Chapter 18


    Hailey''s POV


    School was weird today. I mean it started off okay but there was this tension around the school that I


    couldnt shake off.


    Everyone felt it.


    I know they feel it because we are all just quietly observing, minding our business. Nobody wants the


    tension aimed at them, definitely not me.


    I am not one for confrontations or fights. I am a proud coward who will bury her head in a book to avoid


    whatever violence that wants a piece of this.


    "Hailey?" Wendy calls out to me. I look up at her, waiting to hear what she has to say.


    "Thomas is outside and he''s asking to see you." She says to me and I don''t even pack my bags, I just


    run out of the cafeteria, to see my friend.


    I run through the corridors at a speed I never knew I had and I was not even out of breath. Must be too


    excited to see Thomas that my body has me thinking I''m fit and fast.


    There he was.


    Sitting on one of the benches outside. He was slouching, his hands covering his head and  the closer I


    got, I could hear low sobs.


    "Thomas?" I say and he looks up immediately.


    Thomas jumps up and pulls me in for a hug. I oblige, jumping right in as well. His scent throws me off,


    making me pull away from him to search for any injuries and right on his face was a busted lip and a


    ck eye.


    I could smell blood.


    How I know that this was blood is something I will deal withter, but now this, his bruised face, was


    saddening and I have to make sure that my friend is okay first before anything else


    "What happened to you?" I ask, my eyes all bulged out, scanning his body for more injuries.


    Thomas just shrugs.


    I hear footsteps approaching, Thomas quickly steps away from me and I look behind me to see Jaxon


    and his crew walking towards us.


    "Heal yet weakling?" Brett asks looking at Thomas. I could feel the fear radiating off of him, his erratic


    heartbeat was thumping so loud that even my ears could hear it. I throw Brett a re but it seems to


    amuse him even more.


    They stop right next to me, their eyes though, only focused on Thomas.


    "Clearly that beating wasn''t enough. Here you are, back at school." Brett says to Thomas.


    I look between Thomas and Brett. Trying to find a link to them but nothing.


    "I thought I told you to stay away from this school." Brett says to Thomas, who stays behind me as


    Brett tries to get closer to him. I remain rooted in my spot, unmoving.


    I won''t give Brett another chance to hurt my friend.


    "What did he do to you that was so bad that you had to hurt him like this and make him drop out of this


    school?" I ask Brett, who chuckles as he shares a knowing look with Jaxon.


    Thomas takes this chance to run, making me turn quickly as I hear his feet hitting the ground. Brett


    runs after him, which has everyone else follow after him but Jaxon stays behind.


    I look at him, shocked that his bully behavior has resorted to violence. Even if he was not the one to


    hurt Thomas, but standing here makes him just as bad.


    "Well if you''re not going to stop your friends, then I will." I say before turning my back on him. He grabs


    my hand before I get to run after my friend.


    "What will you do when you get there? Stop the fight? You''re not exactly strong Hailey. Brett is a big


    guy." Jaxon warns me but I yank my arm out of his hold and run after my friend.


    Somehow, I could still smell him. His blood stench was so strong that I knew exactly where he was right


    this moment and my heart hurt for him. Being bullied is extremely hurtful and the trauma stays with you.


    I could feel Jaxoning after me, he would catch up but I''d run even faster, eventually getting to a


    clear field where Brett was throwing punch after punch to apletely still Thomas. Who wasn''t


    fighting back, just taking the punches. I run to Brett and throw him off of Thomas, picking my dear


    friend up and walking away from the crime scene.


    I hear a low growling from Brett but he''s probably feeling too animal right now so I''ll ignore him. My


    main focus is getting my friend the help that he needs.


    "Where are you taking him Hailey?" Jaxon asks but I ignore him.


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    "Hailey, I''m talking to you!" He shouts out. I stop walking and Thomas falls to the ground.


    I stomp my feet as I walk towards Jaxon, stopping right in front of him and pping him hard on the


    face. I turn to walk away, the angry side of me wanting to do more than just p him. After all, he''s the


    boss of his crew and he allowed this, he sat back and watched this happen.


    A sick feeling rises up and I fight my body from vomiting in front of Jaxon and his friends. I help


    Thomas up and we make our way back to the school.


    "I made it clear that I don''t want that boy back in my school." Jaxon shouts out.


    "I''m sure he will stay away but right now, he needs to see the nurse. There''s just too much blood." I say


    without stopping my movements or turning to face Jaxon.


    This was the guy that promised to be good to me and protect me. This was the boy that said he


    respected me and wanted to take care of me. This is what he does to other people, not me. This is


    what they do for fun.


    We make our way inside the school, headed directly to the headmistress but of course, Azuri steps in


    front of us.


    "This one is not allowed back on the school grounds." She tells me.


    "You weren''t either not so long ago. Things change." I say, walking past her and in to the office, past


    reception.


    I barge in to Mrs Gers office, throwing Thomas on the chair. He winces in pain, making me regret


    being so rough with him but it was either that or he falls to the ground.


    "What in hell?" Mrs Ger says in shock.


    "I''m sorry to just barge in here but your son and his friends did this to him. They made him drop out of


    school and when he came to see me today, they attacked him again." I say.


    The headmistress just nods her head, not surprised at all or angry. Her face held no emotion as she


    looked Thomas over.


    "You go back to ss and I will handle this." She sternly says to me. Out of fear, I nod my head and


    walk out.


    I know deep in my gut that she won''t punish her son but I can''t do anything about it now. After school,


    I''ll have to find my friend and figure out what it is that these people get up to.


    That tension I mentioned earlier? Oh it was still there. The weather was not helping at all with it''s dark


    clouds and strong wind. Everyone was quiet, noughing or joking around.


    It was like we all knew something bad was going to happen.


    I knew it too.


    I felt it too.


    Something bad was going to happen and none of us can escape it.