Ashley shut her eyes tightly, trying to process what just happened. She opened her eyes and staring at her in the face was Claire, Alex's girlfriend. Fury burned her face bright red.
"Who the hell do you think you are to lay your filthy hand on me?"Ashley yelled, her chest moving upward and downward repeatedly as she breathed heavily.
"And who the f**king hell do you think you are to talk back at him? Do you know who he is?" Claire snapped.
"Does it look like I give a f**k about who he is huh? What part of don't talk to me doesn't he understand!" Ashley fumed.
"You can't just talk to........ " Claire was saying, but Ashley cut her short.
"If you ever lay your filthy hand on me again, trust me, I'll make sure you regret it" Ashley sassed and walked out of her.
Claire felt embarrassed. A new girl just insulted her in the presence of the whole class. She gnashed her teeth and made to pull Ashley back, but Alex stopped her.
"Let her be, I'll show her what I'm made of" Alex whispered in her ear.
"She's one annoying little bitch" Claire muttered.
After the whole scenario, The students started leaving the class. They were heading to the cafeteria for lunch. Ashley was still upset. She didn't feel like going to the cafeteria for lunch, or talking to anybody. She wanted to be alone.
Standing at the entrance of the class, she decided to take a walk around the school. She stumbled upon the school park while taking a walk.
"Wow.... The atmosphere of this place is nice" She thought. There were concrete chairs where anyone can sit and trees all around. Ashley lowered her butt to the grass. The wind blew her hair up. She closed her eyes, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
"What are you doing here?" A voice asked. She jerked to her feet instantly. It was a robust looking boy with big Tommy. His eyes were small, his face round and he had chubby cheeks.
"Just looking around" Ashley made her reply short. The boy smacked his lips.
"You should be having lunch in the cafeteria. It's against the rules to be loitering around when it's time for lunch" He took a step closer to her. He admired her beauty, starting from her curly hair, to her well shaped brows, to her long eyelashes, to her deep blue eyes, to her red lips.
"I get it, I'm leaving" Ashley retorted and made to leave, but he pulled her back.
"Don't you wanna know my name?" he asked with a smug smile.
"I don't care about your name! Just leave me alone!" she yelled, jerking her hand from his hold. His smile faded and his forehead creased.
"Better watch what you say because I'm a prefect and you can't talk to me anyhow" He said in a bragging manner, hoping it'll impress her.
"I don't give a f**k!" Ashley retorted and walked out of him.
"I'll still get you" He said to himself, smacking his lips as he watched her walk away.
"There are more of assholes in this school than students" Ashley thought as she headed back to her class.
She got her backpack from her locker. Unzipping it, she brought out a pack of chips and the bottle of water she kept there before she left home.
She munched the chips, peering out of the windows at intervals. She twisted the cap of the bottle water and gulped the content down her throat. She breathed a sigh of relief as she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.
She took a glance at the timetable on the wall. After lunch, they'll be having an economics class, followed by the history class and that was all for the day.
After lunch, students started trooping into the classroom, making noise as they moved their tables and chairs.
Ashley's eyes trailed Alex and Claire as they walked into the class together. Unexpectedly, a girl clumsily bumped into Alex. Alex pushed her roughly to the floor.
"Have you gone blind?" Alex shouted at the poor girl, attracting the attention of the whole class.
"Oh! It's the nerd" Claire exclaimed sarcastically.
"What do you expect? She can only see her books, nothing else" Claire made jest of her.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking" The girl apologized.
"You think an apology is enough huh" Claire moved closer to her in an intimidating manner. She cringed and Claire grabbed her shirt.
"Let her go" Ashley said in a command tone. She just couldn't hold it any longer.
"You again!" Claire's forehead creased at the sight of Ashley.
Ashley walked to the front of the class. Turning to the girl, she said, "Don't you have better things to do than apologize to these assholes huh". The whole class bursted into laughter.
"Assholes" some of them repeated between hiccups of laughter.
Alex was fuming, a vien popped out in his neck as he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
"No one has ever stood up to him" Some of them murmured.
"I pray she doesn't land herself in trouble"
"Hey, how dare you?" Claire raised her hand to slap Ashley, but Ashley was quick to grab her hand and pin it against her back. Clarie yelped in pain.
"My name is ASHLEY, not hey" she corrected, letting go of her hand.
"You shouldn't let them bully you" She said to the girl, who was already on her feet.
"Thanks"
As Ashley made her way to her seat, Claire fixed her gaze on her, fuming , at the same time, thinking of how she was gonna get her revenge.
Mrs Smith cat walked into the class.
"Good afternoon Mrs Smith" They chorused.
"Bring out your assignment" She said. She moved to the center of the class, her heels, clinking rythymically on the tiled floor. The noise of opening lockers was disturbing to the ear.
"Can't they be more careful?" Ashley thought.
"If you didn't do it, out of my class before I fish you out" She sterned. Alex did not think twice before leaving the class. Mrs Smith went round, checking the assignment.
"Where's yours?" She asked Ashley.
"I joined the class today……" Ashley tried to explain herself, but Mrs Smith cut her short.
"That's not an excuse. A good student would have..... " She was saying, but Ashley cut her short.
"There's no need for a lecture, I'm leaving" Ashley stood up. She took out some books and a pen from her locker before leaving the class.
"That girl is rude" Mrs Smith said. Though Ashley heard, she didn't turn back.
Ashley looked around, searching for an empty class, but there was no empty class nearby. She didn't want to go to the Library so she looked harder and luckily, she found the music studio. She pushed the door open. No one was there and it was damn silent. Just what she needed. She stepped into the studio and closed the door gently behind her.
Her eyes darted around and she spotted different kind of musical instruments like Piano, guitar, saxophone and others. The music studio had seats like the rest of the classrooms. She settled down on the seat close to the door, placed her books on the table and started working on the assignment that Mrs Jones gave them.
Not long, she started hearing strange sounds, more like a whisper. She ignored it thinking it was her imagination. It didn't stop and she started to feel uncomfortable. She dropped her pen and listened attentively. She could hear it. Fear gripped her. She quickly packed up her books and stood up to leave.
She placed her hand on the doorknob and pulled it with force, but it didn't open. "Shit" She muttered, trying harder. The whispering got louder and her body trembled a little.
"Open already" Her voice quivered as she pulled the door knob with all her strength. She door flung open. She scurried out of the music studio and bumped into Alex in the hallway. The force of the contact made them fall. Alex groaned.
"What the hell..... Are you blind?" He spat, his face squeezed in irritation.
Ashley breathed heavily, her chest moving upward and downward repeatedly. He stood up and looked at her suspiciously. He knew it was unlike her to keep quiet and she was looking very scared.
"You look like someone who has just seen a ghost" He smirked, bringing his face closer to hers. She pushed him and stood up to her feet. She picked up her books.
"I'll have my revenge for what you did in class today" His voice sounded intimidating. She wasn't even listening to what he was saying, she fixed her gaze on the music studio, different thoughts racing through her mind at the same time.
Ashley turned to leave, now she had no other choice than to go to the school library. Taking the stairs to the third floor, she walked through the hallway, her eyes scanning around in search of the library. At last! She spotted it. Walking in, she didn't say anything to the libarian. Ashley settled down on the seat close to the window and carried on with her assignment.
She couldn't concentrate fully on the assignment. She kept thinking of the whisper she heard in the music studio.
"Oh no! It's can't be" She thought.
***
Ashley yawned and stretched arms. She glanced at her watch. "It's time for history" She thought. She packed her books and headed back to her class.
She pushed the door open and strolled into the class. Everywhere suddenly went silent and Ashley started to wonder why they all went silent.
She made her way to her locker, dropped her books and picked up the necessary materials for her history class.
Mr Brown, their history teacher strolled in with a smile plastered on his face.
"No need to greet, where did we stop?" He asked, dropping some textbooks on the table. To Ashley, he seemed kind of friendly.
"World War II" Annabelle, the girl Ashley helped earlier answered.
Ashley yawned and stretched her arms. She glanced at her watch. "It's time for history" She thought. She packed her books and headed back to her class.She pushed the door open and strolled into the class. Everywhere suddenly went silent and Ashley started to wonder why they all went silent.She made her way to her locker, dropped her books and picked up the necessary materials for her history class.Mr Brown, their history teacher strolled in with a smile plastered on his face."No need to greet, where did we stop?" He asked, dropping some textbooks on the table. To Ashley, he seemed kind of friendly."World War II" Annabelle, the girl Ashley helped earlier answered. Mr Brown turned on the projector.***After an hour, the siren rang out indicating the end of the lesson."I don't have any assignment for you guys today, but your n
There was a soft knock on the door. Claire's eyes turned to Annabelle's direction as if she was expecting her to open the door.Monica stood up. She unlocked the door and pushed it open."Food is here" A young lady announced, pushing a trolley into the room. Everyone picked their plate of food and ate silently.After dinner, The young lady cleared their dishes and Annabelle stood up to lock the door after she left."Anna" Ashley called."Hmm""You know, you shouldn't let anyone bully you especially when they don't worth it" Ashley said, fixing her gaze on Claire."She's a weakling, she's got no choice" Claire mocked, looking at Ashley directly in the face. She wondered why Ashley was so daring. Deep down, she was excited. "Tonight, we're gonna put you in your place, and you won't be able to run that little mo
Ashley dragged her up from the bed and pulled her hair angrily."You motherfucker…….I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Ashley fumed, holding on to Claire's hair."Let go of me" Claire tried to free her hair from Ashley's hold to no avail."Ashley calm down" Annabelle separated them."How can you tell me to calm down? Do you know what this bitch did huh?" Ashley yelled, wanting to charge at Claire again, but Annabelle stopped her."She's not worth it Ash, Let her go" Annabelle said just to make sure Ashley doesn't do anything drastic.With gritted teeth, Ashley said, "Trust me, I'm gonna get back at you".***"It was going well until he came" Alex fumed as he laid flat on his bed.Just then, Henry strolled in. Without saying a word, he went to lie on his bed."Hey dude! Mrs
As Alex walked towards his seat, he was waving at everyone like a celebrity. With his back turned to his seat, he made to sit down. In a flash, Ashley moved his chair backwards and he fell flat on the floor.The whole class bursted into laughter. It was an epic moment for Ashley. She laughed so much, her stomach started to hurt. Anger sparked in Alex's eyes as he stood up.Dropping his backpack on the chair, he stomped out of the class. Ashley pressed her lips together to prevent her from bursting into another round of laughter.Anabelle walked to Ashley's seat. She was full of smiles."Why did you do that?" She asked, lowering her butt to Alex's chair, but she quickly jerked to her feet realizing what she was doing."Pay back" Ashley shrugged and pulled her to sit on Alex's chair."Relax, they won't do anything" Ashley assured, noticing the worri
With clenched jaws, she pushed Alex. He lost his balance and landed on his butt."Hey!" He yelled. He stood up to his feet and lurched at Ashley. Henry stepped in to separate them."Let me go! I'm gonna teach him a lesson" Ashley fumed."Shut your mouth you bitch!" Claire snapped. Ashley broke free from Henry's hold and she charged at Claire, but Alex pushed her back and she landed on the floor. A fight broke out between them."Fight! Fight!" Their classmates cheered."What's going on here?" Mrs Jones voice stopped them. They were all so engrossed in the fight that they didn't notice when she walked in."You're fighting?" Mrs Jones uttered in disbelief. She wasn't suprised about Alex, or Henry or even Claire, but the new girl?"To the detention class, the four of you" She sterned."He's the one at fault, he
"I don't think you've read the school rules" Mrs Jones started as Ashely stopped midway into the office.Ashely kept mute."Fighting is against the school rules and you can get severely punished for it. I just decided to let it go today, but I may not be able to do that next time. It will be more that detention" She continued and Ashley listened attentively to her."And I didn't expect you to get into a fight with Alex" She said."He tore my mathematics note" Ashely said in a protesting tone."Then you should have reported him instead" She said and Ashley became pissed."And then you'll give him detention and that'll be all" She said almost rudely.Mrs Jones drew in a deep breath."You know what, I hate school rules so I don't follow them. I do what I think is right. I don't care if I get punished" She
Ashley let out a long sigh. At times, she would place her head on the table, or rest her chin in her hands while her elbow rested on the table.She felt so guilty about the fight, she was so restless. She ought to be the one out there with Claire, not Henry and Alex, but Alex had to interfere to protect his girlfriend maybe.She couldn't even concentrate on the lesson."We'll continue from here in the next class" Mr Oliver concluded the lesson and Ashley could not help but heave a sigh of relief."They ought to be done with their punishment, why aren't they back yet?" She contemplated, closing her book. She had only scribbled down some words in it because she wasn't concentrating.Claire wasn't happy about the whole thing either, all in her mind was that everything happened because of Ashley and that made her more furious.As soon as Mr Oliver stepped out of
Ashley flipped the novel in her hand to the next page. Frustrated, she slammed it on her table and rubbed her temples."That pervert" Her inner mind fumed. She just couldn't understand why all the students respected him, even Claire.She couldn't believe Claire spoke politely to Charles.She glanced at her wristwatch. "They should be back already" She thought, peering out of the window to see if they were coming already."Hey" Annabelle gave her a friendly punch on her shoulder.Standing directly in front of Ashley's table, she asked, "How do you know Henry?". Her eyes were filled with curiousity.Annabelle had been in the same class with Henry since they were in junior high school, but they've never spoken to each other before and so, she was kinda suprised when Ashley waved at him in the morning."Hmm…….We just met" Ashely made her re