.

Alice smiled toward her friend and stared up front at the bored waiting for the class the to end.

"i'm assigning you partners for this lab. let's see-" their teacher said before he looked down at Alice, "Alice and Bryce-"

Alice's face fell in shock. she turned around slowly to see the blonde boy smirking at her.

"sir," she said shooting her hand up quickly.

"Alice, i assigned these partners for a reason. now go sit with your new lab partner," he said shooing the girl away.

Alice gathered her things and slumped in her chair next to Bryce, keeping her distance.

"hey, Alice," Bryce said with a low voice, the smirk never leaving his face.

"hi," she said softly and looked around the room to see Chloe getting to work with Tyler.

"let's get started, shall we?" Bryce said scooting his chair closer to the girl.

"yes," she said softly and looked at Bryce. her heart raced as he moved closer.

"Bryce-"

"Alice. i think we need to talk about what happened at my party," he said and placed his hand on her thigh, "i had such a great time," he continued licking his lips, "i would really love to do it again," he said giving the girls thigh a squeeze.

"bryce," she said and jumped up. she looked around and noticed everyone's eyes on her and she quickly looked down, "i'm sorry, i have to go," she said and began walking out of the classroom with her bag in her hand.

tears flooded her face as she quickly ran toward the front door of the school. her body came to sudden stop when her body collided with someone's chest.

"Alice?" the voice said snapping the girl from her trance.

her eyes slowly looked up seeing Monty's worried expression, "are you okay?" he asked helping the girl up.

"i'm fine," she said nodding her head and looking away from the boy, "i just- i just have to leave-" she said and began walking, but feeling the pulling of her arm from the boy.

"what's going on?" he asked and looked down at the girl.

"i hate him," she said, her voice breaking, "i hate him so much," she cried out.

"i kno-"

"no you don't," she shouted back, "you weren't there. you weren't the one stuck between him and his bed. you don't have to feel the guilt i feel everyday for what happened. it's all my fault. i lead him on and i got what i deserved, Monty," she muffled out through her sobs.

"he took advantage of you. that's not your fault,"

"it is. i was the one who got drunk. i was the one who stupidly followed him to his room. i was the one who-"

"who said no. you said no, Alice. he crossed a line the second he touched you while you were drunk. he took advantage of your state of mind and it's not your fault. you didn't have control. he deserves to pay for what he did," monty said and grabbing the girl, engulfing her into a hug.

"i hate him," Alice cried out again before fully emerging herself into Montgomery's hug.