Elena
When we woke up, Ferry already left for work or probably out of the country as usual. I assume what I heard last night is a misunderstanding, and yeah, it’s a bad manner to eavesdrop on people’s conversation, deliberately or not to avoid misunderstanding.
I walk out of the house and I find my car. We are ready for school and today, I’m so in the mood to drive alone in my car. Ava’s refreshed now, and she also apologized for getting drunk yesterday but I don’t tell her what Riley did yesterday and the comments from the group chat.
“Elen do you also wish to come back here from school?” Ava asks as she is about to get in the driver’s seat of her car.
I’m already in mine and the window is down, so I heard her question. “No Ava, I’m going back home,” I answer. I have been away from home for a while, Avera didn’t look for me because the last time she called Ava told her my whereabouts.
“Oh, I wish you could continue to stay.” she makes a sad face. I would have loved to stay, but I have to go back home even if it’s not a place I like to be in.
“I can always come whenever I want.” I smile at her as she reverses her car to my side.
“And I can always come to steal you.” she giggles, and I let out a loud laugh as I lace my wrist on the steering wheel.
We will be late for school if we keep on chatting as we drive. I give her car some space to drive out first while I start to drive behind her. I would be going back home that’s why I have to drive in my car as well.
The drive isn’t long. Ava reaches the school parking lot before me, and I’m driving behind her when I spot the Quads.
They are coming out of their cars. I don’t know why whenever I met their eyes directly, I feel a twinge and something like shock. That’s not the only thing, I also feel the air in my lungs being snatched away, like it happens whenever I’m around Avera.
I loosen my belt after I park properly. I step out of the car but they are not moving. They just stare at me as though they are waiting for me to be out of my car. I take the boldness as I come out of my car as soon as possible. “Hello little mate.” Darius calls first as he pushes his curly hair away from his face.
They are dressed in white today, then a silver chain around their necks. I think they apply a little mascara at the down part of their eyes because I could see it black, making them looking sexy than ever.
I don’t flinch when he tries to come closer to me, anyway, I have my car behind me in case I want to fall, it will support me. “We saw what you did there yesterday but you know what? We like to break that fucking confidence of yours.” He spits it in my face. I grip my car as he brings his hands to hold my neck but not tightly.
“What did I ever do to you?” I say, gritting my teeth. I want to cry. I hate that they scare or threaten me every time. And I hate my mates. They get to do whatever they want with me.
“Oh baby, don’t you start crying already.” Ryan comes close to Darius as he makes a ridiculous face.
“Ryan, why don’t you believe me that I didn’t do that? I would never want to put anybody at risk.” I tell him and bite my tongue immediately because I did try to put him in trouble but not this way. I didn’t plan it this way.
“Hahaha.” Ryan let out a loud laugh but I hate that I find it amusing when he laughs. It is cute. Fuck, I don’t know why.
“You want me to believe you?” he smiles, and I know that smile is evil just as he is.
“Yes,” I say without choking.
“Fucking why?” he steps forward to me as Darius gives him way.
“Because I didn’t do it,” I answer. I did it calmly but his eyes flash anger. He laughs again.
“Okay, if you want me to believe you. You have to do a video, that the video of me raping someone is wrong. You have to fucking do it!” he yells as he steps into me.
I frown as I let his words sink in, “What?” I whisper out, enough for them to hear.
“I won’t do that! I didn’t do any video so I would not do a video to confess it wasn’t real.” I yell out. If I do that, then they will think that I put out the video in the first place which I didn’t. Hence, I won’t do that!
He hears my replies and he starts to laugh again, “You don’t want your new home to be hell Elena.” he laughs. I shake a little but I don’t say anything. I don’t want to know what they want to do to me next, but I would never do that.
Instead, I would rather prove my innocence with all I can even if it has to involve me living in hell.
“Whatever. I won’t do it.” I whisper to myself, but he knows that I said something. He just didn’t hear it.
“We will see Elena.” he nods, his brothers smile. As Ryan and Darius leave my side, Tyson comes to puff out smoke in my face. I’m choking as I cough out like vomit.
They start to leave, but I notice Daniel wasn’t with them. He probably would have done worse than Ryan. We are so late for class.
“Elena!” Ava calls me. The wait has she been here all this while? Gosh.
I turn to my left and see her running out of her car. “Ava, I thought you left.” I stutter a little bit.
“Wrong. I was about to leave when I saw the Quad waiting for you to get out. I decided to stay in my car and not allow them to notice me. It could be worse for you.” she explains. I pull her into a hug but she didn’t move her hands as though she doesn’t want to hug me too.
I pull out as I stare at her face, she doesn’t seem happy. “Why do you look sad?” I ask, arching my brow as though I have no clue about the reason.
“Seriously? You expect me to be happy after what I just heard?” she says with all seriousness.
“Ava don’t take what they say seriously.” I try to pet her and make her relax as I put my hands around her arms but she shoves them away immediately.
“Not that! They spoke to me like something serious happened last night. You told me nothing happened last night when I asked you.” her face is getting red.
“Yes Ava, nothing happened. Except for Riley, who publicly disgraced me.” I tell her everything that happen while she was knocked out but I don’t think I have seen this kind of expression on her face before.
“What? She did that?” she shouts in anger.
“How dare she?” she is furious. I can see it all over her eyes.
“Calm down, I took care of it,” I tell her, as she brings herself to hug me instead.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t there for you.” her voice cracked a bit as though she wants to cry because it hurts her as well.
“Can we go already, we are late?” I say softly as I hold her arms.
Ava and I start to walk to the hallway, but we will have to go our separate ways because we don’t have a class together today. She kisses me goodbye. I start to walk alone to my class.
It’s a short distance when I get a wee bit close to my class. I start to hear some noises. It is as though there is no teacher in the class. I’m curious so I start to speed walk to reach the class on time. When I reach, I see the crowd around Riley. She is crying while some are throwing things at her or making her hair a mess.
I want to run inside and shout at them, but I don’t because I just caught sight of her face. There are bruises on it as though someone beat her up. Also, I see some students watching a video from their phones and I hear some moans. I know the voice is Riley’s.
“What is happening here?” I say out loud, and immediately there was a deafening silence. Everyone turns to me and I want to stop breathing for a while at the sudden attention I got.
“Elena.” the first person that calls me is Riley. I don’t know the reason but I don’t give her attention because I’m focusing on those playing the sex video or so.
“What is that you are watching?” I ask.
“This bitch is fucking the Quads to get popularity.” the four girls lash out as they look at Riley with so much disgust.
“What?” I say more to myself than to them. I am the only one that knows about this fact, how come they all know and they even have a video of it?
“Elena we are so sorry about yesterday. This bitch here is worse than you. We can see that in the video now and the fact she gains popularity by sleeping with the Quads is a total disgrace.” she spits as she focuses on Riley more than me.
“How did you get the video?” I’m more interested in the video than her apology.
“It is everywhere on the internet Elena. Someone posted it anonymously,” she explains.
What? How did that happen? I’m confused. I don’t know but whoever did this wants to revenge on Riley or punish her for what she did yesterday.