Both me and Zane sit inside of the headmistresses office in silence. Austin would have been in here with us...but uh...Zane knocked him out so he isn't conscious right now. Honestly had a wonderful time watching that fight. The headmistress went out to check on him for a bit.

This is kinda awkward. I clear my throat before speaking which gets his attention on me. "I...I'm sorry..." I take in a deep breath.

"I should have given you a chance instead of putting your past actions onto you...against you actually...I shouldn't have let them interfere with the present..." I can't bear to look at him. I know if I look at him I'll probably cry so I just look straight forward at the bookshelf the headmistress has in her office.

He simply nods at me. He doesn't talk for a bit. It starts to scare me a bit honestly. I hate this silence but it's welly deserved. He's just look ahead as if he's thinking on what he wants to say.

Just as Zane was about to say something headmistress comes into the office. She comes in sound frustrated and shuts the door hard behind her. She makes her way to her chair and sits down rubbing her forehead.

"Zane you're lucky Austin is mildly okay he just has a broken nose, he can press charges on you!" Headmistress black yells at him. Zane scuffs.

"I would've broken more than just his nose if you hadn't interrupted us"

I believe him on that he seemed really angry when he was fighting Austin.

She looks up to see me now. I gulp...I don't know why I'm nervous if I didn't do anything wrong. No...I am nervous because I'm going to tell them the truth about Austin. They need to know if I want to fix things and make them right.

"I need you to leave now Carmen. I know I called you in here but I need to speak to Zane alone," she calmly tells me.

"Yes but-." I barley manage out before she stops me.

"Please leave this office I'll call you in if you're needed okay?" She tells me.

"I really need to say something though-." I don't get to finish my sentence.

"Carmen. Leave now I don't want to punish you," she tells me sternly. I look down biting the inside of my lip. "Yes I understand..." I say quietly and stand up walking to the door. I hold the door knob for a few seconds and the turn it making the door open for me.

"You're excused from class today" I hear her say before I walk out the office and the door shuts behind me softly making a click noise once it's fully closed. I sigh frustrated and make my way to the garden section in the school campus.

I don't want to go back to my dorm. I don't feel safe in there especially alone. I find a bench to sit at and go to sit there alone. Everyone is in their classes so the garden is empty. Austin doesn't know about this garden because I never showed him it so I'm pretty safe here.

I don't have my phone in me since Austin never gave it back to me. I lay down on the wooden bench and look up at the sky watching the clouds slowly move across the sky.

Just as I was about to actually say something I get shut down. Why didn't I just yell it...I should've just yelled it would've gotten my point across.

As I watch the clouds my eyes start to feel heavy. I haven't slept in a couple days and I think I feel safe enough to sleep here. I let my eyes close and fall asleep...

Argh...my back hurts. I get up slowly seeing the is slowly setting. How long was I asleep out here for? I rub my eyes and yawn. At least I got some sleep in...it was a bit comfortable but it's still sleep.

Wait...if the sun is setting...it must be really late...I hate not having my phone. I stand up and grab my bag putting it over my shoulder. I walk out of the garden and head to the littles dormitory.

I get to my dorm room and shakily open the door. I'm scared he's gonna be in here. I take in a deep breath hoping he's not in here. As I walk in I don't see him anywhere. I let out a sigh of relief and put my bag down and walk to my room.

I lock my bedroom door and take my uniform off. I quickly put on some sweats and a t shirt. I open my door and walk to the living room.

If I were Austin where would I hide a phone...I look around the living area first moving this around. It's not here...maybe in the bathroom? I look for it in there but it's not there. I go back to the living room and my eyes widen

Austin is standing there with an angry expression. He nose looks all bruised up. I just stare at him and blink.

"Looking for this?" He says taunting my phone at me. "Princess how many times do I need to say you don't need this...you have me...I'm i not enough for you!" He practically yells the last part at me. I kinda wince a little.

"Oh I know...you're trying to call Zane aren't you! You're trying to be his whore again..." he scuffs at me and throws the phone at the wall. I freeze up not knowing what to do. I kinda wanna cry right now.

"HUH? Is that it?" He tells me shoving me to the ground. I look away from him but he grabs my hair and forces me to look at him. "Look at me when I'm fucking speaking to you!" He tell me scolding me.

"Because of you I got this broken nose. Because of you I got fucking hurt! All of this...all these bad things happening is because of you!" He says throwing to the floor. Ow...

I try to get up but he kicks me to the ground. He laughs...he laughs at me, "you're so pathetic. I don't understand why anyone would wanna be your friend or even hang out with you. You're lucky I even want to be you're caregiver" he says bending down to my eyes level.

I see he starts to fold his hand into a fist. I quickly look around and manage to get the lap off the side table and hit him across the face with it. "You bitch!" He says wobbling backwards. I get a chance and get away from him. The lightbulb shattered when I hit Him with the lamp so there's glass on the floor.

I try running for the door but he grabs my shirt pulling him back to him. He for es me to look around and face him. He has a hold of both my hands making me unable to move. "You're dog isn't here to protect you now..." he whispers into my ear.

"And seeing as I didn't get to land a punch on you're little friend..." he says giving me a wicked smile.

"You're the best best thing," he curls up his hand to a fist. I gulp hard scared of what's to come next. He gives me a strike on the left side of my cheek. I yelp in pain.

He grabs a handful of my hair and hits my head against the wall. "Your friend there shouldn't have made me angry princess...really, now I'm gonna take it out all on you" he grabs me throwing to the floor.

I really can't endorse this pain.

"HELP SOMEONE...ANBODY" I try yelling as loud as I can. I start to cry in pain. He grabs me once again and forces me against the wall. He grabs my arms again so I can't move.

"You know it's been a long time since I've been able to touch you..." he whispers. My eye widen...please no...

He starts to kiss my neck and biting it. "STOP...SOMEONE HELP!" I yell at the top of my lungs. He hits me across my face. "Keep yelling baby no one is gonna come for you. No one cares"

I start to uncontrollably cry and shake. What if he's right? What if no one really cares...no don't think like that...

"Are you sure about that?" Austin turns to see Zane standing there furiously at what he's just witnessing. He runs and tackles Austin off of me.

"Oh god this will be fun...and no one to stop me this time" Zane says angrily. Zane throws punch after punch onto Austin until he doesn't move anymore to try and break free from Zane's grip.

Zane is breathing heavy and gets up from Austin and turns to me. "Are you okay?" He says not getting to close to me.

I'm I okay...?

I just nod at him and run to him and hug him. He try's comfort me by rubbing my back. "Shh it's okay...I won't let anyone hurt you okay?" He says calmly and pulls out his phone. He begins to dial a number.

"I need security to come to 499 little dormitory please...yeah....thank you...." He says and hangs up the phone.

"Can I pick you up?" He questions me and I nod. I wrap my legs around him and bury my head into his neck. His smell fills my nose making me calm down a bit. "It's okay...you're safe now..." he tells me.

He takes me away from my dorm room. Where is he taking me to?

I don't know but I do know is that I feel safe when I'm in his arms...

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