Cursed

Chapter thirteen

WARNING! This chapter contains offensive language about r**e. My intention isn't to offend anyone, so if you think you might be offended by that, then please skip this chapter.

Courtney's pov;

It's been 2 weeks and Dylan still hasn't spoken to me.

Ellie told me she went round there, and apparently he said he might apologise when he's calmed down, but he still hasn't.

Does it take 2 weeks to calm down?

I walked over to my closet to pick out some clothes for today.

It was the last day of school because spring break, and that made me so happy. Schools a drag.

I picked out a pair of black skinny jeans, and a burgundy jumper.

I decided to straighten my hair today, as I barely did that, and I left my face natural as I couldn't be bothered to put any makeup on.

I grabbed my black Air Max's and my bag, and went downstairs.

I woke up a bit earlier than usual, so I had time for breakfast.

I grabbed a bowl out of the cupboard and filled it with coco rocks, my all time favourite cereal.

I picked up some milk and poured it in my bowl. I then went and got a spoon and started eating my cereal.

Just then Zoe came down the stairs.

"Hey Zo. Are you feeling any better?" I ask her.

"Yeah a lot better thanks. Oh by the way I wanted to talk to you about something." She says and I panic.

"You're still a virgin aren't you Zo?!" I whisper shout.

"Yes oh my god! I'm 13 for christ's sake, what do you take me for?" She says.

"Sorry." I say. "Go on then, what did you want to tell me?"

"Mums going to a press conference tommorow morning for 2 weeks, and I wanted to go with her, so she asked her boss and I'm allowed. I was just wondering if you would mind being alone for 2 weeks? Or if you wanted to come with us?" She asks and I smile. She is always thinking of me.

"That's fine love, go if you want to. And no I'll stay here, I'll probably be seeing my friends a lot." I smile at her.

"Okay that's fine. I just didn't want you to be lonely for 2 weeks." She smiles back.

"I'll be fine my love." I say and hug her.

BEEP BEEP!

"That will be Ellie, I'll see you later Zo." I say and walk out the door.

"You ready for the last day of hell?" Ellie asks me.

"I think so." I reply.

Dylan's pov;

I haven't spoken to Courtney for 2 weeks.

2 damn weeks.

I miss her.

A lot.

I miss the way she laughs, and shows her one sided dimple.

I miss the way that she bites her lip when she's nervous.

I just miss her altogether.

Just then I bump into someone stopping my train of thoughts.

"Watch where you're going!" The voice said.

I looked up to see the last person I wanted to see

Shawn.

Shawn's pov;

"Oh hello again Dylan." I smirked at him.

"Oh f**k off you twat." He spat at me.

He tries to push past me but I say something that stops him.

"I hear someone spiked Courtney's drink?"

He turned around and stared at me, his eyes full of hate.

"How the f**k do you know that?" He said through gritted teeth.

"Oh I'm not sure. Maybe I was the one who spiked it?" I smirk, I can see he's getting wound up.

I just need him to punch me. If he starts beating me up, he'll get expelled because he's on his last chance, then there's nothing he can to protect his precious little Courtney.

I see his fists ball up, so I try and provoke him some more.

"What's the matter Dylan?" I smirk.

"You better be f*****g kidding me, or I swear to god I'll-" He starts to say but I cut in.

"You'll what Dylan?"

"Did she tell you about how into me she was? Her soft lips would have been so good around my dick." I smirk again.

I can see the rage in Dylan's eyes.

"How the f**k can you say that?! You nearly f*****g r***d her you f*****g weirdo!" He screams at me, and I reckon I only have to say one more thing before he flips.

"She was gagging for it." I say and he starts running towards me.

Dylan's pov;

"She was gagging for it." He smirks, an evil glint in his eye.

What the f**k did he just say. I'm gonna f*****g kill him.

I start running as fast as I can towards him.

"DYLAN! STOP NOW!" I hear a booming voice which makes me stop immediately.

Because I was good at sports, I could come to a halt immediately.

The voice belonged to the principal.

"Dylan go and see Mrs Snowdon please." He says nicely to me. He can tell I'm gonna strangle someone.

"Shawn, my office now." He says sternly.

I glare at Shawn before walking away.

"f**k!" I scream and kick a bin over.

Mr Bolton must have heard me, because I heard him say "Dylan, the bin hasn't done anything to you, please don't harm it." His comment made me smile.

I stormed into Mrs Snowdon's office' and slammed the door.

I think it made her jump.

"Oh gosh! You made me jump Dylan!" She says, her voice was quite calming actually.

"You okay hun?" She asks me and I shake my head.

"You look very frustrated, you want to talk about it?" She asks me and hands me an odd shaped thing.

I look at it, and then look at her quizzically.

"It's a stress ball my dear. Squeeze it as hard as you want. It might take your anger out just a little bit." She explains.

I start squeezing it rather hard, and my knuckles start to go white.

"Oh my gosh you have a lot of anger inside of you." Mrs Snowdon points out. "You want to talk about it?" She asks again.

"I don't want you patronising me and treating me like I'm 5 though. Counsellors always do that, that's why I never go to one." I snap, then realise that I was quite harsh. "Sorry that came out harsh." I try to apologise.

"It's okay my dear. I'm not here to patronise you in any way, nor will I treat you like you're 5. I'm here to help you, and give you the best advice I can." She smiles at me.

I think about it for a few minutes, then decide to tell her.

I tell her everything.

From the very first day I met Courtney, up until now.

I told her how I smashed up those instruments, and the reason behind it.

I told her about how I had a massive go at Courtney just to scare her off.

I told her that Courtney's drink got spiked, and I blamed her for it, and now that I know it was Shawn I feel even more bad.

I told her about my run in with Shawn, and how I didn't physically kill him.

And I told her, that I really like Courtney.

And to my surprise she listened. She didn't try to cut in, and she nodded regularly to show that I had her full attention.

"Please don't try and tell me I'm not in love with Courtney, and that I'm too young to know what love is, because that s**t pisses me off." I say to her, and she doesn't tell me off for swearing which surprises me as well.

"I'm not here to tell you anything Dylan. I'm not here to judge you. If you're in love with Courtney, then that's lovely. If you're not in love with her, and you just really like her, then that's also lovely." She says.

"Well thanks." I mumble. I'm not really used to talking to people about my feelings.

"I keep swearing and you're not telling me off. Why is that? All my other teachers tell me off for swearing." I ask her, eager to know the answer.

"Well I don't thinking swearing is good, and I certainly don't promote it, but sometimes it feels better to let all your anger out, even if it's through swear words." She admits.

"Well isn't beating someone up to get all your anger out the same?" I ask her.

"Beating someone up may get your anger out, but it doesn't help anything. Like you told me you beat up your best friend a few weeks ago, and that you didn't even want to hurt him, you just wanted to get your anger out. How has that worked out for you?" She asks me, and I look away.

Jamie and Luke haven't spoken to me ever since that happened. I wanted to talk to them, but I didn't like the idea of rejection. I sat with the football team at lunch instead.

"Jamie or Luke haven't spoken to me ever since that incident." I say.

"Exactly. Violence isn't the answer to everything you know. It may seem like a good idea at the time, but afterwards, you will regret it deeply." Mrs Snowdon tells me.

"I guess you're right. But I didn't kill Shawn today." I say and she laughs.

"It was really hard for me though. I wanted to kill him there and then. The things he was saying about Courtney were awful. He can't objectify women like that." I say and I shock myself.

A few weeks ago, I was objectifying women like that.

I used to f**k someone every weekend at parties, and not even care.

I haven't actually had s*x in a month.

That doesn't seem long, I know, but it's long for me. I used to have s*x at least once every week. If not twice.

Ever since I've met Courtney I've changed.

She's changed me.

And I think she's changed me for the better.

It's funny that knowing someone for a few weeks, can change you instantly.

"Dylan?" I hear Mrs Snowdon say and I snap out of my thoughts.

"What? Oh sorry I was thinking." I say honestly.

"That's okay." She smiled. "I was just saying how proud I am of you for not 'killing' Shawn as you might say. I understand that it took it must of took a lot of self strength to pull yourself away from that. Even thought Principal Bolton told you to stop, any other time, you wouldn't have listened to him. But this time you did, and I'm very proud of you for doing that." She smiles at me.

"Thanks." I simply say and smile.

"And it seems to me you like this Courtney very much. If you care about her as much as you say you do, then don't snap at her for silly things. I agree with you, she was silly for putting her drink down, but it could have happened to anyone. So don't get angry with her for that, because that will drive her away. If you want her as much as you say you do, you'll have to show her that. Actions speak louder than words." She says to me, and I take a minute to process what she has just said.

It makes so much sense, and it is probably the best bit of advice anyone has ever given me.

"Thankyou Mrs Snowdon. You really have helped me." I thank her.

"It's no problem Dylan, I'm here anytime you need me." She smiles.

Just then her laptop makes a funny noise, indicating that she has an email.

"Principal Bolton wants to see you in his office." She says, and I frown.

"Don't frown dear, he's probably just telling you how proud of you he is." She smiles again.

"Thankyou." I smile and walk out.

I walk into Mr Bolton's office, and he points at the chair in front of him, telling me to sit down.

I do as he says, and sit in the same chair I sit in almost every week.

"I heard everything Dylan." He says, getting straight to the point. I liked that about him.

"Oh." I say, not really sure what else I should say.

"I have rung Shawn's mother, and told her about the incident, and the offensive things he had been saying, and I have expelled him." He says and I sit up.

"You've expelled him?" I smile.

"Yes I have, for pure fact that the things he said were disgusting. You also said during your conversation, that he 'nearly r***d' Courtney? Is this true?" He asks me.

"Yes. Courtney went on a date with Shawn, and the date was at his house. He decorated his front room, and put picnic blankets on the floor, and had like a little picnic. I don't know what went on between them then, but Ben Smith, one of Shawn's friends came to my house that night, and told me that he thought Shawn was going to do something dodgy to Courtney, so I've got into my car, and drove to Shawn's. When I got there, the front door was unlocked, so I walked in and all I heard was Courtney crying and screaming things like 'Please no!' So i ran upstairs and walked in on Shawn kissing Courtney's neck against the wall, so I grabbed him and started beating the shi- er hell out of him. Courtney stopped me from murdering him there and then. I let Courtney stay at mine because I didn't want to leave her alone, I wanted to be there for her, so I let her stay at mine. We didn't have s*x or anything, we just cuddled and she fell asleep on me on the sofa." I say, and take a breath of air because that's probably the longest I've ever spoken in my life.

"Well, I'm not promoting trespassing or anything, but I'm glad you saved her. Thankyou for telling me all that Dylan, I will now have to ring Courtney's mum and ask her if she wants to press charges against this assault." He says to me.

"I don't know if she's told her mum or not, I don't really know her relationship with her mum. I've met her once and she seemed lovely." I say and he nods.

"I'm also really proud of you Dylan. I'm proud that you decided to listen to me, and not beat the living day lights out of him. It's a huge step for you, and I'm proud of you." He smiles at me.

"Mrs Snowdon said that to me." I smile back.

"Oh you did go and see her? Well done Dylan. Did she help you?" He asks me.

"She actually did. The only reason I never went to her, is because all the counsellors I know judge you and treat you like you're 5. But she didn't do that. She spoke to me like I was an adult, and gave me some really good advice." I admitted and he smiled.

"I knew she would be able to help you. I'm so proud that you have attempted to try and change your violent ways. If you keep this up, you'll be a changed man." He smiles and I laugh.

"It's not me that's changing me, it's Courtney. I want to change for her. I don't want to bring her down in any way, and I want to be there for her when she needs me." I wanted to say more about her, but I'm just getting used to sharing my feelings, and I'm not completely comfortable sharing everything just yet.

"Is this the new girl?" He asks and I nod. "She seems lovely. Very bright girl she is. Thats lovely Dylan. Just don't drive her away with your aggression. Carry on being the lovely, smart boy you are, and she'll most definitely want to be with you." He says.

"Thankyou." I say.

"That's alright." He replies.

"No I mean for everything." I start to say. "Thankyou for believing in me, and not giving up on me. Every one I've known has given up on me, and you're one of the few people who have never given up on me, and it means a lot." I say honestly.

"That's quite alright Dylan. I'll always believe in you. Like I always say, I feel responsible for you as you're my own son. Don't tell anyone that though, I'm not allowed to call favouritism." He grins, and I smirk.

"Thanks again." I say and get up to leave, I open the door and bash into someone once again.

"s**t sorry!" I say and then I realise who it was.

My brown eyes meet her beautiful blue ones.

I love looking into her eyes. She has the most unique ones. They're blue with a little brown ring around the pupil. They're so unique and it's one of my favourite features on her.

I must have been staring for a good few minutes because I realise she's snapping her fingers in front of me.

"Oh s**t erm sorry." I mumble and look at the ground.

"It's alright." She giggles, and I almost die on the spot because her giggles so f*****g cute.

"Did you hear about what happened what happened with Shawn?" I ask her awkwardly.

"Yeah it's all around the school. People weren't joking when they said news travels fast around here." She laughs trying to lighten the mood.

"I just can't believe he was so cruel. Trying to spike my drink and then say I was gagging for it? How low can he stoop?" She says to me, and I nod.

"I had to physically stop myself from killing him there and then." I say and she laughs.

"But you did it. You stopped yourself and you didn't even touch him. I'm proud of you." She whispers the last part, but it was loud enough for me to hear.

"Thankyou." I simply say.

"Um did you want to come over to mine tommorow? I feel like we have a lot to talk about." I say to her and pray that she says yes. I need to apologise to her before it's too late.

"Sure." She simply says and I smile.

"Cool." I say and we stand there in silence for a few minutes.

"Well I best be going, I was only going to the toilet, but now I've been so long I'm going to have to explain to my teacher that it's my time of the month, or I was having a shit." She says and we both laugh.

"We'll see you tommorow then?" I say.

"See you tommorow." She says and walks off.