All Chapters of Ashley, a beast within : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Her eyes shifted to the side again. They were glazed with glassy layer of tears. As she blinked, they dripped from her eyelids and slid down her cheek. She wiped it off with her thumb.She stared at the sky like someone who was searching for something important. She felt goosebumps on her skin, no doubt, the night was cold. It was awfully silent. She was seated alone on the pavement in the school.She knew she was going against the school rules, but she didn't mind. She needed some time alone. She needed to clear her head. She inhaled deeply. Everything around her looked gloomy too. The trees, swaying slowly like they were sympathising with her, the moon seemed to be looking at her directly in the face too. She could picture a look of pity on the face of the moon. The stars twinkled, like they were trying to tell her everything is going to be fine.She was snapped out of her thoughts by a whisper. She was startled. Of cour

Ashley shut her eyes tightly, trying to process what just happened. She opened her eyes and staring at her in the face was Claire, Alex's girlfriend. Fury burned her face bright red.  "Who the hell do you think you are to lay your filthy hand on me?"Ashley yelled, her chest moving upward and downward repeatedly as she breathed heavily. "And who the f**king hell do you think you are to talk back at him? Do you know who he is?" Claire snapped.  "Does it look like I give a f**k about who he is huh? What part of don't talk to me doesn't he understand!" Ashley fumed. "You can't just talk to........ " Claire was saying, but Ashley cut her short.  "If you ever lay your filthy hand on me again, trust me, I'll make sure you regret it" Ashley sassed and walked out of her.  Claire felt embarrassed. A new girl just insulted her in the presence of the

There was a soft  knock on the door. Claire's eyes turned to Annabelle's direction as if she was expecting her to open the door.  Monica stood up. She unlocked the door and pushed it open. "Food is here" A young lady announced, pushing a trolley into the room. Everyone picked their plate of food and ate silently.  After dinner, The young lady cleared their dishes and Annabelle stood up to lock the door after she left.  "Anna" Ashley called. "Hmm" "You know, you shouldn't let anyone bully you especially when they don't worth it" Ashley said, fixing her gaze on Claire.  "She's a weakling, she's got no choice" Claire mocked, looking at Ashley directly in the face. She wondered why Ashley was so daring. Deep down, she was excited. "Tonight, we're gonna put you in your place, and you won't be able to run that little mo

As Alex walked towards his seat, he was waving at everyone like a celebrity. With his back turned to his seat, he made to sit down. In a flash, Ashley moved his chair backwards and he fell flat on the floor. The whole class bursted into laughter. It was an epic moment for Ashley. She laughed so much, her stomach started to hurt. Anger sparked in Alex's eyes as he stood up.  Dropping his backpack on the chair, he stomped out of the class. Ashley pressed her lips together to prevent her from bursting into another round of laughter.Anabelle walked to Ashley's seat. She was full of smiles. "Why did you do that?" She asked, lowering her butt to Alex's chair, but she quickly jerked to her feet realizing what she was doing. "Pay back" Ashley shrugged and pulled her to sit on Alex's chair. "Relax, they won't do anything" Ashley assured, noticing the worri

"I don't think you've read the school rules" Mrs Jones started as Ashely stopped midway into the office. Ashely kept mute. "Fighting is against the school rules and you can get severely punished for it. I just decided to let it go today, but I may not be able to do that next time. It will be more that detention" She continued and Ashley listened attentively to her. "And I didn't expect you to get into a fight with Alex" She said. "He tore my mathematics note" Ashely said in a protesting tone. "Then you should have reported him instead" She said and Ashley became pissed. "And then you'll give him detention and that'll be all" She said almost rudely. Mrs Jones drew in a deep breath. "You know what, I hate school rules so I don't follow them. I do what I think is right. I don't care if I get punished" She