Chapter Seven

I avoided Christen as much as I could.

I stayed in my room for the whole night, not wanting to face him. My wrist had started to go a purplish brown colour, the fingerprints from his grip clearly visible. I touched my wrist and winced.

I was getting ready for school, purposely wearing one of my bigger jumpers to hide my wrist. I don't need people questioning why I have a bruised wrist. It would only add to the gossip, which I definitely don't need right now.

I skipped quickly through the house, not even eating breakfast before I was out the door. I sighed deeply and walked to the bus stop.

After I got off the bus at school, I saw Veronica and her friends glaring at me from their car. Obviously, she still hadn't gotten over the fact that I may or may not have thrown a fish at her.

I internally shrugged. She deserved it. She probably deserves a thousand times worse if she does that to people on a regular basis.

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After school, I really didn't want to go home to face Christen. I decided that I could, purposely, miss the bus today. Maybe go to a cafe or something and relax there for a bit. I could think up an excuse for Christen later.

I just walked down the street from the school, looking for a place where I could hang out for a while. I saw little cafe's and shops around but I didn't really feel like eating anything yet. I just kept walking, making sure that I had Google Maps so that I could walk home.

I found myself in a park. Children were playing on the playground, laughing and running around while the parents chatted on the park benches.

I spent most of my childhood in hospitals. I wish I could've had fun like these kids do, not having a care in the world about anything except for what was happening right then and there.

I smiled at them and kept walking.

I didn't realise how long I had been walking for, but it was starting to get dark. I had just walked around the park, admiring the lake and the plant life that surrounded it and the park. People had started to leave since it was getting late.

When the playground was empty, I sat down on the swings, just listening to the sounds of the cars driving past and the birds calling in the trees.

I then noticed voices in the distance, I squinted my eyes to see who it was. All the way across the park were four figures that looked vaguely familiar.

You've got to be kidding me.

A/N: Long chapter this time. Wooo. Vote and comment pleaseee.