β™‘ Chapter 29 ⋆ She'll come running back to me.

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Ella

I had a really good time tonight.
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Hunter

Me too. So we're on for the second date?
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Ella

No! I just remembered you called me a baboon.
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Hunter

Correction! Tiny Blonde Baboon and they are gorgeous, google it.
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Ella

I just googled them and there is no way in hell that we'll ever go on a second date, you tit.
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Hunter

Look how cute you are.

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Ella

Enjoy your last night on earth because tomorrow you're dead, Grey! And good night, tit.
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Hunter

HA HA HA, we'll see
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Hunter

Ella?
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Hunter

Hellooooo
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Hunter

You seriously can't stop talking to me, Can you?
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Hunter

Did you fall asleep?
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Hunter

I think you did
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Hunter

Ella Bella!
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Hunter

Good night
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The next day, as usual, they walked together to school.

They entered the building and Ella heard the voice she thought she will never hear again. She frantically looked here and there and saw him standing there in all his glory.

Axel stood there with Ace and the rest of his friends. Ella couldn't believe, he was back. Does it mean Chloe came back too?

"Axel..." She whispered

"What?" Hunter asked her.

"Axel..." She gestured towards him. "He's back. If he is back that means Chloe is back too" Ella smiled. They weren't best friends but Ella liked her a lot. She felt guilty that Chloe left school because of that stupid text.

"No, she isn't" Kimberly voiced from behind. Ella and Hunter turned at the same time and gave almost identical expressions. "Wow, creepy" Kimberly snorted

With a deep frown, Ella asked. "What do you mean? Why isn't she back?"

Kimberly shrugged. "Axel finally realized she isn't worth it and you have no idea how glad I am" she grinned widely. "Now is my chance, wish me luck" she kissed Ella on the cheek.

"Axel looks like shit," Ella said to her.

Kim smirked. "He's still Axel King" saying that she strode towards Axel, flipping her hair.

"They eloped... If Axel is back then... Where is Chloe?"

Hunter placed a hand on Ella's shoulder. "I'm sure wherever she is... She's fine"

"I hope so... I think I'll visit her house, make sure she is fine"

Hunter nodded. "Yeah, you do that... If you or Chloe need any help... You know I'm here"

She smiled and nodded. She turned to see Ace hugging Axel with a wide smile plastered on his face. She shook her head and walked to her class.

She attended all her classes and made sure to pay attention. In the cafeteria, she sat with Hunter and his friends completely avoiding Ace and her previous clique. Now that she was on the outside, she realized how selfish, arrogant and shallow all her friends were and she used to be one of them. They all were irresponsible, spoilt, and rotten to the core. They looked down on people and considered themselves superior to everyone. Half of the school was afraid of them and hated them. While the other half was busy trying to impress them. For what, really? A little high school popularity? It was all so meaningless and fake. Popularity is a bubble and when that bubble gets bursts, you realize who your real friends were and who weren't.

She was glad that she got out. If Ace hadn't betrayed her, she would have never realized how amazing Hunter and his friends were.

Slowly, watching Ace every day hurt less and less. She didn't feel numb whenever he kissed Veronica. She didn't feel sad by the fact that they weren't talking anymore. Every day, it got better and better. She never thought that she could live without Ace but now here she was and it wasn't that bad.

Actually, it wasn't bad at all.

After being with Hunter, she realized how badly Ace treated her. He never really cared and she was dumb enough to believe his every stupid lie. She now realized how rude he was to her, how selfish he was and how he was only nice when he wanted to have sex.

She was ashamed of herself. She never respected her body. She let him use her any time and any way he liked. She remembered the night of Claire's party when he took her to his penthouse. She should have said no. She should have fought him but no she let him do that to her because all she wanted to do was please him in every way possible. But why? To make him love her? If he loved her, she wouldn't have to prove herself like that. If he loved her, he would have thought a hundred times before hurting her. If he loved her, he would care. Only if he loved her...

Someone snapped their fingers before her eyes. She turned to see Hunter looking at her intensely, she smiled. "What?" She asked.

"Nothing... You looked tense." He said with concern etched all over his face.

She shrugged. "Just thinking about some things..."

He nodded. "I have football practice after school. Will you wait for me then we'll walk to your house together."

Staying after school meant watching all the cheerleaders practicing. Out of everything, she missed cheerleading the most. She loved that sport and not being a part of the team made her feel like she was missing a part of herself.

"It's okay if you don't want to..." Hunter said

"Of course, I'll stay" she smiled.

After school, Hunter went to the boy's locker room to change and Ella walked out alone. She went to the field and saw all the girls trying to form a pyramid. Kimberly was aggressively yelling at them. Veronica rolled her eyes and her gaze landed on Ella. She gave her a fake smile.

Ella walked closer and observed the girls. One of the girls at the bottom was way off. Her legs quivered every time the other girl got on top of her.

"You need a stronger base" Ella voiced

All the cheerleaders turned towards her. Zoe squinted her eyes and Kimberly smirked.

"What did you say?" Kimberly asked

"You need a stronger base. The girls with solid footing and solid holds. Come on, Kim. You know that without a good base no stunt would be successful." Ella told her.

Kimberly smiled, Ella was her favorite, everybody knew that. "What do you suggest?" She asked

"Put Dixie, Jenna, and Sue at the bottom. They'll make a good base and put the lightest one on top of the pyramid" Ella shrugged.

"Excuse me, I'm at the top" Veronica hissed.

"No, she's right..." Kimberly nodded. "Lindsay, you should be on top" Kimberly ordered.

"She doesn't get to decide that. She isn't even on the team!" Veronica snapped

"It's not her order, sweetie. It's mine and if you have a problem with that you can leave" Kimberly crossed her arms over her chest.

Veronica rolled her eyes and looked away. Kim turned and smiled at Ella. "I miss you" she mouthed

Ella smiled sadly and turned the other way. Her breath hitched as she saw Ace staring at her with a small smile playing on his lips. Her eyes looked for Hunter involuntarily, she found him and heaved a sigh of relief. She meekly waved at him and he returned the favor. She looked back to where Ace was standing to see his smile turned in a snarl. He glared at Hunter.

The boys started practicing and a few minutes into the game, Ace deliberately hit Hunter with a ball.

"Ugh!" Hunter held his jaw and Ella gasped.

The coach whistled, "It was an accident" Ace raised his hand, making an innocent face.

The practice continued for a few more minutes and Ace collided with Hunter harshly and he fell to the ground. Ace laughed and offered him a hand. "I'm so sorry, man"

Ella furrowed her eyebrows. She knew what he was doing. She knew him too well. He was pissed at something and he was taking it out on Hunter during the practice. She pursed her lips and glared at Ace.

The practice went on and on as Ella waited for Hunter. She was closely watching Ace, noticing his every move only because she didn't want him to hurt Hunter.

Hunter scored a touchdown and Ella clapped for him and cheered for him a little. "Go, Hunter! Go, Hunter!" She said, playfully.

Hunter smiled at her and out of nowhere, another ball collided with his face with so much force that Hunter staggered to the side, and his cheek and the corner of his lip started to bleed.

Ella ran to him and cup his face to look at the injury. Coach's whistle blew through the field. "Who threw it?" He asked

"We don't know it just came out of nowhere," Axel said, breathing heavily.

Hunter took off Ella's hands from his face. "What the fuck is your problem?!" Hunter threateningly approached Ace and shoved him back.

"I didn't do anything" Ace feigned innocence. Hunter shoved him again and Ace did nothing to defend himself. With a hateful smirk, Ace whispered, "One look of longing and she'll come running back to me"

His words aggravated Hunter more. He threw a brutal punch and Ace fell to the floor, holding his jaw. The coach approached them and pulled them away from one another.

"Hunter, bench, now!"

Hunter pulled himself out of their hold and strode past Ella, towards the bench. He sat down and cleaned the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Ella glared at Ace who in return gave her a sweet smile. Ella squeezed her eyes shut and followed Hunter.

She went inside the building and came back with a First Aid kit. She sat down beside Hunter and cleaned off blood from his lip and applied a disinfectant on the wounds.

"He wanted you to do this, you know..." Ella mumbled her attention on cleaning the blood from the corner of his lip. "He did this on purpose..."

Hunter stared at her intensely. The look in his eyes scared her. She'd be doing something mundane and still Hunter would look at her like she was something out of this world. "If I knew that getting hit by a ball in the face will be this rewarding, I'd get hit every day." He said, smiling. His voice changed... Deeper... Huskier... He rarely used that tone with and whenever he did, her ears would heat up and her stomach would do a flip.

She smiled meekly and shook her head to rid of all these weird feelings. "You're crazy, Hunter"

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A/N
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