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I open my eyes to a white ceiling.

Just another school day.

Jumping out of bed I make my way to the shower. Turning on the cold water, I let it soak me.

It's winter right now but I like cold showers. They wake me up.

After taking a shower I clean my teeth and wash my face.

Walking to my mirror I grab black eyeliner and put it on my eyes. I hate winged eyeliner so I simply draw it across my eye lid and also my waterline.

I walk to my medium sized closet and pick out a black tank top and my black skinny jeans. I then put a black jacket on top.

I leave my hair out which is dip dyed red. I then grab my black lip ring and put it through my bottom lip.

Perfect.

I walk down the stairs and peep in through the kitchen.

My aunt is still sleeping. Good.

I grab my school bag and put on my black converse.

Grabbing my house keys I walk out the front door.

I check the time. It's 7am. I've got an hour.

Usually I leave the house really early so I don't have to deal with my aunt scolding me everyday. And it takes me half an hour to get to school. And then I just sit in the library until roll call starts.

I plug in my headphones to my phone and listen to music on full blast.

I walk down the footpath as Black Parade by My Chemical Romance plays.

One of my favourite songs.

I turn left and start to cross the road to get to the other side.

Suddenly a black car comes speeding to my left and I quickly stop.

The driver puts his foot down on the break, making the tyres screech.

My heart starts to pound as I stand there looking at the floor.

I almost died.

Why didn't I let the car hit me?

"Hey watch it next time." the guy pops his head out.

I look up to see two men in the car giving me angry looks.

I then decide to stand up to them, "Why don't you control your speed limit?"

"Ohh, this one's feisty." the one with blond hair says.

"Yeah I agree." the other one says.

"Reckon we could mess with her?" Blondie says.

My eyes widen. I take that as a queue to leave.

I quickly bolt across the road to the other end and continue running for a few minutes.

I look back. I have lost them.

I continue to walk. I have about ten or fifteen minutes until I get to school.
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I've been walking for ten minutes. I'm almost at school.

I put away my headphones and continue to walk.

Two strong hands clasp my shoulders and suddenly I'm being picked up.

I scream trying to break free from their hold.

One of their palms smack over my mouth making it impossible to scream.

Darn it! Why does this neighbourhood have to be so isolated?!

My back hits a wall and I open my eyes.

There stands Blondie. His hand over my mouth, his other hand holding my arm tightly and his left leg squeezing my right leg against the wall.

The other dude is also holding my other arm and squeezing down my left leg.

Why did I even talk to them in the first place? I could have just said yes and walked away. But no, I just had to say something back.

They must have found me.

"Hey pretty girl. Remember us?" the other dude asks with a smirk plastered into his face.

Blondie takes his hand off my mouth,"I would love to see how that lip ring feels." he says inching his face closer to mine.

He looks down at my lips for a brief moment before sliding his hand up my thigh slowly.

I close my eyes tightly. Why?

He looks into my eyes and says, "If you scream I swear I'll kill you."

"I'd rather be dead." I whisper.

He ignores me and then slowly brings his tongue out.

My teary eyes widen in shock. No.

His tongue grazes my bottom lip and then he pulls away.

"You're sick!" I spit out.

He just smirks. Smirks? He's smirking!

"Let me have a turn." the other guy says, coming closer.

"I think she's had enough." a different voice calls out.

The two men turn their head to the other person.

And in a blink of an eye both men are on the floor clutching their stomachs.

I look up to see Jacob Alexander. The school's bad boy.