A/N: Thank you so much to all the reviews! I'm glad you guys enjoyed the first chapter :)
Oh, and I'd also like to thank my beta for helping me improve my chapter! (CaitlinMasen)
Bella:
Your love unrequited, I just can't stop giving
I'm lost, I'm departed, I can't keep on forgiving
My hearts keeps on parting
It's the lack of love I'm missing
After a weekend of being grounded and beaten, school is a welcome break. I would leave early, but Dad won't allow it. He makes sure I leave with just enough time to get to school, but not enough time to socialise.
I drive myself to school; in the truck my parent's got me. They were fed up of driving me places and it made them look like good parents. To any outsider, we're the perfect family. Straight A student daughter and loving parents.
Ha! If only…
Just as I pull into the school parking lot the bell goes, so I hastily make my way to class. I sit down in my usual seat at the back and wait for the lesson to begin.
"Iz, where were you all weekend? I tried calling and everything," Lauren says, sitting down next to me. "Too busy with Riley?" she smirks, raising her eyebrows.
What is it with everyone thinking Riley and me are together? We hook up occasionally, that's it.
"No, I was grounded. And my phone confiscated," I reply, bored already with this conversation.
Lauren and Jessica are only friends with me to get closer to Mike and drugs.
"Oh. How come?" Lauren pushes.
"I missed curfew," I say simply, wishing for the teacher to come in and start the lesson. Even though Mr Banner, my history teacher, hates me, he's still better than listening to Lauren.
"Oh, that's, like, totally unfair," Lauren says, somewhat bored. "So, I saw you and Riley sneaking off…" Lauren gushes, obviously wanting me to tell her all the details.
"Yeah. We fucked. End of story," I tell her with a shrug.
"You're so badass!" Lauren giggles.
I sigh heavily, but my mood improves slightly when Mr Banner walks in. He begins droning on about the Second World War, which I mostly tune out by doodling on my notebook. Since I'm not allowed to go out, I'll just revise this section tonight.
The day drags on and on, and I'm relieved when it's lunch time so I can finally have a fag. Being on lock down also means no smoking. Great.
"Heard you got grounded," Mike says as he walks cockily over to me.
"Wow, Lauren's got a big mouth," I take a long drag as Mike lights one up beside me.
"Oh yeah," Mike nods, a big smirk on his face.
I turn to him, eyebrow raised. "You and Lauren?" I gap at him. I thought he was more into Jessica?
"Oh, we're not a thing. She gave me a blowjob on Saturday," Mike nods, looking proud of himself.
"Does Jessica know?" I ask, taking a final drag of my smoke before crushing the butt under my foot.
"Nah. Lauren wants to keep it quiet though," Mike says.
I won't tell. I don't get involved in gossip. It's stupid and pointless.
"You free tonight?" Mike asks, clearly not wanting to just hang out. "Unless you and Riley are together…" he adds as an afterthought.
Men only ever want one thing. Sex.
"I'm grounded," I reply before walking off.
I go to the cafeteria and buy a sandwich and a coke, since my parents get annoyed if I don't eat.
I'm surprised Riley hasn't come up to me yet, looking for somewhere to sneak off to like usual. He'll be annoyed as hell that I'm grounded for a week, because it means he won't have an easy lay.
My last lesson of the day is English, my favourite subject. The teacher, Mrs Harris, actually likes me, which is one bonus, I guess.
"How are you today, Iz?" Mrs Harris asks me, smiling. I notice I'm here early, so I'm the only one in the class.
I shrug, "I'm alright." That's a lie. My ribs are killing me and so is much stomach. "How are you?" I add to attempt to be polite.
"Good. You don't look so well…" Mrs Harris says.
"I didn't get much sleep last night," I lie, taking my seat and taking out my books.
Slowly, more student's file in, so Mrs Harris begins the lesson. I actually pay attention and take notes, since English is a subject I want to do well in for myself, not my parents.
The rest of the week passes in the same fashion, with me not paying a lot of attention and then revising everything else in the evenings. Riley doesn't show up all week, so I guess he's just ditching lessons. He sometimes does this if he can't be bothered to go to school.
"Isabella! Get the fuck out of the bathroom, I need a shower!" Dad shouts, pounding on the door.
"Give me a minute!" I shout back, quickly cleaning my teeth after throwing up.
"Don't give me that attitude, ungrateful slut," Dad hisses, slapping me as I leave the bathroom.
My eyes sting with tears as he makes his way inside, like nothing has happened. I glare at the shut door, making my way downstairs and out of the house. I don't have to be in for first period, but I go in anyway just to avoid my father.
"Hey babe, you didn't return my calls last week. I missed you," Riley says, walking confidently over to me in the parking lot.
"Maybe you should've been in school, then. I was grounded," I reply, bored with the conversation already. "Anyway, you only missed getting your dick wet," I quip, looking up at him.
"Wanna skip first period?" Riley asks, waggling his eyebrows at me.
I feel like rolling my eyes at him.
"I'm free, anyway," I shrug. I don't have anything else to do, anything better to do with this free hour.
"Come on, we'll go in my car. I'll drive us somewhere hidden," Riley says, ushering me into his car.
It would appear I was right about him missing the sex, not me. Like my father says, I'm just plain and boring. A slut.
He drives us to an empty area, then joins me in the back of the car. He pushes down his jeans and boxers and pulls me on top of him. I'm wearing a skirt, so he just pushes aside my panties.
"Did you get the morning after pill?" Riley asks during sex.
I halt my movements, becoming tense and my eyes widening. Oh shit.
"Did you come? Already?" Riley asks, mistaking my look of worry for coming, apparently. "Keep moving," Riley urges, grabbing my hips tightly and looking proud of himself.
I wince slightly from the bruises that are there, but continue moving, in a bit of a haze. After a while of awkward movement, Riley sighs heavily before pulling me off his lap and lying me down along the back of his seats.
I let him control the movements, but inside I'm freaking out. I threw up this morning. I'm not… I can't be…
My parents would kill me if I was pregnant.
I feel Riley tugging at my top, pulling it up and pulling down my bra to reveal my breasts. He moves roughly inside me, oblivious to my inner turmoil.
"I love your tits, babe. So fucking perky," Riley groans, grabbing them. "Shit, Iz, are those more bruises?" Riley asks, closely looking at my chest.
"It's nothing," I tell him, hoping he'll come soon so he'll leave this alone.
I tighten around him and moan out his name, things I know he loves.
"Iz!" he groans as he comes. I quickly sort out my bra and top, straighten out my skirt, and start to try and get out of his car. "Iz, wait! What's with all the bruises?" Riley asks, frowning.
"I'm clumsy," I try to sound nonchalant.
"You have new bruises every time we have sex. What's up with that?" Riley asks, pushing the matter.
"It's honestly nothing; I just walk into things a lot." I get out of the car and walk quickly back to school, heading for my first lesson.
Hopefully Riley will leave me alone today. He definitely will if I tell him there's a chance I'm pregnant. I don't want to tell him yet, not until I've told my parents. Riley's not that good at keeping secrets.
"Why the fuck did you run off?" Riley hisses in my ear once he catches up to me.
"I had to get back to school," I reply back angrily, walking faster.
"I don't get you, Iz. You use me for sex but you don't even seem to enjoy that anymore, but you won't let me be anything more. I'm fucking done with you and all your weird shit," Riley shouts, walking back to his car when he's finished.
Like my father says, everyone just gets bored of me, eventually.
I can't say I'm surprised, so I just shrug and continue walking to my first lesson. He'll get over it. It's hardly like we were in love, more like in lust. If that, anymore.
A/N: Thoughts on Riley?
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