Thirty Five

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I'm sitting in detention now with a few other students waiting for any teacher to show up so I can get this over with.

"Hey." I say through the phone.

"I'm outside. Where are you?" Stone asks from the other end.

"Detention." I sigh. I'm pretty bummed at Collin. He knew how much my clean record meant to me.

"Detention?" Stone asks as if he didn't hear me right.

"Yeah..." I say and he stays quiet for a few seconds before he hangs up.

"Hello, everyone, you'll be out in an hour. Do some homework while you're at it." Collin says as he enters the class and places his briefcase on the teacher's desk. Seriously?

I'm sitting in the front desk, but not for long, I grab my backpack and stand up to walk to the farthest desk away from him.

"Miss Wilson, no switching seats, sit down." Collin says, arms crossed with a glare on his face as he eyes me up and down. I think he's realized that I have Stone's shirt on and that's why he's pissed at me.

"I don't want to sit at the front desk." I challenge him.

"That's not up to you, now take your seat." he says and I flinch when the classroom door flies open and a furious Stone marches inside, quickly rushing towards Collin, fisting his shirt with both hands and pushing him against the wall.

"You never understand, do you?" Stone says through gritted teeth as he looks Collin in the eyes. Students are already panicking but no one dares to say anything, including myself.

"You can't be in here! She has detention she can't leave!" Collin says as he groans from the pressure Stone's putting on his wounded shoulder.

"I should have put that bullet in your fucking head!" Stone shouts before letting him go and walking towards me, grabbing my hand quickly and starts walking out the classroom.

"I'm reporting you to the principal Alice!" Collin shouts from behind me.

"Go fuck yourself." Stone replies as he raises his hand in the air, giving Collin the finger as we walk away. I don't even bother looking back at him, not this time.

We reach Stone's car and he doesn't waste time in opening my door and slamming it shut when I get inside. He really is furious.

He gets in the car too and starts running his fingers through his hair as he lets out some breaths.

"Stone-"

"Don't." he sighs.

"Stone, look at me, please." I say as I place my hands on his face and force him to look at me.

"Thank you for controlling it back there." I smile at him. I can't deny the fact that Stone is trying to control his anger issues for me.

"One more second and I was gonna explode." he says.

"I know. Thank you for not doing that."

He removes my hands from his face and brings them to his lips, kissing each one.

"Is my dad at your place?" I ask.

"Yeah. He's waiting for you actually. But don't get too close, okay?"

"Stone! That's my dad!" I laugh.

"So? Some people are into being incest." he says.

"Gross, no!" we laugh again.

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"Dad!" I shout as I enter Stone's house and find my dad in the living room, reading. I run to him and embrace him in a hug.

"Oh, my Alice, how was school?" he asks.

"Um, not that great, to be honest." I say and look away.

"What happened?" dad asks.

"Alice, tell him how that teacher has been fucking stalking you." Stone says as he takes a seat beside me.

"What teacher?" dad asks again.

"Um, well.."

"She'll tell you all about it. I need to take care of some business at the warehouse. I'll be back in a few." Stone says and stands up, I do too.

"Okay, be careful." I say which makes him smile as he looks at for a few seconds before pecking my lips and walking away.

I hear the front door close shut, "Tell me, Alice." dad says.

"Dad, there's something about Stone and I... something you don't know." I say and he looks at me with an 'all ears' expression. "Stone forced me into this relationship."

"What do you mean he forced you?"

"I mean it in a literal way. He followed me everywhere, claimed I'm his girlfriend to everyone, threatened me with Collin, that teacher we were telling you about... so I could be his."

"Alice, are you being serious?" dad asks and I nod. "You were involved with that Collin guy?"

"Yeah, no, well, before Stone, yes, we had a thing going on, but Stone said he's hurt Collin if I didn't become his girlfriend."

"Are you still being forced into this?" he asks and I take his question into deep consideration.

"I... I don't think so." I smile. "I think I'm willingly his girlfriend now." I smile again.

"Alice, this... this is wrong, by all means, but... I don't know, its seems like he's deep in love with you. Are you in love with him too?"

"What? Of course not!" I shout. Me? In love with Stone? No.

"Why? Does he not make you happy?" dad asks.

"Well, he does-"

"Does he not keep trying to satisfy you? Doesn't respect your wishes?"

"He does all these things-"

"Isn't he protective? Loving? Caring? Does anything to make you happy when you're upset?" I'm no longer answering dad's questions, but I'm actually thinking about the things he's saying. Is it possible that I'm in love with Stone and I don't know it yet? "Whats the problem, Alice? Does he hurt you?"

"What? Never, no!" I mean, Stone is a bit aggressive, but he would never abuse me. "I don't know, dad, maybe you're right maybe you're not, but I can't surely say I'm in love with him."

"Sweetheart," dad says before walking towards me and sitting beside me, "That's the thing about love. You can't decide if you're in love with someone or not. The second you realize that there's a small possibility of you being in love with them, it means you are." he says and his words put me in complete silence. I'm in love with Stone.

Dad chuckles before kissing me on the forehead, "I'm gonna go take a shower now." he says and gets up, leaving me with my own thoughts. This can't be.

Maybe me thinking about how Stone forced me into this relationship made me forget about how great he is with me, and how much he cares about me.

I run outside the house and ask Stone's driver to drive me home. I need to go get cleaned up immediately.

I arrive home and exit the car taking out my phone in the process, there's no time to waste.

"Hello?" Stone says from the other end of the line. "Hello? Alice? Is something wrong?"

"Hey." I smile.

"Hey, princess. What is it?" he asks.

"I need to see you when you're done."

"Oh, you wanna go out? Of course. Where do you wanna go?"

"Somewhere only we know. Meet me there." I say.

"Meet you there? Hell no. I'll come and get you."

"Stone, I'm serious, please, just this time. Trust me, please." I beg.

He sighs, "Alright. I'll be done with work in an hour. See you, princess."

"See you." I say and hang up.

As I walk towards my front door, holding my backpack in hand, and my phone in another, I drop both of these things when I feel a hand placing itself above my mouth and nose, covering them with a white napkin. Oh no.

I try to remove this person's hand but there's no use, I'm losing consciousness, and I eventually black out.
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