Chapter 3
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Chapter 3
Class was long and seemed to be dragging for what felt like ages. I knew this was because I had plans after school. It always happened like that. The second you had something fun planned, everything else just seemed to slow down. It was as if it were taunting me.
I would daresay it taunted me worse than the constant taunts from my classmates. Lunch came after an agonizing few hours and I headed outside with my food and to the furthest reach of the fenced in school grounds I could find.
I sat down in the soft grass with my back against the gate surrounding the school and began to eat. “So, do you know what you’re wearing tonight? I know you said you had an idea but you never actually showed me.” Jayden said.
“Of course I know what I’m wearing. Hopefully Drake doesn’t get too mad because the top of the dress has a large opening on the midsection where it crosses over to the back. It’s black, of course. And matching heels. I have no idea how to do my hair, but I’ll figure something out.” I replied.
“I’m sure whatever you decide to do you will look stunning.” Jayden said.
I smiled at my best friend and continued to eat. I loved it out here because it was segregated and rarely did students ever bother me here. I was free to talk to Jayden without criticism, knowing that no one else could see him, they just thought I was talking to myself if I did it anywhere near other people.
We discussed the plan for tonight, and of course he would be accompanying me. Though it would look like I was alone, I wouldn’t be. If the spirit presence became too much he was going to coax me out of there immediately and we could make something up to tell Drake.
We had a plan this time, but I felt better about this trip. Maybe an intuition? But I felt like I would be ok regardless of the spirit's presence. Don’t ask me how, because again, I have no idea. Once I had finished eating I headed back to take my empty tray to the lunchroom.
I was almost there when suddenly I felt myself falling to the ground and I heard my tray clatter on the tiles before me.
This wasn’t anything new to me so I didn’t even bother to look at who had run into me. I just reached for my plate and attempted to pick it up but someone grabbed it before I could.
“Oh my god, I am so sorry. I wasn’t even looking where I was going. Are you ok?” A pearly voice sounded out before me. I looked up to see who would actually dare to speak to me, let alone apologize and I was met with a pair of large brown eyes.
The dark haired boy, who I didn’t recognize, had his hand held out and I reached for it. He helped me up and apologized again, keeping my tray in his other hand.
“It’s nothing, I’m fine. Thank you.” I said, holding my hand out for my tray. “Oh no. You aren’t going to take this anywhere. I ran into you, so I will take it.” He said. “Oh, ok. Thank you.” I said and then I turned to walk away but he stopped me with his hand on my arm softly.
“I’m sorry, my name is Cash.” He said. “Oh, hi Cash. I’m Reya.” I said cautiously. I still didn’t know what his deal was or why he wanted to speak to me.
“Cool. Well I’m sorry again, have a good day.” He said, and then he let me go and proceeded to take my lunch tray with him. “He must be new here.” Jayden said, and I just nodded.
We were back in the school now and talking to myself wasn’t an option. Jayden stayed mostly quiet during the day which I was grateful for. It was actually hard not to talk to him when he was literally right there.
The rest of the day went by quickly and after my last period I was basically running to the door when James stepped in front of me.
I skidded to a stop before slamming directly into his chest. He towered me by at least a foot. I hadn’t ever touched him but I assumed slamming into him would have hurt me more than him judging by the way his shirt clung to the muscles on his chest.
I didn’t say a word, I just looked up and met his hazel eyes. “Where do you think you’re going so fast?” He purred. I hated the way his voice was like silk infiltrating my ears. I didn’t answer him. It wasn’t any of his business anyways.
I turned my head, breaking our gaze. I was mostly trying to see if there was a quick way to just get out of this situation. What he did next surprised me. He took his hand and grabbed my chin, pushing it back so we were locking eyes again.
He wasn’t grabbing me hard, but enough to where I didn’t even try to pull my face free from his grip. “I asked you a question.” He said. His tone, while calm, was deadly.
“I’m going home.” I replied. He was really weirding me out. I placed my hand on his wrist and attempted to pull myself from his grasp but he just grabbed my wrist with his other hand.
I didn’t have Wolf strength like everyone else so there was no use in fighting him. If he didn’t want to let me go then I was stuck there.
“Can I leave?” I asked him, unsure of what to do next. “Sure, you can leave… With me.” He said, releasing my other hand but keeping his ironclad grip on my wrist. He turned and began to walk away with me in tow.
Now I was really panicking. “Uh, Reya…” Jayden said as he followed us through the hallway. I had no idea what to do, and I couldn’t answer Jayden right now. Not that I would have known what to say anyways.
I was completely aware that basically the entire school was watching James drag me into god knows where when I heard a shrill voice ring out from behind us. “James? What are you doing?” Jessica said. I exhaled in relief.
There was no way he was going to take me anywhere now. She was too jealous and I could already imagine the fight they would be in because he had his hands on me.
He didn’t let me go though, and that's when I really started to panic. He just stopped and turned, locking his eyes on hers. He was glaring daggers in her direction but she acted like she didn't even see.
She just walked up and put her hand on his chest softly, completely ignoring me. "Let her go. We have places to be, you wouldn't want to make me late, now would you?" She said, but her tone wasn't kind.
In fact, the way she was acting told me that this wasn't the first time he had done this. And now it had me wondering just what exactly his plan was should he have been able to get me out of the school.
Jayden was right by my side, keeping silent, but I could see the worry across his face. I locked eyes with him briefly before I felt James loosen his grip just barely.
Not enough for me to get my wrist from his hand but it seemed like he was going to let me go. This whole situation was f*****g awkward and there was a crowd surrounding us at this point.
I honestly just wanted to get out of there. I didn't like attention to begin with and now I was basically forced to be right in the middle of whatever the hell this was.
"I already told you I wasn't going. I have plans." James snapped and then tightened his grip on my wrist. He didn't even let her speak before he pushed past her pulling me behind him.
I could feel the daggers Jessica was shooting my direction but I didn't dare look back at her.
I was already going to get teased even worse by her now because of this, I didn't want to make it even worse than I knew it would be later. I just exhaled and followed James out of the school.
I had no idea where we were going, but the gasps that I could hear as basically everyone watched him drag me away had me panicking even more.
I was never a fighter. I hated conflict and I would much rather ignore it all, but there was no ignoring this. James didn't say anything to me he just forced me out into the parking lot and to his bright red sports car.
I had no idea what kind of car it was but I knew that it was his. He opened the passenger door and before he let me get inside he pulled me close to his chest.
"Don't even think about trying to run. You won't get far, and you don't want to piss me off." He growled into my ear. His breath was hot on my neck and being this close to him made me want to throw up.
"I won't run." I said, but I lied. The second I was in his car and he was almost to his own door I attempted to open the door so I could escape, but it was locked. He had the f*****g child lock on. Jesus Christ.
Why does he even want me anyways? He hates me, and I definitely hate him. This was completely unnecessary.
He got in the car and I kept my hands together in my lap. I didn't want him to think that I had attempted to escape, though I had a feeling he already knew. We rode in silence for a bit, he didn't even turn on the radio which I thought was weird.
After about 20 minutes I finally dared to speak up. "Where are you taking me?" He acted like he didn't hear me which pissed me off. But I kept my thoughts to myself.
How the f**k could I get myself out of this? I was weak, basically Human and James was much stronger than I was. Even if I did somehow get out of his car there's no way I could run fast enough to truly escape.
The realization set in that I was trapped.
There was no escaping this.
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