Growing Up Human

Chapter 9 Lilas POV

While roll was being taken, I looked for Ryan and Kate. When I can't find them, I start to convince myself that they're just in a different group. I get on my phone and open our group chat in the text box. I typed" Where are you two? Hello ? Did something happen? Did we get put in different groups ? Hello, can someone answer me ? After getting no reply, I decided to call both of them 10 times. Both their phones go to voicemail and I decide to send one more text. I don't know where you are or why you're not responding. Call me when you see this OK, so I know you're both OK. I looked up to see June walking towards me. I wave at her and she sits on the grass next to me. Have you seen Kate this morning? No I haven't, I say, looking down. I can't get a hold of her, I say. Well, all the other groups have left and we need to get going so we can cover everything today. I stare at her when she stops speaking. Maybe she's in the shower in the dorm. I said, standing up, I should go check. June shakes her head and says I made sure everyone was out of the dorm after I dealt with the lock out. Feeling really disappointed, she says" Don't worry you have me and I'm hard to get rid of. Trust me, my brother has been trying for 19 years. I giggle and feel a little better that I'll at least know one person in our group. There were almost 30 people in our group and it was hard to get that many people in and out of buildings, so we mainly stayed outside. It was easily 90 degrees outside and by 11 sweat was rolling down my face. I put my ponytail into a bun while we took a break outside the library waiting for the group in front of us to walk out. I see a tall blond girl with her boobs practly falling out of her shirt pushing a red-headed girl out of the shade and sneering at her. Being hot and irritable, I walked over to where they were and helped her up. She had red curly hair and gorgeous doe-like eyes. I turned to the girl who pushed her and said HEY what the f**k? There was no need to do that. What is this Middle School? She looks at me and says" Oh look, someones trying to play hero." Evil laughter filled my ears as the blond girl turned her full attention to me. Look, I don't know who you are nor do I care, but you will quickly learn to respect the people who are clearly above you. Get in my way again and I will make your life a living hell. As the blond girl walked away, I turned to the red-headed girl and apologized. She looked at me in shock. Why would you apologize to me? I reply because that's not how a friendship should start. Hi, my name is Lila. What's yours? Chuckling, she says my name is Holly Burns. I can't believe you stood up to Chelsea like that. I went to high school with her and I've never seen anyone stand up to her like that. I turned to go to the library and see Chelsea with her hands all over Maddox. Pure rage and disgust washed over me. With his back to me, I couldn't see his face but I swear I heard her calling him daddy. I saw another guy walk up to him and tap his shoulder. The guy was very tall and was wearing a cut off that exposed his washboard abs and chiseled chest. He had olive skin tone and dark brown hair. I look at Maddox and start to compare little details about them. Maddox had a little more muscle in his arms and legs, while his light brown, almost blond hair was short on the sides and longer on the top. While the other guy had long hair which he used an orange headband to keep out of his face. He points behind him and I see Ryan next to Kate. Ryan makes eye contact with me and I feel guilt rush over me. I can't understand why I felt guilty comparing this random stranger to Maddox. Then I realized that if I was to stare at someone, it should be Ryan. I watch Maddox yell at Ryan and Kate as the guilt slowly turns to anger. As they approach Holly and I, I can tell Ryan is pissed. Why didn't you defend us? He snaps at me. I looked at him, and said what? Oh, now you decide to talk to me? I called and texted you several times. Did I get an answer? No you didn't. Did I know where you two were? No I didn't. So don't get your d**k in a wad because I didn't clean up the mess you made when YOU DECIDED TO RUN AWAY AND NOT TELL ME AND THEN GET MAD AT ME WHEN YOU TWO HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS! My skin was so hot and itchy it was like the heat fueled by anger. I didn't even realize I had started yelling at them till I heard Holly whimper in pain. I turned to look at her and noticed that she had backed away from me and was crouching on the ground. I look around in horror and half the people close to me are doing the same thing. Even some people that came out of the library were on the ground.