Life Ain't fair

Chapter 15

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It was dark.

I couldn't see anything.

But.

Suddenly light flowed in.

And.

Everything was visible clear as day.

"Hey Cassie" I said

"Hey Sophia . How are you today. You look a little pale" she asked.

"What no. I am not. I am perfectly fine " I gave her a nice huge smile.

"Come on then let me introduce you to my friends." She said with excitement which matched mine to make new friends.

As we ran into the park we could see many parents and children Playing or walking around. Cassie began to search. She looked around and finally found that her friends were at the corner of the park. So we began running there.

When we finally reached them we were both out of breath and they were turned to our opposite side.

"Hey guys" Cassie called out after regaining her breath.

They turned around and looked at us. One of them had dirty blonde hair along with a pair of amazing grey eyes. And the other one had red hair with almost honey coloured orbs.

"Guys this is Sophia and Sophia these are my friends Eddie and Jackson" she pointed to the blonde haired guy and then the red one.

"Look now finally I have a girlfriend and I don't have to worry about being the only girl " she smiled happily.

They both looked at me as if trying to see what I am or who I am. And it slowly turned creepy.

"No you cannot be our friend" Eddie said

"Yes you cannot" Jackson agreed.

"You are not our friend you are just a pathetic loser. We don't need people like you as our friend" Eddie said.

"Cassie is our friend and you cannot dare take her away from me" Jackson added.

"You are just a worthless piece of s**t" Eddie and Jackson said together.

"You are worthless".

Stop

"You are not our friend".

Please stop

"You are useless".

Make it Stop

"You are pathetic".

Make it Stop please. Please.

"You are nothing but a s**t".

Just stop it I pleaded turning towards Cassie who had a guilty look on her face but couldn't speak anything.

These words kept repeating in my head like they always do. It is pretty tiring.

Please make it go away. Make the pain go away. Please. I began sobbing continuously. And uncontrollably. Trying to close my ears. desperately trying to tune the voices out but it does not help.

I suddenly woke up clutching my chest. With my cheeks stained with tears. My breathing uneven. And myself covered in sweat. I took a while to compose myself again.

I was glad that I did not wake anyone. In my house it was easy to conceal the fact that I have nightmares but I don't know what I would say if Alex caught me having one.

The nightmare felt so real. Even though it somewhat had actually happened I wish it didn't. I wish Cassie never introduced us. But then they acted fine in the beginning , they never spoke a word in front of her. For many years they didn't say anything in front of me either. They wouldn't dare say anything in front of her. They loved her way to much but hated me the same.

I don't understand what I did to deserve this much hate from different people. I could never tell Cassie either because first I knew that she would worry about me and second she would never speak with those two again. However worse they are with me. They truly love her and wouldn't let anything harm her.

And god forbid what they would do to me if they found out that she was angry at them because of what they did to me. Even thinking about it gave me goosebumps.

I decided to try and sleep again. Even though I needed water I couldn't exactly go and get it as I was in a maze currently. A pretty huge maze of a house.

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I woke up with a slight strain in my neck. I got up but panicked for a second as I wasn't in my room but soon it faded away as I remembered last night's events.

I got up looked around the bedroom. As I did not have the time to do so yesterday as I was very tired. It had a queen sized bed and a bed side table , a chair at one end of the room and a mirror and table on the other side of the bed.

It was a huge and really nice and comfy. I did not exactly know what to do right now so I decided that maybe I could go down or at least try to find my way down.

I walked downstairs and Finally found myself in the kitchen with Alex's back facing me.

"Hey good morning" I said.

He turned around and greeted me back.

"Do you want me to drop you home or are you just gonna come to school looking like that. " He eyed me from top to bottom.

"Yes I know I look horrible right now so yes drop me home." I asked.

"Yes that's exactly how I would describe you right now" he scrunched his face up in disgust.

I hit his chest not so playfully this time and muttered.

" Asshole".

He chuckled at that and looked at me with amusement.

" Come on let's go. Or else you will be late to class. Wouldn't want to be late to home economics now do we" he drawed out.

"Wait how do you know what my first period is . Have you been stalking me" I asked with a glint of amusement in my eyes.

" Maybe I am " he winked at me.

I turned around so that he wouldn't have to see me blushing at that.

"And look at that our very own Sophia Smith is blushing" he exclaimed.

"Shut up" I deadpaned.

And began walking out of there. But I felt that he wasn't following me so I turned around to see him looking at me.  Or more looking at my butt.

"Are you going to come or stare all day" I asked with a wink his way. I have no clue where all this confidence is coming from but I am sure that after yesterday I can be pretty cool with him.

"Ure..ummm.... Yeah.. I-I am coming." He said clearing his throat.

I bite back a laugh and continue walking. We go outside and he gets his car which was an Audi. And I am not sure about the model and stuff because I am not fond of cars or bikes.

He stops it in front of me and I get in . I did not notice it earlier but he was wearing a black shirt that fit right to his frame and muscled body. His hair was messy and his eyes were covered with black ray bans.

He started driving and I felt his gaze on mine but when turned around he quickly turned away. The silence began to get uncomfortable so I decided to break it.

" So umm... You coming to school today or are you gonna go AWOL again" I asked turning toward him.

"Well looks like someone was trying to stalk me" he said smirking.

I don't know if it's me or he actually did change completely compared to the last 48 hours. He is much more playful now and I only wish it stays that way.

"You wish I was. Austin told me" I replied.

He nodded his head as if in agreement to it.

I did not want him to drop me at home because I knew that if my mom saw him I'd be a goner. So I asked him to drop me off a few houses down so that I could walk back home.

As I went in I saw my mom in the kitchen trying to prepare lunch for me and Mase. I walked in to wish her good morning and then I went up to my room to get ready.

It was already 7:00 and school starts at 8:30 so I need to get ready fast. I took my towel and entered my bathroom. But as soon as I stepped into the shower I recoiled. The fu*k is it with this water. Why the hell is it so damn freaking cold . I shivered.

I set the temperature a little more hot and then took a amazing fresh bath and got ready.

I decided to wear high waisted jeans with a maroon top. Tucked in. Along with a necklace. I did not put much effort into getting ready normally because it was tiring. When I was young I hated it but slowly got used to it because of Cassie but I still keep my distance from make up until and unless I need to go out.

My mom agreed to drop me to school today. You seriously need to buy a car .my subconscious told me. In India it wasn't a problem as the driving age was 18 years but here I can get my license at 16 but I still need to do it. I already learnt how to drive last year when my father taught me. But now it's really annoying without a car.

As we reached school I said my goodbye to my mom and entered the building. As soon as I was inside I saw Austin was swaping saliva with another girl. As soon as he saw me he ditched her. Oohh poor her but seriously I don't care. She is that same fake bo

brea*ts. 

"Umm..Hey" he says doubtfully.

"Hi. Why so skeptical"

"Nothing you just seem extra cheery today" he said. I gave him a blank look waiting for him to realise. I wish Alex told him though. And thank god he did because his eyes flashed in recognition.

"Ahh reconciliation" he said.

"Yep. Did you both sort out your problems. I will be pretty pissed if I see any more scars on you both" I said seriously.

He chuckled thinking I was joking

"Yes we did. We are fine and this isn't the first time we fought either so don't worry it will all be fine."

"Wow you both have fought before. You both are such idiots" I say and walk away.

I walk into my home economics class. I was right on time to class okay okay I was late to class. God why did I have to do Chitty chatty with Austin. He made me late to class .

And now I had to take the last table. And guess what everyone has partners and I don't have one... Again.

As I began sulking in my loneliness someone entered the class and I looked up in anticipation to see my new partner but I was met with the same brown eyes. We both hold each other's stare but I look away a while later. Dammit

Wow now he is gonna be my partner. Noo. This cannot be happening. He is going to annoy the hell out of me. He come closer to me and smirks at me. I groan and say.

" Why. Why me . Why is it always me who gets stuck with you.".

"Don't act like you don't like it sweetheart" he smirks.

Sweetheart?? Seriously. That's the best he could do.

"Yeah I definitely do sweetcheeks" I retort and roll my eyes.

He gasps dramatically and holds his chest.

"I'm wounded" he whispers.

I go closer to him and whisper.

"Get used to it babe" I wink.

I don't know where I get all this confidence from but as soon as I am with him it's like that.

I look at him and he is still in shock opening and closing his mouth. Before he says something the teacher enters the class. Thank god she was late. Or I would be stuck in detention for being late to class. I am no longer considered a new student so I can be easily given detention with all my antics sometimes.

We both looked at the teacher. And she began explaining what we do in her class. It's just a class to do everyday household things like cooking.

I always loved Cooking. It is one of my favourite hobbies not like you have many anyways.

"Okay class now you are going to bake cakes or cookies for this semester. And at the end of the semester you will have to prepare a recipe of your own and make it in the given time limit and you will be graded on that. That assignment gives you the entire grade for this class. And from today onwards you can practice during classes " she says and tells us to carry on.

I turn towards Alex . I doubt he know's how to bake.

"Do you even know how to bake??" I ask

"Do you know how to bake" he scoffs.

"Hey don't get so cocky okay. Let's see how you do it. Make something and let's see" I challenged him.

"Game on " he smirked at me.

He began to take some ingredients for what I assumed was an chocolate something cake.

I tried to annoy him asking him random stupid questions. Like

Would you rather own a horse in the size of a cat or a cat in the size of an horse.

He just gave me a weird look for that.

Would you rather pet a lion or a lioness.

"What"

Who do you think is cuter a penguin or a seal.

"What the hell"

How many chickens would it take to kill a lion.

"What the actual fu*k"

At the last one I started to laugh. I couldn't control it. Either he was too good at controlling his laughter or I was just too bad.

I saw him c***k a smile and shake his head in exasperation. I gave him a goofy grin after tying to control my laughter. But before I could stop a squeal left my mouth.

"Ms Smith and Mr James. What is going on in there." Our teacher said.

We just shook our head and kinda ignored her. She just shook her head and muttered something under her breath

"b****y teenagers"

She is an 50 year old lady who wears spectacles. But it's down on her nose. Like seriously why do people do that isn't that like uncomfortable. Anyway that's her problem.

I waited for Alex to complete the cake and kept annoying him with all those questions. Some made him smile some made us laugh but at the end he just gave up asking why I was doing it.

But finally half an hour later the cake was done . He removed it for it to cool off and said that it's a choco lava cake.

He served it in a plate and gave it to me. I looked between him and his cake with doubt whether I should eat it or not but he seemed pretty confident so I took a bite and I had to almost stop myself from moaning but I am sure that my expression gave it away.

I was always proud of my cooking. I thought I was amazing at it. This is a whole new level different. Omg it so damn amazing.

"So hows it" he asked smirking.

"Yeah it's okay" I lie.  That's a big fat lie. This cake is nothing less of perfection. But it's not like I would actually admit that to him.

He comes closer to me and whispers something in my ear.

" Well your expression says something else" and walks away as the bell rings.

I sit there blushing thinking about what happened and how close he was. God Sophie you need to remove those images from your mind. You and I both know that he is a player so stop it.

I try to convince myself and walk to my next class.