Open Sea

Chapter 4

I rush away from the lunch room. Fuck, fuck, fuck! I can't believe I just yelled at Hollows. "Rave!" A voice yelled out. I turned around and see my brother. "Carson?" I questioned,
"Raven, what did you do?!" He whispered yelled in a firm tone, What did I do?
"I don't know what I did. I just lost my temper,"
I say as I look down at the ground.
"Is it bad?" I question my brother as I look up,
"Yeah Rave, it's really fucking bad," my brother says firmly as he walks away back to the lunch room. I walk to my locker which is on the other side of the school and grab what I need for my next class. I then hear and feel a bang against my locker I turn around fast in shock to Kyle pinning me against the lockers pissed as hell. "What's your fucking issue?" Hollows questions me in an extremely firm tone. I look over to see a group of people come around the corner and see what is happening. "Kyle back up," I say in a firm tone.
"What you gonna do this time Quinn?" Kyle says backing up. I stay quiet. "Oh, now the infamous Raven Quinn is finally mute, huh?" Kyles says sarcastically,
"Kyle just fucking leave," I say sternly,
"Why should I?" He questions me. I look over at the crowd of people staring and filming. I could see Missy and Carson with extremely worried expressions on their faces.
"None of this would have happened if you just didn't fight with my brother asshole,"
"Wanna know why we were fighting?" Kyle questions,
"Actually Quinn why don't you tell your sister why we were fighting," Kyle says pointing at my brother. Carson stands in the crowd saying nothing.
"Fine I'll tell her then," Kyle says while getting closer to me, looking down on me. I could feel his breath. I look down at his shoes, trying not to make eye contact.
"He was talking and flirting with my sister," Kyle begins,
"Well, when a poor dude like your brother, talks to a girl like my sister, it looks bad," Kyle explains. I look over at Carson and he again shakes his head at me. I agree reluctantly.
"Fine Kyle I'll let you win this one. Just because I have more balls than you," I reply to Hollows as I walk away. The bell rings as soon as I walk away and I finally reach class. No one talked to me. I got mean stares and looks all day. I got a couple of bully notes in my locker and on my desk, but I could care less about them.

At the end of the day I make my way to detention. Me, Carson, Hollows and a few other people went to detention. I saw Logan Heid, Jane Denti, and Jake Hardove. Logan and Jane have been in a relationship since freshman year. It's just gross. How they haven't split up yet it beyond me. Jake Hardove was my crush Sophomore year. He got hotter by the year, but due to his popularity and my lack there of, it would never work. "Okay, Welcome to detention," a man said. It was my chemistry teacher Mr. Johnson. "You all are here for a reason. Disrespect, violent behavior, disorderly conduct and vandalism. As soon as Mr. Johnson said vandalism I could hear Jake chuckle. "Is there something funny you would like to share Hardove? "No sir," Jake replies with a smirk on his face. I turn around to see Jake and laugh with him and I get a glimpse of Hollows in the next row behind Hardove. Kyle gave me a look and then looked back at the teacher. I turn back around and exhale sharply. "You all will be sorting the piles of assignments by date. You all get a pile of 78 and I want them all done by 7:35," Mr. Johnson explains. We all complain and sigh with frustration. Mr. Johnson leaves the room and sits by the window so he could still see us.

A couple hours go by and I'm more than halfway done with my pile. I feel a tap on my shoulder and I see Jake pass me a peice of paper. I take it and unfold and read it.
"That was badass, what you did in the cafeteria."
I look up and look back at him with a smile. I then write on the note.
"Thanks! Just had too show who's boss around here."
I fold up the paper and pass it back to Hardove chuckling and smiling. He opens the paper with a smile and chuckles with me. I look next to me and Carson just smiles at me. I pass a different note to Carson explaining what was going on. I look back to get another note from Jake and as I take the paper I see Hollows giving me a weird look. The look looked like he was trying to say What the hell are you doing? Or like Really? I just scoff at him and unfold the note Jake passed to me.
"Can I get your number?"
I smile and respond.
"Sure"
I fold and pass the note back. Jake then proceeds to pass me his phone and I put my number in. I look over at Hollows and he's giving me another weird look. I make a weird face back and give Jakes phone back. I turn back around and finish my work. I turn it into Mr. Johnson and head home. I wave to Jake and Carson and leave. I walk past Logan and Jane being cheesy in the corner and look the other way and I proceeded to walk home.

I walk up and over the hill to a mini apartment plot of land. I walk to mine and unlock the door. I clean my shoes and immediately go to my room to change and I then put my uniform in the wash for tomorrow. I then put on yoga pants, a sweater, socks and then proceed to do my homework. I see Carson get home and proceed to do the same things I did. He walks into the living room where I'm doing homework and starts his homework as well. He doesn't talk to me. He doesn't look at me. He's ignoring me.
"Are you mad at me?" I question, breaking the silence,
"Are you mad at me?" Carson questions still doing his homework,
"No," I reply
"Then that's my answer as well," he replies. I look over at the clock and realize my parents won't be home. "I'll cook tonight," I say breaking the silence yet again,
"You sure?" Carson questions as he looks up,
"Yeah," I reply as I begin to cook dinner. Once, I finish cooking I clean up. I wash the dishes, clean the counters and bring some food to my younger sister Violet once she got home from school. I then go to my room that me and my brother share and continue my homework. After, a few hours I finish and hear people come into the apartment. I look over at Carson. He gets up quickly and makes a quiet motion towards me. He opens the door and I follow. I grab my younger sister from my parents room and head back to me and Carson's room. I look out the door and see my parent come home from work drunk and out of it with someone else. They spot Carson and approach him slowly.