I'm Scared, mtz.reader.1029 [phonics reader txt] 📗

my head then looked at my notes again.
“Well?”
“You can’t solve it cause your missing an important piece of information” I said.
“Correct again. Can you tell me what’s missing?”
“How many miles it is per gallon”
“Good. Now tell me what were you running away from yesterday that made you twist your ankle?”
I looked up shocked at the question. I didn’t expect the teacher to ask. Everyone fell silent as well.
“What?” I said.
“Tell me who were you running from that made you twist your ankle?”
“Why?”
“Because I know everyone is curious to know so why not get it out of the way now while it’s still fresh in your mind”
“I know” Shane said.
Everyone looked at him.
“Don’t” I warned.
“She was being chased by…”
“My friends” I interrupted quickly. Everyone shifted their eyes to watch me.
“Then how come…..”
“Shut up” I said through clenched teeth.
“But….” he started.
“I will beat the crap out of you if you say anything more on the subject” I said quietly to him so no one could hear.
“You’re too weak” he said out loud which was a mistake. I got mad.
“You just made a big mistake” I said then got up and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. I slowly made his stand up till his eyes met mine.
“Who’s the weak one now?” I snarled.
The teacher got me out of his grip.
“At least I’m wasn’t running for my life away from a group of guys who looked like they were gonna kill you” everyone looked at me shocked. I got tears in my eyes again.
“You are just like people from my old school!!!!!!” I yelled at him then left the room. Tears where rolling down my cheeks. I didn’t care my ankle is twisted I ran to the bathroom. Nobody was in there. I went to an empty corner, slid down, and cried. I cried like I have never before. I cried for what just happened and I cried for what happened last night. After a while I stopped. I heard people outside the door.
“Tory come out. I’m sorry for telling everyone. I was mad” Shane said.
“Leave me alone!!!” I yelled.
“Tory”
“I said leave me the hell alone” I yelled again then began crying again. Someone came into the bathroom. It was Sabrina. She saw me and came over to me.
“Tory?”
“Leave me alone”
“Why didn’t you tell anyone the truth?”
“I don’t want anyone to know the truth. I even lied to my own mom about what happened”
“What did you tell her?”
“The same thing you just heard”
“So it isn’t true”
“Kind of. I was running away from a group of guys but they weren’t trying to kill me”
“How come you’re not telling anyone?”
“I’m scared they’re gonna find me. I’m scared they’re not gonna give up until they find me. I’m scared what they’re gonna do to me if they find out I told someone and the police get involved”
“You don’t have to go through this alone”
“I can’t tell anyone. At least I can’t tell anyone I don’t trust”
“You don’t trust your mom?”
“My parents and I have a complicated relationship. Before I came here it was just bad. But we’ve been trying to get past it but I don’t think I can trust them anymore”
“What about you’re friends?”
“I barely get to see them. They all go to different schools and they’re not the easiest people to trust. Hell I don’t even know if they act the same with me as they do in school”
“Why?”
“They are like family to me but even though that’s the way I think about them I just know they aren’t so I can’t trust them with something like this”
“What about your brother?”
“We hate each other. We get into fights all the time. The only time we didn’t fight was when he drove me to school today”
“How come you’ve never made any friends here?”
“I know what people think of me so I stay away”
“Well how about if we be friends since I already know so much about you and now I know you’re not like anyone says”
“Thanks”
“You know Shane is really sorry for what he did. He didn’t mean to tell everyone it just slipped out”
“He can rot in hell for all I care. He doesn’t even know the full story he just saved me when they were about to reach me”
“You know I think he likes you”
“Nah…he just did a mistake and is trying to fix it. Even though I know him before everyone else doesn’t mean anything”
“Well then lets go back to class everyone is worried about you”
“All right”
I wiped the tears away and left the bathroom. I saw that Shane went back to class. We made out way slowly to class since my ankle hurts from running. When we got there everyone watched me. I ignored everyone and went to my seat. Shane was watching me but I ignored him. I was still mad at him. For the rest of the morning I ignored everyone but by lunch every knew what happened to me.
At lunch I followed Sabrina as she led me to her table. You could say she is one of the most well liked people in school even though she’s not popular. When we got everyone looked at me. I stood there awkwardly with my lunch.
“What is she doing here?” one of the girls said disgusted.
“She sitting with us today” Sabrina said.
“She can’t sit here. There’s no room for trash at this table”
Last time I was called trash everyone laughed and pointed. Unfortunately I remembered the dumpster from last night as well.
“That’s all right I’m not hungry, anyways I gotta go ask the teacher about last weeks assignment” I took my lunch and threw it away. I left the cafeteria and went outside in the school courtyard. I felt like crying all over again. I said down against a tree. I put my heard in my arms and tears rolled down my cheeks.
I heard someone in front of me.
“Leave me alone” I said.
“Then I wouldn’t be a very good friend now would I” Sabrina said and sat down in front of and started eating. When she was finished it was quiet. I finally looked up to find her watching me.
“Why are you here?”
“I’m sorry for how they acted. They don’t like you and when they saw you I guess they wanted to make you feel unwelcomed”
I wiped my tears away until you could barely realize I was crying at all.
“You wanna come back to the table and this time if they say something mean you just ignore them” I nodded and we made our way back to Sabrina’s table. When we got there they gave me unwelcome looks.
“What is she doing back here?” one of them said.
“She’s sitting here and that’s final” Sabrina said and sat down. I sat down next to her. I put my bag on the table.
“What do you got in the bag?” Ruby from english asked.
“School stuff”
“You got any drugs?”
“NO!!!” I said loudly.
“Yea right. Why don’t we take a look?”
She reached for my bag but I quickly snatched it away before she could get her dirty hands on it.
“What are you hiding?”
“School stuff. I don’t like people snooping through my things”
“Hey we let you sit here so give us the bag”
I got up.
“I may have a twisted ankle but I won’t be afraid to kick you ugly ass so shut up and leave me the hell alone!!!!” I yelled at them. They sat there stunned. I limped to my next period. For the rest of the day people stayed away from me because they were now afraid of me. I didn’t see Shane or Sabrina for the rest of the day.
At the end of the school day I went out and waited for my brother in the parking lot. I sat down on the sidewalk.
It’s only been a half an hour and I am bored out of my mind. No one was at the school except for a few people just hanging with their friends. All the teachers already left because they all have a meeting at the other high school.
I was looking around when I saw them. The guys from last night and also the one I beat up. I got scared. They started making their way across the street to the school. I got up and started making my way to the few people left making it look like I was meeting up with them. When I was still far away for them not to notice I stopped and turned around. They were still coming my way. They were in the parking lot now.
Even though my ankle hurt I took my chances. I ran.
“Get her!!!!!!!!” they shouted and started chasing after me. I was away from the school heading for my fighting school. I was running while also limping. They were gaining up on me fast. I took a sharp turn into an alley. That was a big mistake because they chased me in and it was a dead end. I turned around to see them all surrounding me.
“You’ve caused us a lot a trouble and now you’re gonna pay for it” they said then one of them came over and grabbed me tightly. One of them got a cloth and put it over my face. Everything went black then.

Josh got to Tory’s school about a half an hour later. When he got there Tory wasn’t there. He waited for five minutes then left mad.
“Dammit!! I told her not to go anywhere” he said angrily and made his way back home. She probably just went home, he thought. He took his time to get there. Half an hour later he was home and angrily went into the house slamming the door shut. Mom and dad came into the room wondering what the hell is wrong.
“Josh where’s Tory?”
“What are you talking about isn’t she here?” Josh asked.
“She never came home” mom said.
“She wasn’t at school when I got there. I thought she came walking.”
“I bet she just went for a walk and will be here any minute now” dad said.
They waited all night and Tory never came home.

I woke up in a dark room. I looked around to see she was in a small room where there was only a window and nothing else. The floor is concrete. I got up and walked around the room. My back hurts from the floor.
“Where am I?” I asked out loud.
A door opened nearby and a light came on. It was the group of guys. They came in and surrounded me.
“By the time we’re through with you, you will be dead”
They said then came in closer till they were in a tight circle. Then they all started beating me up.

It was morning and still no word from Tory. At school the next day people were asking why wasn’t she in school today. Apparently they were all worried about her.
At the house Josh, Mom, and Dad were trying to think positive and kept telling themselves that Tory probably is just at a friends house.
But when Tory didn’t come home that night they called the police.
The police came over immediately.
“What’s the problem ma’am?” they asked mom.
“My daughter Tory she’s missing. She didn’t come home for the past two days and we’re starting to wonder”
“Did you check with all her friends?”
“They