‘that’s none of your business Jules. I was just here meeting with the principal, and I needed some opinions on things,” he said.
“Well, is it so important that you can’t even help your own daughter find the person who beat the shit out of her date? You’re quite a piece of shit, dad,” Jules spat.
Didn’t have time for this shit. My dad looked at me, glaring directly at m.
“What was that? you trying to fight with me again?” he said.
“No, I know you don’t give two shits about your job. Whatever is going on here seems much more important than finding the person who beat the shit out of your daughter’s date for the fall formal. I shouldn’t expect anything less,” I said.
“Watch your tongue Jules!”
I looked at him, realizing that this wasn’t how my dad normally acted.
“Listen, if you’re not going to do anything about this, then I’m out of here. Bye,” I said.
I go up, grimacing at both of them before heading over to the doorway, scoffing at the way they just looked at me with helpless eyes. I didn’t have the time or the desire for this, and I looked at them with a look of betrayal.
They didn’t seem to care. They only cared about themselves, and even that was a bit of a stretch for these bozos.
I looked around as I walked outside. I noticed that my dad wasn’t coming with me. I guess he’s too busy trying to settle affairs in other places in the school. The fact that he didn’t apologize to me and decided to be an interrogating fuck annoyed me too. I just wanted some help, I wanted to see if there was any way around this, but it was no use. After I got to the hallway, I noticed that Dane wasn’t there anymore. I presumed he went over to one of the infirmaries on campus to get some help. At least, that’s what I hoped.
However, I had my own issues to deal with. I wondered what happened to him, and I hoped he would be okay. Those bruises looked bad. However, I started to feel the frustration grow within me as well. I didn’t like that people who seemed to care were getting beaten up by these fuckheads.
That was it. I’m going to go find them.
I walked around the school checking to see if they were there, but they weren’t. I then noticed as I walked to the courtyard a few people up there. I looked around, noticing the stairwell to the roof was unlocked. As I got up there, I noticed three bodies, and the haze of smoke.
They were all smoking joints. I stepped forward, and I then noticed that Luca took one long drag before offering it to me.
“No thanks. I’d like to be sober while I talk about this with you,” I said.
Chapter 15
“What’s there to talk about?” Luca said.
“What’s there to talk about? Well, how about the fact that my date to the fall formal was beaten senseless by Tabitha’s little cronies, or maybe it was the three of you. What the hell is going on?” she said.
“Why do you ask? What do you suppose we can do?” Phoenix said.
“Well, I’d like for you to stop. I don’t want to get anyone else involved. I also don’t…I also don’t want to see more people hurt. I’m tired of this, and if you have something that you’d like to discuss with me, and terms you’d like to set with me, now is the time. I’m tired of this, tired of getting hurt, tired of getting involved, and I don’t want to deal with this bullshit anymore,” I stated.
All three of them looked at one another, and then, Luca smiled.
“How about we offer you something Jules?” he said with a purr.
I looked at him, knowing that whatever it was that he was about to offer would be something that’d either benefit me, or harm me.
“Well what is it?”
He took a long drag of the joint, letting out a long breath. The pool of smoke obfuscated him from me for a second, and then, he grinned, almost catlike in ways.
“How about you have a place with us? Be one of the elites, one of the top people on campus. How about you take your place with us,” he said.
No fucking way. I know exactly what they were doing, and their game.
“Are you guys serious? I can’t say high because you are, but that’s insane,” I said.
“Is it though? I mean, we’ll offer you a place with us. You’ll be on our side, and I’ll make sure that you’re properly taken care of. Trust me on this,” he said.
I looked at him, my eyes lowering, and my breath maintaining the same pace.
“You guys are stupid. There’s no way in hell I’m joining you,” I said.
That’s when Luca got up. But then, Phoenix pulled him back.
“Easy there. Now, why won’t you? As you can tell, we’re offering you the chance of a lifetime Jules. Think about it. Don’t make a mistake,” he said.
“You really think I’m just going to take the side of you guys? I’m not going to mess around with someone who is fucking with the enemy still. I’m not getting involved with that, I’m not stupid,” I told him.
Phoenix looked at me with widened eyes, his composure dropping for but a moment as he looked at me.
“But Jules, you’ll make a mistake,” Luca said.
“You shouldn’t do this,” Thorn said.
“No, fuck that. I’m not dealing with this. I’m not going to sit here, acting like what you fucks are doing is okay. I’m not going to get bullied into joining you. Especially when you associate with the woman who is trying to ruin my goddamn life!” I cried out.
I was so tired of this shit. I went towards
