FEAR

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen

The next two days went by quickly. Mom let me go on the hike just as long as Nate and Jay kept me in eyesight at all times. That was easy enough, plus with the police cruiser sitting, waiting for me, making sure nothing happened helped ease my mother's mind. I on the other hand, felt like I was being stalked and babysat all at the same time. It wasn't a very good feeling.

Alex spent most of the walk with me but being the gentlemen that he was, he would split his time with me and a few of the other girls who were crushing on him. I thought he looked good with one of them but his mind was stuck on me which made me feel horrible.

We would talk about simple things, such as the weather or what's been going on at school. A few times he would apologize for what he did but I would shrug it off. I didn't need to be reminded of what happened, every time he brought it up, I thought I could still feel the sting.

Once we took a break, I went and sat with Justin. He asked me about his brother and about us hanging out. He said he was OK with it and that as long as I was happy, he was. It was one of the nicer things he's said to anyone. He also told me that Alex wasn't happy about it but told me not to worry. It was sweet of him and at that moment, I didn't care about the jerk that I first met, Justin was becoming a real good guy right in front of my eyes. I guessed a lot of it had to do with Becca.

She broke up with her boyfriend, Max a few days ago, finding out that he cheated on her. Now she and Justin were hanging out and they both seemed bright eyed about the new relationship.

Sunday was a boring day where I just sat at home making sure I got all my homework assignments done. Jay stayed with me and we talked about Todd, Todd, and imagine that, Todd. Jay wasn't the type to gush and get all girly but once he started on the topic of Todd, his eyes would light up like it was Christmas morning. It was refreshing and annoying all at once.

Travis had messaged me about hanging out Monday, after school and I agreed. I wasn't sure if he thought of it as a date but if he did it was a poor one. I still wasn't allowed to leave even with all the added babysitters. I was OK with that. There wasn't much to do in the town and I really wasn't in the mood ever since I find out there were two people out there trying to hurt me.

School was a bust. Everyone would stop and give me sympathetic stares which made me wonder what they knew. People that normally didn't talk to me came up and tried to start conversations. Even Jen was being polite and that was a rare sight for me.

By the end of the day, I was ready to go home. I couldn't stand people watching me, acting like some big celebrity. It irritated me and made me feel bad for all the celebs who had paparazzi and screaming fans constantly on their trail. Those poor people never got any privacy and I was beginning to understand how they felt sometimes.

Jay was standing at my locker when I went to swap my books out. Mom called the school and made sure he or Nate was in all of my classes. Everyone was being over dramatic and causing more problems than what was needed. I was ready to run away where no one could find me, just me and Kaylee out on our own.

"That bad?" Jay asked putting his arm around my shoulder as we walked out the door.

"The worst." I replied.

"It'll get better with time."

I doubted that but I didn't want to hurt his feeling by complaining about his support. He was always so nice to me even before everything had happened and I wasn't in the mood to make him upset.

He took me home and waited with me until it was time for Travis to show up. Then he was off to hang out with the guys because he wasn't on lock down. I was bitter about the whole thing and everyone knew it.