The Bully – Original Writing

Susan s besidesd damnbing quietly in a toi permit cubicle. She waited for the pounding footsteps to die a mode forwards emerging. Cautiously she gazed come discover of the closet of the entrance and then turned to face the dirty mirrors in preceding of her. She gently prodded the skin below her swelling left every(prenominal) over(p) eye and flinched with pain. On examining her face she aphorism that as well as the blotchy bolshy that appears on your face after wauling the beginnings of wound were also emerging. She comprehend footsteps approaching and ran quickly back into the cubicle and locked the room access.Susan Susan are you in hither? called a voice softly, Its me, Nadine.The door to the cubicle opened slowly and Susan emerged.Oh my deity exclaimed Nadine, I comprehend them laughing and talking just now I didnt depend theyd actually done any matter Are you ok? Does it hurt?Im fine snapped Susan It doesnt involvement now any vogue. Do you have any foundation ? I cant let Mom and Dad see this.Yeah, yeah of course I do murmured Nadine she had given up trying to persuade Susan to bear witness her parents closely the bullies a long time ago. Nadine delved into her bag and pulled out a stick of foundation. The twain girlfriends went over the afternoons clearings as Susan carefully applied foundation to cover the injure which was now a shade of red on her pale face. By the time she was finished the bell had rung and it was lunchtime.Susan and Nadine said goodbye and Susan left for home.Susan? Is that you? she heard her comes voice sing from the stupefyting room.Yeah, I wasnt feeling too good so I came home. Susan mumbled.You should have called and asked me to pick you up her female parent replied sharply, We bought you that mobile phone for a reason.Susan, who was still wracking in the hallway, hadnt told her parents nigh the gang of girls who tormented her. Therefore they did not know that her new Nokia phone had been stolen fro m her bag last week and by now had probably been change on to someone for half the price Susans parents had paid for it.Susan? Come sit in here with me and Ill make you a nice cup of camomile tea.No its ok mom, Susan wondered why camomile tea was her mothers answer for everything, I think Ill just go lie in my room for a while Ive got a really bad head pang. And with that Susan trudged upstairs.Susan Nadines on the phone her mother called upstairs sometime later on.Susan padded across the hallway and picked up the lengthiness in her parents room she spoke to Nadine and assured her that she was all right, whilst exit over the days events in her head. She had not gone passel for dinner that evening precisely had called hello to her father from the top of the stairs when he arrived home from spurt so that he would not get suspicious.Half an hour later Susan had hung up the phone and was trying to do a little change for the GCSEs she had coming up later that year entirely her tho ughts continued to ingathering to the bullies.She wondered what would happen if she told her parents of the suffering she had endured due to her persecutors. She could imagine her mothers reaction, a completely over the top drama queen act during which she would insist on passage directly to talk to the headmaster in whose get throughice she would continually sob about her daughters anguish and demand justice as though it were a court room. Her father on the other hand would speciate her to stand up for herself and fight back.Youre a big girl now. He would tell her in that patronising tone of voice she knew so well, You cant continue to curse upon your mother and I to fight your battles for you. You have simply got to stand up for yourself.Yeah, a fat lot of good telling them would do she told herself in the lead falling in a fitful sleep.The next morning she heard her mother come bustling into the bedroom,How are feeling today pricey? she asked in that singsong tone of voice that got on Susans nerves.Remembering what had happened the previous day Susan quickly drew her head under her covers and told her mother in a muffled voice that she was feeling no better tho agreed to have some barge infast and asked for a head ache t qualifiedt. As soon as her mom left the room Susan clambered out of her bed and looked into the mirror that hung above her dressing table. The bruising was not as bad as it had looked like it was going to be yesterday although, it was muddy under her eye and along the left side of her face. Susan scurried into the bathroom, foundation in hand. By the time she went downstairs for breakfast it was impossible to see the bruising.Susan took that Friday off and by the time Monday morning arrived the violent wave of purple bruising was almost gone. Nadine arrived at Susans house at 8-30am on Monday morning so that the both friends could walk to school together.I thought I was never gonna get out of there exclaimed Susan as she locked t he front gate on her way out.Did they not notice the bruising at all? Nadine asked tone at Susans face, Susan had covered it with foundation and you couldnt tell there were any label on her face whatsoever.Nope. And even if they did they didnt say anything to me.The girls walked in silence until they reached the school. Susan froze outside.Itll be fine. They wont say anything. Nadine assured her. Yeah, itll be fine. Echoed Susan, speaking more to herself then Nadine.Susan walked into her fitting class and immediately she saw them, Lauren and Sophie glared at her as she marched purposefully to her teachers desk, fetching out the note her mother had written Susan handed it to Mrs. Fraeser and sat down at her seat beside Nadine.Susan felt that the next few weeks were fairly manageable, the two bullies did not go out of their way to intimidate her. Instead they stuck to excellent things, tripping her in hallways and throwing Polos at her, but she was able to cope with all the litt le things that Sophie and Lauren did to put her down. Soon, Susan found that she was feeling better than she had done in a long while, the bruising had completely vanished and she and Nadine were getting along fine. sensation Friday morning about four weeks after returning to school Susan and Nadine position to go shopping in town.Ill pick you up at about 10am tomorrow morning called Nadine as the bell signalling the end of the lunch break rang.Ok was Susans reply as she gathered her bag and made her way out of the toilets.She felt someone bump into her and glanced up to apologise when she saw Sophie and Lauren standing in front of the door. Susan straightened up and looked about her, the three of them were solely except for a girl who was applying make-up at the sink. Hastily Susan grabbed her things and headed for the door but before she got there she felt someone grab her nearly by the arm, spinning round she saw Sophies leering face.You Lauren called to the little girl at the sink, Get outThe girl looked up questioningly but left the bathroom anyway.Long time, no see. Wouldnt you say so? muttered Sophie, alter her grip.Let me go said Susan through gritted teeth.Now, now. Lauren chided sarcastically Thats no way to talk is it? Not very nice at all.Let me go Ill scream if I have to. Susans voice was becoming high-pitched and her eye were filling with tears.Ooh Poor ickle baby gonna have a cry. Here, Ill give you something to cry about. Muttered Sophie letting go of Susans arm and punching her.Susan tried to hit back but the two bullies wouldnt back off, Susan felt the punches and kicks rain down on her body. She sank to the kingdom but Lauren pulled her back to her feet.No, were going to do it properly this time she yelled banging Susans head on the tiled walls. afterwards that Susan could not tell how many times she was punched and she felt as if there were more than two people hitting her, suddenly she felt someone grab her throat and felt her head ban g off something solid. She slumped to the ground and felt warm, pastelike blood running down the back of her neck and the last thing she heard before slipping out of consciousness was the sound of jape and running footsteps.It was a few hours later when she woke up in a hospital room and heard her fathers voice,Susan? How do you feel? he asked.Ive got a headache. Susan answered groggily, looking around her. Immediately a nurse bustled into the room and began fluffing pillows and checking Susans pupils and pulse.After the nurse left Susan saw her mother sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed.Were so sorry that we let this happen to you. But youve got a very good friend who told us what has been going on. Said her mother with tears in her eyes. At that Nadine stepped in from behind the curtains and smiled at Susan.Theyre going to be expelled, Theyre never gong to be able to get at you again. Nadine said approaching Susans bed and squeezing her hand.Susan nodded before finally fa lling into a much yearned for peaceful slumber.