I must have fallen asleep because I woke up to my alarm ringing. It took me a while to realize what was going on, but when I did I was shocked. I was laying on Ms. Miller’s chest and she had her hand over me. She opened her eyes and looked at me smiling.
-«Slept well?»
-«Uhm yes, did I crush you?» I said getting up.
-«Just a little» She chuckled and rubbed her chest with her hand.
-“I’m sorry”
-“It’s ok, now let’s get ready, it’s going to be a long day”
-"Uhm I forgot to get clothes”
-“I’ll lend you some” We got off the bed and went to her room, she walked into the closet.
-“Oh look at you being in the closet”
-“Very funny Cam” she giggled.
She handed me a pair of black jeans and a white hoodie. I thanked her and went to the bathroom to get ready. Her jeans were a little tight on me but the hoodie was fine. I got out and went to the kitchen, she was already there and had breakfast ready. She was wearing a shirt with high wasted jeans and a coat on top, she looked amazing.
-“You look amazing” I exclaimed.
-“Thank you” she smiled “You don’t look so comfortable in my clothes”
-“The jeans are a bit tight, plus I don’t usually wear white hoodies. Other than that I’m fine”
-“Whatever breakfast is ready, let’s eat” She had made bacon and eggs with coffee. We ate in silence, once we were done I grabbed my bag and we made our way to the door.
-“Are we getting a car?” She asked
-“Hell no” I said and she laughed.
-“OK, but I’ll stop a few roads before so that people don’t see us riding together.”
-“Ok”
She handed me a helmet because mine was at home, we wore them and got on the bike, this time I hugged her and she chuckled.
-“Good choice” She said.
She drove off the driveway and started speeding down the road, she was going way above the speed limit. I hugged her tightly, our bodies were extremely close, I wasn’t used to such speed. Don’t get me wrong, my bike is amazing but hers is way more powerful, plus, it’s different when you are the one driving.
I got off the bike and walked to school, I kept the helmet because she had nowhere to put it, we got to the school 40 minutes earlier and immediately went to the principal's office.
Ms. Miller told him that I came earlier to school today to talk to her about this, and then I told him exactly what happened.
-“I don’t know Ms. Thompson, you are known to be a troublemaker and I know you and Jack have had issues in the past, but that seems a little too much, lying about such issues is not okay” He said and I felt tears threatening to spill.
-“How dare you accuse her of lying Mr. Smith” She exclaimed.
-“I’m just stating the truth Ms. Miller” I let a few tears roll down my cheeks, he wouldn’t believe me.
-“The truth is that Mr. Johnson attempted to rape her, and her bruised wrists are proving everything she just said” She said and pulled my sleeves up exposing my wrists, the principal gasped.
-“I’m so sorry Ms. Thompson, I’ll make sure Mr. Johnson won’t bother you again.”
-“Next time Mr. Smith try to not victim-blame, especially when it comes to a young student of yours” She hissed and he nodded, I had calmed down a little, but I was still upset. We walked off and went to her classroom, she locked the door and I hugged her and cried on her shoulder.
-“Thank you so much, if it wasn’t for you he wouldn’t have believed me. He thought I was bad enough to lie about such thing. How did I let it get so out of hand”
-“Shh, you are not a bad person Cam, he is just an asshole” She rubbed circles on my back
-“What you said to me the first days of school has stuck with me, when you mocked me that my parents must be proud of me, I keep thinking that you were right, that if my mum saw what type of person I’ve become she would be disappointed” I confessed and her hug got tighter.
-“I’m sorry Cam, I didn’t mean to hurt you. You’ve changed a lot since the beginning of school, your grades have improved and so has your behavior, you should be proud of yourself, you fell and picked yourself up again, and that takes a lot of strength, not everyone can do it, heck even I can’t do it.” We hugged for a little longer and when we pulled away her eyes were glossy. I took a few deep breaths and she gave me a tissue, I wiped my tears and looked at her.
-“I’m sorry for soaking your shirt” I said with a small smile.
-“It’s not the first time”
-“You are right” I chuckled “I should get going, thank you” She smiled at me and I went to find Izzy.
-“WHAT THE HELL CAM?” She yelled from across the hallway.
-“Hey” I said in a low voice
-“Where did you go on Saturday, I was looking everywhere for you and you were gone, are you stupid?” I clenched my jaw and closed my eyes to keep calm.
-“Iz I had to go”
-“You should have said something Cam, Jesus you can be so selfish sometimes, Ed and I were looking everywhere for you, your phone was dead and you weren’t home”
-“Shut up Iz, I’m not selfish, I almost…” I couldn’t finish the sentence. My breath hitched and I was about to start crying again.
-“You almost what Cam? You almost got laid? Nice reason to abandon your friends” I felt my anger rising and I pushed her.
-“Shut up ok, just shut it, it wasn’t that, it was Jack, he-he…” I whispered yelled, I gulped and looked at her “he tried to …” I trailed off. And her eyes widened.
-“Oh my God Cam, are you serious? Did he touch you?” I nodded “Oh God I’m going to kill this bastard, I swear”
-“He didn’t get to do much because I fought back”
-“Of course you did” She said lovingly and hugged me. “Did he hurt you?”
-“Not so much physically as he did mentally” I rolled up my sleeves and showed her my wrists.
-“Shit” She then eyed me curiously. “Cam, what are you wearing?”
-“Clothes”
-“These aren’t yours, I know all your clothes”
-“They are new”
-“Then you should have sized up on the jeans, or sized up on the girl” She laughed and I shoved her.
For the rest of the day I tried to be on my best behavior and paid attention to my classes, towards the end of lunch we saw Jack getting escorted out by the principal and his parents, before they made their way out of the door his parents approached me.
-“We are extremely sorry for what our son did, we thought we had raised him better than that, we are also sorry for the trouble he has been causing you. I know an apology won’t change anything but we’ll make sure he won’t bother you or anyone else again.” I looked at her and gave her a small smile.
-“Thank you Ms. I appreciate your apology”
-“You don’t have to worry about him again, we are moving out of state”
-“Thank you” I said again and she left.
We made our way to PE.
-“Cam, can we talk?” Ms. Williams said and I made my way toward her.
-“Sure”
-“I heard what happened, I’m sorry I didn’t take you seriously before, when you told me guys were harassing you”
-“It wasn’t just you, even the principal doubted me today, I guess everyone thinks I’m an asshole who loves ruining people’s lives.”
-“Cam..”
-“No Ms. Williams, I don’t want to hear anything else” I went back to the court. The bell rang and Ed, Izzy and I made our way to English, by now everyone knew what went on between Jack and me. Everyone was staring at me as I walked through the hallways. We walked in the class and Ms. Miller smiled at me and I smiled back, Izzy and Ed looked at me shocked.
-“She can smile?” Izzy asked
-“Holy shit maybe she’s having a stroke” Ed added and they both laughed and I saw her expression change
-“Come on guys, she is not that mean”
-“Bro, most kids call her ‘The devil’” Ed added and I looked at her again, she seemed sad.
-“Come on guys, cut it off, she helped me convince the principal that Jack did it”
-“She did?” Izzy asked surprised “I thought she didn’t like you”
-“Well, it looks like she doesn’t hate me”
They remained silent for the rest of the class and when the bell rang I stayed behind to talk with her. She locked the door and it was just the two of us in the room.
-“So, I’m the devil” She pulled her lips in a thin line
-“Hey, look at that, we are sharing the same title” I exclaimed and she gave me a small smile. I got closer and checked her out.
-“Did you just check me out?”
-“Maybe” I smirked and got a little closer, she looked really hot and I felt something pulling me towards her.
-“Cam” She warned me and took a few steps back, her back was now against the wall.
-“What Ms. Miller?” I said innocently.
-“You should go”
-“But you are my ride” I smirked again and I saw her blushing.
-“Am I?” She bit her bottom lip
“Then you can walk yourself home” She said pushing me aside. I looked at her shocked at what just happened. “Jack and his parents are moving out of state and he is being sent to a boarding school so you have nothing to worry about”
-“Are you really letting me walk home?”
-“Yes, oh and before you leave I would appreciate it if you could bring me my helmet”
-“Sure” I said and went to my locker, I grabbed the helmet and slammed the locker shut, I went back in her classroom, left it on her desk and slammed the door behind me, I can’t believe she made me walk because I flirted with her a little.
On my way home I kept looking around, I felt unsafe, even though I wasn’t.
The rest of the week and the next week after were almost unbearable, I kept getting weird looks from everyone, Ms. Miller turned back to her cold bitchy self, completely ignoring me and my friends treated me like I was made out of glass. I felt like I was going to lose my mind, I was able to find peace only when I rode my bike. I would ride for hours almost every day, thankfully my dad sent me enough money for gas.