Hi. My name is Alexa, I'm 16 years old and I'm a junior in highschool. My parents divorced when I was only 4 years old, I lived with my dad because shortly after he divorced my mom, she died of depression. But now, my dad is a drug addict so I have to take care of myself. The school that I go to is called SHS (San Fransisco high school). I drive myself to school every morning. "Alexa! Wait up!" I turn around and I see my best friend Jaimie running after me with a smile on her face. "What's up?" I asked. "Guess what!!" She asked. "What?!" I said excitingly. "I heard that Nicholas likes you!!" She said slowing down because her locker was there. "Where did you hear that?" I asked her, stopping at my locker next to hers. "His best friend, Isaiah slash my boyfriend." "Oh, well he's going to have to ask me out himself." I shut my locker and walked off. "Wait!" I turned around again. "Yeah?" She pointed at Nicholas, who was walking towards me. "Hey, Alexa." He looked at me. I looked at my phone. "Oh hey Nick." I said. "Um, I was wondering if you wanted to go see a movie, at my house later?" "Oh um sure, what time?" I asked. "Is 5 good?" "Yeah, are you picking me up?" I picked up my books. "Yeah." He smiles at me. I smile back, the bell rings. "Oh my god what happened tell me everything!" Jaimie came running. "Well I'm going to his house at 5." I said as I walk to biology. "Ooooo Alexa!" "Whatever, see you later." I said. I walked into biology and sat in my seat. "Mrs.Perez, want to explain to the class why you're late?" Ms.Kilby said. "Oh, I'm- I-" "It was my fault Ms.Kilby. I'm sorry." Nicholas said. "Oh, well you have a detention." She said. "Ms.Kilby that's not fair!" I said. "Fine. You both have detention." She yelled. I looked at Nick and he grinned. "Asshole." I whispered. "Hey! No talking Alexa. Do you want another detention?" "Sorry Ms. Kilby." After biology class it was time for detention. "Are we still on for tonight?" Nicholas whispered. "Yep. Now shush or we're going to get another detention." After detention I just went home with him and we hung out for a while. He seemed really nice. It was like 8 o'clock and we were still talking. "So I have a question." He said. "I might have an answer." "When was your last boyfriend?" He asked. "10th grade." A couple hours later, it was already 11 pm. He had asked me if I wanted to stay the night, I accepted. We were laying in his King sized bed. I felt like a queen because I only had a twin sized. *ring ring* it was Jaimie calling me. "Sorry I have to take this." I go outside the room and shut the door. "Hello?" "Alexa! Where are you?" She said in a quiet voice. "I'm at Nicks house?" I say confused. "Can you come over my house please? It's an emergency." I hang up. "I'm sorry Nick, I have to go." I said. "Oh okay maybe we can plan for tomorrow again?" He asked. "Yeah. Sounds great. Text me." I grab my coat and shoes and walk to Jaimie's house. It wasn't that far of a walk from his house. I knocked on the door and Jaimie's mom answers. "Hi Alexa! Jaimie is upstairs." "Thanks." I rush upstairs into her room to see her crying. "Jaimie?" I said touching her shoulder. "Alexa." I sat on her grandmothers bed across from where she was sitting. "What happened?!" "Isaiah dumped me for another girl!" She said getting another tissue. "Jaimie you don't deserve a guy like that he's an asshole for doing that." I said. "You're right Alexa. Thanks." "No problem." I said. "How was Nick?" She asked. "He was good he invited me to stay the night." I said. "Tonight?" She asked. "Yeah but it's okay he invited me over tomorrow." I said, sitting next to her. "Sleep over my house tonight and I'll drop you off at his in the morning." She said. "Is it okay with your mom?" I was only making sure. "Mom!! Alexa is sleeping over tonight." She yelled downstairs. "Okay." Josie replied. "Thanks Josie." I said. It was 1 in the morning and we were talking about boys and listening to Chris Brown and Drake. I fell asleep at 4 and she did too. The next morning it was 11:00 am and I was getting ready to go to Nick's house. I put my ripped jeans on, a blue striped shirt, and my white adidas. Oh, and my hat that says baby girl on it. I got in Jaimie's car and we drove to Nick's house. We arrived at his house and Jaimie wanted to give him the "I'll kill you if" talk. So she did and it was funny. When she left it was just me and him. "Hi." I said. "Hey, what do you want to do?" "Let's... Hmm, I don't know what do you want to do?" I asked him nicely. "Letssssss cuddle!" He said with a grin. I didn't know what I was getting myself into so I said yes. I laid in his king sized bed and he turned on the tv and shut off the light. He held me in his muscular arms and pulled me closer to him. I turned my head towards him and he kissed my lips, and I knew I just knew, he meant it. He loves me. There's just a part of me that wants him so badly. He began to hold my hips and give me hickeys. I let out a soft moan. He continues to give me hickeys as he starts to take off my shirt. "Woah woah wait. What are you doing?" I said. I grabbed his hand to make him stop. "Alexa, I thought we had something." He said. "We do, but I'm not ready for this yet." I said uncomfortably. I put my shirt down. "I'm sorry." I said. "It's alright." He said awkwardly. "Um, I should go. My um dad probably needs me. Text me though. " I hugged him and got my shoes on and left. I walked back to Jaimie's house and asked her for a ride home. "What happened? I thought you were spending the night." She said as she stopped at a red light. "He- was taking off my shirt and I got uncomfortable. So I left." "Ohhh. I'm sorry Alexa." She pulled into my driveway and I gave her a hug and said thank you. "Bye see you tomorrow." I said. I closed the car door and went into my house. "Hi daddy." I said. He had a bottle of whiskey in his hand. "Wheeeereee were youu?" He asked. "I was at Jaimie's, remember I told you I was going to her house?" I said. "No. You fucking dumb ass. Go to your fucking room right now." He threw the remote at me. I went to my room and began to cry. Why did it have to be like this? Why does he have to be an addict. I touched my cheek and wiped the tears away. I just went to sleep. The next day was Monday so I got ready for school. It was 7:20. I texted Jaimie so she can pick me up from my house. She came. We drove to school. It was a weirdly silent ride. We arrived at school. "Talk to me. What's wrong?" I said as I walked into the school. "I didn't want to tell you this because you're with Nick. Mason likes you." Jaimie blurted out. "Mason Charmant?" I asked. "Yes. The Mason Charmant." But don't tell him I told you I wasn't supposed to tell." Now I'm screwed. The two hottest and smartest guys in highschool likes me. I see Mason walking towards me with a grin on his face. There's a difference between Mason and Nick; Nick is an asshole and Mason is the sweetest thing. "Hey Alexa, so finals are coming up and I was wondering if you wanted to study with me?" He looked at me as I looked into his bright hazel eyes. "Yeah um what time?" I asked. "Tonight at 6? I'll pick you up." He was the sweetest thing. "Alright. See you soon." I smiled at him. I see Nick coming my way now. "Alexa, wait up!" He yelled. "Wanna hang out tonight?" He asked demandingly. "Can't. I have plans." I said as I got my books out of my locker. "With who? Your grandmother?" See what I mean by him being an ass. "No. With Mason. We're studying." I saw the jealousy in his eyes. "Ah. Mason Charmant." He said. Anger filled his eyes. "Something wrong, Nick?" I asked as I closed my locker. "Nope. Everything's fine here. See you later Alexa." That was weird. I mean we're not together. He shouldn't be offended by anything. Mason and I are only studying. And he seems like a nice guy. After school I went to my locker and found a note sticking out of it. Meet me outside the school asap. x Nick. I went outside curiously. Nick was waiting there and he looked mad. I went down the stairs. "What happened?" I asked. I was shocked. He... Punched me. Just like that he punched me. "You are not to hang out with Mason tonight do you understand me?" I was in shock. He punched me. I didn't say anything. I was breathing heavily. "Hm?" He stood in victory. "N-Nick what happened? We aren't together so you shouldn't care." I said. My cheeks got red as I got filled with anger. "If you tell anyone I hit you I will hit you again." He walked away. I began to cry. Like I didn't have enough to deal with? I began to cry. Jaimie comes out of the door and looks at me. "Alexa? What happened?!" She asked. "Nick he- punched me." I was still in shock. She helped me up. "Nick did this to you?! That bastard! I'll punch him." She began to walk towards him but I grabbed her shirt to tell her to stop. "He told me not to tell anyone that he hit me and if I did he'd hit me again." I felt my cheek and flinched because it hurt so fucking much. "I'll just say I saw him. Because I saw you in the floor, it's not a compete lie. I'm still a good person." She walked towards Nick. I just let her go. "Hey Nick, you punched my best friend? Want to see how it felt?" She punched his arm. He slammed into the locker. "Punch her again and I'll stab you." He looked like he understood. She went back next to me. "You okay?" She asked. "Yeah I'm fine. Mason asked me to study with him at 6 but Nick told me not to." I said. "Go. I'll take care of Nick if he does anything." She said. "Can I get a ride home?" I asked her softly. "Yea hop in the car." "Tell me exactly what happened with Nick." She said. "I went to my locker and there was a note from Nick saying meet me outside so I went, he looked mad when I got there and I asked him what happened and he just punched me and said you're not going to Mason's house tonight." I said quickly because I didn't want to talk about it. We arrived at my house. "Thanks for the ride. Text me." I said. I opened the door to my house. "Hi daddy." I said. "Hi Alexa." I was in shock. He wasn't drinking anything. He wasn't drunk. I was so happy. He's himself again. "Dad?" I was making sure this was real. "Yeah." I ran up to him and examined his face. It was full of color. It was real. I cried tears of joy. I hugged him. He didn't even smell like alcohol. "I found a new lady." My dad said. "Her name is Maria, she's beautiful. I want to be myself in front of her, not me with alcohol in my system." I was so proud of him. He found a lady, and he's trying he's best not to have alcohol. "I'm so proud of you." I said. He looked at my face. "I'm sorry for all of the things I did to you." He looked honest. He was being honest. "Did somebody punch you?!" He asked. "Yeah but it's good, Jaimie handled it." I said. "I feel like.. *ding dong*" "SHES HERE. GET OUT ILL CALL YOU WHEN YOU CAN MEET HER." I ran to my room with a big smile on my face. I texted Mason. Hi! I'm so excited for tonight! Text me when you're on you're way. x Alexa. I got dressed. I put sweats on and my pink sweatshirt. And some Nike shoes. beep beep. It was a text from Mason. Yeh. Me too, I came a little early, can I come say hi to your dad? I texted back. Come through the side door. I'll let you in. I walked to the side door and let Mason in. I walked him over to where my dad was. "Daddy? Can I introduce you to someone?" I asked. "Yeh bring him in." He gestured his hand. "This Mason, Mason this is my dad." Mason went to shake his hand. "Nice to meet you, sir." He was so polite, I let out a little chuckle. Thank god nobody heard me. After 20 minutes of them talking, i had to interrupt them. "Mason and I should get going, we have to study for finals." "See you soon, son." I was so happy they got along. I mean it's not like my boyfriend, but he's still my friend. "Bye dad, I love you. Bye Maria." "Bye Alexa love you too." I went out through the side door. I went down the stairs and went into his car. "I'm uh sorry for the smell in there and everything." I was embarrassed, it smelt like pure alcohol. "No no it's fine." It was silent the rest of the car ride. I was too embarrassed to talk, and he was too shy to talk. We finally arrived at his house and I quickly got out of the car and headed to the door. He got his key and unlocked the front door. I went inside and his brother and sister were in there. They were 7 years old. "Mason, you're home!" They both looked at me. "Moooooommm Mason brought home a giirrll." His mom came out and smiled at me. "Hi dear, what's your name." She asked. "My name is Alexa." I said. "Beautiful name." She said. "Thank you, Mrs.Charmant." I answered. "No, dear please, call me Aurora." "Mom did you take your medicine while I was gone?" Mason seemed to be very caring of his mother. I can tell she was fragile. "Yes yes. Now go on study with Alexa." "Let's go." I followed him to his very organized room. "Is your mom okay?" I asked. "Yeah. She has cancer." He looked down in sadness. I knew it was hard for him to say, but Mason knew I cared. "I'm so sorry. I hope she gets better soon." He looked at me and shed a tear. "Me too." I didn't know what to say. I'm not good with emotional things like that. "Okay, shall we study?" He said as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "Hey, it's okay Mason. She's gonna fight it." I looked him in the eyes. I didn't realize how close I was to him. "We should um get to studying." I said. "Yeah." He agreed. After studying for 2 hours we decided to take a break. "Want to order pizza?" He asked. "Sure." I said. I sat on the couch in the living room where his brother and sister were sitting. "I'll be right back." He got up and went to the bathroom. "He must really like her, he never orders pizza for anyone." His brother whispered into his sisters ear. I put my phone down. "So what's your name?" I asked his brother. "Daniel." He said. I looked at his sister. "Hi. I'm Danielle." She said. "Are you guys twins?" I asked. "Yes." They both said. "That's cool." I said. "Did they cause trouble while I was gone?" He sat down next to me. "Nope, all good." I crossed my legs. "He never sits next to anyone either. He always sits in his chair over there." Daniel pointed at the chair in the corner. I looked over there, then I looked at them and smiled. I saw Mason looking at them, too. "Oh, no! They're on to us! Ruuuuunnnn!!" Daniel said. "Bye Alexa it was nice meeting you." Danielle said. "Bye, you too sweetie." I laughed. "Lovely siblings you have." I said "What did Daniel say while I was gone?" He asked with a grin on his face. "He said that you never buy pizza for anyone and you like me." I couldn't help but laugh. "So, what if I did like you?" He asked. "Can I tell you something?" I asked. "What?" "Before I came home, after school, Nick punched me because he didn't want me to go to your house. But I did anyways. Because I like you." He looked at my cheek and touched it softly. I flinched. "He punched you?" He got up with concern and got an ice pack. I put it on my cheek and explained everything to him. From the date, to the moment when he punched me. By the time I was done it was like 10 pm. He dropped me off at home and I had a feeling someone was watching me or following me. I turned around. It was him. I scream and try to run, but he covered my mouth before anything came out. He grabbed me and put me in a trunk. He knocked me out.
