The difference between us – Chapter 7 – Not sure where to go
Kaylin was walking down the corridor with a somber look on her face. She had come straight from a physics-class where they had been given a surprise-quiz, and on any normal day she wouldn't have let it bother her but the stress of being in one place for too long was starting to get to her and it just made her angry and annoyed at everything.
She was really book-smart, no subject in school had ever been a problem for her, but she knew that she had blown this test. Her mind was in utter chaos and no matter what she couldn't get rid of that frustration.
"Hey, beautiful!" Ryan jogged up to her but she just scowled in response, causing him to raise an eyebrow and grab a soft hold around her arm, pulling her to face him. "Okay, what's up?" He looked at her with investigative eyes and was a little shocked to find her staring back at him defiantly.
"It's nothing." She simply said and tried to turn away from him, only to find Ryan tightening his hold on her a little more.
"You honestly expect me to believe that with that annoyed face of yours?" He could see anger clouding her features but didn't let go of her, his own temper starting to show itself.
"Honestly, I don't give a shit what you believe, Ryan. Now let go of me." Even her voice showed her badly-concealed anger towards him and it made Ryan's blood start boiling as well.
"Not until you tell me what's up." Kaylin could feel his fingers digging into her arm but she was too pissed off to mention it to him.
"It's none of your god-damn business, McCarthy." She tried to yank her arm away from him, feeling the familiar anger clouding her vision and somewhere in the back of her head there was a voice screaming at her to calm down but she was too far gone to pay it any attention.
"Now let go of me!"
Once again she tried to yank away but he was stronger than she had given him credit for and before she knew it he had pushed her up against the wall and was pressing himself against her smaller form.
"What are you gonna do about it?" He whispered challenging into her ear and Kaylin felt her anger evaporate, quickly being replaced with a familiar fear that made her blood run cold.
"Ryan, get off of me." She tried, her voice suddenly revealing a tinge of fear but the fighter was too busy to notice it.
"Or you'll do what?" He was suddenly turned on by the thought of his girlfriend trapped between him and the wall, dressed only in a pair of hip-hugging light blue shorts and a white camisole that showed off her perfect breasts...
Kaylin felt her breath hitch in her throat when her boyfriend pressed himself even closer to her, the pressure on now both of her arms increasing 'til the point of bruising as Ryan was quickly losing himself to whatever sensation he, alone, was feeling.
"Ryan, I'm serious. Get off me." She was struggling harder now, feeling the horrible panic surface as he brought a knee in between her legs and started kissing the side of her neck, oblivious to his girlfriend's distress.
"Come on, Kay. You know you want it."
Her heart literally stopped.
Not again. She couldn't go through this again.
With one final push she managed to put enough space between the two of them, and within a split second Ryan felt a fist connect with his face. Hard.
He took a step back, touching the side of his face. Shocked.
Kaylin was staring at him with wide eyes, the tears silently running down her face as she tried to keep the horrible memories from appearing in her mind.
"Ms Davis!" The school-nurse, mrs Mitsogiannis, called from the door to her office. "I don't know what you thought about this school but we do not condone violent behavior." The round woman lectured as she hurried through the corridor towards the couple, distraught over the situation.
Kaylin felt the tears in her eyes dry as she heard the woman speaking the words she had heard so many times over the last year. Always the same thing. No one ever wanting to know the reason for her fighting, always so quick to blame her that she never got the chance to explain.
"This could get you expelled, ms Davis!" Mrs Mitsogiannis continued lecturing but Kaylin just looked at her with emotionless eyes, her voice equally cold as she spoke.
"Then expel me, it's not like I actually care anymore." She turned around and simply walked away.
All she knew was she was going home, she didn't know how to get there and she didn't know how to explain to her mom she had fought again but she didn't care. She was going home, then she was going to take responsibility for whatever came after that.
"Davis?" Max Cooperman rode up next to her and even though Kaylin had wanted nothing more than to just ignore him and keep walking, she stopped. Later that night
"Cooperman."
"What are you doing here? You still have classes, right?" He had stopped the car and was now leaning out of the window as he spoke.
"Maybe I do." She simply said, she wasn't really in the mood for a skipping-lecture, much less a meaningless conversation but thankfully for her that hadn't been his plan.
"You going home?" He asked, one eyebrow raised and Kaylin nodded.
"What are you gonna do about it, Cooperman? Turn me in?" She challenged him but he just chuckled.
"Get in."
She stood still for a second or two, not sure she really should but when she saw Ryan running out of the school, scanning the parkinglot for her she quickly got in the car.
"I think he's looking for you." Max said making Kaylin glance at the blonde making his way to the car.
"Just go."
"Kaylin!" She heard Ryan yell at her and she felt a tear drop from her eyes again as she fixed them on her shaking hands on her lap.
"Please."
Max started up the car without an other word and they rode out of the parkinglot before Ryan could even think to scream her name again.
"What do you mean you messed up?" Arielle looked at her daughter with reproachful eyes.
Kaylin felt herself nearing tears but she sucked them up, knowing that she was the one at fault and if anyone had the right to cry it was her mother for having to go through this shit again.
"I wanted you to hear this from me, mom." She took a deep breath but Arielle stopped her before she could even continue.
"You fought again didn't you?" Her voice was cold but Kaylin knew that she was beyond angry.
"Listen, mom. I'm sorry..."
"No, Kaylin. You listen to me!" Arielle stood up and started pacing the kitchen-floor. "I'm sick and tired of having to move all the time because you can't keep your fists in control! We have been here less than a month and you're already in trouble?" She was almost screaming now and Kaylin had to fight the tears that were threatening to spill over at any second.
"Why is it that you can't just be like your sister? No matter where we've lived she's managed to make friends, she easily fits in and best of all she doesn't cause trouble for her family!"
"I'm not Millie! I'm sorry I'm such a disappointment to you but there are reasons for why I'm like this!"
"Then let's hear it! Please, Kaylin, do tell me why you can't seem to keep yourself out of trouble!"
They were both standing up now, yelling at each other with all they had. Both of them completely worn out mentally by the things that had been going on for the past year.
"Come on, Kay! This is your chance to tell her what that bastard did to you!" The voice in her head was screaming at her and Kaylin had to swallow a few times before she could think of speaking again.
"The reason me not fitting in anywhere we go... The reason I'm no good at making friends...For getting into fights... I'm hurting from something and I..."
"You think you're the only one hurting, Kaylin?" Arielle interrupted, too upset to continue listening to her oldest daughter pitying herself. "You think my life has been easy since your father died? I have been going to bed every night for the past four years hoping to wake up the next morning and all this shit was just a nightmare. And guess what, every morning I wake up to that same nightmare." Arielle's tears started falling down her face and she sat down at the table, hiding her face in her hands. "And I can't do it anymore, Kaylin. I can't live with this." She sighed and Kaylin felt a single tear fall at her mother's words.
"So you want me to leave?" She looked at her mother's back. A back she had been following since she was born, a back that had always been so straight and proud. A back that now looked weak and slouching.
"I think that would be for the best."
Arielle didn't turn around but Kaylin still heard her loud and clear. She looked at her mother for a second before silently walking to her room, packing the things she might need: clothes, cellphone, the money she had been saving up to buy that Tiffany necklace she had been wanting for two years and, of course, her fighting-gear.
She had no idea for how long she was going to be away from home and if the money would be enough but if it wasn't she could always earn her money fighting.
She wiped away the tears that had fallen and took a deep breath after which she walked out of her room, kissing Riley on the head before walking past her mom in the kitchen and out the door.
Kaylin was walking down the street when a white Hummer pulled up beside her, the person on the passenger-side rolling down the window.
"You looking for some company, sweetheart?" A male voice asked, effectively bringing Kaylin to a stop.
"Look, buddy. Unless you want trouble you leave now." She warned, not even seeing the blonde goddess smiling at her in the car.
"Relax, Davis. It's just us." The blonde spoke and Kaylin turned to face her, surprised to see the school's most popular girl Baja Miller and her boyfriend Jake Tyler smiling beside her.
"But seriously, what are you doing out here all alone?" Jake asked and leaned against his girlfriend to see the brunette a little better.
"Just out for a midnight stroll. How about you two lovebirds?" Kaylin tried to smile but could tell from the looks on their faces she'd better not.
"We just came from a party, I'm the designated driver." Jake said although the brunette in front of him realized his voice was not in a joking tone anymore.
"Cool. See you around." Kaylin just wanted to keep walking, she had no idea where she was heading but she'd know when she got there.
"Wait up." Baja said, making the brunette stop once again. "Where are you heading? I thought your house was in the opposite direction."
"Yeah, well. 2 miles in the opposite direction but I just needed to get out of there for a while."
She knew both Jake and Baja had noticed the rucksack hanging from her shoulder and with a quick look at each other they seemed to come to a silent understanding.
"Jump in." Jake said, Baja getting out and opening the door for her. "You're coming home with Baja for the night."
Something in his voice didn't really make it sound like a suggestion and with a small nod Kaylin silently slid into the backseat, feeling too tired to argue with anyone else for the day.
That was chapter 7! Sorry for not updating for a while now, won't make excuses cause I'm pretty sure you're not interested in hearing them ;)
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