I yawn as I continue brushing my teeth, once I get done rinsing my mouth out I pick out my outfit or school.

I decided on letting Cover drive me too school today. When I open the door she greets me as usual.

"Heyy" she says starting the engine.

"Hello!" I say smiling and sitting down in the seat.

It takes the usual 5 minutes to drive to school. When we get out of the car we lock arms and begin walking to class.

"How did it go with Soyer yesterday?" Cover asks smugly.

"H-he just drove me home" I say looking down, kicking the ground.

She sighs "I swear, y'all are gonna end up together" she says pointing her finger at me.

I blush and furrow my brows "N-no we're not!" I say

"Whatever" she says as we enter the classroom.

We separate and sit in out assigned seats. I take out my notebook and wait for the class too start.

After a few minutes the teacher arrives "Sorry I'm late everyone. The principle asked me to walk the new student to the class, so everyone, please say hello to Marcus Parnell" the teacher says.

The more I think about it that name sounds really familiar. As I'm trying to figure it out he walks into the class.

That's when it hit me. Its him. The guy who bullied me all throughout middle school. He's the reason I have these scars on my body.. And he's the one person I had hoped to never see again. But here he is, in the same room as me. The same room we'll have to share for the rest of the school year.

I stare at him in shock, my palms getting clammy. This feeling in my stomach makes me want to throw up, like all the fear is gonna come out of my mouth.

I take in deep breaths, and then they go out shaky. I squeeze my eyes shut and my hands grab onto the end of my skirt tightly as I try to calm myself.

I feel a light tap on my shoulder and I look over too the boy who has sat next to me since the beginning of the year. "Are you okay?" He asks with I worried look on his face.

I nod my head yes, not trusting my voice, and i put on a small fake smile.

He nods and turns towards the front of the class, with a look on his face saying he doesn't believe me.

Marcus, the new student, ends up sitting a few seats behind me. I don't think he realizes who I am just yet. I hope he doesn't find out.

The class feels like it takes hours to end, but when it does I quickly grab my things and rush out the class.

When I'm far away from that class I put my hand against my chest and take deep, calming breaths.

I wish I could cry, but I hate crying in front of other people. So I just bite my lip and hold it in.

I hear the warning bell ring for my next class, meaning I have to start walking to my class.

The rest of the day goes by okay, nothing happens. I did have have Marcus in my last class but he never looked at me so he's clueless as to who I am.
I walk into the school parking lot. I don't really feel like walking home today. I honestly don't feel like going home at all.

So I start walking the opposite direction of home. Eventually I end up at a gas station. I walk up to the bench outside the store and sit.

I bring my knees up to my chest hugging them. My eyes start to tear up. I can't let them out, I don't want to but i start to feel like they are swallowing me and i cant hold it in any longer. Before i know it the one tears that fell down my cheek became hundreds and all I can do is let them out. I'm so useless. I can't let something that happened four years ago pass. Instead I just let it haunt me.

I shakily reach my hand into my pocket and grab my phone, I turn it on and swipe through my contacts.

I eventually come across the one I'm looking for. I click on Soyer's contact and press the call button, after about two rings he picks up.

"Hello?" His deep voice comes into the speaker.

My voice doesn't let me say anything and instead I sob into the microphone.

"Where are you? I'm coming the pick you up" he says.

"I- I'm at the gas station by the school" I say in between sobs.

He ends the call and I wait there still hugging my knees and sobbing. It only takes a few minutes for Soyer's car to pull up.

He quickly gets out the car and jogs up to me. He softly grabs my arm signalling for me to stand up, as I do so his hands grab around my waist and picks me up, my legs wrapping around him and his arm going under my bum to hold me up.

"Its okay baby, I'm here" he whispers into my ear rubbing soothing circles on my back as a sob into his chest.

He starts walking to his car, he opens the passenger door for me and slides me into the seat. He buckles in my seatbelt for me and then shuts the door and walks around to his side.

When he gets in he starts the car up and starts driving, when I notice he's heading towards the direction of my house and quickly speak up.

"I-i don't want to go home!" I say.

He glances over at me and then sighs. "Okay"

We don't talk for a while until he speaks up. "Why were you crying?" He says looking over towards me.

I look down at my hands contemplating if I should tell him or not. "In middle school..... I was bullied by this one guy" I say quietly, but loud enough for him to hear. "And today, he came to be a new student at my school" I say finishing.

He's silent for a while but then reaches his hand over to rest it on my thigh, rubbing his thumb softly against me. "If he bothers you, tell me" he says.

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A/N: ngl this chapter made me emotional while I was writing it :") but anywaysssss. I can't wait to write the next chapter, since Delaney will finally be going over to his house 😳💞