Chapter Four

knock. knock. I groaned and rubbed my eyes but winced when I lifted my left elbow. " Jennifer wake up baby" my mom said from the other side of the door. I sighed and got out of the bed," I'm not feeling well" I said and opened the door a little.

    "What's wrong?" She asked " just cold" I said quietly. " Okay if you need anything call me, okay?" She said. "Yeah sure" I replied and closed the door. I took a warm bath and wore my sweatpants and a large sweater.

    I picked up my phone and dialled Amaya's number. She picked up on the second ring.

    "Hey are you okay?"she asked, " yeah but am not coming to school today" I said " okay I'll get your assignments for you" she said. " Thanks love you" " love you too" then I hung up and took some pain killers. Then I laid down to sleep.

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    "Jennifer" someone whispered in my ear, " go away" I mumbled and dozed off. " Jennifer Camille Greene" I flinched at the use of my full name. I dragged myself to sit up and glare at Amaya, " don't look at me like that missy I saved you from over sleeping" she said and laid on my couch. "What ever"I said and stretched my arms " ow!" I brought my left arm down and rubbed the aching area.

    Amaya gave me a concerned look, " have you put anything on it?" she asked " last night after you left I did then I took some painkillers when I woke up this morning" I said. She nodded " good baby" I rolled my eyes at her. "So how was school ?" I asked, " boring without you-"  she said " awww I'm touched" I placed my hands over my heart dramatically.

    She rolled her eyes and continued," -at first, that was until Reece threw a tantrum in front of the whole school. Epic!" she finished with an amused smile. I was surprised at this cause he never loses his cool in the open, " really?" I asked " mhmm, strange right?" " He has never done that before" I said mostly to myself.

Amaya looked at me suspiciously,  " I have a hunch" she got up from the couch and came to sit on my bed.

    "That?" I asked " that it had to do with a certain grey eyed angel" she said while I frowned , why was she smiling?. " Who?" I asked, she face palmed herself in disappointment. " I'm talking about you moron!" She exclaimed.

    I stared at her like she had grown two heads then doubled over in fits of laughter. This girl is plain crazy. After five minutes of uncontrollable laughter, I sobered up and wiped the tears that rolled down my cheeks. " You can't be serious Amy" I said ,she shook her head and said," oh I'm serious about this" I rolled my eyes and got off the bed. " Why would he do that because of me? He bullies me " I stated.

     " Yes he does but I don't think he bullies you because he hates you, what if it's something more than that" she said lost in thoughts. I raised an eyebrow at her, " if he doesn't bully me because of hatred then what? " I asked her. She gasped suddenly and looked up at me with her brown eyes as round as a cookie, I don't think I'll like what she's going to say.

     " Maybe he likes you" she said, " okay I'm starting to think you're crazy" I said in disbelief.

" Seriously, I know it sounds absolutely ridiculous-"" it doesn't sound ridiculous, it is ridiculous" I dragged. " But think about it" she pressed on, " can we just not talk about this... please?" I begged, she sighed " fine but this ain't over yet".

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   " Bye Amy" I said and waved her, she waved back "good night and don't forget what I said" she said, " Amaya-""  just think about it" she said. I shook my head, " you know it's not possible" I said.

She shrugged and said " anything is possible Jenny" she said and walked away.

I closed the door and went to the kitchen to eat something. I opened the fridge and grabbed a bag of chips and a drink. I went to the living room and turned on the tv, " ooh SpongeBob" I said to myself. I'm not wierd I just love the fact that he is stupid and besides there is nothing to watch.

" Of all things to watch-" I froze when I heard his voice. How did he get in here?, He chuckled lowly and his footsteps drew closer to the couch I was sitting on. "How did you-"" I climbed in through your window" he answered my unfinished question.

He stopped behind the couch and placed his hands on either side of the back rest of the couch. I hugged my chips tightly, my heart beat increased. " I didn't see you at school today" he said and in one fluid motion he jumped over the couch and landed beside me. I flinched a bit due to surprise, he had a mischievous smirk on his face.

" What do you want?" I asked " to check on you" he said in a 'duh' tone. I scoffed and faced him " right, more like you came to inflict more pain to my life" I said, he stared at me with a blank face then said " you're smart-" and got up from the chair.  " -but that's not why I came " he said and stood in front of me.

" Remember what I told you yesterday about Clayton?" He asked with a serious face. " She's my only friend" I muttered, " I know...that was my doing" he said in fake sympathy. I got up from the couch, " you've already taken all my other friends away from me, now you want to take my best friend away too?" anger bubbled within me, he looked unfazed by my expression.

Then I said something I never expected to say " you're a psychotic asshole", he froze.

" What?"he asked in a dangerously low voice, " I said you're a psychotic asshole" I repeated and found myself lying on the couch with him hovering over me and his hands wrapped around my neck.

" Don't you ever insult me you fucking bitch" he growled in my face, I tried to pry his hands off but he was stronger. I kicked my feet around but he stopped me by pinning them between his knees. So I tried to slap him with my free hands but he pinned them above my head with his left arm.

" I wouldn't try that again if I were you" he pressed his body down on mine. Immediately, goosebumps crawled all over my body. His face was just inches away from mine. Too close. I know this is odd, but I suddenly forgot how to breathe as I stared into his beautiful green eyes, I quickly noticed that his eyes were not only green but they also had a hint of chocolate brown, beautiful was an understatement for this beast. It's like God took his time to create him.

I could feel his abs through my hoodie, " I wonder what will happen if I touched you" his voice broke me out of my daze and horror filled me. I started struggling again, " don't" I said but he just ignored me, " if I touch you here " he said and placed his right hand on my thigh then moved them upwards to my hip, I sucked in a breath. " Or here" he whispered into my ear and moved his hand under my hoodie to my bare skin," s-stop " I stuttered but he didn't, instead he placed his lips on my neck and drew them down to my collar bone. I don't even remember if I was breathing.

His hand continued moving upwards but stopped at my rib cage. " Are you sure I should stop?" He whispered when his lips moved back to my ear, I shuddered and squeezed my eyes shut. What is this feeling? It feels so wrong yet so right. I gulped and whimpered under him, his lips moved to the corner of my lips.

I thought he was gonna kiss me but I was wrong. He pulled back all of a sudden and I opened my eyes to see him staring down at me with disgust. " Do you really think someone like me would want to touch trash like you" he laughed mockingly and got off the couch.

Just then I felt...hurt, It felt like my whole body had shut down. " You're nothing, no one will ever love you because you're useless" he snarled. " Get out " I said quietly, he was silent, too silent. I looked at him, he was staring at me with an expression that resembled hurt. Huh?.

He quickly covered up with a smirk," see you tomorrow Jennifer" he said and left through the front door. I locked the door then ran upstairs and closed my window. I sat on the floor and let the tears pour.

What was I thinking? I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have let him get to me like that. I hate you so much Reece Morgan.

I cried until I felt myself slipping into the darkness, my only friend.