The Love You Give Me by Kelly Violet

Author:Kelly Violet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pump Up the Violet Publishing
Published: 2018-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Rae

Xan hated me.

A disgusted and angry look overtook the happy-go-lucky face I was used to. I realized then there was no getting through to him. I had no idea how everything snowballed out of control so quickly. One minute I was walking down the hall ready to meet Xander. Said he had to ask me something after the last wrestling team event, an end-of-day party put together for the graduating seniors. I promised to stick around to wait for him. Our time was running out and I wanted to spend every second I could with him.

The thought took root in my head and wouldn’t leave.

Then, all of a sudden, everything went to hell.

Finishing up last-minute extra credit, I placed the sheets of paper in the box on Mrs. Naper’s desk. She let the class out a few minutes early and every single person dashed out like the school was on fire. Everyone except me. I had some time before meeting up with Xander, so I stayed to complete the quick assignment.

Now, all was quiet as I packed up. Mrs. Naper had left several minutes ago, which meant I was all alone.

I never minded the quiet. Found solace in it often enough. But right now, something crackled just under the surface. Instead of worrying about it too much I quickly grabbed my bag and started for our regular rendezvous spot.

After closing the classroom door behind me I looked up and froze. Taylor leaned against some lockers a few feet away. He pushed off them and started towards me.

“Hi, Rae-Ana.” Something about his greeting turned my stomach. Had he been waiting here for me?

“Hey, Taylor.” I hiked up the strap on my messenger bag and tried walking past him. Instead of moving out of my way, he blocked my path.

“I wanted to talk to you. You got a minute?” His question came out confident and polite. For some reason, I didn’t understand why, I knew standing in this abandoned hallway with him wasn’t a good idea.

“Uh, not really. Sorry,” I said. I side-stepped to my left, hoping to get past him this time. He just moved with me, not budging out of my way.

“I didn’t have to fucking help you the other day, Rae-Ana.” This time my name sounded like a dirty insult on his tongue. “Now you owe me.”

Owe him? He was out of his freaking mind.

“What? I don’t owe you anything.” This pretentious asshole. He had some nerve. And here I thought for thirty seconds that maybe, just maybe, Taylor had grown up some when he helped me last week. That idea died a quick death in my head. “Let me pass, Taylor. I don’t have time for this.”

“Well, make time, bitch.” The harsh command spewed from his lips with too much venom. “You go around this school thinking you’re better than everyone. Better than me. I’m Taylor Folsom, the fucking third. No one ignores me. Especially a trailer-trash, scholarship whore from the ghetto.”

The breath stalled in my throat. I had this vitriol tossed at me before, but not like this.

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