Sapphire

Know your place, B!tch! He will be mine

"Helena" I said shyly.

I could feel him looking at me but was too afraid to look up and see for sure. First period dragged on for what felt like the longest most agonizing forty minutes of my life. When the bell rang I could not get out of my chair and that classroom fast enough. As I gathered my stuff and began to dart out the class one of my classmate pushed her foot out causing me to lose balance, throwing my books and bag out of my hands as I fell on my face.

As I laid there, too embarrassed to move, Ashley the varsity cheerleader, bent down and whispered in my ear "Know your place, b***h! He will be mine, so you better stay away from him". Her and her friends then walked away kicking and stepping on my things. I laid there with tears in my eyes, waiting for everyone to leave before I got up. All of a sudden, I was being lifted off the ground.

"What the f**k, Helena!" His voice boomed loudly as he put me back on my feet. "You need to watch where the f**k you're going! And why would you let those girls do that to you?!" He pauses for a moment, I can feel his eyes on me again. I don't dare lift my head. I just stand there, wishing I was invisible, hoping he doesn't hit me. "Look at me" he growls. I slowly raise my head, mentally preparing myself for the blow. When my eyes met his, his face is hard, he looked at me with such anger and resentment. A look I knew all too well. Before I could stop it a tear fell down my cheek. I flinched as he quickly raised his hand to my face to remove the tear. He looked at me for a few more seconds, then walked away.

I gathered my things quickly and ran to the bathroom. As I stood there in front of the mirror, my mind was racing. Why was he so angry? He doesn't even know me! Then my mind drifted back to when he touched my face. His hand was cool and soft unlike his temperament. Even angry, his face was so beautiful. I could immediately feel my body warming up again thinking about that moment. I even let myself take it further, thinking about how nice it would feel to have those strong arms around me, protecting me. I looked up into the mirror. Staring at myself, I came back to reality very quickly. For a moment, I almost let my mind wander into a place where a guy could actually like me, where a guy would protect me and not hurt me.