You Belong To Me

8

It's the weekend.

I decided school was the last place I wanted to be so I ditched for the rest of the week. I told my Mom I had food poisoning from the fancy restaurant Ripper took me to.

I hadn't slept properly since that night. I saw an innocent boy get shot, right in the head- all because of me.

Every time I close my eyes Zack's murder replayed over and over again in my head. The look on his face will be etched into my brain forever.

After I had passed out in Rippers arms he took me home and told my Mom I had a bad reaction to my meal. She of course believed him and asked him to carry me into my room and set me in bed.

The next day when I woke up, I ran straight to the toilet and vomited whatever substance I had in my system. I went straight back to bed and that's where I stayed until the weekend.

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Hailey and Sophia had sent me many texts asking where I was and what happened on my dinner date but all I managed to respond with was a simple, I'm okay.

That may have been the biggest lie I had ever told.

My mother had gone away on some girl's weekend with her friends and I was glad. I didn't need her asking questions about anything especially questions I didn't have an answer to.

I decided to actually leave my bed today and go in search of some food, the kitchen was stocked with weekend necessities so I decided to just throw a pizza in the oven. Not much longer the pizza was finished and I sat on the couch starring at the blank TV screen.

I took a bite of the pizza and I couldn't even swallow the cheesy goodness, my throat was dry and I felt as though I was swallowing coal.

There was a loud knock on the door making me jump out of my skin. Slowly I went over to open the door and my two best friends were standing there with what looked like, popcorn, a few DVD's and a big bottle of vodka.

I burst into tears at the sight of them and they quickly rushed in and embraced me. I didn't realise how much I still needed to cry until I sat on my sofa holding the hands of my best friends crying for what seemed like an eternity.

"Anna you're scaring me know, please just tell us what's wrong we haven't seen you for days and frankly you look a mess, what's going on?" Hailey looked at me with worried eyes and I could tell by Sophia's face she shared the same concern.

I tried to control my breathing as a few whimpers still slipped through, "It's Ripper guys h- he's a monster. I don't think he's ever going to leave me alone."

"What did he do to you? He better not have put his hands on you Annabella or so help me God!" Sophia's face went from worried to pure rage in less than a second.

I couldn't keep what had happened to Zack to myself for much longer so I took a deep breath and spilled all to the two faces in front of me.

They were silent for a long time, taking in everything that had happened from that night.

"We need to call the police" Sophia said quietly, so quiet I hardly heard her.

"We can't call the police like I said before there's nothing we can do to stop this guy so it looks like I'm actually trapped." I gave a small laugh and more tears managed to escape.

Hailey got up and went into the kitchen leaving Sophia and I for a few seconds.

"I'm so so sorry this has all happened to you Anna, this is all my fault. If I never took us for those stupid milkshakes none of this would have happened." I gave her a slight smile and an even bigger hug. "None of this is your fault okay so please don't blame yourself ... smelly."