Freak (Book 1)

Autumn

Kill me now

I sighed realizing that adjusting to a new school is way more frightening than it looks, Bella had pointed me in a direction then told me to go left then right, down a few stairs next thing you know I’m lost in the maze of lockers. Bella had told me that I have close to the same schedule as her friend, Roxanne was her friend’s name and she would be the one to show me around. I had English first and I was already 15 minutes late, now I'm going to walk into a hostile environment of mean teens and hormones. English, it was the only subject that interested me, I mostly ever got A’s and B’s in school but English class is where I pour my heart out and invest time and energy, all the other classes I just sit there like a robot and take notes. “I only f****d her twice” I winced at the use of informal language that echoed down the hall my instincts told me to keep my head down and keep walking until I was out of sight, What was his name again..Nile. He held his backpack on one of his shoulders letting it relax slightly above his torso two of his other friends followed behind him, the redhead had the brunette in a chokehold “With Olivia she comes easy, I could say she has nice shoes and she’ll want to f**k me on the spot” Nile said over his shoulder looking back at his friends, I realized I was staring and not moving. Dammit Autumn. I held up my schedule and pried my eyes away from the silver eyed devil and took a fake interest in my schedule, I turned my body away from them and tried to quiet down my breathing so I can hear their footsteps. “Nile, you have those eyes that makes any girls want to f**k you. Hell I would” A voice said, two distinct laughs filled up the hall but not a third. The hallway was embedded in a silence that only meant I was alone once again I took a deep sigh realizing I was tensed up and took a deep sigh relaxing my body. I tore my eyes away from the piece of paper that currently held my life on and looked over my shoulder before looking ahead “Nice ass new girl” My heart stopped as my whole body froze, All three of them just standing there towering over me, Nile stood in the center like he was the leader of a ruthless pack eyeing their prey. I stared deep into his silver eyes only they weren’t silver the longer I stared I saw green and light blue flecks, the longer I looked the deeper I sunk. My heart started back up again after being completely blacked out, my conscience threw me a liferaft pulling me up from the water. I was gasping out air needing to regain sense of my body “Excuse me” I said faintly, I folded my schedule and pressed it on my side trying to walk passed the three boys “Hey hey hey” the brown haired boy pleaded as he grabbed my wrist and stopped me from going any further, the red-head tore my schedule from my fingertips and shoved me back, He sent me a few steps back but It wasn’t a violent push. I wasn’t going to make myself look like a fool trying to get it back, He unfolded it keeping his eyes on me and winked taking in the view of my body, Nile had casually leaned against the lockers not having any care in the world of how his friends treated me. Something white was held in between his lips, it wasn’t a cigarette, Was that..marijuana..In school?! My eyes widened at him as he pulled out a silver zippo lighter from his sagging pant pocket, he opened up the the metal lid cover and rolled his finger onto the flint wheel trying to ignite a flame. “Autumn?, Sounds like a stripper name if you ask me” I drew my attention away from the delinquent and focused on the two boys in front of me, The red-head smirked at me and I sighed softly shaking my head “It’s a family name..” I said, but it came out more of a whimper, both boys looked at each other then back at me snickering softly “What school did you go to before this one?” The redhead had said looking closely at my schedule as his laughed died out from him I shrugged softly and looked at his tall stature “I lived in Maine” I said,it came out as a soft whisper and they both leaned in to here my exact words “Maine?, What are you doing here in Colorado? Your parents do know that this is a shitty place right?” The brunette had said nudging his friend in the arm “Well my parents went to school here so I guess they-” My sight was engulfed with white warmess, For a split second there I thought I was going blind. I blinked a few times trying to clear up my vision then I realized the source of it, Nile had smoke pouring out from his lips, what I hadn’t noticed was that he was towering over me blowing the fumes into my face “Lets go, we don’t have time for this s**t” He said in a low husky voice, once again his body moved past mine knocking into my shoulder. I was forced out of his way as he continued to walk down the hall blowing out fumes out into the corridor I didn’t even exist to him His friends followed him at his demand, the brunette crumpled up my schedule and threw it down onto the floor near my feet, and the red-head blew me an air kiss followed with a wink “See you around new girl” They both ran down the hall to catch up with Nile then all three of them made a left disappearing into a new hallway. I picked up my crumpled up schedule from the ground and opened it up,English Mr.Ash room 6500. There was no way I was going to be able to find this classroom, then once again I started to wonder helplessly, until I had stopped completely dumbfounded, all the rooms were labeled by number, and if I knew how to count my english class would be a few doors down. My heart leapt when I stood in front of the door, I couldn’t help but have a smile on my face feeling victorious but it quickly went away as I realized he was teaching in front of the class and all eyes were on him, No no no no, now I’m going to have to walk in there and interrupt the class. I felt my heart getting covered in an anxiety blanket and being smothered slowly.Walk out of school,get on a bus, leave town and never look back. “Hello, you must be Autumn” I was pulled out of my thoughts by a masculine voice, I stood there speechless not knowing how to answer Run away! “Come in we don’t bite” Mr.Ash was tall in stature but very wide, we had a very welcoming smile thin lines of grey hid in his blonde hair.He stepped out into the hall as he directed me to go into the classroom. I gave him a pleading pout begging him in silence to let me just stay out here and perish.He let out a slight chuckle and motioned me to go inside with his head. I took a deep breath and walked into the class holding my crumpled up schedule in my hands pressing it down onto my thighs Don’t look, Don’t look, Don’t look. Mr.Ash followed in behind me and hooked his hands onto his belt and smiled at me, he tried to meet my eyes but I stared at the faded blue,white and grey tiles on the ground. “Her ass though..”, the comment made my heart wrench and I looked up Don’t f*****g look! I met at least two dozen pairs of eyes all looking at me. A group of guys in the back corner of the classroom were making gestures and playfully hitting each other at the sight of me. They weren’t the same group of boys, but a part of me knew that they were all friends. Douchebags tend to stay with their own kind. “Class,be respectful. This is our new student Autumn” I chewed on my bottom lip as he introduced me to the class, I felt their stares brand their judgments brand onto my skin. I just wanted to sit down and bang my head against the desk “She can sit next to me, I’ll take real good care of her” Another comment arose from the group of boys, there was one with blond hair and brown eyes thrusting himself into the desk while maintaining eye contact with me, he bit his lip and gave me a wink before he and his friends bursted into a loud laugh that filled up the classroom. I never thought arrogance and cockiness had a sound, until today. “That’s it!, all of you grab your bags and get out! NOW!” Mr. Ash rushed passed me and to the group of boys and they started to bicker back and forth like 13 year olds over a playstation, One of them got up and started to scream in Mr.Ash’s face “Shut the f**k up you fat piece of s**t!” At that point everyone had gotten out of their seats, circled the student and the teacher taking out their cellphones recording and laughing at every single second of it Well, at least they aren’t looking at me “Hey!” A loud voice grabbed my attention but not the attention of everyone else’s in the room. I looked over and there was a girl sitting in the back corner on the opposite side of the room,it seemed like a whole new environment, complete silence and no anarchy. That’s when the size of the room came into play, it was huge a high rise ceiling,big windows for natural lighting and just books all around. The girl lifted up her hand and motioned for me to come over. I looked back at the crowd and things seemed to die down mostly because Mr.Ash had pulled out a walkie-talkie. People slowly started to take their seats. I quickly ran down the aisle and sat down at the people where the mysterious girl sat. The first thing that grabbed my attention was her mint blue green hair it was full,thick,long and beautiful. Her ear was covered in every piercing I could think of, the bar,cartilage, and it didn’t stop there. She had a metallica t-shirt on that was tied up with a hair tie above her torso to grab attention to her black belly piercing. She wore fishnet tights along with a black skater skirt and black laced up combat boots. “Hey new girl” she held out her hand for me to shake but the black roses that littered her forearm caught my attention Tattoos???!. I grabbed her hand shaking it and shaking myself out of the shock and took a deep sigh “So, Um..I’m looking for Roxanne Bella’s friend,she is supposed to be in here and she supposed to show me around” I looked around the class looking for a girl that may have the description of a girl Bella might be friends with. Maybe a pastel shirt and huge brunette locks “Look no further” She said as my eyes landed back on her..unique sense of style. My eyes widened out of shock and she let out a soft laugh and crossed her arms over her chest as her body slouched in the chair. “Did you want someone less f****d up and to fit your basic standards?” Her voice wasn’t hostile but I sensed a bit of irritation, I opened up my mouth but no words came out. I swallowed hard and shook my head “N-no it’s not t-that. You’re gorgeous, like drop d-dead. I’m sorry,” she gave me another glance and smiled softly before nodding her head and sighing softly “Calm down, your stuttering gets bad when you get nervous” That’s all she said before six huge buff men with the word ‘security’ written on the back of their shirts in white letters came in and grabbing the 8 boys who made the crude jokes and gestures that made me sick to my stomach.They were all escorted out of class,and they very much put up a fight. “You really think I’m gorgeous?” I was brought back to Roxanne’s question she had directed to me and looked her in her hazel brown eyes and nodded my head “Yeah, I mean yeah you aren’t like every other girl but it makes you more attractive, it’s something new you know?” She raised an eyebrow at me and narrowed her eyes at me, she gave me a slight nod satisfied with my answer before uncrossing her arms and leaning forward into the table “You really do have a nice butt, I have big boobs but no ass” She casually said,she looked around the classroom smiling at other people. I ripped tiny pieces off of the corner of my schedule not knowing what to say “You do have nice breasts” I said, and I’m not going to lie, they were perfect sized but leaning more on the bigger side. “Thanks, I got them done in the summer” My eyes widened at her response and I sat there with my jaw hanging low She has to be at least sixteen?!, a freaking boob job?? “What?, you have a problem with that too huh?!” Her voice once again became hostile at a hushed tone so no one would hear our controversial conversation topic, Ugh! Why is making friends this hard? These days everyone is offended by the things people say. I didn’t mean any harm..I’m sorry. I felt my heart sink into my stomach and I shook my head vigorously “No, I’m s-sorry I didn’t mean t-to react that way. I’m so b-bad at this..” I trailed off and sunk my body into the chair and bit my bottom lip, I looked away from Roxanne who wasn’t even looking at me. Great Autumn, Amazing job on making your first friend. “A-Autumn-” I looked back up at Roxanne who was completely teary eyed and had a huge smile on her face she couldn’t even finish her own sentence, the laughed at completely invaded her body “You seriously need to relax and know what jokes are honey” She gave me a playful shove and I let out a relaxed sigh looking at her and nodding “And to clear s**t up, these are one hundred percent real and mine, I got it from my momma” Both me and Roxanne let out a laughs and we caught the attention of other people inside the classroom. She took my schedule from my grasps and eyed it carefully and slowly “Okay,let's see what kind of shitty classes they put you in”

“This school screams cliches and stereotypes” Roxanne said as we walked down the crowded hall, I looked around as she eyed my schedule. I noticed a pattern, every cheerleader had football eye candy around their arm or making out intensly with. “The only person you can trust and rely on is yourself” I picked up more emotion on her voice, I think those words were less for me and more for her. I would ask her what was wrong but it’s not my place and she just met me. I don’t think she’ll open up to a stranger. “Nice shoes loser!” There she was again, the red-headed monster this time I didn’t see Nile as an accessory. He leaned against the lockers staring up at the ceiling, his two little followers weren’t around him. Maddie had a changed appearance into her blue,white and gray cheerleading uniform, her glittery blue and gray poms poms kept her fingers hidden. Her hair was in a high ponytail, her red hair now curled dropped down onto her shoulders. She was perfect, her body was scarless, her skin was light and glowing. “Get stabbed to death by a stiletto b***h!” Roxanne remarked,The slam of Maddie’s locker caught the attention of the half the people trying to get to class within a timeframe. We kept walking until we reached the end of the hall “Okay, All you have to do is walk in a straight line from Mr.Ash’s class until you reach the end of the hall” I nodded my head, looking down the hall then back at the class we were slowly approaching “Straight line, got it” I chewed on my bottom lip and looked at Roxanne who had been staring down at my shoes “You look comfortable sis” I laughed softly and released my bottom lip “I rather have comfortable feet rather than bruised ankles” I said remarking quietly Roxanne let out a snort and threw her head back laughing “That was a good one. But hey, if she gives you any trouble just tell me”. We walked into a classroom similar to Mr.Ash’s but less books, and more science equipment and lab benches equally placed around the room. Roxanne took my wrist and dragged me to the back of the class and sat me down. She looked at the door then back at me, she turned my stool to face her and leaned forward “Let me lay it out for you”, she took out a pencil and pressed it against the black counter top of the lab table “Maddie and Adam, twin siblings but not identical. Maddie is head b***h of the cheerleading team, all of them” She said as she dragged her pencil across the table as if she was drawing a diaphragm or giving me a ‘visual’. I raised an eyebrow confused and looked back at Roxanne giving her a slight laugh “How many cheerleading teams are there?” Roxanne stopped her pencil and sighed shaking her head “Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey” I nodded taking in the useless information. “Adam, that red-headed devil is on the football team along with Hunter,Peyton and Ryker along with all those idiots from English they all belong to the breed of douches” As students started to flood into class, Roxanne spoke at a hushed tone and lowered her head and brought me down with her. Maddie walked into class with a PINK duffel bag with her poms poms poking out of them, she shot daggers at Roxanne which she gladly returned, then Maddie shot them at me.I didn’t even do anything! Roxanne stopped talking and fixed her posture and so did I. I folded my hands over the countertop and looked at Roxanne as she watched the door, that’s when he walked in. Nile. He walked in with red eyes,messy hair and a slurred walked. He dragged his feet on the ground as he made his way to the lab bench next to me and Roxanne’s. A few moments later his friend Adam walked in with the same physical appearance, red glossy eyes, ungroomed hair and a lazy walk. I stared back at Nile and he sat there sliding his phone off of the table, catching it, then repeating it again and again “Eyes off” I felt Roxanne’s warm breath on my neck, I c****d my neck to the front of the class as more and more people filled in the empty seats. She’s right, Maddie will probably kill me for even glancing at him. Is he high? The stench of m*******a burned my nostrils. I coughed slightly and leaned into Roxanne as she leaned into me “Nile, is QB. 6’3 and a w*****d bad boy come to life. He and I are in a complicated friends with benefits relationship so I better not catch you even breathing in his direction, he’s mine. I just need him to start behaving first” Holy s**t. I gave Roxanne a slight laugh and leaned away from her as the teacher walked into class. My heart quenched, Roxanne nudged me softly “But you and me are cool.Call me Roxy..” I nodded softly without looking at her, I shake my head wanting to concentrate on the class at hand and just delete all the information I consumed.