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Cole, Blake, and I all sat on the couch, wide-eyed, as we watched the news. "... a week ago, the government in Wuhan, China, confirmed that health authorities were treating hundreds of cases. Days later, researchers in China identified a new virus that had infected dozens of people in Asia. At the moment, there is no evidence that the virus was readily spread by humans. Health officials in China say they are monitoring it to prevent the outbreak from developing into something more severe..."

"Wait hold the fuck up-" Cole said when the news lady stopped talking. "The hell does she mean the new virus had infected dozens of people in Asia? Like... outside of China?"

"Why the fuck are we just hearing about this?" Blake knit his eyebrows.

"Do you think it's something serious?" I asked them as Blake turned the TV off.

They both shrugged. "I honestly don't know. I don't think so... I mean how bad can it be?" Cole asked.

"Let's just hope the people in quarantine over there are doing alright. It's been more than a week, I can't imagine being locked in for that long." Blake muttered.

"Bro, they said it's contagious and spreads faster than other viruses, god knows how many people could be infected without knowing..." Cole frowned.

"You think they'll be an outbreak?" I was getting worried about the people in China and the countries surrounding it.

"The Health officials in China say they have it under control and are monitoring it to prevent an outbreak, so... I don't think so?" Blake answered my question, but it sounded more like a question than an actual answer.

"Let's hope not."

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"Let's hope not," A teacher answered for the hundredth time today when another student asked the same question a million others have asked before in the previous classes... Will the unknown virus reach America?

Today, they sent a few teachers to almost every class to give us a brief summary of what's going on in China and a few other countries around it. The nameless virus has spread really quickly from just last night and the reported cases were almost triple the numbers of what they had reported on the news yesterday.

They still haven't reported any deaths caused by the virus and we were all thankful for that. Though, some students barely gave a damn about the news, saying it's probably just a phase in China that'll be over in less than a month.

I wanted to punch them so badly, these students; they didn't empathize even one bit with the people living there, just because it isnt going on in America or the state we live in then we shouldn't give a flying fuck about it?

Based on what we've heard, the nameless virus is transmitted so quickly and easily, the rates of cases will definitely be growing really fast.

The teacher who was assigned to explain to us more about the virus eventually left after a couple of more minutes of answering the students' stupid useless questions and our calculus teacher continued giving us the lesson.

Ten minutes later, the bell rang and we all scurried off to our fifth periods. I had chemistry. I made my way to the class and smiled when I saw Huda walking towards there too, she had her phone covering her left ear as she ranted about something to whoever was on the other side of the phone.

She hung up right before her eyes caught me looking at her and she gave me a huge smile as I walked over to where she was standing. She slapped my ass as soon as I reached her and the sound kind of caught the attention of three or more students around us. I swear to god, I'm having doubts about this girl's sexuality.

I kicked her shins and she laughed. "I hate you," I grumbled and continued walking towards the classroom.

"Aww, I love you too~"

I let out a small grunt which caused her to suppress a laugh as we entered the class. My eyes roamed around the classroom and I looked for that one blond idiot but didn't find him.

"I don't think Cole's ever coming back to this class again," Huda chuckled as she saw me looking for him.

I snickered, "Mr. Edwins would slit his throat out and then dip his organs in peroxide if he saw him enter through that door again,"

Huda laughed. "Definitely."

I took my seat in the spot where Tracey, Ashton, and I were usually seated by Mr. Edwins and noticed that neither of them was here yet.

I glanced at where Huda was sitting and saw her talk to a random girl behind her as Tina rolled her eyes at her.

Tracey showed up a few minutes later and took a seat beside me, scowling at me whenever our eyes met. I internally rolled my eyes and pulled my book out right before Mr. Edwins started the lesson.

I kept my eyes on the board for the rest of the class, copying the notes onto my notebook and maybe zoning out for a few minutes a couple of times. Ashton hadn't shown up to class and neither had Cole.

By almost the end of the sixth period, I was exhausted. I just wanted to go home and collapse onto my bed and fall asleep till dinner time or something. But there were still twenty minutes left for class.

I raised my hand from where I was sitting in my place, feeling that my bladder was on the verge of exploding.

"Yes, Olivia?" The teacher asked.

"May I use the washroom?" I made sure to use 'may' instead of 'can' because I was in an English class and I didn't want the teacher to give me a lecture about using the wrong word.

"Yes, you may- quickly though." I smiled at her and stood up from my seat, making my way to the classroom door.

I quickly did my business in the bathroom and walked towards the sinks, my eyes catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror. A weird feeling went on in the pits of my stomach as my position behind a specific sink triggered a memory of that day.

I moved to another sink and took a deep breath, shaking the memories away from my head. I squirted a good amount of liquid soap on my hands and quickly washed them, eager to be out of here as soon as possible.

I dried my hands and walked out of the bathroom, humming as I walked down the empty hallway. The classroom I was heading to was a bit far away from the bathroom.

Right when I was about to take a turn to the left to continue walking towards the classroom, I felt someone grab my arm from behind and I jumped a little in my place.

I turned around and sighed a sigh of relief when I saw it was Ashton. "You scared me," I whispered, placing a hand on my heart.

He chuckled a bit lazily, "Ssorry," He mumbled weirdly and put on a lazy smile.

I frowned at him, "Are you okay? You weren't in the fifth period today..."

He waved a hand in front of me, his right hand still gripping onto my arm. "Yeah- listen I need to talk to you."

"Yeah?" I waited for him to continue.

"Somewhere else," He began to drag me to a nearby classroom. I didn't like his hold on my arm, it was beginning to hurt.

"Wait," I said and he stopped walking. "Could you let go first?"

He eyed the hand he had wrapped around my arm for a few seconds and let go, only now did I realize that his eyes were slightly bloodshot. He probably didn't get any sleep. "Sorry." He... smirked?

"I-its fine. Uh- listen, I have a class right now... would be okay if you told me whatever you need to tell me later?"

He dropped his smirk. "No. It'll be quick. Come..."

What the hell?

I didn't move. He tilted his head at me, "Please?"

I stared at him for a few seconds and for some reason, I couldn't say no. Damn I'm a pushover. "Okay," I said with a sigh.

I saw him stumble on his steps as he waited for me to follow him into the room and I knit my eyebrows. Is he okay?

I shook my head and followed him to the classroom, it was empty when we entered it. "What did you need to tel-" I stopped talking when I heard him lock the door from behind me, he was standing in front of me.

He took two steps closer to me and I took three steps back, my heart beginning to thump quickly and loudly in my chest. "Why did you lock the doo- what are you doing?" I quickly asked when he took another step closer and my back hit the wall behind me when I backed away more.

"Shh... be quiet Olivia- we havve to be quiet." He slurred and leaned in, only then did I smell the alcohol in his breath. Did he come to school drunk?

Panic rose in my chest when he leaned his face even further and my breathing hitched when he started running his nose up and down my jaw and breathing in and out slowly. "S-stop! What are y-you d-"

My voice cut off when he rested his palm on my throat and brought his thumb to my lips to shush me. "Fffuck Olivia," He whispered.

I quickly brought my hands up to his chest and pushed, "W-what the hell do you think you're doing?" I sounded scared, angry, confused, and fucking terrified at the same time.

He stumbled back from the force of my push and looked up at me, his face holding a terrifying unreadable expression. My heart almost stopped when he quickly stepped forward and pushed me harder against the wall.

He brought his hand to my throat and let out a breath as he stared at me and cocked his head to the side. I tried pushing him away again but he held both my wrists with his other hand tightly. "Don't." He grumbled. "You have no fucking idea how long I've been wanting to do this" He brought his mouth close to my ear and kissed the spot right beneath it.

Tears started to rim my eyes and my heart rate accelerated even more. I wanted to tell him to let go, I wanted to scream, to push him away, but I couldn't do any of those things. "P-plea-" He squeezed my throat a little tighter, making it hard for me to breathe and speak.

Suddenly I felt my whole body shake in fear, remembering daddy's hands wrapped around my neck while burning alive. I can't breathe. I tried pushing him away but there was no use, it felt like I was hitting a brick wall. I tried screaming for help, but nothing came out, I couldn't speak. Tears started pouring out of my eyes as I felt his hand snake around my waist while his fingers reached down towards my bum.

"I've been trying to touch you, kiss you, fuck you, for so long Olivia- so fucking long." He dipped his head into my neck and started leaving open mouth kisses on it. "But... sadly, you've been whoring around with Evans and have been fucking pushing me away, and I'm done with it." He suddenly groped my backside out of nowhere and I whimpered.

I can't breathe. I need to get out of here. I'm going to die.

I'm going to die. Right now. Right here.

"Shh.. shhh. Olivia. It's alright, we're just having fun over here..." He gripped my ass even more and groaned.

"I- I don't w-wan.. ha f-fun..." I cried, words were barely leaving my mouth.

"No, no, it's okay Olivia, you'll like it. I promise." He slurred.

I can't breathe.

I can't breathe.

Need to get out.

Ashton groped me more and continued to kiss my neck, jaw, beneath my ears, collarbone... for a few more minutes before his hand left my bum and started trailing up my torso, to my chest.

No...

Please no.

I can't b-

He slipped his hand underneath my shirt and was about to start bringing it upwards before I kneed him with all the strength that I had, causing him to let go of me and clutch his manhood. I let out an ear-piercing scream before reaching for the door, unlocking it, and opening it.

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Even though Ashton's hands had let go of my neck, I still couldn't breathe, I'm still shaking, and I still feel like I'm going to die- no, I know I'm going to die.

I heard Ashton's groans from the room followed by the sound of his footsteps approaching from behind me so I let out another scream before I felt my knees go weak, I fell to the ground and wrapped my hands around my throat.

I saw him quickly run off from the corner of my eye, leaving me shaking on the floor in the secluded hall. Why was no one here-

I can't breathe. Choking. Ashton. Ashton's hands. Hands around my throat. Daddy. Mommy... I'm going to die. I can't breathe.

Suddenly I felt my body go stiff before my left arm jerked involuntarily on its own. In a matter of seconds, my whole body was harshly shaking uncontrollably on the floor. The hallway lights were starting to flash in front of me and I felt myself get dizzier by the second.

Finally, I started to hear the sound of multiple unfamiliar voices around me and felt the presence of them beside me.

"ANNA CALL SOMEONE- A TEACHER! ANYONE!"

I heard multiple screams being let out as my body shook on the floor.

"What's going on?!"

I heard my name being called out by a specific voice and I felt another presence around me, but this time it was closer. I looked up and was met with a familiar pair of green eyes.

A beautiful creature was on its knees in front of me. If I weren't feeling this afraid, wasn't suffocating, and couldn't hear the loud chatters and worried voices around me, I'd think it was an angel and I was in heaven.

My body continued to shake uncontrollably and different parts of my body were jerking involuntarily. Flashes of mommy, daddy, and Ashton choking me were appearing in my head and another wave of fear hit me.

I really am going to die.

"Olivia, stay with me, I'm here Livi- I'm here." I thought I heard the beautiful angel-like creature in front of me say. I fixed my eyes on the angel and saw shiny droplets coming out of its eyes.

Why was it crying?

"Where are the fucking teachers?! She's having a seizure! Call an ambulance NOWW!" The gorgeous thing yelled out to the other voices around me.

"Stay with me Livi," was the last thing I heard before everything went blank.

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