He Saved Me

chapter four

As I was thinking about all the reasons why my father hated me so much, I ran smack bang into the wall, then landing on my butt in the hallway. I sucked in a breath, as the pain spread throughout my body, I then realized that it must not have been a wall I ran into, I frantically look up to see I had run into Ryder Black, I could feel the blood run to my cheeks as I looked down in embarrassment, then I heard a chuckle.

"Hey are you okay? You took a bad spill there, I guess that's what happens when you don't look where you are going!"

I look up to see jay put his hand out to help me up off the floor. I couldn't help but flinch away.

They aren't going to hurt you Crystal, they are trying to help you up off the floor, you can do this! They aren't like your father!

I look back up to the guys to see they looked down at me with these curious/worried looks but one that stuck out from the rest is the almost worried look I was getting from Ryder.

"I-i-Im so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going, I'm so sorry" I say as I jumped up, ignoring the pain, I ran down the hallway to my next class before I was late, as I ran down the hallway, I could feel the stares from the guys burning the back of my head. As I reach my classroom, I walk straight in and up to the very back of the room to my seat. As soon as I sat down, I looked out the window, wondering if my life will ever get better for me or will no one save me from this hell I'm in.

'Time skip to lunch'

It's now lunch time and I'm sitting with my other friend, his name is Scott, he has brown hair and brown eyes, he's more like an overprotective brother figure in my life, only rose knows about my abusive father. I'm scared about the fact that if I tell Scott about what goes on at home, he'll leave me like all of my other friends, I'm just too scared to tell him, I always ask myself, "Why would Rose and Scott, or anyone for that matter ever want to be friends with someone like me who has a lot of baggage?"

I was brought out of my thoughts by Scott slinging his arm around my shoulders, giving me a side hug.

"Hey C, are you good? You zoned out again" biting my lip to prevent me from yelping out in pain, I just nodded my head, telling him I was fine.

"Are you sure C? Is everything okay? Is anyone giving you a hard time? Cause all you have to do is give me a name and I'll go beat the crap out of them! No one, I mean no one is allowed to hurt you! You are like a sister to me; I don't want you getting hurt."

He said, facing me.

Its okay S, no one has hurt me. I know you would beat the crap out of anyone who even got close to me. . . You are like a brother to me too, I don't want anything happening to you too." I say, looking down, not meeting his eyes, trying not to give away the fact that I lied.

"You would tell me if something happened right C, I mean anything?"

"Yes of course I would S, now where is Rose? She should have been here by now?" I say, changing the subject and looking around the cafeteria for any sign of Rose, seeing nothing I looked back at Scott.

"Didn't she tell you, she had to stay in. She didn't finish the paper that was meant to be handed in, I swear she has her head in the clouds or in those girly magazines she likes to read, most of the time."

I shake my head, "Yep that sounds like Rose for ya, always gossiping or doing whatever else she does instead of actually schoolwork!"

"To true C, to true. Well, I gotta go, I have football practice." Scott said, hugging me again before getting up and walking away.

"See you later dork, have fun!" I yell out.

I once again find myself alone. I had my head down, trying to avoid any unwanted attention. Just as I was about to get up and head to the library for the last half of lunch, I get this feeling that someone was looking at me. I turn to the direction the feeling was coming from, to find that Ryder is staring at me with this curious look. Looking down immediately, I quickly grab my stuff and walk towards the cafeteria exit.

Making my way to the library, I stop by my locker to drop off my books, seeming as I have a free period after lunch, just as I finished putting my books away, I felt a presence come up behind me. . .

Dammmn cliff-hanger. Who do you think is standing behind Crystal? Why was Ryder staring at Crystal? What are your thoughts on the story so far? Let me know in the comments!! Bye for now ❤❤

I'm planning for the next chapter to be posted for this Saturday so be sure to check it out❤❤