Broken

Chapter 9

Mike's Pov

What the hell just happened? I looked at an unconscious Emily lying on the ground. Suddenly I was pushed out of the way, and Luke bent down, picking her up bridal style.

I looked around, and everyone's eyes were on me. "What the fuck are you all looking at?" I yelled, causing everyone standing around us to scurry away.

I looked back at Luke, but he was already walking away. I ran up behind him, placing a hand on his shoulder so that he would slow down a little. "Where are you taking her?" I asked

"Nurses office," he replied without even looking at me but instead looking at Emily's limp body in his arms. We soon arrived at the nurse's office. I quickly knocked on the door, and the school nurse immediately opened it and greeted us with a warm smile. Her smile soon faded when her eyes landed on Emily.

"Oh, my god," she muttered while moving aside for Luke to walk in. "Lay her down on the bed," and Luke did just that. I awkwardly stood by the door, not knowing what to do.

"What happened?" she asked. Luke looked at me and then back to the nurse. Just when he was about to open his mouth to say something, I spoke up "I...........uh....... I kissed her, and she just blacked out."

The nurse looked at me, almost like she's trying to believe me. She turned her head and nodded, "Okay, well, you two better get to class, or you're going to be late," she said, walking up to the bed Emily was on.

Luke and I left without saying anything else. We walked in silence until Luke stopped and turned around facing me.

"Why did you kiss her?" he asked, and I looked down at my hands. "Well......you see...... i.....uh," I stuttered. What the hell am I supposed to say? That I just kissed her because he was there, almost witnessing me hitting her. I mean, we were in the perfect position, so I just kissed her to cover up what I was about to do.

I looked at Luke, and he was still looking straight at me. "Well, you see it was......Uhm..... my instincts just kicked in. You know how I get around girls," I said. Luke looked at me, maybe trying to see if I'm lying or telling the truth. A few minutes past and he finally nodded, walking away from me. I sighed in to relieve and made my way over to my Algebra class.

Emily's Pov

"Emily? Emily?"

My eyes slowly fluttered open at the sound of my name. When my eyes adjusted, I propped myself up on my elbows and saw the school nurse. Jeez, maybe I should've waited a few minutes because I have a massive headache.

"Good, you're awake," she said with a small smile on her face. I looked around and noticed that I'm actually in the nurse's office. "How are you feeling?" she asked me from the other side of the room.

I sighed, "Fine," I whispered. The nurse turned her head towards me and gave me a warm smile "Do you maybe have a headache or something?" she asked while I sat up straight with my back against the wall. "Headache," I said a little louder. "Why am I here?" I asked, confused.

The nurse came over to me and gave me a glass of water and two pills, probably for my headache. "Before I tell you, I just want to ask you, have you eaten anything today?" I looked down at my hands, "No," I said while shaking my head.

"Okay, that makes sense because you passed out due to a lot of pressure on your stomach, and since you haven't eaten, your body couldn't handle the pressure so you started to breathe a little heavier. And since that boy kissed you and you couldn't breathe, you started to hyperventilate, so you just blacked out," she said.

I sighed, remembering Mike kissing me. I guess I can understand why he did that. I mean, he probably didn't want Luke seeing him hit me, so he just improvised.

"Emily, if you don't mind me asking, but what happened to you?" she asked, and I just looked at her, confused. "I mean what happened to your stomach. I lifted your shirt earlier to look, and all I saw were the worst bruises I've ever seen on a girl. Your ribs almost look like they could be broke, Emily. You can be so thankful that they aren't, but seriously did someone do that to you?" she asked, and I vigorously shook my head while getting up from the bed.

The nurse sighed and just nodded her head, obviously not believing what I was saying, but I was so grateful that she didn't push it any further. I walked over to the door and turned around, looking at the nurse again. "What time is it?" I asked. She looked down at her watch and said, "12:55". I muttered a soft thank you and walked out of the office.

I slowly made my way over to the cafeteria, trying to convince myself just to go in there and eat something. When I finally arrived at the two glass doors, I placed both hands on them and pushed the doors open. The whole cafeteria went silent when they saw me walk in.

I looked around at everyone and noticed that some of them were snickering and pointing fingers at me, and others were staring at me with a blank expression on their face. I adjusted my eyes towards the floor and made my way over to the line for food.

When it was finally my turn I got myself a simple cheeseburger and paid for it, I walked out of the cafeteria and stood still trying to decide where to sit. I was about to walk over to my usual seat under the tree when I suddenly felt someone placing a hand on my shoulder and digging their nails into my skin. "I wouldn't eat that if I were you, Emily. You're just going to get fatter than you already are and I'm pretty sure that you don't want that" I heard the voice belonging to Jessica say.

Her hand left my shoulder, and I turned my head a little to see that she's already gone. I sighed and walked over to my usual tree sitting down with my back against the tree, and my legs spread out in front of me. I looked at the burger in my hand, remembering what Jessica just said to me. I couldn't help but unwrap the plastic from the burger because I was starving.

I slowly brought the burger up to my mouth and took a small bite.  My eyes widen at how delicious it tasted in my mouth. I can't even remember the last time I ate a burger. While I was eating the burger, I noticed two figures across from me on the football field. I squinted my eyes a little and immediately recognized the blonde as Jessica and the dark-haired boy as Luke. I made a disgusted face as I saw how they were making out and groping each other.

After a while, my burger was finally finished, and I just laid back against the tree with my eyes closed and listening to the people talking and nature itself.