previously in the last chapter
''Ms Hernandez and Ms Johnson go straight to the principles office right now!" ordered.
Eva yanked the guys off her and glared at everybody, huffing she stormed out of class and went towards the front office.
I fucking hate this town...
Eva waited outside of the principles office, sitting there in the chair with her hoodie covering up her face. She could hear Sarahs father argue about what to do with me, she could really give a shit what he wanted his daughter deserved it. A few minutes later the door opened and came Sarahs dad storming out with her following behind him, she didn't even turn to look at Eva and kept walking. When being called into the office next Eva slid off the hood and walked right in, Principle Mathews watched as Eva sat down in the chair in front of his desk.
They sat in silence till Mr. Mathew finally cracked," Eva,this is the fifth time being called up to my office. And for fighting with another student at that." he said in disappointment.
Eva stared at everything else beside him," She was the one that started it,...what was I supposed to do let her continue to mess with me?" she asked.
Shaking his head Mr. Mathews got up from his desk and went over towards her, Eva watched as he sat on the side of his desk near her. "I know things are really hard for you Eva trust me I do, things won't get any better if you let people or things get to you so easily." he said.
She looked at him in disbelief, "She talked bad about my parents I wasn't going to let her get away with that Mr. Mathews." she said with a bit of anger.
He saw that there were tears starting to form in Evas eyes, sighing he picked up the tissue box and handed it to her. She shook her head and wiped them away with the back of her hand, he set it back down and rubbed the back of his head.
"I know it's still hard dealing with their death, your parents were good friends of mine and to this town. Your father was a good man and.." Maria raised her hand to make him stop, just talking about them only brought up awful things to her mind.
Mr. Mathew knew why she did that and tried to change the subject, 'Well..Sarahs father wanted to press charges on you ,left some pretty bad bruises on his daughters face," he said, causing Maria to slightly smirk.
"Eva this isn't a funny matter, you're lucky I pursued him to see that you'd be greatly punished for your actions." he said , sighing Eva sat up straight in the chair.
Turns out that she'll have to attend after school detention for the next two weeks and go to Saturday classes, that didn't seem as bad. After signing the paper slip Eva stood up from the chair.
"I called your legal guardian and let him now you'll be leaving early today.", Evas heart nearly sank into her stomach when he said that.
"Y..you called Rick?" she asked while fidgeting with her jacket zipper.
"Yes...I told him you aren't feeling well and that the nurse told you to go home and get some rest." he said with a hint of reassurance.
Eva nearly chuckled in relief ,the last thing she needed when she got home was Rick bitching about her getting into trouble at school again.
"Is everything going on ok at home Maria, Rick treating you alright." he asked concerned to her reaction to calling him.
It took her a moment to give a answer, Eva had ever chance or right moment to tell someone what goes on when she goes home. But it seems like every time she does, something makes her go silent and avoid everything.
"oh..N no no, everything's good. I just don't want to have him worry about Sarah's dad trying to press charges or anything, things at home are getting a bit hard.." she lied, hoping that he'll buy into that.
Mr. Mathew seemed a bit spectacle about what she said but decided to just let it be, "Alright.. go home and try to calm down from school drama." he said, causing Maria to roll her eyes.
"Eva." he called out causing her to stop midway out the door, catching her attention.
"If there is anything going on...please let me know right away..alright.", Eva turned to look at him then back at the floor.
"Yeah..sure." was all she said before walking right out the door.
Eva went straight down the road going in the opposite direction towards from her house, the last thing she wanted was to go straight home after all that happened. What she wanted right now was to be alone with peace and quiet, she could go shopping for groceries but the money she got from Rick this morning wasn't nearly enough to buy them.
Again she'd have to go get carry out from burger shack again, lucky she knew Sherry who worked there and always give her extra food whenever she went there.
Sherry was an old friend of her mom, they went to high school together and were on the cheerleading squad. She was always nice to Eva when she was little, if things were different she would've been given to Sherry instead of Rick, but that's a topic she doesn't want to talk or think about. The only pace she wanted to be is where her mom would always take her when things were going bad, the old hill right by the creek.
It took Eva about twenty five minutes to get there, its a little far drive from the town since its out in nothing but farm land and endless corn fields. Driving up to end of the dirt road Eva parked her car and got out, the field didn't look any different then last time she came here. Trees scattered across and the tall dry grass reaching up past her knees, to some people this isn't that much to see but to Eva it's beautiful and peaceful.
Taking a slow pace the hill Eva pull pulled out both her Phone and headphones, whenever she's alone or its quiet she loves listening to music, its her only sense of escaping reality. Once getting to the top Eva took a big flop onto the grass, all the little bugs and fluff went into the air. Maria took in a whiff of the smell of the outdoors, it smelled like heaven to her, nothing beats the smell of fresh air.
This very spot was her special place, where if things were going all to shit or hell Maria could come here and feel at peace again. The last time she felt all alone and wanted to just give up this was where she went to think about everything, this is where that she can feel her mom being close to her again. The very thought of wanting to see her again caused Eva to start crying, there's not a day that goes by where she blames herself for what happened.
Turning on her music Eva just listened to the songs while wiping at the tears continuously coming from her eyes.
I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..
What seemed like a second Eva jolted up, she didn't realize that she had fallen asleep, the sun was nearly setting. Panicking she looked at her to see he time, it was four fucking thirty, Rick was going to kick her ass for being an hour late. Frantically she got up and started hauling down the hill nearly tripping over her own feet at the bottom, reaching her car she quickly pulled out her keys and unlocked the door.
Starting the engine Eva began pulling out of the dirt road and go onto the street, not even bothering to look both ways before turning. Before getting half way onto the road a hard bang came from the right side of her nearly tipping her car over.
Eva nearly had a heart attack before mentally slapping herself senseless for not being fucking careful before turning, panicking she got out of the car and went over to see how badly the damage was. Eva groaned with anxiety when seeing the big dint in the side of the passenger door, she didn't know how the hell she can afford to get it fixed, hopefully the person that hit her didn't get badly hurt or worse get pissed off at her.
Turning to see who hit her Eva saw a big, old rusted truck a few inches away from her car, the top front of the truck was smashed up pretty bad. There was no way she could afford to fix this, hell she didn't even have insurance for the car yet. Whining Eva frantically ran her hands through her hair before quickly going over to the driver side of the truck, the drivers window was darkly tinted but was partially open, though it was hard to see who was driving due to her short height.
"Listen I am so sorry , I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to see you coming. Are you alright or injured?" she asked hoping that the person doesn't get angry and yell at her. But the driver didn't seem to say anything, from what she could make out from where she stood they were just staring at her, guessing they were probably waiting for something else she cautiously pulled out he wallet and pulled out twenty five bucks.
"He..here I know it not much but this is all I have at the moment, if you want me to pay for the damage it wouldn't be much trouble to me." she said trying to sound friendly.
Why the hell am I giving this person money, they should pay for this big ass dent they put in my car...but it wouldn't have happened if I was paying attention.
Trying to reach up the truck to put the Money through the partially opened window Eva was startled when the side door opened and nearly caused her to fall back a bit, she watched as the door opened and came out what looked like a man. That was what she got , but it was rather hard to tell from the dark layered clothing he was wearing. He had on a hat, a cloth wrapped around his face, a long black drench coat and gray heavy pants with boots.
How the hell can he wear all of that in this damn heat?
Nervously she reached her hand out with the money to give him, "I'll promise to give you the rest as soon as I can." she said while trying to smile.
The guy just stared at the money then looked right at her, something about this guy gave her an eerie feeling but couldn't understand why. Before she could begin to speak again he grabbed her arm and yanked her close to him, this action startled Eva and caused her to not to anything back. From what she's learned from Rick, if you try to fight a person much bigger you, specially a man, it will not end well for you.
Eva looked right up at him as his hand was still gripping her arm, she was a bit nervous to be quite honest, but it didn't seem like he was going to hit her or anything, though there was always a surprise attack. The guy seemed to studying her, from her all over till going back to her face, what made things really strange was when he grabbed a piece of her hair and began sniffing it.
"Uh..Um excuse me...you're... invading my personal. sp space." she said nervously while trying to calmly pull his hand away, but that only caused him to tighten it more and pull her even closer. She was practically on the tips of her feet while his hand grabbed at the front of her jacket, this guy was really starting to freak Maria out, but she didn't know what to do in this type of situation.
What made things even more bizarre was when he started sniffing around her hair, her face and down to her neck, the action made her skin crawl and body shake. The way the guy was sniffing sounded like a dog sniffing at something it really liked, the sound it was making seemed like he was really enjoying how she smelled. Before things could turn another level of creepiness a loud horn came from behind his truck, startling both of them and causing him to lose his grip of Maria.
Frantically she handed the opened his hand and gave him the money, "Look here's the money and I'll pay the rest somehow. Have a good night" she said then quickly ran back to her car. Slamming the door she started the car and pulled straight onto the road, looking in the rearview she could see the man standing in the same spot watching as she drove off.
That guy was creepy as fuck... hopefully I never run into him again.
