The bell had rang while working on finishing my worksheet, it startled me that my hand slipped and marked across the desk. I didn't bother erasing it, I was in a rush to find my next class in the 100 pod, Spanish 1 with Mrs. Perez, luckily the crowd wasn't over bearing to say the least but I managed to get there on time, and with no sign of Connor in this class I could now breathe. I took my seat close to the back but still close to the front, in the middle more or less. Since the class was presenting projects I was an exception, Mrs. Perez told me not to worry about it so I took the liberty of watching the students present. With each class was 90 minutes and these projects took 30 minutes, the lunch bell rang just as the last person finished. First lunch is what I had, we were the lucky ones, technically, we got the clean floor and the choice of what color Gatorade or Powerade we wanted. I walked over to a group of people who caught my attention, still in no sign of Connor I kept my eyes close on the entries. I introduced myself to the tiny clique of boys and girls, one girl I seemed to get along with, Kelsey was nice and totally hilarious. I learned from Tyler, one of the boys I stood with that Kelsey had ADHD, no wonder Kelsey was bouncing off the walls. We stood around the vending machines and Kelsey and I was making fun of some of the items in one the machines, it was somehow funny and left me with tears rolling down my eyes from us laughing so hard. Lunch was now over and us in first lunch was fighting the second lunch crowd on our way back to class. Kelsey gave me a piggy back ride, shouting " CHOO-CHOO!!" And making funny noises at people we passed by. I couldn't help but laugh and feel a bit embarrassed at the same time, I seen Connor and he seen me, he laughed at little bit at me but I just kept watching him until he disappeared within the crowd.
Sweet. I actually have ADHD so its cool to see that you gave Kelsey a great nature. A lot of people think we r just really hyper which we r but we're also very nice. Keep up the good work. I'm definitely a fan
Back in class we learned the days of the week and Mrs. Perez told us about a Spanish trip to Mexico coming up next year that she's planning for, it seemed interesting but I was going to think about it. The bell rang and I was knocked over by a flock students eager to go to third period. I took out my schedule, sighing from noticing I was going back to the 200 pod, I seen Kelsey and ran up to her, I lightly poked her back to get her attention, she looked around before noticing me behind her "AHH!" She screamed and I laughed at her. We discovered that we had the next two classes together and Kelsey was excited, " you're sitting with me" she said in a demanding but yet questioning manor " of course!" I said trying to hold back a laugh as I watched her start lunging towards the classroom and I did it with her, we passed a teacher who had asked what was going on and Kelsey and I both proclaimed " we're working out" he laughed and continued on. We walked in and I followed Kelsey to her seat to sit behind her, I seen Connor walking in, "great" I mumbled to myself. This class was Science with Ms. Carr, who I must say had a attractive unibrow if I ever did see one, Kelsey passed me back a note reading " Ms. Coonsquatch loves your face" at first I was in shock then after reading it again I found it difficult not to laugh. It was mean but yet I just couldn't hold it in. Connor glanced over at me with a questioning expression and I just mouthed back "nothing" to him, he seemed to have believed it and went back to his work. Kelsey, her friend Amelia and I worked together on a volcano presentation in class at the outdated computers, Connor kept his eyes on me the whole time as if he was a mother tiger and I was the cub, I felt uncomfortable with him staring at me like that. I paid him no attention, and pretending not to look at him, it didn't ease my nerves a lot but I was slowly feeling better, especially around Kelsey.
I was more than ready to high tail it out of class and just run, run anywhere so Connor couldn't find me. My small stature would make it easy to just crawl into nook or cranny, I was tiny and no one notice me if I just " poof " disappear. I contemplated places I could hide in class alone, but unfortunately I didn't actually do it. Why was Connor suddenly turning creep mode on? When I first met him he acted like the type than ran the school, acted all bad, big and tough. He made me weak and melt in my math chair. Now he acted like I was prey, like I was gazelle for him, a lion. I didn't like this at all. I had one more class to make it through and I was safe in my car, Kelsey asked me for a ride home because she found out her mom was working late and I agreed to, I needed the company. The bell rang and I grabbed my things and booked out of science to English, I hightailed it back down to the 100 pod, not looking back in hopes that Connor couldn't see me. I made it into 108 with a sigh of relief, I could relax with Kelsey now, taking my seat beside her. Kelsey was going insane, being in the middle of the sentence and then turning to me and making some weird noise, I busted out cracking up at her " this is Avery, she's new. She's an alien!" I looked at her giggling, " Kelsey, you're an alien" she gasped, " my life's a lie now!" The last bell rang and class got started. Halfway through I got up to use the bathroom, I looked at myself in the mirror then went into a stall. A moment later the door creaked open, I didn't usually pay attention to shoes but I bent down but didn't see anybody walk by. I was scared, was it really Connor? Could it be? Why would come in here? My heart was racing and I waited for the door to close but it never did, I unlocked the door and went to wash my hands.
I was drying my hands off with a brown paper towel, the generic and typical school kind. I felt warm hands wrap around my mouth, my eyes showing nothing but fear of who could be holding me, I bit Connor's finger and he smacked me down to the bathroom stall toilet, tying me down. "What are you doing?!" I demanded, ready to fight back if need be " nothing, sweetheart. Nothing at all" I scoffed at him " I don't like you" he looked at me devilishly again, " who says we have to like each other?" He turned and locked the stall, I began crying and tried to escape free. He grasped my neck " it's okay, my darling" I tried shaking, and kicking free but it was no use " my how you're such a squirmer" he rubbed the back of my head and wrapped a towel around my face, causing me to pass out. I don't recall anything when I came to, but I was sore, and my clothes were ripped off me. I was still tied down, I began crying thinking of what happened, I figured school was done and over by now and that Kelsey was worried about where I was. Connor wasn't any where around, I started screaming as best as I could but with my mouth taped shut I couldn't reach far. I was in unbearable pain, just hoping and praying someone could hear me, my teacher had apparently been looking for me and finally found me. With my stall still locked she had to crawl under from the neighboring one, I was embarrassed she had to see me this way but yet relieved, she hollered to Kelsey I was fine. She untied me and left me to get dressed, I told her everything I remembered and apologized to her. Her and Kelsey both hugged me and the teacher set out to handle this, she told us go on home, Kelsey handed me my things "thanks" I said, my breathing still un-even from my crying " what happened, Avery?" I almost wanted to cry again, but holding back I managed to also tell her what I remembered. Her facial expression read "sorry" but I figured she was speechless because she didn't know exactly what to say, I would've felt the same way, I didn't even know what to say to myself. We got to my car and I let Kelsey tell me where to go, we didn't talk much other than for her saying "turn left here" or "turn right up ahead" she did ask however how I was but I didn't know how I felt, I just said I was fine. I pulled into her driveway, she stopped before getting out "Avery, if you wanna talk or just hang out maybe tomorrow you can text me, here's my number. I hope everything's okay" she handed me a ripped piece of paper with her number written on it. I smiled at her " I'll text you when I get home, Kelsey. Thanks" she hugged me as she said welcome. The drive home felt long, depressing and nerve racking. Knowing my teacher has probably already talked to my dad about the situation she found me in, I just kept thinking it was my fault and that I was in trouble but I didn't do anything. I was somewhat relieved when I pulled up to my house, but my nerves picked back up once I seen my dads car was already home, I grabbed my things and walked in, my dads arms wrapped around me, tears filling his eyes. I felt five again when he picked me up, I felt safe like this and it made me cry. " are you okay?" He asked soothingly after setting me down " I'll be fine, dad" I guess he noticed the red mark from the tape on my mouth and the marks on my wrists from whatever I was tied to. I went up to my room and texted Kelsey I made it home safe, dad came in, sitting on my bed beside me and told me what he thought we should do about what happened, he wanted Connor to go to jail, or at least something, like expelled from school. I agreed with him but he suggested I change schools and I flew off the deep end, I wasn't about to lose the one friend I had made already, I demanded to stay at my new school.
Holy crap. Connor better go to jail. And stay at the school. I'm in love with this story. Its amazing. Update