Chapter 5

After I lifted my head off of the table and wiped the blood from my nose, I stood up and turned around to face my aggressor. I looked into the eyes of none other than my former best friend herself.

"So you thought telling on us would solve your little problem?" she said to me venom dripping from every word.

"You stupid little dyke, don't you know that my daddy donates money to this school, you couldn't get me in trouble if you tried."

I gripped the table behind me ready to lunge on to Madison, when I felt a soft hand touch mine. I turned around and saw Ashley's piercing brown eyes. I could tell she was trying to get me to just leave. For a moment I thought about giving up and just walking away. I remembered that Ashley was probably working with her.

I ripped my hand out from underneath hers and turned back to face the person who had made my life a living hell.

"Go ahead Duarte, hit me i dare you" I said to her in a hushed voice trying to avoid aggravating her minions.

"It's not like your'e gonna fight back Carlin, come on" she screamed back at me letting our rapidly growing audience know that she was the one in charge.

In a fit of rage and pure hatred i lunged forward and tackled the Latina to the ground.I began to scratch her face and pull her hair. My style of fighting was very girlish, I know but I didn't want to cause any serious harm that would lead to my mother being called in again.

I could feel her hands on my face and they were starting to draw blood. I had my eyes closed trying to avoid getting my cornea scratched. I felt her hands leave my face and I opened my eyes to see what was going on. As soon as my eyes flicked open, I saw a fist flying at me. I tried to duck but I couldn't because of her other hand grabbing my throat.

As soon as the fist hit me in the eye I rolled off of Madison and laid on my back next to her clutching my eye. Once i opened my eyes it seemed to go in slow motion as I saw Madison about to lunge on top of me. I moved my arms about to cover my already sore face but stopped when I saw her.

I stared open mouthed as I saw my knight in shining armor grab my attacker by the waist and toss her to the side. I went to stand up and quickly get away but fell back down due to the sudden light-headedness. As I was laying on the ground waiting for my dizziness to turn back to normal.

I felt some one grab my arms and pick me up by my shoulders. I tried to shake them off but once I was upright they hugged me from behind and I felt them nuzzle their face into my neck. The strong smell of her perfume reminded me of the day in the bathroom. I knew who it was and I knew that my knight in shining armor would protect me.

She placed an arm around my waist around i slung an arm around her shoulders as she guided me to her car. She opened the passenger side door of her blacked out 2013 Dodge Charger. She gently placed me in the car and jumped into the drivers seat and sped out of the parking lot. I was about to protest to the apparent kidnapping that was going on but I was to emotionally exhausted to say anything. I nodded off for about 10 minutes but woke up when I felt us come to a halt.

I opened my eyes and saw a large gate and Ashley punching in what seemed like a passcode for the gate. We pulled up in front of the estate and Ashley walked around and opened my door for me. She helped me out of the car and walked me into the house which I am assuming is hers. As soon as she got the door unlocked she helped me in and aid me down on the couch. Once she put me down on the couch she brushed the hair out of my eyes and walked into the bathroom.

I closed my eyes trying to relax and not thing about what my life was going to be like as a result of this. I knew my life was going to get a lot harder because of my little scuffle in the quad with Madison. How was my mom going to react or Glen when they found out that I was in fact gay. I closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when I felt something cold on my face. I abruptly opened my eyes and saw her warm brown eyes staring down at me.

She was wiping the blood off my face and holding an ice pack to my swelling eye and previously sprained nose. She was trying to calm me down I could tell and surprisingly enough if was the calmest I have been in years. She looked into my eyes and said the first thing to me all day.

"Relax beautiful your'e safe now" I closed my eyes and as I was about to fall asleep I could of sworn that I felt her lips ghost across my forehead just as I fell asleep.