Chapter 4

Winter’s POV

It’s lunchtime and I’m sitting outside, my poor stomach growling as it smells the delicious scent of other students eating their lunch, my head hung low and my blonde hair hiding my face as though people wouldn’t recognize me. I stood out like a sore thumb. It would take a miracle to get through lunchtime without being accosted by one of my bullies.

figure slim and clad in a cheerleader’s outfit. She lives to humiliate me and all I can do is look up from my position on the grass and wait for what I know is coming. I swallow, my heart thumping loudly in my chest. All I want is to just be left alone, in peace. Is that too much to ask? Why does everyone hate me so much? I’ve

hair now dripping of cola as she laughs maniacally, her cheerleader group behind her, giggling behind their hands.It’s cold, sticky and trickles down my clothes as I stand up, letting it drip down my back

Instead, she walks right up and swings, her fist connecting to my

eyes, but I was determined to keep them from falling. I haven’t done anything to her, but Jessica’s in love with my brother Damien and tortures me so that he’ll like her back.  Little does she know that he can’t stand her, she’s so

and the bell goes for the next class. I stand up awkwardly, my hair still dripping and feeling incredibly sticky. It’s going to be a nightmare to wash out later, but I also can’t afford to miss class. My grades are the only thing I have left and I work hard so that, eventually, when I do graduate, if I make it until then, I’ll be able to leave this town and my so-called family and study, far away at a college of my choice. I’m determined to get the hell out of this town, no matter what it takes, and become a lawyer. If I keep my grades up like I have been, I might even be able to organize a scholarship. Lord knows there’s no way in hell that my father would even dream of paying for my tuition and, quite frankly, I’ll be glad to leave. I won’t be

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