𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔

C h a p t e r 10 : Starting again

◇ Akira's POV: ◇

I bump into someone, and on instinct, I close my eyes.

As I open my eyes and mutter, "Sor-, oh. It's you. Sorry I was in your way, I was just leaving."

It was Adrianna. This means trouble. I need to get out of here immediately.

I tried to go beside her and get out quickly, but 2 other girls went up beside her and blocked my way out.

I take a step back, and ask her, "Please just let me out. I didn't do anything to you."

She laughs, "You didn't do anything? Huh, I remember clearly just now, not even 5 minutes ago, my boyfriend called out to you, while we were having a moment, if you couldn't see, you blind rat. What are you trying to do? You moved away to whatever and left him alone. He was left all alone, and I was there to support him. And now you're back? Taking him away from me again? Don't you even try."

Adrianna signaled her hands forward, and the 2 girls came forward.

One girl grabbed my shoulder and pushed me to the floor, making me kneel in front of Adrianna. The other girl grabbed my ponytail, pulling my head back to look at Adrianna.

I wince and look around for a way out.

I recognize the two girls, stupid fake minions with no brains named Layla and Savana. The 3 of them have stuck together since kindergarten.

Adrianna smirked.

Then, she kicked me hard in the stomach, making me lurch forward.

She continued to kick me as I cried and begged for her to stop. And she did stop, but only so that she could crouch down and land a hard punch to my face.

Savana, the girl who pushed me down to my knees, was recording me.

The 3 of them kept laughing at me, punching and kicking me until they all suddenly stopped. They were still smirking at me of course, but it creeped me out that they stopped.

Arianna then looked at her watch, and said, "Girls, let's wash this dirty girl off our hands and get out of here. Class is starting in 10 minutes."

They all left me and went to the sinks to wash their hands, cackling and giggling as they watched the video that they recorded of me.

I was still kneeling on the floor, too scared to stand up. Arianna then turned around and glared at me, "You better not tell anyone about this. Or else, we'll continue this treatment and send out the video of you."

"What about Blake and her? What will you do about that?" Layla's high-pitched voice said.

Arianna puts her index finger on her chin as if she was thinking about it.

"Hmm. Maybe I'll let you still be with him, as friends of course, just so that he doesn't think I'm threatening you to stay away from him. Which of course I am," Arianna laughs and the other 2 follow shortly after.

I mean, at least they're letting me stay with Blake...

The 3 of them kick me on the way out, making me wince every time.

When they were finally gone, I tried to stand up, but my ribs hurt so much that I had to sit back down on the floor and inhale deeply.

Finally, I was able to stand up and hobble over to the sink.

They didn't do anything noticeable to the areas where everyone could see, but when I lifted my shirt, I could see redness everywhere and some of them were turning yellow or purple, indicating that the skin there was starting to bruise.

I grab some paper, wet it, and try to cool down the burning sensation I feel on my ribs.

I'll just go to class and get a note from the teacher to go to the nurse.

I start heading to class, every step making me inwardly wince.

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After school ended, I went out of school and made my way to Blake's car. He was leaning against his car, with a whole group of people surrounding him.

Our parents were talking yesterday and decided to have dinner together, so Blake is picking me up.

To others, he may have looked bored or uninterested, but I can clearly see that he is annoyed and pissed, and his patience was wearing thin.

I started to advance over, and his eyes shifted to mine. I sucked in a breath as his eyes stared into mine. He grinned and pushed people out of his way to get to me.

He hugged me, and said, "Hey Kira. Ready to go?"

He then whispered, "Please. Let's get out of here. I can't stand these people any longer."

I quietly giggled, but immediately winced because of my ribs.

Then I just remembered. These were the arms of the person he hugged. Arianna. A spark of disgust hit me, and I pushed him away slightly.

"Let's head to your car then?" I asked dryly.

He nodded, but I could he was thinking hard because of the crease on his forehead.

We headed towards the car, and the group of people started to disperse while whispering and looking our way.

I froze when I heard what they said, but shook it off and continued walking.

"Omg, why is he with that girl?"

"Eww, what is he doing with her? She literally isn't even that pretty."

"I know right, like, he's so popular and she's like, not it."

"Not to mention, a nobody."

I stare at the floor while we walk, trying to block out their snide comments.

He opens the car door for me, and I mutter a quiet thank you. He then closes the door and jogs to the other side.

Once he gets in, turns on the engine, and starts driving, he almost immediately asks me, "Kira? Are you okay? I saw you wince, and then keeping your head down as you walked with me, pushing me away when we were hugging, and not replying back to my joke. If this is about what you saw in the hallway, please let me explain it to you."

I feel a lump start to grow in my throat as I try to talk. Him bringing up what I saw in the hallway was not helping.

I hesitate, before saying, "I don't know if you remembered, but Arianna is-, I mean, was my bully back then."

All I was met with was a tense silence. 

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