Free Hated by C Fournier Page A

hanging around with Haley. Yuck!
                  I don’t think that he really likes her either. I could tell just by the way he had removed her from his bike. Wait; hadn’t he let me ride his bike? No he hadn’t, I had kind of forced my way on to the bike. I doubt he would let me on again even if I asked. But when I was riding with him on the bike it had felt so natural. So…I don’t know…umm… so accepted, I guess.
                  I crawled into bed next to Kevin, and he rolled over. His arm came around me and I nestled into his embrace, we are the only ones left…Family sticks together no matter what. Then I felt sleep take me over and I was slowly pulled into the darkness.
                  In the morning we did our usual morning routine and then walked to our schools. Kevin, Anthony and Andrew went to the elementary school, which went from grades K-8. Kevin is in grade 8, and Anthony and Andrew are in grade 6 but I am in grade 12 and I go to the high school, which is a bit further away.
                  Once I got to the school grounds I saw that Antonio hadn’t gotten there yet. That wasn’t surprising with what had happened yesterday. I smiled to myself, yesterday was very interesting. I looked up just in time to dodge a car that was hurtling towards me. I landed on the sidewalk, scraping my right arm across the pavement. I looked to the car and saw Haley step out of the car along with…Antonio? What was he doing with her? I thought he hated her…I thought he was different. I guess I was wrong about that, too.
                  I tried to get up but I was sore all over, and I was dizzy. I think I might have hit my head trying to dodge the car. I heard some footsteps come towards me, I thought it was Charles at first but when I looked at the shoes I knew it wasn’t Charles. I looked up as high as I dared to and saw that it was Antonio. Oh great, just what I needed. I tried to stand up again and got almost all the way up before a wave of dizziness hit, forcing me to go back down.
                  However I didn’t land back on the ground like I thought I would, instead I felt someone lift me up by my left arm. I looked to see who it was and saw that Antonio had a grip on my arm. The dizziness started to fade and I was able to stand on my own. I snatched my arm back and stepped away from him. I tried to hide my wounds so that he would not think I’m a weakling, but he saw them and he was not happy.
                  “What are you doing?!” Haley shouted, coming up to stand beside Antonio. But she wasn’t talking to him, she was talking to me.
                  “Trying to dodge a psychotic bitch, why what are you doing?” I asked her, smiling all the while, she stood there with her mouth agape.
                  “Why you…!” Haley seethed, raising her fist. But just as she was about to bring it down on me Antonio grabbed her wrist, and pulled her back.
                  “Why did you try to run her over?” Antonio asked his voice was as sharp as ice and just as cold.
                  “What do you care, she is just a pest!” Haley exclaimed, trying to pull her hand away. But Antonio had a good grip on it, and gave a warning squeeze to Haley. She winced and stopped pulling.
                  “Now, answer the question,” Antonio said, his voice had a dark note to it that sent a shiver through me. I could see Haley swallow hard as she thought. I looked around and saw Charles off to the side staring at the scene along with a bunch of other people who had nothing better to do. I saw Charles signal me to come but when I tried to move Antonio would look down at me with cold, dead eyes, and I would freeze on the spot. Not because I was scared but because I saw something in his eyes that wasn’t suppose to be there, understanding.
                  “Well she