IN BETWEEN

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And just like that, my reality is shattered and I feel myself living that one spark of mortifying eternity a million times over.

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|Chapter forty four|

Today was honestly that day of my life where I wish I didn't have to go to school, do any work or anything but just lay down in my bed and sleep.

It was the day where a girl faces excruciating pain in her abdomen.

Yes you've got it right people, my periods came and I really wasn't prepared for it. I face so much pain during these days but I am just hoping to get through the day as I walk through the hallways of Clinton High. It was the second day of my...you know.

After some of my classes I felt like puking or passing out. I can't tell you how much pain I was facing right now. Still I held myself and dragged my body to the cafeteria.

I reached my table and without any greetings or something I sat down and laid my head down on the table closing my eyes and took deep breaths. After a minute or so I felt a bit better but the sharp pain was still there.

I got up and looked at the confused faces of my friends. I gave them the look and I'm pretty sure they guessed it right as Ryan groaned and Mae looked at me sympathetically. She doesn't have as bad cramps as I've so she can endure the pain. I can't even take painkillers because I just hate pills, it's so weird shoving them down the throat.

"Whoa," Mae said, looking behind me.

I followed her gaze and turned around to see what everyone else were looking at the cafeteria doors.

There stood Aaron Walker who had his Ray-Bans over his eyes. His dark brown hair swept over his forehead, some strands fell onto his eyes but I don't think it bothered him.

But the change was in his clothing....

Yeah, he was wearing a red t-shirt today with black jeans and besides the fact that he still had his leather jacket on. The girls were gawking at him right now.

He came over and plopped down beside me. "Muffin, douche bag and others."

Ashton grinned at him. "Jackass."
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aron nodded at him, slightly smiling.

The familiar pain of cramps came back and I laid my head on the table groaning. Aaron flashed me a look wondering what was wrong and took off his glasses. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath trying to calm myself down and let the pain go away but it didn't.

I kept on taking slow deep breaths when I felt a hand on the centre of my back. It was warm, familiar which was rubbing circles on my back. And the pain eased but wasn't completely gone. My eyes snapped open to Aaron, who kept his hand there while speaking to Ashton on the other side of me. He rolled his eyes at something that Ashton said but the small smirk on his face had me knowing that he knew I was looking at him.

The pain was almost gone and I looked at Aaron thankfully where he nodded with a smirk.

After lunch I had chemistry and then I had PT for which I was excited. I had been asked to play today with the boys football team as there one person is injured and he's asked for bed rest for about 1 month so apparently he can't play and me being a flawless player I was asked to play with them for which I was highly thankful to them because football has always been my favourite sport. But the thing was that I was down today, but still it didn't bother me a bit because playing with the team is some next level happiness which almost overshadowed the pain.