Roses and Flame

Why Did You Do This To Me? - Chapter 37

- Tuesday Morning - 

I woke up and immediately texted Sarah, Ashton, and Jake the game plan. They're all in! I'm so excited to finally wipe the smirks off of those boy's faces! 

Then, I got out of bed and went to my closet. I got out my blue tank top, and black running shorts, because after all, I will have to run. I also grabbed my sneakers. They will help with making sure I don't trip on the floor, during this plan. 

I went into my bathroom and brushed my teeth. Then, I went to my mirror and picked up my hairbrush and began brushing through some small knots that were tangled up in my hair. I finally finished and walked downstairs to see my breakfast was already made. It was bacon and eggs with some toast on the side. 

Since I haven't really eaten anything lately, I decided to just have this one meal for right now. I got a text from Sarah saying that she just got here. I told her that I'm walking out of the house right now. 

I thanked my mum for the breakfast and I grabbed my backpack from the hook in the dining room. And walked out of the house. Sarah and I said good morning to each other and talked about the plan. We got to the bus stop right on time and sat in our usual seats. We arrived at Oakwood High School, soon after. 

When we got off the bus, we were greeted by Ashton and Jake, just like usual. "Hey, girls!" Jake said. "Hey, guys!" I said. "I can't wait for the plan!" Ashton said. He looked so excited, but so were all of us! Ashton and Sarah kissed. 

We all walked into the school together, and we walked to our lockers. I'm so glad that all of our lockers are pretty close together. So, we don't have to travel down the hallway just to talk to each other all the time. 

I put in my locker combination and began grabbing my textbooks and supplies for class when someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around, just to meet face to face with the jerk himself, Blake Richardson. 

"Hey," he said. "What do you want, Blake?" I asked slightly annoyed. "Relax! I just want to talk to you," he said. "What about?" I asked. What does Blake want to talk about? Oh, no! Does he know about our plan to prank him and Josh? I doubt it though, I mean how could he possibly know? 

"Can we please just talk?" He asked. "Ugh, fine!" I said.  "Okay, follow me," Blake said reaching for my hand. I quickly pulled my hand away from him. Then, he gripped my hand really tight, so i decided to just let him take my hand. I looked at him, and he was smirking. "Okay," was all I said and I began to follow him. "Grace where are you going?" Jake asked. I turned around to see Jake, Sarah, and Ashton looking at me concerned. "It's fine, I'll be right back," I said as I mouthed to them 'Start getting ready.' They immediately understood what I meant and so saw them run down the hall carrying the empty balloons. I'm guessing they went to the back of the school to fill them up, so no one would suspect anything. 

Blake was still holding my hand, and he finally stopped walking. He took me into an empty classroom. I walked in, behind him. He let go of my hand, and I noticed he just locked the door behind me. My heart started racing a little more than normal. 

He quickly pinned me against the wall, so we we're now face to face. His face was inches away from mine. "Get off of me!" I yelled. "Shut up, dork!" He shot back. "I take that very offensive! I'm not a dork!" I shouted. "I'm not a nerd either, so don't even think about calling me th—" I continued but was quickly cut off by Blake covering my mouth with his hand. "Shut up!" He said again. I shook my head, and in response, he just rolled his eyes. Classic idiot! 

"Don't scream or else I'll hurt you," He said while pulling a knife out of his backpack. My eyes widened. Oh no! Not again! 

I nodded my head in agreement and he slowly took his hand off of my mouth. He put the knife down on one of the desks that were behind him. "Where's Josh?" I asked looking down at the ground.  I think he could hear the nervousness in my voice because he said, "Oh, don't worry, he'll come looking for you later, but he's not here right now, so your fine." No, I'm not fine! I'm anything but fine! 

He put his hand under my chin to make me look up at him. I didn't want to, though. But, I did. I was scared of what might happen if I didn't. I looked up into his gray eyes and he looked into my blue ones. 

I shouldn't be saying this, but he's so beautiful, how could an idiotic jerk be so ...cute. I don't understand. 

I noticed that he was looking from my eyes to my lips. Then, he started slowly leaning in until his face was so close that if I even flinched our noses would be touching. 

"Blake, d-don't do this," I said. "Sorry, princess," he said while he smirked. Then, he leaned in even more and kissed me! 

I tried pulling away but he wouldn't let me. He continued kissing me, so I thought of the only thing I could possibly think of, I turned my head away from him causing him to kiss my cheek. 

"Stop!" I said. "How about...No!" He said. He cupped my cheek in his hands and continued kissing me. I have an idea... but I'm not sure if it's going to work or not, I'm nervous that if I do try but I fail, he'll hurt me. But, I'll try. 

I slowly started raising my arm up. I slapped him which caused him to take a few steps backward and it left him in shock. To be honest, it left me in shock too. "Why you little—" he began to say but I quickly punched him in the face. He fell down to the ground. He started to get back up, so I punched him in the stomach. Nothing happened!

"Ow!" I said. I shook my hand in pain. I guess it's actually true when people say that boy's abs are made of steel.

He chuckled. "Nice try, Grace," he said sarcastically while picking up his knife from the desk. My jaw dropped and my heart started racing. I slowly took a step back, which only made him take a step closer. I want to get out of here. But I can't. He locked the doors, I have nowhere to go. I'm trapped. 

I continued taking steps backward until I hit a wall. He laughed at me. "You're cornered," he said. He was about to cut me when I screamed as loud as I possibly could, hoping that someone heard me. Someone had to, right? I mean, it was a blood-curdling scream. 

And the next thing I knew the door broke down just in time. I was so relieved. I didn't even pay attention to who broke the door down. I paid all of my attention to Blake who was still standing in front of me with the knife, but his attention was turned to whoever broke down the door. 

I finally looked behind Blake to see...Nate Cross?!