I walked into school with my bag slung over my shoulder as I walked down the halls. I see Nicky close her locker and come over to me. I quickly speed walked to try to avoid her.
"Vause... Vause please." Nicky said.
"Go to Jessica." I said as I walked away from her.
I went to my locker to get my books and when I was finished someone closed it. It was Jessica and her stupid crew. Jessica is a terrible homophobic bitch that apparently isn't even out yet.
"Hello dyke." Jessica spat.
"It's funny how you call me names but you're the one who dropped your panties for a girl. If anything I think you're bullying me because... you have a crush on me." I faked gasped while everyone in the crowd actually gasped.
Jessica clenched her first while she was full of rage. I walked away till I felt a hand on my shoulder turning me around. Then all of a sudden Jessica's fist was aiming at my face giving me a black eye. I groaned in pain while everyone was making "ooo's" but that didn't stop me.
I took my hand away from my eye and swung a punch towards her face and it felt like her nose broke. I grabbed her hair and dragged her to the ground while I started kicking her and throwing punches. Her stupid crew was just standing there afraid to do something while people were screaming "fight, fight, fight, fight!" over and over.
Jessica was just groaning in pain crying. Then I felt someone dragging me away. I turned around and it was the principle. I froze.
"Alright! Everyone to class now! Nicky! Take Jessica to the nurse." Said the principle.
Of course. He dragged me to his office and made me sit down. He grabbed an ice pack from his drawer and pounded it with his fist so it'll become cold, then gave it to me for my eye.
"Tell me what happen." He said. I'm not a good student but Jessica is worse. He heard the rumors she put out about me and will believe me more than her, hopefully.
"Jessica came at my locker calling me a dyke and I was sticking up for myself but apparently she couldn't stand my words and she punched me giving me a black eye! I grabbed her by the hair dragged her down and punched her, probably giving her a broken nose which is good because that'll be pay back for my eye!"
"Okay calm down Vause, I believe you." He said and I sighed out in relief.
"But you're suspended for three weeks." He said.
"What!?" I shrieked.
"Yes, there is no fighting in my school. I get that you're defending yourself but Jessica only gave you a black eye. You gave her a broken nose and probably broken ribs, she looked pretty messed up." He said.
"She's gonna come at me again!" I screamed.
"Vause! Calm down!" He shouted. "She won't because she's expelled." He said. I calmed down.
"You can leave now Ms.Vause. I'll see you in three weeks, and no trespassing till then." He said.
I nodded and walked to my locker and put my things back then walked out of the building. It's not like I have any reason to trespass. I started to walk home.
All I did was watch tv on the tiny box in our living room. A few hours later I checked my watch. It was three twenty. I got up straighten my hair and ran out my house to the woods.
I ran until I reached my destination out of breath. I checked my watch and it was three fifty-nine. There she was on the same log with her ukulele, just stroking the strings. I remembered that my right eye was fucked up so I put my hand over it and walked to her.
"Hi." I said.
She immediately looked up and there was a cut on her lip but that's all that was injured.
"Hey." She said.
"What happen to your lip!?" I asked.
"Someone punched me and cut my lip." She said frowning.
"Who!?" I said angrily.
"Just a bully at my school."
"Did you do anything back!?" I asked. She shook her head no. She's too fragile to even fight back.. my heart broke. I hugged her with my one arm.
"Why are you holding your eye?" She asked.
"No reason." I said quickly.
"Tell me." She said frowning.
"Play a song first then I will." I said.
She sighed and was hesitant but started playing the cords of her ukulele. Then she began singing.
"You see a girl in the hallway
And then you whisper to your friend
"Who is she anyway?"
You forgot what she looks like in like a day
But your words don't hurt me
I will be OK
'Cause you don't hurt me
I won't mold to
Your silly words
I won't live inside your world
'Cause your punches and your names
All your jokes and stupid games
They don't work
No, they don't hurt
Watch them just go right through me
Because they mean nothing to me
I'm not clay
You see that girl in the hallway
Smile on her face as she walks away
Trying to tear her down was your first mistake
'Cause little do you know
She wasn't built to break
'Cause you don't hurt me
I won't mold to
Your silly words
I won't live inside your world
'Cause your punches and your names
All your jokes and stupid games
They don't work
No, they don't hurt
Watch them just go right through me
Because they mean nothing to me
Try to change my shape
But, baby, I'm not clay
Sorry, not today
'Cause, baby, I'm not...
Try to change my shape
But, baby, I'm not clay
Sorry, not today
'Cause, baby, I'm not clay
Your silly words
I won't live inside your world
'Cause your punches and your names
All your jokes and stupid games
They don't work
No, they don't hurt
Watch them just go right through me
Because they mean nothing to me
I'm not clay." She finished.
She looked at me with a blush covering her cheeks. I smiled at her.
"That was so good, I wish I could sing like that, or play." I said.
She smiled brightly at me.
"Show my your eye now." She said. I sighed and removed my hand.
It felt like my eye was swollen shut. She gasped and put her hand over her mouth. I started to feel insecure and put my hand back up but she stopped me.
"Who did this!?" She shouted angrily, making me flinch. I've never seen her this angry.
"Jessica." I whispered. "But it's okay cause I fought back and I gave her a broken nose and beat her up pretty badly. I got suspended for three weeks but she got expelled." I said.
Piper calmed down and stoked my right cheek. We stayed staring into each other's eye for a while comforting each other till she leaned in. I also leaned in and when our lips touched it felt like heaven.
It tasted like copper because of the cut on her lip but it also tasted like honey and I enjoyed it. She leaned in to get more, making me lay down on the log with her on top of me.
We both needed air so when we separated, she was close to my face on top of me with a blush on her cheeks. It was cute when she blushed and it seems like she often does it.
The blush turned to a deeper red as she got off me rambling and stuttering as I sat up to face her.
"I'm so so sorry, I don't know what came over me. I was in the moment and I just thought-"
But I cut her off by kissing her again. Once we separated she had a goofy smile on her face.
"What're you so happy about." I said.
"You." She said, and to think her smile couldn't get any wider.
"Come on, let me take you home to help the swelling go down on your eye. My parents won't be there for a while." She said grabbing me hand and her ukulele as she dragged me to the direction of her house.