Goodbye Cheese state and Hello Cali, Missy [great books for teens TXT] 📗

to my next class. I’ll skip it, I honestly don’t care. I can’t go to my next class. I will flip. Someone sat down next to me, and I flinched. It was Chris. What if Ryder sees me talking to him, what will he do.
“ You completely ignored me!” He said shaking his head and looking at me. I continued to look down at my lap.
“ Sorry.” I muttered.
“ May, look at me,” he said. I didn’t respond, but I slowly tilted my head towards him. “ What’s happening to you?” he asked.
“ I don’t know,” I mumbled. He put his hand on my shoulder, and I scooted back. He pulled his hand away looking kind of offended.
“ Gee, what did I do?” he said.
“ it’s not what you did, it’s what you’re going to cause,” I said shaking my head.
“ What do you mean?”
“ If he sees me talking to you…” I stopped shit. Why did I even say anything at all! Im screwed. I felt tears in my eyes.
“ What?” Chris said sounding so serious. “ Ryder? What’s happening.”
“ nothing… Please…” I said and tears where falling down my cheek, but I was looking down at my lap so he couldn’t see my tears.
“ Mayella..”
“ Just go! Okay! Please just go!” I kind of yelled, and some people turned to look at us. Chris didn’t say anything else. He wasn’t fond of all of the attention that was brought over here. He stood up, but he didn’t leave yet.
“ Even though you don’t want me help, or want talk to me, when you do want to talk to me, and when you do decide you want my help, I’ll be waiting. So will Zoe. We love you Mayella,” he whispered. just keep breaking my heart. More tears came down my cheeks, and I was sitting there crying. My body started to shake, and I let out a sigh, standing up, throwing my book bag over my shoulder and I quickly made my way out of the lunch room. I ran into the girls bathroom, and I ran right into Nella. I stood back looking at her. She looked almost as bad as me.
“ Why!” I screamed. She looked caught off guard. “ Why won’t you talk! Send those three bastards to jail. I was there, I saw what happened. Im sorry what happened to you, but your killing me,” I cried. I cried so hard. she stood there.
“ I’m too scared,” She whispered. I fell to my knees, and cried harder.
“ I can’t live the way im living,” I cried. Isn’t this messed up. Out of all the damn people, she is the only one that knows what’s happening, and we hated each other.
“ I’m sorry,” She cried. I sat there on the ground shaking my head.
“ They deserve to get punished, it’s not right,” I continued to cry. She didn’t say anything, she walked out of the house, and I continued to cry. I can’t… I can’t do this anymore. I eventually went to my next class, after I stopped crying, and I kind of put myself back together. Last class, photography. I sat there pretty much to myself. I didn’t feel like talking to anyone. Didn’t want to. I dropped my pen, and I bent down to get it. when I sat back up, Rain was looking at me, with complete horror in his face. I creased my forehead.
“ your neck…” He whispered. I flinched. He sat the back of my bruised neck. “ Who did that to you,” He said shaking his head. I was getting hot, I rolled up my sleeves, and he looked at my bruised arms. I quickly rolled the sleeves down, and I wouldn’t look at him. I refused. “ Mayella,” he whispered. I ignored him, and he touched my knee, and I flew back. He put his hand up. “ it’s okay,” he said kindly. I looked at him, and I felt tears in my eyes, and I got up grabbing my book bag throwing it over my shoulder, and I just walked out of class. So what if I tell someone what’s happening, they are just going to say stop seeing him, and tell him to leave me he alone. He won’t. He will only hurt me worse. That’s why I am not saying anything. I walked out of the school, and walked over to a tree sitting down, the sun on my face. I felt relaxed sitting there. It was… nice. Kind of. I let out a sigh. I miss Wisconsin… Maybe… I sat there thinking, thinking hard.
“ I’m coming back to my cheese state,” I whispered.


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Publication Date: 06-18-2011

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