refuse to sink ➛ a.c.

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

“Guys come here!” Austin shouted. Right now we were all at the beach. It was too cold to swim but we were just hanging around in the sand. And it was like 7 am so it was freezing cold right now.

We all walked over to Austin and in front of him was a dead jellyfish.

“Ew,” Sarah said obviously disgusted and walked away. I rolled my eyes at her and kneeled down next to Austin.

“It’s so cool,” I whispered.

“I know right, once a few years ago the whole beach was covered with them,” Austin exclaimed excitedly. I love how he is always so interested in this kind of stuff.

“Ooh, can I touch it?” Tyler asked dumbly and stared at it.

“No,” I laughed. I stood up and wiped the sand off of my knees. I looked over and saw Sarah and Alex laughing with each other. Sarah was standing in the water and Alex was behind her, his hands around her waist.

I remembered what Rob had said.

“It’s hard watching the person you love fall in love with someone else.” That described exactly how I felt at the moment. I stared at them sadly. Alex noticed me staring and I quickly looked away.

I walked off in the other direction followed by Rob.

“Are you okay?” he asked me. I nodded because I was afraid if I talked I would cry.

“If he doesn’t realize that you are the perfect girl for him then he doesn’t deserve you,” Rob reassured me.

“Thanks Rob,” I smiled at him. He smiled back and we sat down in the sand.

Sarah was kissing Alex now. I looked away because it hurt to see them like this. I wished I was Sarah. She gets all of the guys I like. First Zach, now Alex. I sighed.

“What do you see in him anyway?” he asked.

“I don’t know, he’s cute,” I smiled. I felt kind of uncomfortable saying this to a guy.

“That’s all there is to it? You have just got to be cute? Remember when he said he hated you? You don’t even care about that? All that matters is that he’s cute,” Rob yelled.

“Rob, when he said that I cried… a lot, okay? What if I said I hated you? How would you feel? Would you still like me?” I whispered and then that shut him up for a minute.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean it like that.”

“I know,” was all I said.

“So Alex tells me you knew Sarah and Zach before you moved her,” Rob stated.

“Yeah, we were like best friends, but they changed, and then they kind of just walked away from me,” I explained.

“Were they mean to you?”

That question repeated in my head as I remembered everything they did to me.

*Flashback*

“Hey look who’s here,” Zach shouted and all of their friends laughed. I tried to ignore them and walk past them but I knew Zach wouldn’t let me do that. He slammed my books to the ground and looked at me in the eye.

“When I talk to you, it’s rude to walk away,” he explained with a smirk.

“Oh Zach just leave the girl alone. She already has plenty of problems,” said the snarling voice of her.

I turned my gaze to Sarah. I still didn’t say anything. I just tried to act like they didn’t bother me but on the inside I was about to wet myself because I was so scared.

I bit my lip to keep me from saying anything.

“Is it possible you gained even more weight Johnson?” Zach laughed.

I ignored him and tried to walk away but he yanked me back.

“I said don’t walk away when I talk to you!” he yelled and slapped my face hard. I gasped. The pain was searing, and his fingernails dug into my cheeks which made it bleed.

“Just do what he says idiot,” Sarah said coldly and kicked me in the shin. I bit my lip even harder. I didn’t want to cry or scream because that means they would win.

I wanted to kill Sarah right then and there but I couldn’t with Zach and everyone else here.

Even if I started ignoring Sarah for no reason, I would have a reason to hate her now. I didn’t even bully her or do anything mean. All I did was ignore her, but Zach didn’t take it that easily. Of course he had a crush on her so he took her side and then he started ignoring me and then they started being mean a few times and then the constant tormenting was everyday.

“We better go, don’t want to late for class do we?” Zach fake smiled and Sarah and Zach walked off.

I just stood there with my books on the ground and my face bleeding while everyone just stood there and stared and no one bothered to help me.

*End Flashback*

I shuddered at the memory and brought my knees to face.

“Are you okay? Olivia? Olivia?” Rob asked. It took me a minute to realize that he had asked me a question.

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

“Were they mean to you?” he repeated.

I should tell him right? Yeah, I should tell him that they ruined an entire 3 years of my life. But the words didn’t come out…

“No, they weren’t mean.”