CHAPTER 15: He should take whispering classes from Voldemort

The word normal has never been normal for me. Confusing, I know. What I mean is I never really experienced normalcy in my life. From having a normal family to having normal friends, I've had the privilege to hold none of it. I've had a half broken family, students not wanting to befriend me due to my "weird" behavior (I ain't got shit on that), abnormal likes and dislikes according to people, abnormal behavior, etc.

You get the picture.

For example, I love wine. I don't know why I do but I love it. I could have it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and this is surprisingly abnormal to other people. I mean, they think it's a drink for the elite, the rich, the prestigious... I could pull all that off, bitches. And it's not just that. They think it's absurd for a teenage girl to be loving wine so deeply. Plus, it's ironical how I can handle wine better than other adults.

Moving on, I hate healthy. Yeah, you heard me right. Being a soccer player and despite having 3 athletic boys in the house, I still refuse to immerse myself into the healthy food world. Nope. I'm not setting foot on that doorstep.

It's the door to my doom and suffocation.

Never would you see Summer Jones putting a piece of lettuce or cabbage or cucumber or whatever other weird vegetables that exist, in her mouth.

You see, that's another turn away point for people. These other teenagers I see are all hell-bent on getting those toned abs and curvy figure with a big butt and good hips. I honestly don't see any point in dieting like that and getting a good body when all I do is just eat junk food and play like hell. That's all I do to be in shape. Although, even if I wasn't in shape, I would never ever diet. That's for sure.

I won't lie and say it was easy fitting in – no it was absolute hell. I never found the right clique to associate with or have fun with. Maddie was all I had as I said before. Still, despite her hanging out with me, it didn't stop the rest to come to talk to Maddie. I mean she was pretty – so was I, come on – and smart and social. Quite social. Better than me for god's sake. Girls and boys always came up to her wanting to befriend her but always backed out because of me. And the few who really wanted Maddie to be their friend...yeah, they ran away as well since Maddie insisted I come along.

Not exactly the friend group type, ya see?

So, talking to people freely, conversing about their life, their day and so on – is definitely not a walk in the park for me.

Noel and I take a seat at the back of the Math class, to which we reached early since this building was not far from the canteen. I spot Maddie walk in the with the rest of the boys and she smiles as she signals the boys over to us.

"I want to bunk. Blake, wanna get out?" Shawn grumpily asks as he looks around at the Math class.

How I wish he asked me that.

"Why absolutely. You're welcome to join me, babe."

Did I talk out loud?

Another dumb habit I had, people.

"Uh...whatever. I wouldn't mind. But. Not with you." I smile at him and roll my eyes at everyone's chuckles and Shawn's frown.

"Try as much as you want, buddy. She's not budging a foot even." Noel grins at miserable Shawn and laughs. They all sit in front of Noel and I just as Caleb enters with his bag. He takes one look at us and I spot him huffing as he walks in lazily, throwing his bag on the table right next to Blake.

Which was directly behind Noel and me.

Wow. Fate's got to play such bullshit games with me. Even more tragic than Romeo and Juliet.

"Hey. Why did you walk off like that? You didn't even say sorry to poor Summer over here." Noel laughs at us, not even having a slight idea on how awkward he just made things. We were merely one foot apart and everything that happened between us till now didn't help in knowing the fact that we hated each other's guts.

"Sorry for what?" I hear him mumbling and it doesn't even take a second for me to whip my head at his imbecile remark.

"Sorry for dropping my ass, you...you asshole."

Why, Summer, why? Why do I have the worst swear words at the times when I really need them?

"Wouldn't even hold such an ass." He growls out angrily and I widen my eyes at what he says.

What the fuck is wrong with him?

I say all the abuses I know in all the languages - internally obviously - and continue glaring at the motherfucker sitting right behind me. Noel raises his eyebrows and moves his chair a little behind to whisper to Caleb.

"Not done, dude. That's fucked. Say sorry." He tries his best to whisper but I hear all of what he said.

He needs whispering classes from Voldemort.

I clench my fists and sharply close my eyes, trying my best not to crush my teeth by the extreme gritting. This was it. He had legit crossed all his limits. There were boundaries to which you can insult a person and the fact that I'm a girl makes it even worse. All I deduced from today was that he was the biggest jerk in the universe and he had no respect for women.

Mr. Reid makes his way into class, half-eaten chocolate glazed donut in his right hand while a big fat Math textbook in his left hand. I know what you are wondering.

Trust me, I know all my teachers are some antique masterpieces.

"Caleb!" I turn towards Noel glaring at Caleb who in turn was glaring at me.

He continues staring at me as if he wants to gouge my eyes right out of my socket balls. I wouldn't hesitate to do the same to him anyway. He then turns to Noel saying, "Don't expect anything from me." He crosses his arms over his chest, making his biceps bulge even more. If he was even a little bit apologetic or considerate of others, then sure I would have said it was a drool-worthy moment.

I should just imagine him to be some huge lorry carrying everyone's garbage.

Yes. Simple and distracting enough from those damn muscles.

Anger bubbles in every part of my body and I continue thinking about peaceful stuff like food, my bed-

What?

Those are my peace symbols.

Everyone's different, people.

My anger suddenly gets out of control and I end up punching the top of the table I was seated on. Mr. Reid stops talking abruptly and everyone's eyes are suddenly fixated on me. My eyes involuntarily close and I let out a sigh of frustration.

"Any problem, Summer?" Mr. Reid uses a strange, calm tone to address my bizarre behavior but that's just probably the calm before the storm.

"Can I get out?" I don't know what came over me for me to ask that but I couldn't take it back. I notice Maddie giving me strange looks demanding explanations but I quickly averted my gaze back to a curious Mr. Reid.

"If you want detention, then yes. Suit yourself." He huffs and turns back to the board to continue writing some long ass equation as he always does. I couldn't stay in the same room as Caleb anymore and his sight and strong cologne didn't help my exasperated mind.

"Even better," I mumble and pick my bag, quickly walking out of my class, knowing that everyone was shocked by my sudden change in behavior.

As soon as I get out of the class, I hear Mr. Reid resuming his teaching and I take a deep breath to calm myself down. I rub my forehead roughly with my hand and continue storming down the hallway. Caleb's words continue ringing in my ears and I groan loudly at my situation. How the hell did I end up as an enemy of Caleb Anderson, the school's golden boy?

I know for a fact that this was going to turn back on me only. Keeping that in mind, I go to the library and think of how long this day was going to be.

I skipped the rest of the lectures for the day, successfully hiding in the library from anyone who would look for me. Like Maddie. I hid all day under my hood, stuck on the same page on my psychology book.

I couldn't read shit.

It was finally 3 and I sighed as I got up while ignoring what the librarian was saying. It was absolutely mean of me but right now, I would bang anyone's head in the wall – anyone who tried talking to me. And I really wish the first volunteer was Caleb Anderson. He'll be a damn example to the rest.

I get out of the school gates once mostly everyone has left. My phone continues vibrating in my pocket and I once again put it on silent, despite knowing how angry Maddie will be at me.

My hands are relaxingly placed in my hoodie pockets and I start humming to 'I like me Better' as I take a glimpse at the beautiful sky with colorful streaks all across it. I pass through some of the closed stores and suddenly I hear a window pane banging against the red brick wall. I immediately halt in my steps and look around for any suspicious person. I realize I'm alone on this deserted road and there was no soul in sight.

I take a sharp intake of breath and continue walking fast and trying to make the least sound possible. I hide behind my hoodie even more and my hand clenches around my phone tightly. What if some serial killer was behind me?

Dramatic I know. But the least unexpected things usually happen as the worst clichés ever.

Before I could birth the next thought, I'm roughly pulled in an alleyway by someone and my back hits the wall hard enough to almost break my spine. I groan loudly and go to hit my attacker but whoever it was, puts a hand on my mouth and I start struggling against him. I try to squint to see who it might be but to no luck since the alleyway was way at the back of an old building with a metal stairway on top so it was really dark.

Obviously, Summer. What do you expect? One of your relatives to attack you?

I continue pushing the person away and in a split second, my leg kicks his knee and I manage to push him. I punch him square on the jaw and hear a groan from him.

Uh...what?

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Uh oh. Trouble with Summer? Not anything new; she basically invites it. 😂😂

Vote and comment on what you think should happen next? Will she show off her non-existent ninja skills on her attacker or will he overpower her? Or...maybe someone could come to her rescue? 🤔😂

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