She was aggressive, he was sensitive. She was dominating, and he was to surrender. She was competitive, he was not. She was thought to be selfish but was humble and so was he. Both were intelligent and cheerful. She was rich and he was poor. They...
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I was walking to Calculus until someone pulled my arm to a classroom.
I turned to see Julian.
"Let me go, you're hurting me" I said.
"I've been seeing you and Luke really close. Are you cheating on me?" he asked.
"What? No Julian" I said.
"Show me your phone" he said.
"You're insane, I'm not giving you anything" I said.
And he tried to reach for it in my pocket.
I screamed and then I slapped him.
He aggressively pulled my hair.
He then slapped me.
I stood there, my hand on my cheek as it stung.
"Listen to me Brooklyn, show me your phone" he grabbed a fistful of my hair.
"Julian let go" I started crying.
"Let her go!" someone yelled.
Luke pushed Julian and punched him.
"Don't ever get near her" he said.
Julian tried to get up but he punched him like twice.
He laid there on the ground, groaning.
And then Luke ran to me.
I was already freaking out.
"Are you okay?" he said, touching my cheek.
I shook my head no.
He hugged me.
"I need to get you out of here" he said.
"I need you to calm down Brooklyn, okay? So no one can suspect and ask questions and we can get out of here easily" he said and I nodded.
He wiped my cheeks.
And then he put his arm around me and we left.
When we got to his truck, I bursted out crying.
He hugged me.
"You're going to be fine" he said.
He then grabbed my cheeks.
"Stop crying okay? I know you're scared but it's going to be alright. As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you" he said and he kissed my cheek.
Later around 5, he dropped me off home.
My mom was sitting on the couch.
"Can you tell me why you're skipping class?" she asked.
I tried acting tough but I couldn't.
Not anymore, I'm tired of acting.
I fell down on my knees.
"Brook?" she said and she hugged me.
I hugged her tight, crying.
"What 's wrong?" she asked.
"I'm sorry mom but I can't be with Julian" I said.
"What happened?" she said, serious.
I showed him the bruise on my face and on my arms.
She stood there, mortified.
"Brook" she said, her lips trembling.
She touched my cheek and then my arms.
"I'm sorry mom" I cried.
"No," she said, starting to drop tears.
"For my fault, Julian's family is going to bring your business down" I said.
"No way. Brook, you really thought they were more powerful than me? I'm going to destroy them. Just wait" she said.
She started crying.
"This all my fault, Brooklyn, I'm sorry" she cried.
"It's always my fault. I am the evil villain in the story" she said.
