Demon Beside Me

Chapter 2
Life sucks then you die but no one cares


I woke that morning to the lights of the sun beaming in on me and my little brother in my room playing on my computer. My eyes scanned my room not knowing if I was dreaming or if I was going to have to kill that brother of mine.

I didn’t remember ever feeling asleep.

“Allen.” I signed as I closed my eyes again pulling the clovers around my body. “When I open my eyes you better not be in here.”

I heard him murmured something, but was still half asleep so I wasn’t able to understand. I honestly didn’t want to understand him either. I just wanted to go back to sleep. I wanted nothing more than to sleep and never wake up again.

“Did you wake her up yet?” I could hear my mother asked my brother. This made me put the clovers over my body even more.

I didn’t want to go to school!

“I tried.” My brother lied or at least I thought he was lying.

“Minnie get up. Your friend Kate is on the phone.” She yelled.

This information made me jump up and shot into the hallway. I took the phone from my mom smiling. She was looking at me as if I had lost my mind. She had no idea why I had got up so quickly for the phone and I hoped she would never find out.

“Hello.”

“Minnie why is your ass still asleep?” She asked and as I opened my mouth to answer she cut me off. “Look Mindy is going to be there to pick you up in a few, so get ready.”

“Ok.” I said and soon heard that she had hung up. I rolled my eyes as I got ready to go.

“Your friend is coming to pick you up?” My mother asked as I walked by her to my room where my brother was no longer to be found in.

“Yes, I guess we are going a little earlier.” I told her wondering why then again Kate did like to be at school early sometimes, but only when she wanted to show someone up, but she never said she wanted to show someone up today.

Maybe she wanted to make fun of Jena again. I sighed as I took my shower.

When I was done I put on my blue jeans and pink sweater. I put my hair to the side sighing…I know my hair is so not going to stay at the side it wasn’t long enough for that. Kate may tell me to grow my hair out.

I frowned. I hated that Kate could make me do anything she wanted.

My eyes closed and I saw myself walking into school right up to Kate and telling her she should go right to the underworld!

“Minnie hurry up in there.” I heard my brother knock on the door.

I rolled my eyes and looked at myself one more time in the mirror before walking out of my room.

By the time I went down the stairs and looked at my brother who was putting some of his books into his book bag. He may have only been a year and a half younger than me but he was still so immature, but in still I loved him.

He was lucky also. That he was so good at football that his high school had begged mom to let him go there. He was so good in fact that his school out in Grand Rapids heard that he was moving to Michigan had said that they would send someone to drive him from and to school every day.

Mom had thought that the school was great and that since Allen love football so much she thought it was a great idea, but me…..I wasn’t great at anything so I have to go to school here.

“So going to school early because Kate is making you go, Minnie?” He asked me as he laughed quietly.

My eyes widened at that.

How did he know that I only was going to school early because of Kate?

I looked around to see if my mom was anywhere near and saw that she wasn’t I didn’t even see my step father near. I turned back to look at my brother who looked at me as if he knew I was looking for mom and Henry.

“How do you know about that?”

“You talk in your sleep.” He said. “When I tried to wake you up you said. Forget Kate I’m not waking up because of her.”

I looked down and touched my neck. “Don’t tell my mom.”

“I won’t tell my mom ok.”

I looked up at him smiling. We may have always teased each other and got on each other nerves, but we would always be there for each other. We both where always together and would never let the other go though something alone.

“Thanks.”

“I can’t tell, because then she would want me to go to your school with you.” He laughed going up stairs.

I shook my head as my cell phone ringed.

“Hello.” I smiled.

“Hey I’m outside.” Mindy squeaked.

“I’m coming.” I told her and then hung up the phone as I put my shoes on. Before I went outside I grabbed my book bag and my coat. Since I moved her to East Lansing I was finally able to understand what people said about Michigan weather.

As soon as I got outside I saw that Mindy was in her car bouncing to what looked like a song playing on her radio. I walked to her car smiling.

“Hey.” I said as I got into her car. I looked in her back sit and frowned. “Where is Stephenie?”

“Riding with Kate.”

I shook my head putting it back against her leather seat. “So why is Kate making us come see her early?” I asked as Mindy pulled off.

“Well she said not to talk about it until we got there, but it as something to do with Jena.” Her voice was sad.

“What about Jena?” I was caught off guard by her tone.

“She killed herself last night while everyone else was sleeping. She killed herself.

They found her body hanging in her room with a letter saying nothing but I hate my life.” Mindy voice was sad. “I didn’t mean to make her feel so sad. I never had anything against her. It’s just….”

Mindy shook her head.

I knew what she meant. It was just Kate and if she hadn’t laughed and went along with what Kate wanted well then she would be Jena.

I thought about what Mindy had just said. Her letter had just said: I hate my life.

It was almost as if she knew no one would care about what she had to say. Like even with her about to kill herself that would not change the fact that she was alone and no one would care about why she was doing this.

Maybe if I had been nicer to Jena than she wouldn’t have done this. Maybe she would still be here and not where she was right now. Dead.

When Mindy car had pulled into the schools parking lot we got out of her car and walked over to where Kate was at.

“I can’t believe Jena did the world good and killed herself.” Kayla said to me as she shook her head.

We were all under the tall tree close to the school café.

“Can you believe this they are giving us an hour off for that geek?” Kate laughed as we all bean to sit outside under the big tree. “I never liked that geek, but I’m happy she killed herself. I so didn’t study for that math test I had first period.”

Stephenie agreed and added. “Yeah I didn’t do my bio homework; I’ll just tell the teacher I forgot it at home because I was too busy crying about that girl killing herself.”

I watched as they just talked about Jena death as if it didn’t mean anything at all. I could not believe they had no hearts at all.

I looked at Mindy and saw that she wasn’t paying any attention or at least pretending not to.

“Jena is dead.” I said and saw all of their eyes come to me all accept for Mindy. She may not want to say anything but I had to. “She is dead and we are just sitting here as if it does not matter.”

“Oh suck a dick why don’t you.” Kate said rolling her eyes. “You act like you were her friend or something.”

“Yeah, Minnie so not cool.” Stephenie said and flipped her hair. “Maybe you should cool down.”

“Cool down, Stephenie! Why don’t you ask Jena that? Oh right you can’t because she is dead!”

Stephenie looked at me as if I had lost my mind and Mindy didn’t say a thing. She just looked as if she had no idea what we were talking about.

“Minnie.” Kate began with a light tone voice. “Stop acting like a prissy little girl. She is dead, so the fuck what. You act like we were the ones who killed her.”

Didn’t we? Weren’t we the ones who always made fun of her? The ones who made sure to make her life a living nightmare.

“Besides she was a lame.” Kate stated. “Even the school knows that. I mean come on; they are only giving us an hour off from school. You know why, because no one cares; now if one of us where to die, they would shut this school down.”

Kate looked at me her blue eyes becoming icy and she looked almost as if she was daring me to disagree with her.

But I didn’t I in fact agreed with her, but I wouldn’t tell her that.

The school staff knew who was popular and who wasn’t. They knew who had all the friends and who were the ones being picked on.

But yet they didn’t do anything. They just let this happen.

Weren’t they supposed to stop things like this? Weren’t they the ones who were supposed to tell people like Kate that if they continued to do things like that then they would be sent home or something?

“Now what do you bitches want to do this weekend?” Kate asked smiling as if ending the other topic.

“Let’s go to the movies!” Mindy said being pulled from her dazed.

“I say we go to the mall.” Stephenie said. “I so need a new outfit and I don’t want to wear any of Mindy dumb outfits. I’m surprise she does.”

My eyes went to Mindy eyes. I saw the look of hurt clearly written in them.

“I think her clothes are cute.” I relied to Stephenie insult.

“Maybe because you like hand me downs as well.” She replied back. “I mean look at what you’re wearing. Is that mommy old clothes?”

What was wrong with Stephenie today? It was like she was trying real hard to get Kate happy with her.

I opened my mouth to say something to her, but Kate cut me off.

“I don’t like any of the two places you two said.” Kate rolled her eyes at both suggestions.

It was like she hadn’t heard a word of what I or Stephenie were saying to each other.

She soon looked my way and put a smile on her face.

“No.” She briefly said. “I say we go to Drake’s party. I mean I do feel like partying, I mean after everything that has just happened a party sounds great. Don’t you think so girls?”

She was still looking right at me and I knew her question wasn’t meant for everyone, just me.

Her icy blue eyes poured into my eyes. I didn’t want to say yes, but knew I would.

Crossing Kate would mean death literally.

“Yes.” I smiled and she seemed happy with that answer.

I hated her and yet knew if I was her, I may have done the same thing. If you are on the top you always try to stay on the top.

This fact made me know that she would make sure I became the next Jena if I continue acting like I did. She was the leader of the school and if I kept questioning what she thought I knew she would do something about it.

I hated the fact that I had to go to class today, but refused to let anyone know this. I just kept staring out into space day dreaming. I wanted to leave this life. I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to have this guilt feeling in my stomach at the fact that

I didn’t do anything.

By the time my first hour was over I found myself in the bathroom crying. Jena was died.

She was died.

I just couldn’t get that out of my head.

“Hey.”

I turned my head and saw that Jake was standing right by me. I jumped and had to catch my breath.

“Sorry.” He said and ribbed his neck. “I didn’t mean to scare you.”

“How, I mean why are you in here?” I asked looking at him not sure if I was really seeing him.

“Well thought I should say something to you. I saw that you look ready to cry all day.” He said as he walked to me. “I wanted to make sure you were alright.”

“I’ll be fine.” I whispered and looked away from him. “You should leave before someone comes in here and sees you.”

He shook his head and touched my hand. “If you need to talk you can talk to me.”

I just shook my head and watch him leave the bathroom.

When he left and I walked over to the wall so I could put my back up against it. I didn’t know what I was going to do I didn’t want to act like a baby.

I knew that was what Kate would call me if she saw me like this.

My dream was coming back to me as I closed my eyes. I saw Jena still alive. We were still friends and I never left her the second week of school when Kate asked me to walk with her to her English class.

No I never turned to Jena and told her I would see her later. No I never lied to Jena when she asked me how come I didn’t eat lunch with her that day.

No in this world we were still friends.

She was still alive.

“Minnie you are starting to really get on my last nerves.” I heard Kate voice and she made my dream go blink, my eyes opened and I realized that I was doing nothing but dreaming something that would never happen.

“Why don’t you just go a fuck someone and get over it.” Kate voice seemed angered and she eyed me with those icy blue eyes of hers. “This party is just what you need.”

“Yeah you’re right.” I said to her and saw that her long jet black shiny hair was pulled up into a ponytail.

I didn’t remember her hair being in a ponytail before. I was positive I would remember something like that.

Kate never had her hair in a ponytail.

Maybe I had been too into the fact that she was being so mean to me because I was sad at the fact that Jena was died.

I walked passed her and headed out the door.

“You know shit happens then you wish to die. So don’t act as if Jena was the only one with some problems.” She said not evening looking at me.

I just shook my head. “Ok, I have a class.”

The rest of the day I didn’t think about Kate or the rest of the honey bees. I just went to class and stayed to myself. I didn’t feel like saying or doing anything. I just kept to myself, but the whole day I felt like someone was watching me.

I don’t know why I got the feeling, but it was as if I was being watched very carefully. Like I was some kind of mouse being watched by a cat.

Every time I turned my head I didn’t see anything. In fact the whole day I thought I was losing my mind. That is until last hour.

That was when I saw him standing right outside my class door. He was looking through the window with a small smile across his lips. He looked as if he knew I was going to catch him looking at me.

Why was he here?

Did he go to this school now or something?

He looked like his was nineteen or something, maybe he just looked older then he was?

He was looking at me with this cat like look in his eyes. Like he was waiting for me, like I was a mouse or something.

Why was he still looking at me like that?

His smile turned into a fall out grin and then he turned from the door window leaving.

By the time last hour was let out I had tried to forget all about him. He was weird a good looking weird, but still weird.

I had to go home and get dressed for Drake’s party, but I hoped my mom wouldn’t say anything to me.

I knew it was Friday so that meant Allen would to have practice today so mom would like to be in Grand Rapids so she could take him home as well as do a little shopping and since my step father had work I would have to stay behind to watch Amanda.

But for some reason it seemed after Mindy took me home my mom was ok with me going to the party. She in fact said she was taking Amanda with her and she as well as my step father would not be home until after twelve, so I was in the clear.

So by the time nine o’clock came by I was able to able to walk to Mindy car not having to worrier about my mom telling me what time she wanted me home.

Drake’s party was being held at his house and it made me sick to my stomach that he was still having this party after a girl I knew he had known since they were four had just died.

Kate had worn her new Gucci dress and it showed off her long legs. Her hair swept across her shoulders and down her back-I wondered when she took her ponytail out-She made sure her beautiful big blue eyes were not hidden behind her hair.

Stephenie had her curls falling across her shoulders and tried to have her hair help bring out her green eyes. She was wearing a skirt that was hugging her waist tightly as did that shirt she had on.

Mindy was wearing her latest new outfit. It was a dress that she had made herself and honestly her dress was lovely. She wanted to be a designer and with clothes like that she would.

We were all in Drake’s parents’ huge bathroom with full length mirrors and we were looking at ourselves making sure we looked nice.

Well I wasn’t really caring how I looked. I just wanted to leave, but knew if I left without Kate saying it was all right I could be in trouble.

My reflection was staring right back at me and I looked as if I was so not supposed to be one of their friends.

They were beautiful and I wasn’t. I never will know why Kate had even spoke to me the second week I came here to this school.

I saw my hair was falling around my shoulders but it didn’t go too far pass my shoulders, it even curled a little at the ends.

My eyes looked ugly today. They weren’t bright no they were pale and ugly. Maybe it was because I hated being here and my eyes were showing it. They were after all the windows to your soul and my soul was crying out for help.

Even my skin was paler then it always was today. I knew I was pale but I never looked undead pale like a vampire or something. Even my lips were so thin right now. This made me bite my bottom lip and I heard Kate voice.

“Don’t do that.” Kate said to me rolling her eyes.

“Sorry.”

Stephenie laughed a little.

“Minnie, you need to grow your hair out. Your face isn’t pretty enough for that style.”

I heard Kate say as her eyes went back to the mirror.

I frowned as I looked at my hair. It wasn’t short but it wasn’t long like Kate’s or Mindy’s. It passed my shoulders a bit and curled some around my shoulders. I thought this length looked nice on me helped with my face and stuff. I had seen an actress with this same style, I think.

“So no more cutting the hair, understand.” I knew she was not asking a question. She was demand that of me and I didn’t say anything, because I knew that I would tell my mom that I wasn’t going to cut my hair next weekend.

I’m sure my mom would be happy with this information. She loves my thick hair and hate ever time a pair of scissors went against it.

“Oh Mindy sweetie?” Kate began.

Mindy looked at Kate and I saw Kate eyes didn’t look at all happy. It looked like Kate was out for blood today.

“Yes.”

“You look like you got that damn dress out of the trash can.” Kate said and walked to Mindy cutting her eyes at her. “Don’t come around me for the rest of the night. I don’t want people thinking I hang out with trash. You know what go home; if anyone see’s you dressed like this they’ll think I trash ding as well.”

Mindy put her head down and walked out of the bathroom.

I turned my head to Stephenie and saw that she was busy messing with her hair again. When my eyes went to Kate she was smirking.

“I will take you home Minnie. Since it seems your family can’t afford to get you a car.” She said to me. She most have miss read my eyes. She had to have thought I was thinking: Hey that was my ride.

But I wasn’t thinking that. No I was thinking: She was a evil witch!

“You do know that was one of your real friends, Kate.” I said trying to ignoring her comment and Stephenie giggles. I watched how Kate eyes glared into mine.

“And I care why?”

“Kate everyone at this school hates you.” I honestly said to her. It was as if she had no idea that she really didn’t have many real friends. Just because most of these people kissed her butt didn’t mean they liked her.

She laughed and shook her head. “I don’t care. They may hate me, but they still either want to fuck me or be my friend. This school worships the ground my feet walk on and do everything I say.”

I didn’t say anything to that. Because I knew it was true. Yeah she didn’t have many real friends, but why should she had cared, it wasn’t like anyone was going to tell her to go to the underworld or anything.

I had been waiting for someone to tell her that a long time ever since I moved here really.

“And Minnie keep on acting like a shit face and you’ll be the one everyone acts like they hate.” Kate said as she looked back at Stephenie.

“Yeah Minnie, stop fucking around and have some fun.” Stephenie replied to Kate’s eyes.

“Have some fun how can I have some fun with evil girls like you walking around?” I yelled.

“Minnie put this lip stick on ok. I hate how your lips look.” I turned my head being pulled from my dream and saw that Mindy was now walking out of the door and Kate held some lip stick in her hand.

Had any of that happened?

“Thanks.” When I had finished putting the lip stick on I turned and saw that Kate and Stephenie where both by the door waiting for me.

“Let’s roll ladies.” Kate told us brushing off whatever could be said next.

We all walked out of the bathroom and down the stairs to where the party was happening.
Everyone here seemed to be having so much fun drinking, dancing and the guys chasing the girls around.

Kate and Stephenie went off somewhere. I had seen Matt and Leon talking to them, they must have gone with them. That was just like my so called friends.

I just stood against the wall not feeling like being here at this party. I half heartily wished that Kate had said my outfit-which did look worst then Mindy’s stunning one-was ugly to, so I could have gone home.

But I knew this was my punishment for standing up for Jena and I now believe she had heard what was said between me and Stephenie. That was the only real reason I think she sent her home, just to make me mad.

I sighed. I could never win when it came to Kate.

“Hey Minnie.”

I turned and saw that it was Jake.

I smiled. His brown eyes looked nice as his dark hair almost covered them.

He just looked so nice, tall, dark and handsome. I loved the way his body looked; he was so muscular do to him being on the football team. He looked older then what he was, it was like him being mature had also been passed down to his looks.

“So where is Mindy?” His voice was deep sexy, the kind of voice you dream about when you thought of your dream guy. It was almost as nice as that guy voice I meant when I had walked my dog.

I shook that thought from my head.

“She just left.” I half way lied.

“I’m surprised you came.” He soon said and this made me raised my eye brow at him. “It’s just with Jena what happened, I thought you were different then your friends. I mean I thought you were sad because of her and all. So now that I see you here I don’t know what to think.”

I wanted to roll my eyes at him.

So what I was here. I didn’t want him to think I was like Kate, but I couldn’t let him know I had come here because of Kate.

“Well you are here?” I was trying to make him see he was just as bad.

He smiled and his smiled made me no longer want to roll my eyes. “I don’t want to be here?”

“Then why are you?”

“Because Drake wanted to see my math book, but I didn’t know he was still having this party.” He said shaking his head. “It’s sad. I may have not known Jena that well, but I knew her since preschool and now she is dead and it’s all because your friends don’t feel good about themselves unless they are making fun of others.”

“You don’t know Kate or any of my other friends.”

“And you do?” His question came out more like a joke and he even shook his head. “I thought you and Jena were friends at one time. I remember that she was the one who was nice to you when you first came here.”

How did he know about that? Yeah I had seen him the first time I came to this school and all but he had noticed me to.

I pushed passed the happiness that ran though me at that moment and glared at him.

“What about you? You never tried to be her friend or anything. So don’t play innocent.”

“I’m not trying to play innocent, because I’m not. I just thought you were better than me, but it looks like you are just like those girls.” I saw him point over to Kate and Stephenie who had suddenly appeared. They were laughing it up with Mark and some of his friends. “I thought you were better, but maybe I was wrong.”

His voice seemed like he was mad that he was wrong, that he hated I had made him wrong and for some reason I was mad I had proved him wrong, but I wasn’t going to let him know that.

I rolled my eyes at him. “Well so what if I wanted to be popular everyone wants to be popular. To have people want to be them, it’s like being a celebrity.”

“Was it worth it?” He asked and I didn’t say anything, because honestly it wasn’t, but I didn’t want to leave. I wanted nothing more than to be Kate so I would say what was cool and what wasn’t. Then it would all be better if I was her. He sighed when I didn’t say anything and looked away. “What was so wrong with being plain Jane?”

I didn’t even know he remembered that name, I beat he doesn’t even know that was my….

“So?” He asked pulling me from that thought.

“I was plain.” I said hating that old nickname people called me at my old school and people here had called me until Kate had taken me under her wing. “I am still plain, but at least now the whole school does not bother me.”

“Yeah just your friend’s right.” He laughed. “I got to go, I don’t like being here.” I watched as he walked away from me and I saw him leave the party.

Great he now thought I was stuck up like Kate. He was never going to ask me out.

I sighed. My day has not been going good at all. This was not right. He was going to come back and say that he always like me and he was just saying those things but he never meant them.

I hear him say my name and I feel my heart beat faster.

“I like you, I always have. I want to make you my girlfriend. I am sorry for taking so long to tell you, but I could not take it anymore. I wasn’t sure if someone as beautiful as you would ever like me to, but I can’t wait around and watch other guys ask you out, when I want to. Please be my girlfriend.”

“I would love to.” I told him smiling and just as he was about to kiss me I heard is voice.

“He isn’t the one for you?”

I looked to my side and my eyes hit a firm chest. I began to look up and saw him again.

What was he doing here?

He had the most sparkly yet stormy blue eyes I had ever seen, they went well with his beautiful face. His warm caramel color hair began to fall over his eyes as he began lining his head down toward me more.

I had known he was taller than me, but not this much. He was way over six feet, I knew for the top of my head came just to the top of his chest.

Did everyone have to be so much taller than me? My height was how I got my nickname but
I wasn’t really that short compared to most girls. I was more on the petite side than anything else.

I was almost average height not even a whole inch under it, but I did still feel so much shorter at times. Really with guys like him, who towered over me and made me feel like Tinker Bell size.

“Minnie, you can do better.”

I shook my head at him and began to think something, a question that I knew I had asked him before.

“How do you know my name?” I had asked him this question before and yet in still he seemed like he didn’t want to answer the question.

I knew I had never seen him before in school other than that one time early today and I was sure that if he did really go there someone as handsome as him I would have noticed and Kate for that matter.

He did seem like he was a little too old to be in high school. He looked at least nineteen.

“I pay close attention to people and try to learn the important ones names.”

“What?”

“So you never answered my questioned from before.” He said and lowered his face closer to mine.

I breathed out and soon heard him say my name and I nearly felt my heart give out.

I didn’t like this. How did he know my real name?! I wasn’t going to let that little fact go for anything.

No one at this school knew my real name. Not even my so called friends. So even if I did found out for some odd reason I had never noticed him before at school and he did go there there was no way he could have know my name.

No one even called me by my real name unless it was close family and they really did not do it, so how did he know it.

Those beautiful eyes of his continued to stare into my ugly ones.

“My Diamond in the rough you haven’t answered my question.”

I rolled my eyes at him so what he was handsome, that didn’t mean I was going to keep talking to him and really he had called me a diamond in the rough what was that supposed to mean. That was very different.

Besides that I did not like the fact that he knew who I was and yet I didn’t know him.

“I need to find my friends now.” I told him and began to walk off.

“I thought they were your so called friends.” I heard him whisper even over all of this music.

“What did you just say?” I asked him turning to face him again, I knew full well I had heard him and it seemed he did to.

He put a snug smirk on his lovely pale lips and walked to me. His lips were right next to my ear and he let out a soft whisper.

“I’ll talk to you later, Diamond.” His whisper made me go into a deeper daze. His voice was starting to dazzle me and I didn’t know what I was going to do. I was starting to feel faint.

Before I knew it I heard Kate calling me.

“Where have you been?” She questioned. “Mark wants to talk to you.”

She began pulling me with her and as she did I looked to see if I saw him, but I didn’t.


A/N: please go back and reread ch 1. i rewrote it. kind of. Thanks Akumu for reviewing. (i would love u to do that for me) just tell me how u want to do this. thanks

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