Demon girl

Part 1 chapter 3

It was Monday again and I was so terrified they would tell everyone in the school about the fight. I didn't want my reputation to drop, I didn't want Star made fun of, I wanted to make friends. Star and I played in the field chasing the shadows of the clouds for fun and to distract myself but when the bell rang my heart felt like it stopped, I fell onto my knees and stared at the ground while trying to control my heart rate. “Emma! Are you ok?!” Star asked panicked. I glance up at her as my eyes flicker a soft black but fade again as I calm myself.  

“Yeah, it was just a panic attack,” I say, giving her a soft smile. she sighed in relief, she knew I had panic attacks, and she probably knew it was about the fight too. 

“Ok let's go, we're going to be late for class,” I said with a smile as she helped me up.

I start to head into the classroom but I'm stopped because the intercom turns on and calls me to the office. I felt like I was going to have another panic attack but held it back not wanting to get noticed, so I started to head down to the office prepared for the worst. To my surprise, I saw a nice girl standing next to the principal.

“I'm here, why did you call me?” I ask the principal as I force a welcoming smile. 

“This is Ira. She is new and I would like you to help her get to know the school,” she replied. I smiled at her and started to go to our classes. I was happy because I finally found a friend and we surprisingly had all our classes together!

It was lunchtime now and Ira and I went to different clubs. I wasn't alone at the art club today, there were 4 girls there too. All of them seemed to be the popular group in the school. They all sat at a table across the room. I couldn't make out many words they were saying, but with the words I did hear, I knew they heard about the fights. I started to listen more, making it seem like I was thinking about what to draw. They were talking and smiling, I heard one say they were glad the bullies were getting taken care of. By listening, I could figure out their names. The four girls were Noelle, Thea, Linnea, and Bianka. I know a bit about them already, they are on most of the clubs and some are on the cheerleading squad.

The rest of the day there was so much gossip about the fight and the names got worse, they would start to call me demon girl more, and now it was hard to go to classes without someone asking them what happened and one or another group of people would add in things that didn't. I always got weird looks and now people are looking at me like I'm an i***t or a hero in some cases. People say Carl is the meanest kid in school and Clinton is the strongest, heh I guess they have never gotten into a fight with them because they are total wimps!

I was pretty depressed after school so I didn't go home, I hid in the treehouse me and Star found, hoping no one will find me. “Emma. are you up there?” Star asked walking near the treehouse. 

“Yeah, I'm up here Star…” I called down. Star climbs up the ladder while holding two slushies in her backpack. She hands me an orange one and we sit there in silence. 

“So how was your day today?” Star asked. I grunted and looked out the treehouse window. “there were lots of rumours about the fight yesterday.” I smile at her remembering Ira. “I made a new friend today though!” I explained. “How was yours?” Star paused for a moment. I could see she didn't want to talk about it. I was about to take it back but then she interrupts.

“It was ok I guess, I got bullied by them again but that's all.” 

We sat in silence and looked at each other. I couldn't help but feel like it was my fault. 

“I-if only I wasn't here, you could be safe and no one would know, or hurt you,” I said with tears rolling down my face. I didn't want to cry but at the same time, that's all I wanted to do. I was holding back so much and forcing myself to smile all day. 

“Emma! Don't say that! It isn't your fault about those fights, you wanted to protect me and that's good! I don't ever want you to think that again! it's not your fault. Please don't cry about it!” she said wiping the tears from my face. I started to laugh and continued to cry but I was happy that she didn't hate me. Again I forced myself to smile. 

“Ok. we should start going inside,” I said wiping the rest of the tears away and faking a smile till it was real. We started to head inside from walking around the house, instead of walking from the back. I jumped and pushed Star back, then took her hand and ran around the back. 

“What was that for?” Star asked confused. I pointed out Clinton and Carl walking on the sidewalk. I was scared and didn't want them to know where we lived. Star gently took my hand and we headed into the house from the backyard.

“I'm sorry I pushed you Star.” I apologize, walking into the house. 

“It's ok, I'm just happy they didn't see us, Also I may have dropped the slushies,” she said with a snicker.

“Aww.” I laughed and glanced around to see if she was kidding. She looked at me and laughed as she closed the door behind us. 

It was now 6:37, Star and I began cooking dinner. We wanted to make something greasy, but healthy. We threw some options together for a while and we finally decided to cook tacos. We got our mom to cook the meat because last time I tried to cook it I almost gave everyone food poisoning. It was nice to have dinner together. It feels like we don't have many of them lately.

After dinner, we started to head to bed, and instead of doing my normal routine, I was laying down in bed and looking out my window. I liked the stars, I would make my own constellations in them and they were amazing to look at when you're on a hill away from city lights. “Ready for tomorrow?” Star asked coming to join my star gazing. I nod softly and continue stargazing. 

“Ok then let's head to bed!” she said jumping into bed “Maybe tomorrow will be a bit better.”

“Hopefully,” I say pulling the covers over myself and still glancing at the stars.