Sweet and Simple

Prologue

"What are you doing?! Get off me!" I yelped. "No can do bitch" Melanie said, "C'mon girls hurry up, we have class in 20 minutes and we don't want anyone to catch us". Melanie's cronies quickened their pace and giggled. "Where are you taking me?!" I yelped again. "The janitors closet". I gulped. I hate Melanie so much, I'm claustrophobic so me in a janitors closet meant bad news. They reached the janitors closet and threw me in. One of Melanie's cronies quickly tied me up and gagged me so I wouldn't be able to call for help. They shut the door and I heard the sound of the door locking. Oh shit.

***Few hours later***

"Is she alive?" I heard a crony say. "Of course she's alive" Melanie said but she sounded uncertain. They unlocked the door and found me huddling in a corner, eyes closed, trying my hardest to calm down. They took the gag out of my mouth and untied me. "See, alive" Melanie reassured her look a likes. "But not for long" She stated,"Hey bitch, did you hear about the storm that's coming? I did, and it's gonna be awesome. For us anyways. Not for you." Melanie lifted one of her high heeled shoes and kicked my head.

***Few hours later...when she woke up***  

I woke up to icy cold water dripping down my head, the taste of blood in my mouth and thunder booming. My hands were tied to the rugby posts on the field but it didn't need a genius to know that I was bleeding and that at least something was broken. Melanie showed up again, an evil grin on her face. She was holding something in her hand but I couldn't tell what. She lifted it so I could read it. Bleach. She opened the bleach and forced open my mouth and made me drink the bleach. I felt sick to my stomach. "Why...why are you doing this to me?" I asked feebly. 

"Because you don't deserve to live" She answered, laughing. She walked away pouring out the rest of the bleach onto the grass and chucking the empty bottle in the bin. I shivered in the cold. Lightning struck. And I slipped into darkness.

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"Doctor!! She's waking up!" I heard my dads voice. "Dad" I tried to say. "Yes sweetie?". I tried to open my eyes and the light above me glared brightly,  "What happened?" I asked, shivering even though lots of blankets were on the bed. "We don't know exactly hun, all we know is that someone found you unconscious and tied to the rugby post" My dad explained. Then it came back to me.

 Melanie. "We've arranged for you to have a counselor, so you can talk about what happened, his name is Doctor Tom and will hopefully help you" My dad said, "If you want to talk to me or your mother, just say 'Mom, Dad, I want to talk' and we'll be there to listen, ok?" My dad reassured me.

 Wait..."Dad, where is mom?" I asked, unhappy that she wasn't here to see me, to look after me. "Where is she?! Where's my baby girl!?" I heard shouts from the corridor. "Ohhhh my baby girl, what happened darling?!" My mom asked, tears forming in her eyes. "I'll tell you when I can mommy, where's Jackie?" I told my mom. "Jackie's still in school, she's finishing soon" Mom answered. I nodded. "Are you the Sanders family?" A new voice said.

 I looked around, my eyes landed on a doctor, who was looking down at her clipboard. She looked up. "Danielle should be OK to go, we've pumped her stomach so no bleach was left, she'll be OK but I would recommend her staying at home for at least 3 weeks" I looked at the doctors name tag, Doctor Nadia, said. My moms eyes grew so wide I thought they'd pop out of her sockets. "HER STOMACH WAS PUMPED!? SHE DRANK BLEACH?!?" My mother yelled, tears streaming down her face.

"Mom...." I said quietly, "Calm down..Please". My mom looked at me and saw that I wanted to go home. "If you have nothing else to tell us, we shall be going" My dad said, looking at my mom wearily. "C'mon hunny, lets get you into some real clothes and get you outta here" My dad said. I nodded.

***2 weeks later***

"Hunny?" I heard my mom call from the living room. "Yeah?" I asked. "Come here please, your father and I have something to tell you". I sighed. "Ok, be right there". I get out of my cosy bed and wandered into the living room. "Yes?"

"Ok, so your father and I have been talking" My mom paused. "Yeah...?" I gestured for her to go on. "Well...we've decided to move" My mom announced, "To New Zealand". NEW ZEALAND?! THAT'S SO FAR!!! Oh well. "Awesome" I grinned, my little sister beamed as well. "It was all my idea Dani!" Jackie said. "Great idea Jackie" I praised my little sibling child. "When do we move?" I asked. "Next week" My dad said. I grinned at him. "Sweet".