LOGINThere was blood accompanying the pain. Of course, the person who was forcing Sarah’s head down ignored the blood and continued holding her down, making her kowtow a few more times.
View MoreShe was just so tired, exhausted from waking up at the crack of dawn to work herself to death and get mocked for it. Her bones ached for reprieve and her eyes burned for rest and she just wanted everything to stop for once. The teasing, the worries about school and home and work, the expectations, the entire world!Iris’s entire being trembled under the onslaught, her chin shook, tears flooding down her cheeks as her dry lungs gasped for air that she just couldn’t grasp. Her throat tightened, trying to keep herself quiet. She failed.“Stop crying,” she whimpered, still panting for breath. Her nails dug into her scalp. “Stop crying!”Her sight was darkening, black dots swimming her vision. She didn’t care. Stop crying! Stop crying! Her lungs burned.She couldn’t breathe.Stop crying!Why couldn’t she breath
Between one blink and the next, Stephanie was down on the ground shrieking and clawing Iris who kept on hitting her where ever she could.“Stop, you freak!” Stephanie squealed. Bethany and Brittany stood back in horror.“You! Bitch!” Iris shouted, ignoring the burning in her blood crusted knuckles and the nails tearing at her roots and blazer. “You! Pathetic! Piece! Of-!”Iris would’ve kept going if two arms didn’t encircle her waist and lift her from Stephanie cowering form. She fought against the arms, scratching at them to let her go.“You’re such a nutcase!” Stephanie cried as Brittany and Bethany help her stand up. “Can’t your parents afford meds?”This set off another round of Iris trying to detangle herself from her capturer. “Shut up!” she screamed, baring her teeth.&nb
Between one blink and the next, Stephanie was down on the ground shrieking and clawing Iris who kept on hitting her where ever she could.“Stop, you freak!” Stephanie squealed. Bethany and Brittany stood back in horror.“You! Bitch!” Iris shouted, ignoring the burning in her blood crusted knuckles and the nails tearing at her roots and blazer. “You! Pathetic! Piece! Of-!”Iris would’ve kept going if two arms didn’t encircle her waist and lift her from Stephanie cowering form. She fought against the arms, scratching at them to let her go.“You’re such a nutcase!” Stephanie cried as Brittany and Bethany help her stand up. “Can’t your parents afford meds?”This set off another round of Iris trying to detangle herself from her capturer. “Shut up!” she screamed, baring her teeth.&nb
The week followed in a similar distressed fashion. Iris was constantly tense, looking over her shoulders, subconsciously trying to spot Victoria with a camera aiming at her or the R5. Her gaze would flicker all over the cafeteria, lingering on Marcas and Jackson annoying Carmilla as Orion and Benjamin talked, and on Victoria on the other side of the room, giggling with Mellisa Cohen.Iris’s muscles tensed every time Victoria entered the room, her fingers twitched when the brunette walked past her, and her tongue felt heavy with questions every time they made eye contact. When she wasn’t peaking at Victoria, she was gazing at the R5 members, the few times she managed to spot them, eyes hesitating to move from Orion’s distant form.It was exhausting because no matter how determined Iris was to keep her nose out of this, there was still a curious part of her that wanted to interrogate Vicotria and get to the bottom of this.
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