Bully's Proposal

II

Finally it was Friday. Over the week, Jake and I had bonded. He was officially my first friend since sixth grade. Surprisingly, after our whole storage room encounter Ashton has left me alone. He hadn't troubled me once. The only places I saw him in school was when I was passing by the old building where Ashton and his buddies smoked. He did have a new girl on his arm everyday but that didn't bother me.

Sexual Abuse kind of a scene ahead so read with caution
When third period chemistry ended Mr. Nance asked me to stay behind and so I did.

"Ms. Hunter your grades are slipping in Chemistry. At this rate you'll fail." Mr. Nance said shutting the door of the classroom.

"I can do extra credit assignments, or lab work perhaps?" I asked.

"I had something else in mind." Mr. Nance said pressed up against me from behind.

My entire body shivered in disgust and I tried to push him away but his hand trapped me. When I tried to speak his other hand covered my mouth. I could feel him grinding against me and I couldn't do anything but cry.

"I have admired your body for a very long time now. Imagie my surprise when I realised you live with a foster family who doesn't care about you! I knew I could make my move now. If you make a sound, I'll do much worse than I should." He whispered in my ear.

He pressed me up against the desk and moved his hands roughly all over my body. Before he could slip his hands below my top, I kicked him on the knee and ran for the door, I could hear him yelping in pain. I unlocked it and ran until I had reached the girl's loo.

Safe to read from here

I sat in a stall and I cried. I just couldn't stop. I felt so dirty. I had never felt such fear. Not even with Ashton. With Ashton I knew what to expect. He would call me names, he would make me fall but he'd never touch me like that. I was choking on my sobs when I heard a knock at the door.

"This is occupied." I managed to speak.

"I know. Open up." It was Ashton's voice but there was something different about it. It was warm? I opened the door and looked up at Ashton.

"Why are you crying? I--I haven't done anything to you." He said.

"Looks like you're not the only one who hates me." I wiped away my tears because I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of watching me cry.

"What happened?" He asked with a little move sympathy in his voice. His usual glass like eyes displayed affection today.

"Please don't pretend to care. I'm done okay? I am defeated. So all of you can stop now." I said in the most humble way possible.

"Minerva tell me what happened." He said but this time his voice was more demanding than I had expected and so I did the one thing I never thought I'd do, I hugged Ashton, I hugged my bully and cried.

He was shocked and he'll so was I. Who would have thought I'd hug Ashton Brown? But he was here, and he at least pretended to care. After his initial shock died down, he placed his hand lightly on my waist unsure of what to do with them. It's like he didn't know how to hug.

"Please tell me what happened." He asked, softly this time and so I did. I told him what had happened.

With every part of the disaster I told him, his breathing became more rapid. I could feel him get angry and so I hugged him harder. I hugged him until his breathing returned to normal. Was Ashton really affected by what happened to me?

"Are you okay now?" He asked and I pulled away from his body.

"I feel f--filthy. I can feel his hands all over my body." I admitted.

"I can change that." He said huskily.

In a second his voice went from sympathy to something else. His eyes were looking at me so passionately that my whole body was tingling. Before I could ask him what he was going to do, he kissed me on the cheek, then on the other cheek, then on my forehead, then he kissed my shoulder and he began kissing down my arm. His touch made me feel alive and washed over the disgusting feeling that I had earlier.

"Better?" He asked and I could only muster a weak nod.

"Good. Now I'm going to leave and you will move on with you life like this never happened. A word of what we shared with anyone and I swear I'll come after you." Ashton said and I looked at him with betrayal evident in my eyes.

He didn't care.

"But don't worry, I'll take care of that fucking bastard." He said before leaving.

Or did he?

The entire day I was conflicted. What the hell had happened between us in that washroom? I know it was real. At least whatever I felt was real. The way my body reacted to his was dangerous. I wanted him and that scared me. I didn't tell anyone about anything, not even Jake. I could risk it.  Even when I got home and knew I had to get ready for my date with Jake, I was thinking about Ashton's hands on me.

I have to drop it. I pushed my thoughts aside and focused my attention on what clothes I wanted to wear. I picked out the one dress that I had in my cupboard. I put it on and thankfully it still fit. It was quite old and that's why a little shorter than I remember it as I had grown taller since the time I bought it. I also put on some make-up and did my hair. This had to be good enough.

When it was time to leave, I was very nervous. No one from school had seen me in dresses since a very long time. All I have ever worn to school is baggy tops and jeans so I'm hoping this new thing suites me.

When I stepped out of my house at eight, Jake was already outside waiting for me at his car. He gasped when he laid eyes on me and I could only blush in response.

"You look ravishing." He commented.

"Thanks." I blushed even more. We got in the car and drove to the party.

"Why have I never seen you like this before?" Jake asked.

"I don't prefer these clothes." I shrugged.

"You know you didn't have to dress up right? I mean this is hot but you're beautiful even in those baggy sweatshirts." Jake said making me smile.

"I wanted to today." I said making him smile.

I didn't know who was hosting the party and by the time we got there, a lot of people were already there. Jake parked his car and then we both entered the house. I was immediately hit by the smell of alcohol and in my mind I was hoping everything went well.