Till the End of the Line

by ElderTrash

Bucky Barnes knows his name and that Hydra can't get to him anymore, but knowing nothing about yourself can cause a lot of problems. Plagued by dark thoughts and sinister nightmares, Bucky has nobody but himself until he saves the life of a neglected young girl named Lizzie. Together they will fight off their inner demons and become who they're truly meant to be.

10. Chapter 10: Crossing Paths

CHAPTER 10

Crossing Paths

Lizzie sat slouched over at her desk. While the rest of the class was desperately trying to figure out how to do long division, Lizzie had finished today's and tomorrow's math assignments.

She sat alone and surveyed the classroom.

The "popular girls" sat together copying off of each other's wrong answers, the book lovers sat in a circle reading books hidden inside of notebooks, the richer kids argued about pools or texted on cleverly hidden iPhones, then there was Lizzie, the lonely girl who's only friend put her on a bus and left her.

Katherine, a tall girl with long blonde hair to her knees and blue eyes, sat on Lizzie's desk.

"Katherine you're sitting on my paper." Lizzie told her without looking up. Katherine grabbed Lizzie's notebook suddenly and Lizzie shot upwards and knocked her seat back. "Give me that!" She screamed. Katherine stood up on the desk and looked at Lizzie's work.

A drawing of Bucky stared solemnly off the page. "Who's this Liz?" Katherine's tone was mocking, "Is it your boyfriend?" She let out a laugh that made her perfect nose crinkle.

Jessica Alverez, Katherine's best friend, climbed onto the desk as well and looked over her friend's shoulder.

"Maybe its her dad, but how would we know, nobody ever sees him." Jessica kicked a pencil off the desk as she said this.

Lizzie balled her fist. "Give me my notebook you 4th grade whores!" Lizzie called at them.

"Ooooooh," Katherine mocked. "Did your daddy teach you that word?"

Jessica's cruel mind came up with another insult and she shot it in Lizzie's direction. "Are you calling us whores, or are you just describing you mom?"

Lizzie lost it.

She grabbed Katherine's long hair and yanked the girl off her desk. "Let go of me you freak!" Katherine shrieked.

Lizzie hit Katherine repeatedly and once Katherine released the notebook, Lizzie snatched it up.

Katherine's nose bled in a steady red stream, and she rushed to the sleeping teacher and tattled.

"Lizzie," The teacher's groggy voice called out. "front office, now."

Lizzie grabbed her pencil from the floor, and on her way out she hooked Jessica's ankle with her hand and the girl toppled from the desk.

"Well what do you have to say for yourself Lizzie?"The principal sat at her desk and looked at the girl. Lizzie met the principal's eyes. "I regret nothing."

"Well Lizzie, I'm going to have to suspend you, what is a phone number I can call to get someone to pick you up?"

The principal picked up her phone and looked at the girl.

"You can call 284-555-7327."

The principal dialed the number. "And who will I be speaking to?" She asked.

Lizzie smiled sweetly. "A family friend, a Mr. James Barnes."