Twisted Up

~Chapter 7~

There were 3 empty bottles of vodka. Mom used to have a drinking problem she had been 4 years sober. I look at Gray.

"Go get E"

I run to Ethan's room.

"Ethan-"I said

Before I got any words out he interrupts me.

"I'm sorry" he replies

"It's fine I understand, but mom's in here room passed out with 3 bottles of vodka empty next to her."

"WHAT?!"

"COME ON"

We run back and Gray calls our neighbors, they are our parent's best friends. Our neighbor, Katie, worked with my Mom to help her with her drinking addiction. She goes over and takes care of Mom. While E, Gray and I go drive to school. We were 30 minutes late...The class had already started. I hated walking into class late. When I had gotten my braces taken off I had to walk in class late and everybody would turn around and watch me walk in. I felt like I was walking weird.

"Smile"

"Lemme see"

"You look so much different"

Attention. Wasn't used to it.

We finally arrived at school.

"Fuck" Ethan exclaimed.

"What?" I questioned.

"We don't have late passes"

"Whatever I don't care"

We walk in and the lady who sits at the front desk tells us what period it is and a little "Sorry for your loss". I mean I appreciate it but all it does for me is make me miss Dad.

"Bye guys"

I head to the B wing, I'm a Sophomore and my brothers go to the D wing because they are seniors. I go to my locker and take out my binder and leave my bag. My anxiety starts building up the closer I get to the classroom. Shit, I'm here. I grab for the door handle. It hasn't even been .005 seconds and everyone turns around towards the door.

"RILEY"

"OMG YOUR BACK"

"I DIDNT THINK YOU WERE COMING"

Alejandro and Kairi came out of their seats and hugged me. Like I mentioned they were part of the New Jersey group. Also known as the famous TikTokers. I felt a bad feeling. Deep in my stomach. I didn't like it. It was my sadness. I started crying but I wiped my tears and sat down in my seat. I tried to think of things that would make me happy to be here. Mattia. I have the rest of the classes today with him. The next period was science.

(CLASS IS OVER)

It's hard to find a path to go to my locker when people come in crowds to see me. But I finally go to my locker and Mattia's ex, Jenna, was standing there. I was scared, I never talked to her. She was super rude.

"Uh, Hi," I said.

"Are you and Mattia dating?" she said snarkily. She just cut right to the questions.

"Um, yeah why"

"Could you like not"

"What do you mean, I'm happy with him and I'm not breaking up with him because his ex has a problem with us"

"Yes, you are, because I said so!"

"Can you move out the way I need to get to my locker"

"Don't tell me what to do"

"What are we three?"

She moves enough so my locker door could open. I see Mattia coming my way. We wave at each other. Jenna was still standing there, I don't know why she is, but she's still there waiting for me, I ignore her. I put my binders away and my hand was still the locker. Jenna slams the locker door and my hand gets stuck.

"Oh my god" I yell

"What the hell Jenna!" Mattia comes in from behind me and starts pulling on the locker door. It hurt like hell. I start to cry a little.

The math teacher comes out of her room and helps me out. She finally tugs hard enough that it swings open. My hand was red and purple. I start to walk down to the nurse's office with Mattia.

"I'm sorry about Jenna she is annoying and obsessed with me"

"It's not your fault, ugh it hurts so much"

I walk into the nurse's office. She tells Mattia to go to class. I sit down on the bed. She asks what happened and I tell her. She calls the office and Jenna's in trouble. I don't feel bad... at all. She examines my hand, she says I need to go to the doctors to get an x-ray. They call Ethan and Grayson out of class. I sat there waiting for them to come so we can leave. The nurse gave me an ice-pack even though she thinks I broke my hand...wouldn't be surprised if I had. Ethan and Grayson come down with my bag, they look stressed.

"What happened?!" Grayson asked.

"This girl slammed my hand in my locker"

"Why"

"I'll tell you later, can we just go"

"Yeah"

(At the doctors' office)

I go to the x-ray room, the lady takes the pictures and I head back into the room waiting to see what's up with my hand.

Gray-"So when are you gonna tell me what happened"

Riley-"When we get home, okay"

Gray-"Alright"

The nurse comes in.

"You have broken your metacarpals and will need a cast"

"Great" I sigh under my breath.

"What color would you like?"

"Red, my favorite color"

"Okay"

She proceeded to put the padding then wrapped my hand.

(At home)

"So what happened at school"

"Can we check up on mom first"

"Oh yeah"

Grayson's POV

Why is she stalling so much?

Back to Riley's POV

We search through the house and she's nowhere to be found.

"Gray, Riley" Ethan shouted.

"What? Did you find her"

"Come look"

There was a note on the kitchen counter...