Phone Calls from a Rock Star by JL Paul

Author:JL Paul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, drama, rock star, rock band, phone calls

Chapter Fifteen

The weekend flew by faster than I wanted and before I knew it, I was enduring more whispered insults as I walked to my classes. I was getting better at ignoring it, but it was starting to get to me—burrowing into the thick skin I was trying to develop. And class was no safe harbor either—especially the two I shared with Lance. He didn’t join in with the others but he definitely didn’t try to stop it. He just sat back at his desk, smug smile on his lips while he trained his eyes on the teacher.

Several times I considered calling my brother, just to vent. He’d attended this school and knew how nasty people would be. But, when the few times that I’d managed to pluck the courage to call him, I’d get his voicemail. I just left a generic message, telling him I’d call him back later.

Wednesday afternoon, as I made my way to play practice, Alicia Phelps and Cindy Kinsey followed close behind, whispering loudly and laughing at my stupidity. I wondered, and not for the first time, when everyone would grow bored with me and move on to the next scandal.

“I bet she’s doing drugs now,” Alicia laughed. “She brought that rock star to the dance, you know. I heard he and his friends are all strung-out drug addicts.”

Peals of laughter followed her comment, and I could stand it no more. The last week of humiliation mixed with the hurt at my friends’ absence came to a head. The snip at Jake and the guys was the last straw. I clenched my hand into a fist, whirled around and took a swing at Alicia, nailing her in the chin. Stunned, she took a couple steps back, but it didn’t take her long to recover. She charged, ramming me into a snow bank. Her elbow caught me in the nose and I saw stars. Really bright stars. She took advantage of my star gazing and grabbed a handful of my hair, yanking it hard. About that time, Ms. Norbert came around the corner with two guys from the play, carrying a bunch of boxes. She dropped hers and pulled Alicia off of me. The boys rushed forward and one of them helped me out of the snow. Ms. Norbert grabbed my left arm and Alicia’s right and frog-marched us into the Arts building. She took us to her office and made us both sit. She handed me a box of tissue and I dabbed at my nose, sopping up the blood flowing over my lips.

She glared at us while she formed her words. “I will not report this incident, but I am telling you both that I want this stupid, immature behavior to stop right now!” She turned her hard glare on Alicia. “I’ve heard the names and the insults and I don’t like it. It stops immediately.”

Alicia lifted a nonchalant shoulder and Ms. Norbert excused her. Once the door closed behind Alicia, Ms. Norbert eyes softened as she looked at me.

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