STORM 2 | Josh Christopher

Chapter 28

Storm's POV

1 week later

"I can't do this" I said crying in my room for the 10th time already. This whole week was a living hell, probably the worst week I've ever had in my life. I went back to school and was treated so horribly by everyone. They've heard that I got to model for Saweetie and got recognized by other celebrities and started to treat me different. As I walked past them in the hall they would pretend to make a path for me and call me Ms.Hollywood. And to top it all off, Aylah and her sisters not once but twice, embarrassed me in front of everyone.

The first time was in the hallway. She vandalized my locker with not nice names and said that I shouldn't feel the way I do just because I got to model for Saweetie. The second time was in the cafeteria. She threw her food at me which caused me to pour my chocolate milk on her. She pushed me which caused me to get mad and fight her. I'm not even the fighting type, I don't know what came over me. I was just so mad at her. Then her sister's tried to join in so that caused Peyton to join in as well. I feel so bad for involving her into this mess, now they bother her more then before and it's all my fault. I used to be bullied in the past, but it was never direct, and I never fitted in. But now that I'm older and it's direct. It hurts more, especially by people you know and grew beside for years by going to the same school.

I even get picked on by my teachers, I'm just not happy in that environment. All of this is going on at school, now home isn't better either. I've talked to my dad again, and he suggested for us to get close again, I should move to New York. That's a very big discussion. I've talked to my mom about it and she thinks it's a good idea. Me and my dad were inseparable when he was here. Having him also leave me took a big toll on me. I still haven't healed from that, but no one knows. I really love my dad, but moving to New York.......there's only one place I wanna be.....

Another thing, I've been wanting to talk to Josh but I haven't been getting a hold of him. According to Caleb, he's just training harder because their basketball season is about to start. I love that he's working hard right now and all I want him is to be happy. But I need him so badly right now. I wanna express to him how I feel right now and tell him what's going on. The only people that know everything is Star, Heaven, and Melo. The three of them have been giving me good advice and been supporting me through all of this.

"Storm....are you ok? You've been in your room for days" my mom says on the other side of the door. I looked down and wiped my tears. I don't usually cry around or in front of my mom. It's a sign of weakness so I don't usually do it around her.

"Yea I'm fine" I say back to her. She tries to open the door but it's locked.

"Girl open this door, since when you start locking your door?" She asks. I get up to open it and see her standing there. She looks at me with folded arms. Once she sees my face, her face softens and she pulls me into a hug. I instantly break down in her arms.

"It's ok, mommy's got you" she says rubbing my head as I cried on her. She walks me over to my bed and I lay my head in her lap.

"Stormy what's wrong?" She asks me.

"I don't wanna talk about it mom" I say and sit up.

"Storm, how do you expect me to fix what's wrong if you don't tell me what's wrong" she says.

"You can't always fix everything" I say shaking my head.

"Try me. Now tell me what's wrong, cause you don't cry often" she says.

"I'm not happy mom. I'm really not" I started off. She sighed and frowned while looking at me.

"You know I've been noticing you acting different for a very long time, but I didn't know how to approach it to you. You know how much it hurts me to hear you say that Storm. It hurts to hear my baby isn't happy" she says and little tears start to fall from my eyes again.

"I'm sorry mom" I say lightly and she shakes her head.

"No no no honey, there's nothing to be sorry about. I'm the one that's sorry. I'm sorry you feel the way you do. Why aren't you happy hun?" She asks me.

"Everything was so amazing when Star and dad were here. Then they left in a snap of a finger. I felt so lonely, like I had no one. And I already didn't have friends at school so I had no one to talk to. You were always working so I didn't wanna make my problems your problems"

"Your problems will always be my problems Storm. I'm your mom" she says and I look down.

"How long have you been feeling like this?" She asks me.

"For a few years" I say crying a little more, she pulls me into a hug as she rubs my back.

"Stormy baby, you should've told me. What's going on now?" She asks.

"School isn't going well. I was always treated weirdly, talked about, made fun of, it was never directed but I always heard about it. Everyone started doing it after Star left. It calmed down a bit but now that everyone has found out I've modeled for Saweetie. I'm this and I'm that. And it doesn't help that Aylah and her sister's just won't leave me alone. Now I've got Peyton into this and ugh, it's just a mess" I say now frustrated.

"I'm so sorry Storm. I wish you told me earlier how you felt and what's been going on. You don't deserve any of this. I never knew that's how you felt after Star left, and that says something because she left years ago. Also, kids are gonna be jealous of you because you're doing the things you love. And for Aylah and her sisters, they are gonna get what they deserve. Until then, what do you wanna do to resolve all of this?"

"I wanna move to Arizona"