Bad Boy's Protection (Protector #1)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

   School was unbelievably boring for me. Not only was my only friend suspended for a week, but Mr. Franklin decided to give me detention for the incident yesterday because he felt as if being kicked out of class wasn't punishment enough.

   So here I was, in detention with most of the football team and cheerleaders. I had no idea what they did to get detention, but I did not want to know.

   "Looks like we have a full house here," Mr. Pierce said as he was, once again, the teacher in charge of detention. "There hasn't been one of these for a while. Just in case some of you don't know, the rules to detnetion are simple. No talking and no texting. If I catch any of you doing either, you will be here tomorrow. Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Good."

   I had nothing to do in detention. I finished all my work in class and I had no upcoming tests. I was even more bored because of it.

   I was sitting at the back of the class so I could easily see Devon glare at me. I didn't glare at him back, but I was starting to feel uncomfortable.

   And to make things worse, Mr. Pierce announced there was a quick meeting in the staff lounge. He had to leave for five minutes, leaving me with the people who hated me the most in the school.

   It was when Mr. Pierce left that Devon decided to bug me. "So, Poppy," she said. "Where's your bodyguard?"

   "Grayson isn't my bodyguard," I corrected him. "And obviously, he's not here."

   "And why exactly is that?" Devon asked.

   "None of your business," I muttered as I looked away from him. I had a little bit less than an hour to survive in detention. I didn't even think I could survive.

   Devon stood up from his chair and walked over to me, glaring down at me. "You should be worried that nobody's hear to protect you," he said threatingly. "After all, everyone hates you after you ruined Belle's life."

   I was getting so sick of everyone saying that I ruined Belle's life. I did no such thing. I was the one who was suffering from the incident. I was the one who had the horrible memories.

   "I did not ruin her life," I said for what felt like the millionth time. "Why don't you ask her what happened?"

   "Devon, sit down," Mr. Pierce said suddenly as he walked into the room. "And Poppy, your brother called saying you're needed at home. You're excused from detention. He's waiting for you in the parking lot."

   I was a bit confused why I was needed at home. But I didn't question him as I grabbed my bag off of the floor.

   I got outside of the school but I didn't see my brother's car. I thought he would have been late, but then Grayson's car parked by the curve I was on. "Hey, Flower!" he called. "Care to go for a ride?"

   "My brother's coming to pick me up," I told him.

   "No he's not," Grayson said. "I'll explain it to you only if you get in the car."

   I smiled as I got into the passenger seat of Grayson's car. "So, why is my brother not coming when Mr. Pierce told me he's here?"

   Grayson drove out of the parking lot. "Simple. When you texted me saying you had detention, I didn't want you to be stuck in there, so I called your brother and asked if he could call the school to get you out."

   "Well, thank you," I said. "Almost the whole football team and cheerleading squad was there. I doubt I would have survived in there."

   "You're welcome," Grayson said. "So, where do you want to go?"