Borrowed Time Part 2

Chapter 239

"Hm." Hm? "Well, I don't believe you, but I trust you'll get me if you need me." She said, and Juliette nodded even though she knew that she wouldn't - with her luck, Allison would be nowhere to be found when she really needed her, that was normally how things went at this school when she finally reached out.

People were never where she needed them to be in order to stay safe.

"Yes ma'am." She said, hoping that her expression didn't expose the fact that there was no way in hell that she was going to actually disclose anything. If she couldn't handle it herself, then who was she? She needed to be able to handle shit without begging someone to help her.

That was what life was.

"And you're not going to talk about it right now, are you?" Allison asked, as if clarifying, and Juliette shook her head. No, there was no way that she was going to be talking about it right now, and so the best thing for her to do was to walk away and help someone else. That was actually the only thing that she could do right now that would be worth her time even a little bit, this conversation was simply wasting her time, and Juliette didn't want to waste her time.

"No ma'am."

"Tight lipped." She nodded and Allison sighed, taking a step back with a nod, looking no less worried than she had before. She didn't want to worry her... But there wasn't anything else she could do. "Alright. I'll let you go. But I'm here for you, Jules. I really am." She said, and Juliette turned on her heel without another word, unsure of what to do with that... She didn't normally have an adult in her corner, at least not on school property.

She was still mulling it over when she felt a shiver up her spine, a chill... Someone was right behind her. She turned around and saw Ethan far too close to her.

Back off, dick.

"Hello Juliette." His voice made her shudder as she stepped away, not wanting to feel his breath on her skin.

"Ugh." He frowned, giving her a sad look that was the farthest fucking thing from convincing.

"That's no way to treat your scene partner." His tone was slimy, filled with faux hurt as he tried to sling an arm around her waist, which she quickly flicked off, giving him a look that he didn't seem deterred by.

He was like a damn cockroach.

"Whatever, let's just get this over with." Ethan leaned close to her, placing a hand almost non-chalantly on her waist, like he did it all the time. Juliette scoffed and pushed it away, crossing her arms across her chest as she tried to walk away from him, but he was right behind her. She turned towards him for a moment, placing a hand on his chest to push him back, but he simply closed the gap again when she put her hand down. She tried to swallow down the panic in her throat - she was a big girl, she could handle a stupid man on her own, right? "What the fuck are you doing?" She asked, hoping the snap of her tone would deter him, but the smirk on his face told her that she was not safe right now.

Fuck.

She needed to do something to make him go away... Or she at least needed to protect herself in some way... She needed to think of how to do that, and she couldn't do that when he was looking at her like she was a meal, it made her want to vomit.

"Preparing." His words made her hair stand on end as she turned away from him, but that didn't stop him - he stepped closer behind her, pressing against her body in a way that made her want to fucking die.  She hated that his body was on hers at all, but it was clear that he wanted to make her uncomfortable, and that made it ten thousand times worse... He wanted to push her boundaries. "Relax." He insisted, wrapping his arms around her, effectively trapping her close to the wall, his hand resting on the front of her waistband as he leaned into her ear.  She felt her heart thud in her chest, her ears rushing with blood as she realized just how much danger she was in - Allison had stepped out, he'd waited for that, and no one was paying that much attention to them.