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Melinda and William were walking together and talking, while Garret stayed behind. Garret watched how William would occasionally give Melinda a squeeze and kiss the top of her head. He started clutching the straps of his backpack tight when he saw that. It was something he often imagined doing with Melinda when they walked. He wanted to be the one holding her and giving her a kiss. But here he was, in the back of the pack watching the girl of his dreams getting loved on by someone else. He let out a sigh as he looked down. He had his chance, and now he blew it. Melinda’s giggle got Garret’s attention. He looked up to see William slide his hand down her back and put his hand in her back pocket. Garret huffed and got off the sidewalk and sped up, going around them.

“I forgot I needed to talk to Danny about something.” Garret said and he got back on the sidewalk as he started walking faster. “I’ll see you guys at the station.”

“Wonder what that was about.” William said.

“Probably your hand in my backpocket.” Melinda said.

“This hand?” William said and he gave her ass a squeeze.

“William,” Melinda said, as she smacked him. ‘Behave.”

He chuckled. “Alright my love.” William said, moving his arm back up on her shoulder. “Better?” She nodded her head. “I can’t wait till we get home after school and we can make love again.” She looked up at him and he smiled down at her. “What? It’s not my fault you turned me on so much, my little raven.” He leaned down and kissed her. “I love you.”

“I know.” Melinda said, giving him a kiss. “I wonder what the students are going to do when they see us together.”

“They’ll do exactly what their parents did,” William said, smiling. “Gossip.” She giggled and shook her head. “Hmm, I just love that giggle of yours. But if our little lily flower has that same giggle and your gorgeous looks, I’m going to have trouble on my hands from the neighborhood boys. You may have to bail me out of jail my love.”

They both laughed as they continued to walk to the station. When they finally got there and made their way to the platform to wait for the train, heads turned. Melinda ignored the stares like she always did by looking forward like they weren’t even there. As for William, he held his head up high while he had a smirk on his face. They waited off the side a bit as students made several gossip groups and started talking as they stared. Garret's friends were nudging him and teasing him about someone taking Melinda from him. The girls were wondering if he was the one sending her flowers and always on the phone with her. And if he was actually her boyfriend or if she was like her mother. 

But the one thing they were all thinking about, is if he was the one involved in the shooting. They all heard from their parents that someone was gunned down at Melinda’s house the night after her eighteen birthday. They all suspected that the man she had mentioned showed up like he promised he would. But no one knew for sure if it was him or not. They also didn’t know who pulled the trigger, if it was Melinda or possibly Garret since he had stayed home from church. Or the mysterious young man that they heard some of their parents had seen with Melinda around town a few times and was staying in her house. Now they were wondering if William was this mysterious young man.

“Looks like all your fans are staring.” William said, making her giggle. “I wonder what they’ll do when I do this.”

“Do what?” Melinda said, looking up at him.

“This.” William said, leaning down and giving her a gentle kiss on her lips. There were multiple gasps, making him smile when he pulled back. “Gasping, very dramatic.” He chuckled as she smiled and shook her head. “I think today may be an interesting day for you, my love.”

“Good or bad is the question.” Melinda said.

“Well I’ll be sticking around in town.” William said. “So if something happens, just call me and I’ll come running to you my love.”

“Thank you.” Melinda said, smiling.

“Your welcome love.” William said, he leaned down and kissed her again, making them gasp again. He pulled back and chuckled. “More gasping. I wonder what would happen, if we were to make out and I use my tongue.” He grinned.

“Don’t you dare William Rollins.” Melinda said.

“Ohhh, now I’m in trouble.” William said, chuckling. “Don’t worry my love, our intimate moments are for us and us alone.” 

William kissed her again as the train pulled into the station. They pulled apart and looked over, waiting for the others to get on but no one moved. Finally Garret did and his friends followed after him. The girls however, were still staring at them and not moving. William decided to go around them and lead her to the steps. He took her hand and helped her up. He smirked to himself when he heard the girls say how sweet he was. How he was a gentleman unlike these other boys around here. He followed Melinda up to her usual spot as the girls finally started getting on the train. The girls took their spot near them so they could listen in and find out more about him.

Melinda laid her head on William’s chest as he put his arm around her shoulder. They were both looking out the window, admiring the view. The girls kept watching them, seeing how William and Melinda were acting with each other. How William held both of Melinda's hands and caressed them. How he would lean down and kiss the top of her head. How he would whisper something in her ear and she would laugh. When the train started slowly down, they saw how William was helping her out of her seat. They followed them down the steps, all talking about them and making comments about how William seemed like such a sweetheart. That was until one of Garret’s friends, Taylor, decided to start in on Melinda. 

“Oh look, the little tramp is taking after her whore of a mother.” Taylor said he started laughing as he walked past them and to the door. 

“William, don't.” Melinda said. Taylor turned around and William grabbed a hold of him. He slammed Taylor up against the wall with one hand and the other William pressed his forearm against his throat, making Taylor gasp for air. “William stop, he can’t breathe.”

“That’s the whole point, love,” William said, as he got into Taylor’s face. “Now you bloody twat, what did you call her? Hmm? A little tramp? Is that what you called my girl?” He pressed harder as he raised Taylor up on his toe tips. “Apologize to her now you fucken cunt or I’m throwing you off this bloody train.” 

“I’m.. sorry.” Taylor said as he started turning red. “I’m sorry.” 

“Let him go!” Garret yelled. William turned to Garret as he dropped Taylor on the floor. His other friends went to help Taylor up. “What is your problem?”

“My problem?” William said. “My problem is you bruv. You’ll protect that twat of a friend yours, when he’s the one that insults her. You should be protecting her. But of course, that's how it's always been, right? Your mum and your mates insult her and put their bloody hands on her. And all the while,” He stepped closer to Garret. “You stand there like a fucking twit doing nothing to protect her. But not me mate, not me. I’m not going to let anyone insult her or put their fucking hands on her ever again. So I suggest to you bruv,” He got into Garret’s face. “You keep your fucking mates in line, or I bloody will. And you know I’ll do it. You know exactly how far I would go to protect her. Or did you forget about the bloke I put six feet under just to keep her safe?”

“William come on,” Melinda said, she put her arm around him as the train came to a stop. “Babe, come on. Please, William let’s go.” 

“Alright my love,” William said, backing away and looking at Garret’s friends. “Any of you wankers insult her or put your hands on my girl again, it will be the last thing you guys ever fucking do, you understand me?” They all nodded their heads. He turned to the girls, who looked scared. “Ladies, apologies for the language and violence." They said it was okay as he turned to Melinda. “Let’s get you to school love.” He took her hand and helped off the train. As they walked the girls right behind them, listening in. “I’m sorry my little raven, things got out of hand. If I frighten you or anything, I am sorry for it.” He raised her hand up to his lips and kissed her hand. “I just don’t like how they think it’s okay to treat someone as beautiful and amazing as you are like that.”

“It’s okay.” Melinda said. “Thank you for sticking up for me.”

“You don’t have to thank me love, it’s my job to protect you.” William said, kissing her hand. “And I’ll always protect you.” He kissed her hand again. “If anyone gives you any more problems when I’m not around, you tell me ya?” She nodded her head. “Here, give me your bag love, you shouldn’t have to carry things when I’m around.” He took her bag from her and put it over his shoulder again. “How about when we get home, I’ll cook you dinner while you relax. How does that sound?”

“Sounds great.” Melinda said, he wrapped his arm around her. “Oh by the way,” She motioned him to come closer. He leaned down and she whispered in his ear “That boy, is Taylor, he’s Frank Miller’s son. 

“The bloke that wanted to give you to his son for his eighteenth birthday?” William whispered back. 

“Yeah, that’s him.” Melinda whispered back. “Taylor’s birthday is this weekend if I’m right. Along with his best friend Nate.”

“You don’t say?” William whispered and she nodded her head. “Frank is supposed to come over tonight to see your mum right?” She nodded her head and a grin formed on his face. “Now that’s interesting.” 

Few Minutes Later

“So this is your school love?” William said and she nodded her head. “Not very impressive. You know what school is?” He looked down at her and smiled. “Royal.” 

She giggled. “I had a feeling you were going to say that.” Melinda said, smiling. “I’ll see you after school babe.”

“I can come back for your lunch if you like love.” William said. 

“I have that meeting with my teachers and my counselor during lunch today.” Melinda said.

“Ah that’s right.” William said and he sighed.

“Plus I can’t leave the school grounds during lunch, remember?” Melinda said. “My mother never signed the paperwork to give me permission to leave during lunch.”

“I know love,” William said, smirking. “I was planning to sneak in.” He winked at her

“You're behaving badly." Melinda said smiling. “Very badly.”

“And who’s fault is that?” William said, smiling and then the bell rang. “Run along love. Like I said, I’ll be mosey around town just in case you need me.” He helped her put her backpack on. “I’ll see you after school my love.” He gave her a kiss and a hug. “Remember what I said, if anyone messes with you, let me know.”

“I will.” Melinda said, giving him a kiss. “Bye babe.”

“Bye love.” William said. She started walking when he called out to her. “And one more thing,” She turned around. “I love you my little raven.” They smile at each other. “Have a good day.”

He turned around and started walking off, heading into town. She turned back around and started heading to class, passing Adriana and with her group of her friends. She overheard Adriana and the others walking behind her as Adriana said she was going to talk to her. But Adriana’s friends told her to stay away from Melinda like their parents told them too. She told them that Melinda was actually a nice and sweet person, nothing like their parents said she was. Finally, Adriana ran up and stepped in front of Melinda, causing her to stop.

“Hey Melinda.” Adriana said, smiling

“Adriana.” Melinda said, nodding her head. “Can I help you with something?”

“Is he the one that sent you those flowers?” Adriana said and the other girls ran over to her side. “We were all wondering because, you know. You were getting them for a while and then they just stopped. We weren’t sure if he was the same guy.”

“Yeah, he’s the one that sent them.” Melinda said, nodding her head. “And he actually never stopped sending them, the flowers started getting sent to my house.” They all got excited. “I’m sure you're going to ask if he’s also the person I’ve been on the phone with.” They nodded their heads. “Yeah, he’s the one I’ve been talking to.” They got more excited. “Can we walk and talk about this? I don’t want to be late for class.”

“Oh yeah sure.” Adriana said and they started walking with her. “So, William, right?” Melinda nodded her head. “He’s British?”

“Yeah,” Melinda said, nodding her head. “He’s actually from England. He flew down here to visit me for my birthday and all that. He’s been down here since our winter break started.” 

“He flew down here just to see you?” Adraia said.

“That’s right.” Melinda said. “He’s going to be here till I leave for college. And yes, he’s the one staying at my house.” They all giggled. “Anything else?”

”We were also wondering uh….” Adriana said she hesitated a bit. “The comment William said to Garret, about the six feet under part.”

“You want to know if he was talking about that guy I mentioned at the train station that one day.” Melinda said and they all said yeah. “Yeah William was talking about that guy.” They all mumbled oh my god as they went into first period class, seeing it was just the students inside. “Looks like Mrs Bell is running late again.” She took a seat and the other girls sat near her. “You guys want to know what happened that night, right?”

“Yeah we do.” Adriana said. “If that’s alright.”

Melnda turn to the other classmates who were also looking. “You guys are all wanting to know what happened at my house with that shooting huh?” Melinda said, they either nodded or said yeah. “Alright, gather around the children and I’ll tell you the story.” They took seats around her and sat on the tables to listen. “Quick version or details?" The girls said details and the boys said a quick version. “Details it is.” The boys rolled their eyes. “As you guys know from my memorable dramatic outburst at the train station I had a while back,” They laugh a bit. “One of my mother’s customers threatened to kidnap me and you know.” They nodded their heads. “William, my boyfriend,” They oooo. “Yeah yeah.” She waved her hand. “Anyways, I told him what had happened. So when our winter break started he came down all the way from England to visit me and to keep me safe.” They all mumble. “I know right? Crazy. So on the night of my birthday and night after, he camped out by the front door all night but the guy didn’t show up. William said most likely the next day the guy was going to pop up. Since most of the neighbors were going to be gone to church, including Grace and Garret. So William decided since my wonderful bitch of a mother dipped out on my birthday weekend. Because why not when your daughter gets threats.” They chuckle weakly as they shake their heads. “William tells me we should play a recording of me singing in my room since that guy was drawn by it in the first place. And...”

“Wait, you sing?” Adriana said.

“Yeah,” Melinda said, nodding her head. “I sing and play the guitar.” 

“Sing something.” Adriana said.

“No, let her finish before Ms Bell shows up.” Alex said.

“Yeah.” John said.

“Okay go on.” Adriana said. 

“So while the audio plays in my room with the lights off and we were going to be with my mothers. Which, I felt like I needed to be in a biohazard outfit the moment I stepped into it.” Melinda said and they laughed. “So we are in there, with the lights on and.” Adriana started saying something when the others shushed her. “It’s so he would see shadows moving under the door.” They nodded their heads. “William was playing some adult noises on his laptop,” the boys laughed and the girls made the ew sound. “William did that so the guy would think my mother was home with a client. To see if that would make him back down if the guy thought there was another adult guy in the house. But as you know, it didn’t.” They nodded their heads.

“So we are in there waiting for him to show up. I was a nervous wreck. I was shaking, I wanted to throw up, and I was pacing back and forth. But William,” Melinda said. “Calm as can be. He’s just sitting in the chair, facing the door with the gun in his hand.” They started mumbling. “I swear, he didn’t budge the whole time. I don’t even think he was blinking, that’s how still he was. A couple hours go by, I’m climbing the walls in there and William is still sitting there, staring at the door. I was about to tell him we should just leave and get a hotel. And that’s when we hear it, footsteps coming up the stairs.” The girls huddle together and the boys move closer. “Then, we hear the music in my room get louder. William whispers, he’s in your room.” The girls gasp.

 “And just like how it’s in those slasher movies, all we hear is his slow and heavy footsteps as they get closer to my mother’s door. Then all of a sudden like that,” Melinda said, snapping her fingers. “They just stop.” They got chills. ”William whispers, go. I take off to the bathroom and as I’m locking it, I hear BAM!” She slammed her hands on the desk, making them all jump. “From him kicking the door open. Then I hear the guy yell, who the fuck are you? Where’s the girl and that bitch at? The noises from the laptops stop. Then I hear William reply back so casually, with no fear in his voice whatsoever. He says, I’m William, Melinda’s boyfriend. Are you the bloke that’s supposed to take her out to dinner and dessert back at your place? And the guy says, yeah I am. William just says, you're late bruv. Don’t you know it’s rude to keep a lady waiting? It seems like I need to teach you some manners. After he says that, there’s silence for a few seconds. Then I hear him take a couple of steps and I hear three loud, BOOM!” She throws her hand out towards Adriana, making her jump and scream, the others laugh. 

“Settle down guys.” Alex said, they started to calm down. “What happened after that?”

“After the shots, I can hear the guy stumbling around and knocking stuff over, then there was a loud thud.” Melinda said, she hit her fist into the palm of her hand. “Then it goes quiet again. I put my ear to the door and I hear BOOM!” She throws her hand out towards Adriana again. She jumped and screamed again, making the others laugh more. “That’s pretty much what happened. Afterwards William told me to come out and that the guy was dead. When I did, William just had a calm look on his face and he told me I’m safe now. I just lose my shit and I start crying, so he holds me and tries to help calm me down. By then I heard Garrett yelling my name as he came running inside. But I’m just too shook up to even respond to him. I could hear William and Garrett talking but it all sounded muffled to me at that point because of how overwhelmed I was by everything.” They nodded their heads. “William carried me downstairs and we waited for Russel to show up with a few officers.  They went inside to do their thing while me and William went to the station with Russell. It took a while to do the report and everything, then we stayed at Russell’s that night.”

“Did you see the body?” John said.

“No, William had Garret cover him up because he didn’t want me to see it.” Melinda said and she started taking out her phone. “But you know how on TV the officers just tape off the crime scene and leave everything there for a few days?” They nodded their heads. “I took these pictures when we got back to my house the next day.” She opened up her gallery and showed them. “See all the blood?” They all mumbled as they nodded their heads. “You can see the guy's hand prints right there when he tried to catch himself from falling.” She pointed at the bloody hand prints on the door frame. “William shot the guy three times in the chest and stomach.” She swiped to another picture. “This blood splatter is from when William shot him in the head. See how high it went up the wall? There were even a few splats on the ceiling.” They mumbled more and she put her phone away. “After they said they were done with the scene and we could clean it up, it was a bitch to. We ended up ripping that carpet out and repainted the walls a couple of times because of it. Still kinda pinkish in some spots.”

“Who was the guy?” Adriana said.

“No idea,” Melinda said, shaking her head. “He wasn’t one of my mother’s regulars. I asked Russell but wouldn’t tell me. I even asked my mother what his name was. She said he never gave her one but get this,” She leaned in closer, “He tells her you can call Master.” They mumble as she leaned back. “Yeah, guy was one of those Doms or whatever. My mother wasn’t going to take him on as a new client. But he offered her three times the amount and the heater needed to be replaced and we got told it would be 8,000 bucks to do that. So that’s why my mother accepted it. But when we were at the station, William overheard there was some truck driver that two counties over put out a BOLB for a few days ago. They were thinking he was the guy they were looking for because he fit the description.” 

“That’s so scary.” Adriana said.

“What’s so scary?” Mrs Bell said. They all jumped and went to their seats. “Melinda? Is everything okay?”

“Yeah,” Melinda said, nodding her head. “Peachy.”

After class ended, Melinda started heading to her next class. That’s when she overheard some of the students talking about what she said. But the comments from John and Alex were the ones that caught her off guard. They said they like how she was dramatic when she was telling the story and how she got into it. How she seemed like a pretty cool person to hang out with. Then they were talking about William and what he did on the train to Taylor. How it sucks he didn’t go school with them, that they could all hang out together. Melinda just shook her head and went into her next class.

By the time the first break was over, the school already heard about William. Everyone was talking about him coming down here for her and he was living with her. How he killed a guy to protect her and he was unphased by it. The guys were talking about how cool and a bad ass he had to be. The girls talked about how it seemed like he came out of some book. He had the looks, the British charm and was a gentleman. He was protective, tough, and fearless. But at the same time, he was sweet, caring, and tender towards Melinda. The news about Melinda and William spread like wildfire and by lunchtime, that fire reached the school staff.

“So, William.” Mr Davison said. 

“What about him?” Melinda said. 

“Well sweetie,” Ms Savilia said, leaning forward. “The school is in an uproar about him. His involvement in the shooting at your house and at the train station to Taylor Miller.”

Melinda let out a sigh as she put her head down. Her teachers and counselor all started talking about William. How his behavior wasn’t acceptable and was even concerning to them. How rumors of him being casual about taking someone’s life. How he got violent so fast when Taylor made a comment. How he was cussing and making threats. How he could easily do that to her if she got on his bad side. They were saying it was best she broke up with him and he went back to England. She let out another sigh as she raised her head back. She started shaking as her blood started to boil, she finally had enough.

“I don’t mean to cut you guys off, but may I speak freely?” Melinda said and they nodded their heads. “What the fuck?” Their eyes widened. “Like seriously, what in the actual fuck?” 

“Melinda.” Mr Davison said.

“I’m sorry sir, but really? Are you guys shitting me right now?” Melinda said. “You guys are trying to get onto me, me, about William’s so-call alarming behavior because he’s sticking up for me and protecting me. Really? That’s alarming behavior? Someone flying down from England to protect me from being kidnap and rape, is concering to you? Someone that stands up to a well known bully of mine that makes rude and sexual comments, and occasionally shoves me is concerning to you? But not Taylor’s behavior? Not any of the other bullies' behavior? Or the adults' behavior? None of them and their behavior towards me is concerning to you? It’s not alarming?”

“Sweetie,” Ms Salvia said, sighing. 

“You guys all my life story, right?” Melinda said and they nodded their heads. “But none of you have done anything about it. You guys all know I have bullies, you know what they say to me and do to me. But what do you guys do? You guys tell me to stay away from them. Me, as if I was the one that was causing the problems. I’m told to keep my head down.” She looked at Mr Davison. “I’m told to not make waves.” He looked down as she looked around at the others. “You guys all act like I’m the problem here. That William is the problem. We’re not the problem. It's everyone else that’s coming at me that’s the problem. You guys are the fucking problem.”

Davison put his head up to say something, when she waved him off. “You all know what my house situation is. But did any of you call CPS? Did any of you try to get me removed from that house? Did any of you bother to look into what you could have done for me?” Melinda said and they all stayed quiet. “You all know about my bullies, but did you speak with them? Did any of you write them up or gave them detention? Did you tell their parents? Did you try to get them removed from the school? Did any of you try to get the bullies to back off?” She looked around but still no one said anything. “You all knew about that guy wanting to kidnap me and rape. Did any of you do anything? Did any of you offer for me to stay with you for the weekend for my safety? Did any of you come to my house to keep a look out? Did any of you try to get officers posted at my place? Did any of you try to do anything to protect me?” They put their heads down. 

“You guys did nothing, because I am nothing more than a goddamn paycheck to you guys.” Melinda said and they looked back up. “You guys do what you are only paid to do, teach me and that’s it. You guys don’t go the extra mile to help me out. You don’t make the calls to CPS. You don’t make the calls to get those kids thrown out of here. You didn’t make the calls to get me protection from a man that wanted to kidnap me and rape me. All I got told was to be careful. Stay safe. You guys didn’t give a rat’s ass if something happened to me. Because it would be one less student to teach. You guys don’t get paid to give a shit about me or any of the students. You just like to act like you care because Russell said something to you guys, that’s it. Which, I’m sure he said something about William before you guys heard the gossip. Am I right?” They all looked at each other and back to her.

“That’s what I thought.” Melinda said, she stood up and got her backpack. “Let’s all stop pretending then. The school year is almost up so we don’t need to keep having these meetings to see how I’m doing. Because I know, you don’t give a shit and you guys know you don’t. And since my lunch break isn’t over yet, I’m going to call my boyfriend who actually gives a shit about me. As for your so-called advice to break up with him, not going to happen. William doesn’t just care about me, he actually loves me. Not only has he told me that but he's proved that by coming all the way down here to make sure I was going to be safe. And he proved it a hundred times over that night when he pulled that trigger. He did that for me, because he loves and cares for me. He was there when none of you were. So I suggest you all keep my boyfriend’s name out of your guys fucking goddamn mouths and fuck off.” 

She turned around and left the room before any of them could say anything. She was going to call William the moment she stepped out of the office, but the anger, the adrenaline rush she was feeling had her shaking. She wanted to cry and throw up all at the same time because she was overcome with emotions. Melinda always had a feeling they didn’t care about her, but she always hoped maybe they did. But when she called them out and they couldn’t say anything, it made it all too real. She really was nothing more than a paycheck, another student they were forced to teach to earn a living. Now, they were like the other people in her life, they were nothing to her. 

“There she is!” Saura yelled. “She’s going down the hallway!”

“Melinda!” Adriana yelled as they ran over to her. “Melinda wait!”

“I’m sorry Adriana, but I'm not in the mood to talk right now.” Melinda said. Adriana and Saura cut in front of her, making her stop. “Guys seriously.”

“Garret is looking for you.” Adriana said

“Why?” Melinda said.

“Garret overheard Taylor saying he was going to teach you a lesson.” Adriana said. “Danny and Matt heard the same thing in their classes.”

“Yeah,” Saura said, nodding her head. “Even Alex and John heard him say something when lunch started.”

“Hey!” Taylor yelled. They turned and saw him coming down the hallway. “There you are, you little tramp! Get ready because I'm going to teach you a fucking lesson!” 

The Voices Part 27

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