Born To Be Alone

C H A P T E R S I X

We were still waiting for the car and I was busy playing a game on my phone when George called me . He sounded worried .

" What's up?"
"Isn't that Greg? "

I looked at the direction he was pointing and my blood froze. He was with his friends. He looked at my direction and we locked eyes.

" George go and hide right now "
"What about you ? You have a broken leg "
" I'll be fine . Go before he sees you "
" I don't like this at all. Be careful ."

He left running to hide behind a car far enough away.

I saw the evil smirk on Greg's face as he approached me , his friends trailing behind him.

I steeled my body as I knew what would follow.

He came close enough and held me by the collar .

" Hey faggot . What happened to you?" . Sarcasm filled his tone . I kept quiet .

" Cat got your tongue ?"

I was still quiet.

I could see him starting to get irritated. I looked at his friends .
They looked like people you wouldn't want to mess with .

Most of them had tattoos and piercings on various parts of the body . They always came late, never attended class and if they did , they slept through the whole lesson . No teacher asked them anything so they always had their way.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by my body hitting the ground.

" When I ask you something I told you to answer right?" Greg asked.

I simply stated at him, oblivious to what he was saying.

I felt a punch to my stomach and I groaned in pain . I was hit again in my chest ,then face.

"Boys, have some fun" Greg said before stepping away from me.

They hit me and kicked me continuously . I felt pain all over . I couldn't talk or move . I lay there seeing them beat me but feeling nothing. I had become numb. They went on till I passed out.

I woke up in my room. My head was aching and it felt really heavy. My whole body was aching . I tried to move but I felt a new surge of pain in my lower back. I yelled and almost immediately two people came into the room .

One was my personal doctor and the other Nathaniel. He asked me what was wrong bit all I did was cry from the pain. My body hurt twice as much and I felt if I moved my lips I'd feel a lot more.

It was as if the doctor knew what I thought because he said ,
"When I touch somewhere it hurts blink ,okay?"

He started on my face , working his way to my abdomen . I blinked almost all the time . When he reached near my crotch, he looked at me as though asking for permission. He told me to blink if I wanted him to continue. I did so.

I knew I could trust him . Dr Grayson had been my doctor since the first time I came to this house seven years ago.

It was the time my parents had found me lying on the street with serious injures. I'd expected them to pass me like the rest but they had stopped and helped me out.

They took me to their house and called Dr Grayson. Though I flinched every time he touched me , he didn't go away like I expected him to. Instead he sat there patiently tending to me till I was comfortable enough to let him touch me. He had been very patient and I knew I could trust him.

He worked his way down toy legs and when he was done he wrapped bandanges on my wounds and gave me some pain meds .

" Chris , you're going to have to stay in bed for a few days. Minimise your movements to avoid a lot of pain and when it's too much you can take the medicine . You only have a few broken bones but they should heal in one to two weeks time. And Chris, please take care of yourself and don't get in trouble, okay?"