It just took two seconds.

My once dried clothes were drenched, my tendrils dripped down the splotches of water that came down on me from the locked bathroom. I had to remind myself that this would be all over soon enough to get away from Ava Winston. I was used to Ava bullying me, I tried to unlock the door but to no avail.

“Ava, open the door,” I yelled out in exhaustion, the saggy feel on my skin irritated me further. “Why are you doing this now?”

“You seduced my boyfriend and that is the least I can do as your punishment. You’re lucky that I didn’t do more than that.” Ava retaliated as my head leaned on the toilet door. I was trapped with no chances of anyone saving me. The bathroom was empty, it just had me and my bully.

“I didn’t seduce your boyfriend; I don’t even want Noah and you know that.” I boldly confronted the girl that stood from the other side of the toilet door.

Ava got everything she wanted. From her gorgeous looks and her stunning fashion style, all arrows pointed to the fact that she was the senator’s precious daughter, she was also Noah’s future fiancée and it seemed to make sense that she was the captain of the school cheerleading team since she was stuck to the hip with Noah, which was the school’s captain of the rugby team, not only that, but he also has excellent grades, extraordinary talent along with his athletic ability that highlighted his toned figure.

“Listen, bitch, this is your last warning. I will make sure you get suspended if you so much blink in Noah’s way.” She protested, I banged the door with my fist, wanting to get out of the squared cubicle.

“Ava, open this door right now, I hate Noah and he is your soon-to-be fiancé, why would I want anything from him?” my sneakers squeaked from the water when I tried to step back from the door. I hated the way she bullied me for something that wasn’t my fault, she was obsessed with Noah and had to brutally show her threat by locking me inside.

All because of Noah. She went too far this time.

“For someone as retarded as you are, you’re right. Noah is mine, I will make your life hell if you try to make any move. I don’t have to repeat who I am for you to get the message loud and clear.” Ava had a vicious tone to her nasal-like voice, before I heard her heels clacked against the tiled floor.

“No, come back here.” I screamed once more as the sleeves that covered my arms flopped against my skin when I attempted to knock the door open. It was useless, I had only one option left.

I had to text Mia, my only best friend. I fished out my phone from my back pocket, I exhaled when it was dry.

I would have been stuck here all day if the phone didn’t work from the water. I pushed away the sticky hair on both of my reddened cheeks, my body was shivering like crazy, and I had to take deep breaths to stop my frantic heartbeat.

‘Hey. I am stuck in the bathroom near our class. Can you come and help me please?’

I sent it, my eyes looking up at the dimmed lights of the cubicle, I was entrapped with tolerance that I had no idea existed in me, I wished Mia could see the message, the ache in my stomach intensified due to the coldness in my body, my bones rattled when I sat down against the toilet door waiting for someone to reach out.

I was in a dire need for something hot to soothe my tensed muscles. As I clutched both of my knees and placed them against my forehead, chanting calm mantras to console myself out of this misery, my phone was on vibration mode in case I got a text from Mia.

My mind whirled around Ava and Noah, how they were the meanest to me when I did nothing hurtful to them. It was how life worked; the more I got bullied, the more it made me learn how to fight back.

The strong confrontation with Ava proved my theory right. I was going to be stuck with bullies until I graduated.

I desperately opened my phone, but there were no text messages and I started to hyperventilate at the thoughts of staying inside this tight cubicle. My phone was still in my hold as I leaned my back on the door with my legs spread out on both sides of the toilet seat.

Please, God, take me out of this.

I closed my eyes to pray as my chapped, frail hands clasped around my phone perched on my lap. I didn’t want to be alone with my racing thoughts, I fluttered my eyes open as I bit down on my molars to force myself not to think about anything.

‘Mia. SOS.’ I sent again, the signal wearing off, as did my battery. It felt like I was on some survivors show when my chest heaved up and down, my hair frizzed out from the water, my hands paler than before and my legs were shaking violently like a fish out of the water.

Footsteps approached and I immediately got up, pounding the door loud enough for the person to hear. I was elated that someone finally came after an excruciating half an hour of fatal imaginations.

Maybe Mia wanted to surprise me. It was the first thought that popped into my mind, my lips turned up on the corners of my mouth when the door got unlocked, and all my irrational worries faded away.

I was finally free, and I was able to breathe again. I wanted to thank Mia, but I acknowledged that the individual standing in front of me was not Mia, I wiped the remaining water to clear my vision.

Only to see that it was Noah Campbell.