The Silver Wolf

Elena's POV

"Down you go bitch!"

SPLASH!!

My body plunged into the cold water. My clothes made it worse, dragging me down even further as I struggled to swim to the top. I was drowning and everyone just stared, nobody cared to save me.

As the water gradually filled my lungs, and my eyes blurred into darkness, out of nowhere, a strong hand grabbed me and yanked me back into the air.

I coughed and gasped for air as water rushed out of my mouth and when I regained myself, I saw them... My schoolmates. Their phones were raised high and their laughter rang in my ear.

Paige, my childhood best friend, had pushed me into the swimming pool with a smug on her face, something I never saw coming. Now she stood there, cold and indifferent watching me struggle to breathe.

Travis, the new transfer student, was the only one who jumped into the pool to save me. "Breathe, just breathe," he muttered, pulling me to the pool's pavement.

Then Paige stepped closer, her figure towering over me and her sneer cutting deeper than the cold water did,

"So you honestly believed Jesse invited you to his party because... he likes you?" She scoffed, "Honey, he pities you. I told him to invite you as a favor to me, so I'd teach you a lesson, and like a hungry little puppy, you came running," she continued to mock.

My heart sank as her words spilled, making my eyes wet with tears.

She leaned forward, her words oozing with malice, "I see the way you look at him, I know you wish you were his girlfriend instead of me. Girl, you better stop drooling over him because you can never be his type even if you were the last girl on earth!"

With a cold hard stare and a vile hiss escaping her lips, she flipped her hair and stormed off, her friends trailing behind her, laughing and chatting as they went.

Travis pulled me up, his grip firm but gentle. "My phone... it's gone," I whispered, noticing that it must have fallen into the pool.

"Don't worry about it," Travis whispered as he led me toward Jesse's mansion. Just then, Jesse walked towards us, blocking our way.

"Hey gorgeous, leaving so soon?" He said with a smirk on his face, his fingers brushing my damp hair and trailing down to my soaked blouse, my body trembling beneath.

"Damn, you've got nice boobs, how did I not notice this?" he blurted out.

"Get your filthy hands off her! Touch her again and lose that arm!" Travis roared as he slapped his hand away.