Why me?

Chapter 2

After yesterday's mess I decided to just roll with it but keep to my unspoken rule, I leave the guys alone and in return they leave me be, little did I know Stefan would through that unspoken rule out the door. 

I run down the stairs, I put on my shoes and grab my backpack and as I'm about to go out the front door I hear my mother call my name, "Miley." I stop and turn around, I see her at the end of the hallway coming out of the kitchen and say, "Yes mother?" She stops half way in the hallway and says, "Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" I let out a sigh and say, "No, I overslept and I'm gonna be late for school if I do." As I say that my brother John walks past our mother to the front door he says in a mocking way, "Overslept did we?" I give him the 'Do you have a death wish?' Looks and she opens the door. He sticks his tongue out at me like a child and I do the same, as we do this our mother lets out a sigh and says, "Enough you two or you'll really be late for school!" After our mother said that I pushed past my brother John. I start walking to school but as I start getting close to Amy's place, that strange feeling came back but it only lasted a few minutes because I didn't realize that I was past Amy's and she was right behind me ready to pounce on her prey like a fox ready to catch a mouse that's not aware of her surroundings, she slowing gets close to me and then she grabs me screaming, "GOTCHA!" I scream at the top of my lungs, "AAAAAAH!" As I scream like I'm being murdered, she starts laughing so hard she's no longer standing but on the ground clutching her stomach, "HAHAHAHAHA!"  I look at her, my face red as a Tomato and yell at her, "YOU'RE NOT FUNNY AMY!"  I stand there watching her still laughing on the ground, I clench my fist and puff my cheeks in frustration and embarrassment. After watching her still on the ground laughing, I turn to the direction of the school and walk in in a huff! I get a few feet away from Amy who now has stopped laughing and slowly gets up off the ground and as she's getting up she calls out to me saying, " OH, COME ON MILES! YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT ME?... MILES!.. MILES WAIT!" I just kept walking until a black truck pulled up next to me and rolled down the passenger window. I stopped in my tracks and looked at the person in the truck, I realized the person in the truck is Stefan! After he has the window down he says, "Hop in!" I just stand there looking at him for a few seconds, I hear Amyn calling me, "MILES!" I turn my head to her direction, I see her stop in her tracks a few feet from me, I reach for the door handle and get in with no hesitation. After I get in, I see Amy in the side mirror just standing there in a daze like 'How could she do this to me?' as we're driving off he asks me, "Is she always like that to you, if you don't mind me asking?" I just continue to look out the window and say. "Yeah." We continue the rest of the way to school in silence. Once we get there and he parks the truck, I rush out of the truck and head straight for the school buildings doors. As I'm running away from him to avoid him again, even though I got in his truck on impulse. He just watches me run to the school doors and into the building, after I'm in the building I head straight for my locker. Once I get to my locker Brandon my brother's jerk of a friend slams his hand on the locker next to mine, "Why, what do we have here?" I stop what I'm doing and turn to him and say, "What do you want Brandon!?" He looks at me like he's about to devour me like he does with every girl he can get his hands on but there's one problem, my brother who would kill him if he touches me in any way, yeah me and my brother fight but we're siblings. He'll protect me with his life. There was one time when Jake from the soccer team back in freshman year he tried to ask me on a date even when I told him 'no' more than once, my brother found out and talked to him 'more like beat the crap out the guy' ever since that day no guy would approach me and if they did it only ended in an unhappy fairy tale ending.

He just stares at me for a good minute and then says in a low voice "Go out with me!" I'm taken back by his words and just stare at him in shock at what he just said to me "What?" Just as Brandon is about to answer me, my brother comes bursting in between us pulling him away from and pinning him like a wolf that just trapped it's prey, Brandon and I look at my brother in shock and surprise. "What the hell do you think you're doing Brandon!" I look at John and then Brandon holding my breath. "I-I was j-just having f-fun m-messing with y-y-your si-ister!" Brandon turns white as John gets angry and grits his teeth into a smile "Oh really?" Brandon opens his mouth but just as he's about to answer, John says. "BULLSHIT!" I take two steps back and as I do that Brandon says, "But-" John grabs Brandon by the collar and says. "I heard all that you said to my sister and if you think I will let you off with a warning, you have another thing coming to you!" John removes one hand from Brandons collar and is about to throw a punch but is stopped by someone, all three of us look to see who is stepping in and it's Stefan! My mouth opens wide but John just gets mader at the fact he stepped in and stopped him, but Brandon's face showed that he was happy that he did or he would have to see the school nurse and have a black eye for a week. John turns around to face him and says. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Stefan is the same height as John and same build to, Stefan looks at John then me and says. "Do you want to do this in front of her?" John looks behind him and sees that I'm right there, he sighs and looks at Brandon "You ever come near my sister again, I WILL make it so you can never come near anyone for a long while!" he walks away from Brandon, towards me. "Come on, we're going home!" He grabs my arm and pulls me away with him but I'm still looking back at Stefan and mouth "thank you!" to him and turn to look forward.

We arrive at home around 3:24pm, John parks the car and right as I'm about to get out of the vehicle. "Wait!" I freeze and slowly turn my head in his direction. "How long has THAT been going on?" I look at him for a few seconds slightly puzzled but then realize what he was talking about. "It's been going on since middle school." He closes his eyes and lets out a sigh, I watch as he sits there for a few seconds, I turn and open the door. I lazily get out of the vehicle and as I'm getting out of the vehicle "I'm sorry you had to go through that, but I promise that will never happen again!" Jacob grabs my arm before I'm all the way out of the vehicle, I turn to look at him, I see that he is blaming himself for what happened to me but in all honesty it wasn't his fault and I don't blame him for it, I only blame myself and Brandon. "John, look I don't blame you for what happened, I blame myself for letting you down and I blame Brandon for ignoring the signs!" "Miley." " I. Just…" I sigh and get out of the vehicle right before John grabs my, I run up the front porch into the house and as I'm about to run up the stairs I hear mom call my name. "Miles, is that you dear?" I ignore her and continue up the stairs and into my room, as I close my bedroom door I hear the front door open and close but before hear anything more I close my door. I walk over to bed and curl myself under the blankets and hope the darkness of sleep over takes me, after what seem like forever (but in reality 5 minutes) the darkness I hoped for came and consumed me!