AUTUMN'S POV-
"You guys want to go bowling tonight?" May asked Carmen and I as we sat at the small table in Arby's
"Yea, of course" Carmen nodded not looking up from her phone and shoving a fry in her mouth
"I'm down" I agreed "is it just us or the boys too"
"Well I haven't talked to Adam, so I'm not sure yet" May shrugged
"I have Ryan in my next period, I can ask him" I suggest
"Yea, that's fine if you want" she took a bite of her sandwich
"Do- do you like Ryan" Carmen suddenly asked looking up from her phone. I felt the heat rise up to my cheeks
"What?" I gave her a confused look
"Do you like him, you know like more than friends" she continued as May suddenly looked very interested in the conversation while finishing her sandwich
"Why do you ask, that was so random" I questioned
"Well it seems like you guys have been talking more, hanging out more, even FaceTiming?" she shrugged
"That's true Autumn, do you like him" May butted in, swallowing her last bite
"Um, well, I mean he's cute and very sweet. I don't know, I don't think a guy like him could ever even like a girl like me" I explained
"Oh shut up, you're so fucking pretty and amazing!" May shouted
"Yea, what do you mean a guy like him can't like a girl like you" Carmen rolled her eyes
"I think he likes you" May declared
"No! He can't like me, he's him and I'm- well I'm me" I shook my head
"He can like whoever he wants to like, and we think it's you" Carmen beamed
"I don't-" I started
"Come on, we have to go before the bell rings and we're late for class again" May cut me off. We all got up and threw our trash away and went to Carmen's car, her driving us back to school.
We barley made it in time for the bell to ring and us making our way to class. I rushed to my classroom and looked around until I saw Ryan sitting with the seat next to him open. I walked to him and sat down getting my things out as the teacher put the notes on the board.
"Are you and the boys busy after school" I glanced up at Ryan as we wrote our notes out in our notebooks
"Not that I'm aware of, why" he glanced back at me
"The girls want to go bowling so I was just inviting you and the rest of the boys in case you wanted to go" I put my pencil down after I wrote down the last note
"I'll talk to them and see if they want to go, but we most likely will to be completely honest" I nodded
"Cool, I'll let the girls know" I nodded and the teacher put up more notes for us to write down
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"Wait! What the fuck" Tyler raised voice
"Calm down bro, it's just a game" Adam laughed
"I hate bowling" Tyler mumbled as he sat back down on the couch as Adam went up to take his turn
"It's okay, you're doing better than me" May shrugged
"You aren't even trying" I raised my eyebrows
"Yea cause if I did, I would beat all your asses" she explained
"No you wouldn't, shut up" Carmen shoved her
"Last round" Ryan announced as he grabbed his ball to go
"Alright, well guess we all know who's winning" Tyler rolled his eyes
"We're gonna get food after this" Matt spoke up
"What kind of food" Tyler raised his eyebrow
"If you behave till we leave we'll get whatever food you want" he smirked
"Fine" Tyler huffed "I'm really craving Chick-fil-a, if I'm going to be honest"
"Wait, I don't remember agreeing to this" Carmen shouted
"Shut up it's your turn" May pushed her
"Maybe I want something different though" she argued
"Just go bowl and then we'll discuss afterwards" I explained and she quickly went to bowl her turn
"I want chick-fil-a now" Ryan sighed
"I haven't had it in a long time" Tyler frowned
"We got it last week" May smiled
"Shut up" Adam pouted
"Autumn! It's your turn" Carmen sat next to me "hurry so we can get food"
"Alright" I laughed and went to grab my ball. I quickly rolled the ball and hit four pins, then waited for the pins to get set up again to finish my turn. When I attempted to get the last six, but only got five I went to sit back down on the couch to let Tyler go again.
"Are we eating with the boys or are we getting something else" Carmen looked at May who was driving us.
"I don't really care, Chick-fil-a sounds goods though" she shrugged
"Then we can eat with them" Carmen nodded
"Maybe I don't want Chick-fil-a" I muttered and they both turned their heads to me "I'm just kidding"
"Thank the lord"
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"God damn it!" she hissed at me "you're such a fucking screw up"
She threw me towards the floor kicking me a couple times. She squatted down to my level and glanced around the floor that was covered in broken glass of beer bottles that my dad had thrown at me. She picked up a piece and smirked at me, she ran it up and down my arms, that we already filled with cuts from her slamming me into the glass earlier.
Digging the glass into my arm, I tried my hardest not to cry out in pain. She stopped but just found a different place to make more cuts. After several minutes of her doing this to me, she picked me up by my hair.
"I really can't fucking stand you" she seethed. She dragged me through the halls and made her way towards the stairs "have a fun trip"
She shoved me down the stairs using all the force she had, and for being drunk it was pretty hard. I tried to protect myself from the impact but I didn't do a good job. I laid at the bottom of the stairs panting. I couldn't move, my ribs were in so much pain, and this pain was different. I didn't know what it was, cause it felt worse than just bruising.
