Blackmailed For Love

… I stepped out of the on going class receiving a narrowed eye stare from the teacher and a few side glances from the students, but I ignored them all as I really needed to pee.

I didn't get a chance to use the washroom during recess because I was staying in the library finishing my lunch and staying away from the bullies.

And unfortunately for me there was no one to keep me company as Kristoff was absent.

I didn't know why he was absent, he didn't tell me.

And Mrs Aaron had only said that he wasn't feeling well.

Then there was….

Kristian.

2 Kristian hasn't talked to me since my confession and that kiss two days ago.

My lips still tingled with the memory of my first kiss.

The way his lips had felt against mine.

It was just a two seconds long kiss and I had been so happy but then he had pushed me away.

My heart still gave a squeeze when I remembered his words, "This is not right.

This can't happen, Elsa."

1 "Why?"

I had questioned, looking up at him with my attraction on display.

"I like you."

He had laughed.

"You and I could never be together.

Don't ever do that."

And when I hadn't backed away, he had slapped me with his next words, "You are just a little girl."

2 A loud crash from somewhere pulled me out of the memory and I turned left towards the girls washroom.

Without paying any attention to anything, I hurried inside the washroom and opened the first stall door.

But then when I was sitting and relieving myself, I heard another loud crash followed by a painful grunt.

I winced when I heard a groan and then someone being muffled as they screamed.

Goosebumps rose on my arms and I quickly finished up.

Cleaning myself when I came out of the stall, it took me just a few seconds to wash my hands, my mind playing an awful scenario where some poor kid was getting bullied by someone else.

I couldn't let it happen, not after what had happened to me.

If it wasn't for Kristoff making threats by Kristian's name, I didn't even want to think what would've happened.

I barged inside the boys' washroom next door

someone poor

even call it bullying what Kristian was

to force me and hurt me not two

savage as he crouched over the boy with his hand at the back of the neck of the boy who had

swallowed and my eyes fell on the boy who was responsible for

half side of his

cause of it was apparent in the mirror behind him which was broken and smeared in

"Kristian…"

I whispered.

me, his head whipped around in my direction

eyes were swallowed by the black and only

and his hold tightened on

"Stop."

He shook his head.

gravely

to

"Yes… And it's enough."

eyes dropped

"It's not."

He growled.

what happens when someone tried to touch you or

I had been carrying with me disappeared in thin air and even as his words echoed in my mind, I

never be nothing between us, because there

the boy seemed to be barely breathing, he whimpered, trying to gain my sympathy,

know

the

me to go to church three times a week and

didn't deny the words but his eyes never left

said, "They know,

please, you

followed my gaze to his hands, his knuckles

close enough, I said, "I don't like to see you

once and then he

cowering back trying to make himself smaller as Kristian kicked the boy

came close to me and looked

later, he shook his head and muttered, "If

Then he walked out.

shed tonight and ask what his 'if only' meant, I too left the

come to

Not that night.

And not afterwards.

bed disappointed and dejected, only to go through the same routine the next day with nothing interesting happening,

was on the fifth day that I really saw

come out of his room after almost a week

of his face was slightly swollen and when I asked he said that he had a bad allergy but for some reason it felt like a lie but

he had been

we had to cross the pool area, my feet faltered when my eyes fell on

tall and pretty with dark hair like midnight sitting beside him in a