Bullied // Mike's Dead // ⚠️

Chapter 17

He drove down a slightly familiar road. The one that we were on a few days ago. He kept driving until we arrived at the guy's house.
We walked up to the door and Mike knocked three times on the door. It swung open, revealing the same guy that we saw last time.
"Hey, Mike. Hey, Hailey." He smiled.
"Hey, uh..." I started.
"Josh." He laughed.
"Hey, Josh." I smiled. We all went inside and he handed me my ID.
"Thanks." I said.
"No problem." He smiled. We all talked for a little and then, Mike took me home.

*the next weekend*

I got home from school and went inside. Mike told me that he would be over shortly after and that he would stay at my house until we left for the club.
When I came inside, my mom was in the kitchen, so, I went to go talk to her.
"Hey, mom." I said, sitting my stuff on the counter.
"Hi, Honey. How was school." She asked.
"Well, I mean it's school, so." I said. "Um, one of my friends are coming over in a little bit. Him and I are going to be going somewhere tonight."
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"Uh..." I started.
"Honey, you know that I'm fine with you going to parties, right?" She said.
"Yeah. We're going to a party." I said.
"Ok, just no drinking." She said.
"Got it." I sighed.
"Ok well, I'm just gonna do some dishes. You can do whatever." She told me.
"Ok, I'm gonna go ride my skateboard for a little." I said.
"Bye." She said.
I grabbed my skateboard and rode it down the sidewalk. I decided that I should probably text Mike and tell him to text me when he got to my house so I could go back.

Me: Hey, I'm riding my skateboard rn. Text me when you get to my house so I can come back.
Mike: Ok
Me: Oh, guess what?
Mike: What?
Mom: My mom is back home!
Mike: Really?! When did she get back?
Me: Tuesday
Mike: Will I get to meet her?
Me: Yeah, just don't tell her that we're going to a club. I told her that we were going to a party tho
Mike: Ok

I put my phone back in my pocket and started riding again.
While I was riding down a hill, my skateboard ran over something and I fell off. I scrapped the side of my face, my arms, and I had a bloody nose.
I decided to go back to my house so that I could get cleaned up before Mike got there.
I started walking back up the hill and back to my house. While I was walking, a familiar car drove next to me. I saw that it was Mike's car and that he was gesturing for me to get in. I got in the passengers side and he noticed the scrapes.
"Are you ok?" He asked me.
"Yeah, I just fell off my skateboard." I said, wiping some of the blood off of my face with my hand. He handed me a few paper towels and I cleaned my hand off. I wiped off my other scrapes and held it over the ones that were the worst.
We arrived at my house and went inside.
"Mom!" I called out.
"Yeah?" She asked, coming down the stairs. "Oh my god! What happened!?"
"I fell off my skateboard. I'm fine though." I said. She grabbed some paper towels and got them wet and handed them to me.
I cleaned up my cuts while my mom helped me.
"So, is this your friend that you're going to the party with?" she asked, referring to Mike.
"Yeah, this is Mike." I said.
"Hi, Mike." She smiled.
"Hey, Mrs. Laine." Mike said.
"Please, call me Heather." She insisted.
"Ok." Mike replied.
"So, is this another friend or...." My mom started.
"Mom!" I exclaimed.
"Sorry, I was just wondering." She said.
"We're just friends." I said. When I said that, Mike's face softened. A small frown was now spred over part of his face.
"Ok well, you better get ready." She told me.
"The party doesn't start for another hour and a half." I said.
"Oh." She replied. Mike and I both laughed and went up to my room. We sat on my bed, talking and making jokes the whole time.
I looked over at the time and realized that we had to leave in like half an hour. I got changed while Mike waited outside my bedroom:

I did my makeup and brushed my hair, then I grabbed a small, black bookbag and put my phone, keys, extra makeup and any other stuff I would need in it.
We went downstairs and said bye to my mom and got in Mike's car. He started driving while I plugged my phone I to the aux cord and started playing my playlist on Spotify.