6. Gab and Ash need help

The last few days were an emotional rollercoaster.

First there was this call from my Nona, the fear of the murders coming after me and now the realisation that I had a crush on the hot soccerguy.

To be honest, I didn't expect that I would have already been falling so hard for him.

Of course he's good-looking and always being nice, but thats not enough reason to fall for someone, is it?

,,Whatever happend between you two, I think you should make up. He seems to be important to you." Vanessa proposed.

,,And don't worry about a home, you're always welcome at our home.", Jack was being nice.

It was nice, that I would get a new family with 16 years of age.

But would it all end like in a fairy tale?

I'm quite pessimistic! ... Well, old habits won't die. Because, honestly all my past adoptive parents were nice and the first few times I was quite optimistic and believed in a future. Thats why it was that words had such an big infact on me. Maybe I was still vulnerable because of the fight with Austin.

I couldn't even remember when I felt asleep that night.

Honestly, I didn't expect that I would run into Mr. Hot Soccerguy first thing the next morning at school.

It was problably not his intention to always bump into me, but I had to hide from him the whole day.

He really put me on the spot.

Suddenly he would appeared when I wanted to get my books from my locker, when I walked down the hallway Austin would come around a corner and I had problems to hide on time in the classroom possible.

The students in there looked at me like I were crazy, and given, I problably looked crazy.

,,Keep going, everyone. Please excuse me!", I tried keeping some of my pride.

Finally we had lunch break, which means lots of food to eat and hopefully no Austin ancidents for next half hour.

But, as you know, Karma is bitch. And in front of the cafeteria it caught me.

I was just one hallway away from food heaven, but I could hear the soccerteam bawling in front of the cafeteria and coming my way. Which made me turn around on the spot.

The first team memembers came around the bend, I catched a glimpse of Austin when his head appeared behind the wall and I could dissapear into the next toilet.

When I entered the boys toilet I heared someone cry and some bad rubbish and noises.

,,Damn, you're such a wimp! You're crying about every fucking thing, it's almost not worth it to even pick at you."

,,At least try to act a bit tough. Where's the fun when we don't have to try at all to mess with you."

Shit, always these bullies at schools. Actually I don't want to get mixed up in this. But these kind of people need to learn a lesson somehow. ... Maybe I just get out of here and call a teacher to interfere.

,,Please stop it. Don't you have enough of messing with me? I don't even any money, why would you mess with like this?"

When I recognised the voice my blood frooze in my veins.

Gab told me, that there where some mean students, but I thought he meant some mean comments, which you just have to ignore sometimes.

But when I heard the toilet flush and Gab scream in fear, I couldn't take it anymore.

,,Yo, what do you think your doing, you asshole?" Jumped on with anger and a bit self-confidence I popped up behind the corner were I was staying.

I was a bit taken aback when I spotted that there weren't just one but three bullies.

,,What's it to you, you little punk? We're just having some fun with our short friend here."

,,Ash ...?" Gab was kneeing in front of the toilet and looking at me wide-eyed in surprise.

To be honest, I don't actually know what I'm doing here either. I'm usually not the type to pick a fight or to stand up for someone. But Gab was already there for me so many times and when I remember how frail he looked that night at the play ground, I can't just leave him here alone with the bullies.

,,I don't know what kind of problem you have with my friend, but let him go now, before I make you regret picking on him!" Maybe I sounded tougher than I was, but I think I'm being excused for standing up for Gab.

,,JD, JH, your taking on this rude little prick. Be REAL nice to him and teach him a lesson in manners. And I finish what we started with this shortie here.", the biggest one of them threatened.

,,Ash, don't be redicilous, please leave. I'm ok, just get out of her..." The little one looked worried, but was interrupted when the big bully grabbed his head and shoved it into the toilet.

,,Stop it, you dick!" I tried to cheat my way through the other two bullies, sadly they catched me before I could pass them and shoved me against the wall.

,,Hopefully you will be more fun than this little crybaby. Don't start crying after a few punches!" They clenched their fists threatening and started throwing punches.

Some of them hit, some of them I was able to dodge and I could even landed some hits.

But to be real, I'm really terrible at fighting.

While I heard Gab gasping for air from time to time.

When I scream now, I could have luck and someone would come to help us or send the teachers. But the teachers aren't normally in the halls at lunch time. They have to overwatch things at the cafeteria. Maybe some student would hear us, but if they would send help? Also, everyone should be eating by now.

Maybe the bullies gave it more thought than you would give them credit for.

Suddenly the door to the boys toilet opened and would show Austin standing in the doorway, looking surprised.

,,What's going on here?"