Chapter 10: Chapter Nine!

Adelynn’s POV

Alright. I have no idea what was wrong with Mike. Ever since Sunday, he’s never left my side unless we had different classes which were none. Yup, that’s right, we even had the lunch period together.

Maybe we’re meant to be. My brain spoke.

My heart swelled at this idea and my insides jumped but I couldn’t get my hopes up. Mike was still a player. He wouldn’t settle down for just anyone. That girl had to be perfect and well, that girl wasn’t me. Even though now that I knew the reason why no guys talked to me at all, that doesn’t mean my self esteem will miraculously jump to an all time high. I was still self conscious and the opposite of confident.

I snuck out of my Global class, seeing that Mike was talking to his friend, Daniel. It was the end of the day and I wanted to go to the bus stop first and go home. This way, Mike would know that I was home and maybe he would hang out with his friends. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t avoiding Mike.

I wanted him to talk to his friends and hang out with them instead of walking by my side almost all the time. So don’t jump to conclusions because it’s not that I didn’t want him with me because I really did. Who wouldn’t want their crush to be by their side at all times? It’s just that I felt like he changed a little. To me, it was in a good way but for his friends, a bad change.

Mike stopped texting with that smirk on his face that told me the perverted thoughts swimming in his head when he texted other girls. Even in the morning, he walked me to class so I was no longer walking alone. At lunch, he sat with Mels, Austen and I instead of sitting with a bunch of girls that sat way to close to him. When girls jumped on him, he had a look of annoyance on his face and told them to stop calling him Mikey with a tone of all seriousness.

He still flirted with some people nonetheless but he stopped like, I don’t know. Kissing them and stuff like that. He doesn’t even go out in the night anymore and just watches me do my homework on my bed then we eat dinner and watch something on the television. I was a nice change but I felt like I was taking his life away. At this thought, I rushed out the door, trying to escape Mike, until I crashed into someone.

Oomph.

I fell on my butt which now felt sore and my notebooks and pens were scattered all around the floor around me.

My butt hurt when I touched it so I knew a bruise was going to appear. I grimaced. A bruise on my butt? That would be painful and would hurt if I sit down. Hopefully, it’ll be a slight bruise.

I looked up to see who was mean enough to crash into me and not even say sorry or even help pick up my stuff. As I turned my head up, I was greeted by the chocolate eyes that I used to adore. Now, I felt disgust and hurt looking at it.

“Sorry.” I grumbled, not really wanting to talk to him as I crawled on all fours, scrambling to collect my stuff that fell on the floor. I kept my head down, not daring to look up because well, I didn’t know how to face him. How do you face a guy that cheated on you? Give him a huge smile and say, ‘Hey? How’s your day so far?’

Yeah, no.

When I put back all the stuff in my bag, I just realized that I crawled on the floor like a dog. I felt embarrassment wash over me. I got up and wished with all my heart that Alex was gone but I didn’t wish hard enough and well, I wasn’t a witch or had any special powers to make Alex disappear. He was still there standing with his arms crossed and a confident look on his face. I used to feel go all goo goo eyes at his confident look because I found it damn sexy but I wasn’t going to fall for his charms now that I knew better.

“Uh, why are you still here?” I asked him. I noticed that the hallways were almost empty, except for a few students that were running late and from what I could see, a boy that was having locker problems. It seemed like his locker was stuck. He banged his fist on it a few times, creating a loud noise in the hallway before it popped open. He quickly grabbed his books and scurried down the hallway, probably late to go home or something.

A cough came from Alex and my head snapped to him. Looking at the guy with locker problems was much better than talking with Alex. It was uncomfortable and awkward.

“So,” He started.

“So.” I replied straight back.

He seemed so relax that it started to piss me off. The look on his face clearly said that he wanted me to start the conversation and I wasn’t up for that at all.

“What do you want?” I asked rather rudely but I didn’t care. He deserved it.

He didn’t respond, instead Alex put his hands on my cheeks, holding them in place as his head advanced towards mine. My eyes widened as I noticed what Alex was about to do. I quickly put my hands on his chest and pushed him away.

He looked at me with confusion but then he spoke up. “I wanted to apologize. I know what I did was unacceptable and I really regret it. Please forgive me Adelynn. Let’s just forget it and start all over.”

He looked at me with puppy eyes but it had no effect on me. Not anymore. Was he kidding me? Forgive him and start over? What did he expect? Me to say okay and then kiss him and forget about him cheating on me? That’s completely and utterly ridiculous.

I really wanted to punch him on the face.

I bit my lip and looked down. “Okay…” I said looking at him through my eyelashes. He really seemed surprised with my reaction. I was surprised that it worked. I started to lean towards him and he started to lean down since I was shorter than him. His eyes closed and that’s when I brought my fist back, and hit him hard, straight on his jaw.

His face swung to the side as his eyes shot open, staring at me with disbelief that I actually did that. That felt good.

“Do you really think I’m that stupid? That was for cheating on me.”

He opened his mouth to say something but I stopped him but swinging my fist at his face for the second time. It collided with his eye and he stumbled back a few steps. My knuckles throbbed from the pain but I didn’t care right now. “That was for asking me to forgive you. Are you that stupid to think that I would actually forgive you?”

Anger flashed through his eyes and he started walking towards me. His eyes told me that what I did was a mistake. My heart pounded since the look in his eyes scared me.

There was no one in the hallways, what was I supposed to do? Run? Yeah. Too bad I can’t run for life. I had to try anyway.

I ran down the hallway as fast as I could, hearing Alex’s steps echo. He was getting closer, I could hear him. I turned down towards the staircase.

Pushing the staircase door open, I sprinted down the stairs with my heart jumping in my chest. If I didn’t make it out, I knew I would be as good as dead. Okay, maybe not that dramatic but I knew that I would be in big trouble. When I went down one flight of stairs, onto the second floor, I pushed the door open so I left the staircase. I reached the second floor hallways. I screamed when I heard his voice right next to my ear.

“You’re stupid to think that you can get away with that.”

He grabbed my hair and I let out a scream as the sensation of my hair being pulled backwards hurt so much.

“You’re getting back with me.” He said with an angry tone. I was scared. What had I gone myself into? Stupid brain. Why did you decide to punch him in the first place?!

“No, you can’t tell me what to do you asshole!” I screamed at him. I was scared shitless but I didn’t want to show weakness. He can’t control me.

“Wrong choice of words Adelynn.” He replied before I felt a huge burning sensation on my right cheek. It stung so much that it brought tears to my eyes. He slapped me hard, causing me to fall onto the floor.

I burst into tears. I didn’t know that Alex was this violent. He didn’t seem like he was done since the anger still didn’t leave his eyes. Alex slowly made his way towards me, knowing that there was no one here to help me at all.

Where was everyone? Surly there were teachers that were still in their classrooms grading work or something. Then I remembered that I was on the second floor and the teachers were having a meeting on the fifth floor. Stupid Adelynn, I should’ve ran upstairs instead of downstairs.

Endless tears ran down my cheeks. I was terrified. What if Alex hit me and punched me until I was severely injured? He wouldn’t be that heartless one part of me said but the look on his face said otherwise.

I was still on the floor and scooted back until my back hit the lockers. This was it, I was done for.

I folded my legs up and ducked my head, letting it rest on my kneecaps. I prepared myself for the excruciating pain of my head being slammed on the locker or a kick to my stomach or any sort of injury but it never came. When I lifted my head up, I saw Alex on the floor, using his arms to block his head as Mike endlessly threw punches at him.

Mike was here. Mike was here. I was going to be safe.

If I never walked away from Mike, then I wouldn’t be in this situation. Now, if a teacher does miraculously happen to walk down here like how Mike miraculously found me, Mike could get suspended for hitting Alex. I think I would be suspended too since I punched Alex first.

I crawled over to Mike and hugged him from the back. His face was with rage as he threw punches at Alex’s face. Alex’s nose was already gushing with blood and I figured that it was broken.

“Mike.” I called him softly. He couldn’t hear me. I hugged him tighter and I called his name even louder. He seemed to break out of his rage since he turned around to look at me. Immediately, Mike’s expression softened.

“Let’s go before the teachers come.” I said to him. His hand reached up to touch my cheek and I winced. Anger seemed to fill his eyes again but I hugged onto him tightly, not letting go.

“Let’s just go.” I spoke with the non-sore side of my face pressed against his back.

Mike swallowed and threw a nasty look at Alex. “If you ever lay a hand on her ever again, you’ll regret it. You hear me?” He spat out.

Alex nodded with fear in his eyes. Mike seemed to want to throw one more punch at Alex’s face. That was my cue to go. I grabbed Mike’s hand and started to walk towards to staircase so we could get to the first floor and towards the entrance.

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This was a shorter chapter but I really wanted to upload today. If there are any Alex fans out there, don't hate me. The idea just came in my head and well, I like the idea of Mike saving Adds since I like the idea of a prince in shining armor. Hehe. Okay, so this chapter is dedicated to the person who voted for a lot of chapters for this story. Thank you so much, it really means a lot. :)

I don't have much to say, so this is it. Oh yeah, the side is the song, "The Mess I Made" by the band, Parachute. It's a really good song♥ So comment or vote if you liked this chapter. If you want to ask me anything, just PM me. Thanks for reading this chapter, I really appreciate it. Until next timee.

-karenn xx