When We Fall by Olivia Rose

Author:Olivia Rose [Rose, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bright Lights Publishing
Published: 2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

"Yo, Erin! Hold up." I turn and see Scottie half-running, half-waddling toward me, her arms juggling the biggest stack of books I think I've ever seen her with. I take half from her before she falls and everything goes to hell in a handbasket.

"Thanks, dude; I genuinely didn't think I was going to make it."

"What even is this stuff?" I say, laughing at her.

"You know, bits and bobs," she shrugs noncommittal.

"Put me down, assholes!"

I turn at the shouts and see Tommy with his girlfriend Ella as he champions a gaggle from the football team lifting Josh and carrying him toward the big trash skips near the cafeteria. I head toward them, but I'm stopped when Scottie grabs my arm.

"Dude, you already have stitches. I've not asked questions, but I can only imagine. You don't need to be getting involved in that, too."

"Ignoring it makes us as bad as them, Scottie."

"No it doesn't—it's survival. How many times do you think he's walked past something happening to you or me and just kept going? High school is survival of the fittest, or in this case, the ignorant."

"I can't do nothing," I tell her before heading toward the idiot jocks manhandling Josh. Before I can get to them across the quad, Josh is thrown into the trash before they walk away, laughing and high-fiving each other like they're proud. I look around and see my classmates stood around me, each ignoring what's happening, carrying on as if nothing's happening. What is this world we live in when bullying is overlooked and accepted as a norm?

"Come on, Erin," Scottie says, pulling me back toward the library. "There's nothing we can do for him." I sigh defeated. I hate it, but what I hate more is the small sliver of relief that it's not me.

We drop her books off at the library, before heading to my locker. Mason is leaning against it, playing on his phone. That guy is addicted to Candy Crush. Seriously, it's unreal.

"Hey," I say quietly. I have no idea how we are after last night. I laid a lot out for him, none of it pretty.

"Hey, yourself, pretty girl," he says with a smile. "Hey, Scottie."

"Hey, pretty boy. Yeah, that's right, I'll say it," she says laughing and rolling her eyes. "I'll catch you guys later."

She waves as she enters the crush of students in the hall.

"How are you feeling today?" he asks softly, brushing my hair from my face with his fingers to get a better look at.

"Puffy, and bruised, but other than that, I'm peachy."

"It looks like it hurts."

"Thanks, just what every girl wants to hear," I laugh.

"Still the prettiest girl I've ever seen," he says lowly.

His stormy eyes darken but he keeps his distance. I'm pretty sure Mason Knight looks like sex: pure, dirty, raw, and passionate sex. The look he's giving me is like the ones you see on the movies before the alpha hottie picks up the damsel and tears her panties off with his teeth.

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