Ghost In The Mirror

I find myself alone more than I thought I would. I thought I would be making new friends or getting to know Weslynne by now. I was wrong, obviously. Weslynne and I don’t get along much for starters. We have nothing in common. We’re practically the complete opposite of one another.

I would rather listen to the Misfits, of course, whereas she would rather listen to the Backstreet Boys. She’s so preppy that it bothers me. I don’t do preppy. It’s annoying to me.

She thinks I’m ‘emo’, whatever the hell that means. Some one has yet to explain to me what that is. Im still out of the loop on it. She’s always aggravated with me because Im never really in a good mood. I mean, who could blame me? Anyone in my position would be in a bad mood.

I just walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower before I would go to sleep. I was towel drying my hair on my way to my bed when Weslynne spoke up. “Your phone rang. I think someone called.” She stated in a monotone voice.

“Thanks.” I muttered. I threw my towel in the hamper and grabbed my phone off my nightstand. I had a missed call from Josh.

I quickly called him back, trying my best to hide my smile that was begging to be shown. This was the only time I was happy, when I was talking to him. It’s been a week and a half so far and nothing has gotten better so I looked forward to this time. It’s what I woke up for every morning, even though we didn’t talk until later into the night.

“Hey baby.” Josh cheered as he answered my call. The smile that I was trying to hide broke free, stretching into a wide grin. Even over the phone and halfway across the world, he still gave me butterflies.

“Hey.” I laid down on my bed, pulling the blankets up to the middle of my torso. As soon as my head hit the pillow a content sigh escaped from my lips as Josh asked me how my day was. I told him the same answer as every other day, uneventful.

We talked for a bit longer. He told me about how everyone else was doing. Apparently Ariel wasn’t doing much better with her dad. If anything, the beatings have gotten worse since I left and sadly, she doesn’t trust anyone else enough to get out of it. She would go to Ryan’s but his mom wouldn’t let her stay the night.

I felt really bad for her. If I wasn’t dumb enough to kiss Josh then I would be there to help her. I couldn’t think of that any longer though. I got over the fact that I had made the stupid decision but it always hit me hard when I hear about one of my friends hurting and not being able to be their shoulder to cry on when they all were at least once.

We talked a bit more until it was at least twelve in the morning my time. It was five hours later here than it was there so it meant it was only eight there. “Im gonna let you get some sleep. I love you Tarra.” Josh said.

“I love you too.” I yawned. “Good night Josh.”

“Night.”

We both hung up and I plugged my phone into the wall. I pulled the blankets closer to me as I rolled myself around, trying to get comfortable. As soon as I did I feel into a restless sleep.

I don’t know why but I couldn’t shake this feeling that something was going to happen soon. I didn’t know if I should feel excited or scared.

-

“Come on sweet cheeks!” He begged. I had no idea who this guy was other than the fact that his name was Sully Erna and he was in my second block class. He followed me out today practically begging that I go hang out with his friends and his so they could show me a ‘good’ time.

No thank you.

“It’s gonna be fun.” He whispered in my ear, letting his hands slide up and down my arms. I pushed him off me, backing a few feet away from him.

“I think I’ll pass.” I said, again. I started to walk away before he grabbed my wrist, pulling me back to him and his friends.

“I don’t see why.” He shrugged, cornering me into a locker. I tried pushing him away but this time he expected it and pinned my wrists by my side.

“Because I just don’t want to.” I snapped. He smiled smugly at me as I held my glare. I didn’t want to deal with this right now.

Someone walked up behind Sully and snatched him away from me. “The girl said no so go fuck off.” He demanded.

I had never seen this guy before. Sully groaned before doing as told and leaving. The other guy gave me a small, apologetic smile. “Im sorry about him. He normally does this to the new girls in our class.” He explained.

“It’s fine.” I assured him. “Thank you for getting him to go away.” I smiled.

“It’s no problem. Im Ben Bruce. Everyone calls me ‘Ben’.” He held out his hand for me to shake it.

“Tarra Baldwin. People call me ‘Tarra’.” I said, repeating what he said in my own words as I took his hand in mine to shake it.

The late bell rang causing both Ben and myself to curse under our breath. “Shit, I need to get to class.” He muttered. “I’ll see you around.” He waved and started on his walk to class.

Notes

So, for those of you who haven't noticed, I know nothing about Boarding School and how it works so Im just going to make it seem a lot like my high school and how it works only with dorms. I actually Googled this one that Im using.
Sully Erna, for those of you who don't know, is the lead singer of Godsmack. I don't think of him as a douch bag, really. I just needed a character name and I was listening to Now Or Never when I wrote this.
Anyways, I hope you guys like my chapter! Leave me your opinions please! They would be greatly appreciated!
One chapter left guys! Are you guys just as excited about the ending as I am?