Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 112337 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112337 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 562(@200wpm)___ 449(@250wpm)___ 374(@300wpm)
"Stop!" I screamed again and tried to pull Dominic off him, but Conner, a boy in our woodwork class, lifted me back.
"You will only get hurt," he told me when I struggled against him.
I pushed away from him and sprinted towards the metalwork room while Mr. Kelly tried to stop the fight to no avail.
"Damien!" I screamed when I flung the door open.
Damien sat at the back of the class, surrounded by girls, but when he heard me, he was on his feet and moved towards me like the speed of light.
"Dominic is goin' to kill Gavin, make him stop!" I cried.
Damien ran out of the room ahead of me and followed the shouts. Everyone else in the class, the teacher included, followed to see what was happening while I lingered in the class on my own.
I was afraid to go back out there.
I had to stay away from Dominic, he was dangerous.
And I didn't do dangerous.
"I thought I said no more fightin' with Dominic, Bronagh?" Miss McKesson said to me at the end of school my first day back from suspension.
After Damien stopped the fight two weeks ago, both Dominic and Gavin were suspended because their fight was on school grounds while I was suspended for leaving class without permission and apparently inciting a fight between the lads. I was suspended for two weeks and was told not to come back to school until after Halloween. I wasn't sure how long the lads would be suspended for but I heard they were lucky to each receive just a suspension because their fight was so violent, the school principal wanted to call the Garda but somehow Mr. Kelly talked him out of it which was really good for the lads.
"Bronagh, are you even listenin' to me?" Miss McKesson's voice snapped making me jump and look to her.
I nodded my head. "I am, miss."
"Then answer me question."
I sighed. "I wasn't involved in any of the fightin', miss. Dominic was the one who chased me and grabbed me after I left class; Gavin was tryin' to defend me, and he got smashed up for it."
Miss McKesson rubbed her temples. "Which one of those lads is your boyfriend?"
I widened my eyes in utter shock.
"None of them, I hate Dominic, and I hardly know Gavin."
Miss McKesson shook her head. "Are you sure you aren't goin' out with one of them, Nico perhaps?"
I gaped at her. "Miss, Dominic is not me boyfriend!"
She cocked an eyebrow. "Does he know that because he really did a number on Gavin for touchin' you."
I gasped, again. "Gavin didn't touch me, he tried to shove Dominic off me and it knocked me to the ground-"
"The fact that you got knocked to the ground enraged Dominic, he said so himself durin' the meetin' held between me, him, his guardian, Gavin and his parents, and the principal."
There was a meeting over what happened?
Wow!
I groaned and scrubbed my face. "He had no right to get enraged over me fallin', it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't grabbed me in the first place!"
Miss McKesson chewed on her lip. "I think he feels very protective of you."
I rolled my eyes. "He is a dick who gets a hard on from makin' me miserable, don't confuse him 'fightin' to defend me' as anythin' other that a nasty pit bull protectin' its favourite chew toy."
Miss McKesson looked at me with her eyes wide for a few moments before she frowned at me. "Does Dominic do things that you don't approve of, Bronagh?"
I furrowed my eyebrows at her. "He just annoys me miss, he takes joy in pissin' me off."
"I understand that but look at this from my point of view; it looks to me like you're a couple, and Dominic is the protective teenage boyfriend or possibly the abusive teenage boyfriend. He comes into school more days than I can count with new bruises and lately, so have you."
"I can't comment on why he's busted up all the time because I don't know anythin' about why he comes into school like that, but you couldn't be more wrong about thinkin' he is me fella, miss," I stated.
She blew out a breath in relief. "So he hasn't done anythin' to you that you might be afraid to tell someone?"
Where was she going with this?
"Like what?" I asked, curiously.
She lowered her voice. "He hasn't touched you sexually without your permission or anything of that nature, has he?"
I flushed red, she was asking if Dominic had raped me? Holy shite, how the hell did Dominic fightin' with Jason and then Gavin over me come to this type of questioning?
"No, miss, he hasn't done anythin' like that at all," I stated, clearly.
I might hate the lad, but I wasn't about to say he raped me when he didn't.
Miss McKesson visibly relaxed. "Good, that is very good. I'm sorry if I have upset you by askin' these questions, I just needed to make sure that you're okay and that the arguments and fights involvin' Dominic aren't anythin' beyond your control."
I didn't think I could ever handle, or control, Dominic or any situation we were in.
"Don't be worryin', I've got everythin' under control, Miss," I lied, smiling.
She nodded to me. "Good woman yourself, go on and get going before it gets dark out."
I nodded. "See you Monday, miss."
She gave me a wave as I left her classroom and walked down the now empty school hallways. School ended twenty minutes ago and even though it was only 4:20 p.m. the sun had already set and the skies were growing darker by the minute, which wasn't surprising since it was already nearing mid-November.
I shook my head a little; I couldn't believe it was only coming close to mid-November, it felt like a lifetime since Dominic came into my life and turned it upside down instead of only ten weeks.
It was crazy to think about.
The first thing that hit me as I exited the school and began my walk home was the cold, the second thing was a fist when someone stepped out from behind a pillar that led into a housing estate I had to pass by to get home.