Chapter 0006

My body is still sore but there is still no choice but to attend class. Even though today I am attending my 11th grade class, I am still happy because the first day turned out better than expected. I was even able to make friends and that's a bonus for me.

No one disrespected me or made me feel like I didn't belong. Like I said it was better than I had expected it to be and for that I am happy. I don't know why I was scared and dreaded it in the first place. It was actually fun.

The classes were a bit easy given that I had tried catching up on my own while I was still in recovery so I wasn't struggling to catch up that much. So far everything was falling into place, well except for a certain person.

He was still giving me hard looks whenever our paths crossed and honestly I am getting tired of it. Everything else is falling into place and school is actually good except for him and Suzie, and well my attraction to him. I honestly thought that one year down the line that attraction would have frizzled out and died but nooo...they guy still turns my blood to lava by just looking at me.

And isn't that crazy, wanting a guy who hates me for something I didn't even do so he ended up bullying me and getting the whole damn school to do it too well except for Trevor and Cass, all because they want to kiss their privileged asses. Apart from Suzie who hates me for no reason at all, the rest just bullied me in order to get in the good graces of the elites.

Which brings me to something else, I can't figure out why Suzie hates me so much. I have never done anything to her, not that I have done anything wrong to anyone, but that's beside the point. At least in the case of Liam, he has something to hate me for even though it's not true, but for Suzie I can't figure out why she does.

Is it because she is showing her loyalty to her boyfriend? Or is it something else?. I personally would'nt hate on a person just because my boyfriend hates them neither would I bully them and make their life hell but I have always known that just because I am good, not to expect everyone else to be the same. I shouldn't expect someone to treat me the same way I would them.

Or maybe Suzie has always known I had a crush on her boyfriend since the first day our eyes met. Maybe she has some kind of Spidey senses that make her sense all the horny girls after her man, and I am woman enough to admit that I was one of those horny teen girls salivating over her boyfriend as if he was a juicy steak. I still struggle with that want, I have towards him but after showing me what he is capable of, let's just say, some of that attraction has dwindled.

No one, not even Cassey knows about my attraction to Liam and I would rather it stay that way cause one, I would never hear the end of it and two, it makes no sense to any normal person that I am attracted to my bully. You see, even saying it loud makes me sound insane.

"What are you thinking about?" I lift my head to find Kim staring at me curiously. We are currently in the gym and the rest haven't arrived, I didn't even notice Kim arriving and taking a seat near me, that's how deeply troubled I am about Liam and whatever it is I still feel for him.

" Nothing, just wondering if I should take muscle relaxants or just brave it through" I easily lie, there is no way I was going to tell her the truth.

" Are you still sore?"

" Yes, it's like every muscle in my body is turning against me, even lifting my hand is hard."

Kim is one of those girls who have a quiet beauty to them. She is not the classical beauty that turns head but she is beautiful none the less both inside and out. She is quiet and doesn't speak much as the rest of us do but still her quietness isn't one that makes people feel awkward but one that pulls people into a sense of peacefulness.

I like her alot and the fact that she is Trevor's cousin is just a bonus. She keeps to herself most of the time and just choses to be observant instead and that is one of the things I love about her, and she is quite intelligent, like a high level of IQ intelligence and she also has a wicked way with anything technology.

" Give it a few more days..maybe two or three, if there is no improvement then you can go visit the nurse." She interrupts my thoughts of her good qualities.

" Yeah I'll do that, cause damn, it's hard to focus when everything hurts even my damn hair follicle."

She gives a laugh just as the bell rings to signal the beginning of gym class. Nothing interesting happens at gym class and soon the forty five minute gym session ends and I couldn't be more grateful for that. After taking a shower Kim and I separate and go to our respective classes.

The day drags on but finally the school day ends when the four o'clock bell rings. I leave for my swimming practice and while on my way I almost think of skipping because of how energy less my body feels like but then I think against it because I'll just be postponing today's pain to tomorrow so I should just get it over and done with.

I check my watch and I groan since I am like ten minutes late for practice, I quicken my steps as I try to think of an excuse I'll give our coach for being late, she hates lateness but I hate it all the more. I'd rather be an hour early than be a second late and this just tells you how out of sorts I am today.

I almost miss him standing at the entrance of the swimming arena but even my thoughts are not powerful enough to conceal his aura or presence. I stop and try to think why in the world he would be standing here but then I tell myself that it's probably nothing. There could be a million reasons why he is standing there and probably none have to do with me.

The he, I am talking about is Hale in case you had not figured it out yet. I decided to call him Hale instaed of Liam since in my thinking Hale is more impersonal as compared to Liam, and if I want to get over whatever it is I have for him then that would be a great beginning, I mean what better way to get my mind to stop thinking of Liam as anything potential other than treating him as though he is nothing special to me in other words not personalizing anything related to him especially his name.

"Is there a particular reason you're blocking the door to the arena?" I ask. He just stares at me without bothering to answer my question.

"You know what don't even answer that, just get out of my way"

"No" he finally answers

" What do you mean no?"

" I mean no, do I need to spell it out for you bunny"

" You're a jerk, you know that?!, and don't call me bunny! "

"Bunny! Bunny! Bunny! "

I instantly became really annoyed by his childishness.

" Cut the crap Hale, what do you want? You're wasting my precious time "

" Huh, this is surprising and new...why are you using my second name? "

" Does it matter, it's still your name isn't it? Or would you prefer I call you asshole instead... enough of this shit just let me through, I have practice to get to "

To be honest I am getting irritated, here I am bickering with him while the others are training, if I knew this would have happened I would have just gone back to my dorm for a nap before dinner.

" We need to talk"

Well, when someone starts a sentence like that it usually doesn't bode well..it is like a bad omen or something. Even though I am curious what Liam wants to talk to me about, I am also dreading what will come out of his mouth, call me a coward but I am not brave enough for whatever shit he is about to spew.

I look at him for a few seconds then I decide that it's just not worth it. Firstly I am already late for practice, and second my body aches in places that shouldn't even be aching. So with that thought in mind I turn around and begin walking in the opposite direction with the intention of going to my room for a well needed nap.

I had not even taken more than five steps when he grabs my hand and spins me back around. I mean how annoying could this guy be? Right?...he has prevented me from joining practice and here he is preventing me from taking a nap.

With the way I am feeling right now I could probably murder someone. I am tired and again my body aches plus I am starting to have a migraine which isn't a really good sign so I need my meds asap, which are all the way in my dorm room.

I will ignore how having him touch me makes me feel. Technically he is not really touching me in that sense, he is grabbing me but oh well, tomato, tomato, who cares? The point is his skin is on my skin which feels heavenly for some reason but that still doesn't erase the fact that I am irritated.

" Didn't I just say we need to talk?" He asks me in a silky, lazy voice which is weird and surprising since Liam Hale has never talked to me in a silky voice, well except on that first day when we met but that was a long time ago. I am more used to his rough, tough, arrogant and mocking voice. Aren't we all just full of surprises today?

" Look HALE" I start ( don't ask me why I emphasized on his second name, I have no idea what my brain is thinking right now, but like I said, mama is tired y'all )

" I don't want to talk to you" I continue..

" and I already know what you want us to "talk about"..you really just want to threaten me, or oder me or bully me into staying away from you and your slut of a girlfriend or should I call her your wife since you're basically already married, but news flash big man, I want nothing to do with the two of you as surely as you want nothing to do with me so can we just skip this whole bullshit where you try to prove to me that you're a bigger dick than the rest of the world?"

" I can assure you that I do indeed have a bigger dick than the rest"

" Oh my gosh! Honestly? That's the only thing you got from all the things I have mentioned? "

" Yes, cause it's the only truth worth mentioning..but really we do have to talk"

"And like I said I don't want to talk to you anymore than I want my head set on fire! "

I pull back my hand which he had not yet let go, by force and literally before he can do anything run like the hounds of hell are after me, because seriously what was a girl to do? I need to nap and also get away from Liam, as far away as possible.

I need a whole galaxy separating me from Liam Hale, cause I am sure just as he was responsible for almost sending me to the after life, if I am not careful and let him in, he may do more damage, leaving me broken in more ways than one, and I do not think I am willing to play with that kind of risk but who knows anyway, may he just wanted my class notes or to ask how he can join a book club. Who am I kidding? he probably wanted to threaten me again.