Owned By Her Triplet Bullies
Chapter 11

Emma's POV

I woke up to my head throbbing in pain. It felt like my head has been banged continuously against the wall. I felt hot all over, making the ant bites sting again. I heard muffled voices, so I tried to stand up and open my heavy-lidded eyes.

"Mmmmm...," I groaned, closing my eyes and laying back down on the bed.

"Emma, are you awake?" I heard the muffled worried voice of John. His voice sounded like he was underwater.

I opened my eyes again slowly, this time around, my vision felt blurry. I tried to focus on John's gray eyes that were in my view.

"Thank moon goddess, you are awake," he said happily.

"What happened?" I asked, my voice coming out hoarse and weak.

"You don't remember?" he asked, worried.

"Last thing I remember, Philip kicked a ball towards me that flew right for my head," I groaned again. John helped me up, and I rested my back on a pillow behind me.

"That's right, after that, you blacked out, and I brought you to the school nurse, I was so worried, your head was bleeding, and you would not wake up," he explained sadly. "I'm fine now," I replied.

"You are not fine, how many fingers am I holding up," he asked curiously as he held up three fingers. Leave it to John to be dramatic.

"It's one right," I replied stiffening to a laugh.

"You must have really messed up your head, I held up three fingers. Wait here, I'll go get the nurse," he said and hurried out of the room.

"Wait, I was just jok......," I sighed as he shut the door behind him.

He came back a few minutes later with the nurse. She's like 5'6ft tall, with strawberry blonde hair which she packed in a ponytail making her look charming and young. She didn't look three to four years older than us. "Emma, you again," she said with a smile.

Yes, me again. I am a very regular patient here thanks to Hailey, of course.

"Because of the impact of the ball, you have a slight concussion which will make you feel dizzy for a while, I will give you some drugs to help with the pain. The good news is that you don't have any disease, so I would give you your test reports, so you can present them to the principal, you should be careful not to get into such accidents again. You were lucky this time around, such head injuries are very dangerous," she advised.

Accident? This was no accident. My head was even bandaged. Philip sure did a number on me.

"Thank you so much nurse," I replied, feeling grateful.

"I'm just doing my job, you can leave now, probably take the rest of the day off, you need it," she said.

John and I both thank her before leaving.

"Want to go rest for a while at my place?" he asked when we stepped out of the nurse's office.

I feel so bad making John skip school most of the time, on one hand, I really wanted to get out here and go somewhere peaceful, on the other hand, I don't want John to miss classes.

"You look conflicted, I know what you are thinking about but don't worry, I really want to leave this place, I don't want to attend chemistry classes today, I didn't do the assignment. I'm just using you as a cover-up, so you see it's a win-win for both of us," he explained, patting my back.

I chuckled. I knew he was just saying that to make me feel better. "Thank you," I mumble.

"You are welcome, hurry to the principal's office, I will be waiting outside," he said.

I nodded and walked towards the principal's office. I knocked and waited for a reply before going in.

"Yes?" the principal asked, looking up from the stack of files on her table. Her glasses rested on the bridge of her nose.

"I brought the test results from the nurse," I answered and presented them to her.

"Hmmm... it was not a disease after all," She said, reading the reports.

"You can go now," she ordered.

She didn't even ask why her student's head is bandaged. So much for a principal. I thought as turned around and walked out of her office, contemplating if I should slam the door, but my fear would not even allow me to do such a thing. I closed the door gently behind me.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Hailey suddenly came in front of me, her hands folded in front of her, a sinister look etched on her face.

"A bandaged pig," I hear the voice of someone I recognized. It was the same girl that John had gone to prom with, seems like she was still furious at me.

I tried to run in the other direction, I don't have the strength for her antics now. My head was still throbbing and I still felt dizzy. I ran, only to bump my head on a wall. I groaned in pain feeling dizzy again, thankfully, the boys were not with her. "Get her," I heard her command.

I ran towards the parking lot as fast as I could, my head throbbed, and my heart was pounding loudly so that I could hear it in my ears. I looked back to see the girls still chasing after me. I get to the parking lot to see John staring at me with a confused expression. "Run!" I scream at top of my voice.

"Whoa! Calm down, who is chasing..." He trailed off when he saw the girls. "s**t!" he mutters and grabs my hand, together we sprinted towards the school gate.

"Hailey and your crazy ex-girlfriend are the ones chasing me," I answered as we ran, still panting.

"She's crazy, no doubt, but she's not my ex-girlfriend," he replied.

Adrenalin pumped through my veins, I felt a rush of excitement as my legs carried me out of the school premises as fast as they could. I stopped and looked back when I reached the school gate to see Hailey had stopped chasing me. She was huffing and panting with an angry expression on her face. John's crazy ex-girlfriend was still chasing us with one other girl I know loved to bully.

We continued running. We stopped when we were sure no one was following us. John and I were panting hard. I was exhausted, and my head, and body ached. I was a sweaty mess, but I didn't care at that moment. I turned to look at him and we both burst into laughter. I laughed until my ribs hurt and tears came out of my eyes.

"Did you see Hailey's face, it was epic," he said in between laughter, clutching his stomach.

"I did, I was able to outrun her because the boys were not there, I'm sure she must be reporting to them by now," I said, still laughing. I laughed so hard until I started crying uncontrollably.

"Hey, Emma, what's wrong," he asked concerned as he rubbed my back trying to console me.

"I don't know what came over me, why did I run away from her? It must be the medicines that the nurse gave to me, when I saw her, my instincts just told me to run because my head hurts, and I would rather not get punished again," I rambled crying bitterly. "When I get home today, they are going to deal with me, what am I going to do, John? I just hope they don't crack my skull open," I continued to sob.

John looked at me with pity not knowing what to say, "calm down, stop crying, do you want me to get you anything to make you feel better?" he asked worriedly.

"You will pay?" I asked sniffling.

"Yes, I will, what do you want?" he asked.

"Okay, can you get me a hamburger and ice cream, strawberry to be precise," I said in a small voice.

He chuckled. "You never cease to amaze me, Emma," he said as he walked towards the restaurant close to our school.

"Thank you, I will really appreciate it if you can get two strawberry ice cream," I called out to him.

He only laughed and shook his head unbelievably at me. I sat down under a tree and waited for him, sniffling and trying to calm down.

He came back sooner than I expected and handed me two hamburgers and two containers of strawberry ice cream.

"Thank you, have I ever told you, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me?" I asked.

"I believe I am, but you don't say it often," he answered smiling at me.

"Okay smart a*s, don't let that get into your head," I replied and we laughed loudly. "Emma?" he called.

I turned to look at him, "what?" I asked in between mouthfuls munching my hamburger. "Have you ever thought of leaving the pack house and staying elsewhere," he asked.