Chapter 2

• Chapter two
• "Hello bunny did you miss me?"
• I ignored him and tried to move past him but he gripped my arm almost painfully, he still had that stupid smirk on his face that I just wanted to wipe off
• "What? Let go you are hurting me" I squeaked struggling to free my arm from his hold but he only tighten it even more
• If he had even heard me, he didn't show any indication
• "Aww little bunny finally decided that she has a voice" he said tauntingly
• I gave him my harshest glare but he was totally unaffected 
• "Let me go now" I repeated trying my best to sound firm but failed at it woefully
• "Let go of you? But I precisely came back only for you ,I've surely missed you all these time" he replied then he roamed his eyes over my body briefly before returning back to my gaze
• "I must say you grew up these two years but you are still just as ugly as I remembered" 
• As much as I told myself not to be affected by his words it still hurt me, my eyes stung and I had to leave this instant before I disgrace myself by crying in his presence
• "Let go of me this instant Hayden" I gritted out trying to push past him with all my strength but he didn't bulge, his smirk only seem to widen
• "And if I don't? You know its really laughable seeing that you've grown a back bone " he said laughing, then it was gone replaced by a harsh look as he leaned down and whispered in my ears
• "Because it will be fun to slowly break it off this time again and again"
• I've told myself many times that I wasn't that weak girl that would allow herself to be intimidated and bullied anymore....
• I had to be strong right now or I'm going to spend these last year being under his influence...
• I slapped him!
• We both looked taken aback for a moment
• I really didn't mean to, one moment I had been trapped against him, then the next....
• The shocked expansion on his face was priceless...
• It seemed time stood between us and counting one... Two.. Three.....
• He grasped my shoulders harshly 
• "You'll pay for that  !" He seethed his arm raised up , I closed my eyes preparing myself for the impact, a moment passes, then another but still nothing...
• I peered my eyes opened slowly to be met by his forest green ones, for a moment something flashed through his gaze but it was gone so fast before I could decipher what it was..
• "Gracie?" A voice broke our trance , he released his hold on my shoulders and walked away..
• "Why are you not coming to class? It's been some minutes " Lyn asked but her attention was on Hayden's retreating form
• "Are you alright? Why did he stop you this time?" She asked her voice laced in concern
• "I'm fine, its nothing, let's get to class" I said
• She looked like she was about to argue but nodded unsurely instead....
• As we walked to the next class I couldn't stop thinking about what just happened...
• What did he meant by he returned just for me? I could still hear his threat in my head "I'll break it all over again and again"
• Its been two years,why did he have to return just when I was beginning to get my life back together?m
• And worse of all why does he still target me?
• I sucked in a deep breath and exhaled loudly, this last year  is not going to be an easy one, I'll do my best to stay away from him as much as I could but even as I thought I knew it wouldn't be that easy...
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• Thankfully we didn't have any other classes together for the rest of the day , when school finally dismissed I had taken a careful scan before dashing into Lyn's car, he was talking to a group of jocks and people from the popular circle, I wondered if he had gotten sight of me, but it doesn't matter ,right now I was safe in Lyn's car..
• "Bye!"I said waving to Lyn as she dropped me off In front of my house
• I dropped my bag and plunged lazily on the couch
• "You are back?" It was mom, she said as she descended down the stairs 
• "Yeah " I replied resisting the urge to roll my eyes, she was clearly seeing me but still she was asking if I was back
• Dad is a journalist while mom works in a hospital as a nurse,he was always traveling, i spend majority of time with mom and of course my oh so "loving " sister Ashley
• "I prepared lunch, I have a night shift tonight and I'll be leaving now, Love you" she said kissing both my cheeks 
• "And when your sister returns be sure to close all the windows and doors, you know tha...."
• "I know  yeah yeah " I said before she could get started with her long sermons on how it wasn't safe in the neighborhood blah blah...
• After a quick shower I skipped downstairs to have lunch , my thoughts kept drifting back to what happened in school today as much as I tried to divert it
• I still couldn't believe I slapped him though I couldn't deny that he deserved it, I just prayed that he left me alone after today.
• A sigh escaped my lips as I cleared the dishes, Ashley hasn't returned home, for now I'll just go and work on my assignments.