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Chapter One: Sin.
She won't make a sound.
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down.
She wants to be found.
The only way out is through everything she's running from
She wants to give up and lie down.
So stand in the rain.
Stand your ground.
Stand up when its all crashing down.
And one day, what's lost can be found.
You stand in the rain.
-Excerpt from Stand in the Rain - Superchick
She took a deep breath as she got into her 1967 Chevy Impala this morning. She was still shocked that she had been accepted into Hollywood Arts school for the performing Arts.
She had gotten in with her contralto voice. She smiled as she pulled into a parking space at the school, ready for her first day.
She stepped out of her beloved car, one combat boot hitting the pavement after the other as she stood and admired the school, slinging her messenger bag onto her shoulder. She took a deep breath and strutted into the school so she wouldn't be late to class.
Beck leaned against his locker as his friends stood around him, talking about how their weekends had went. His eyes flicked towards the school's front door as a girl walked through them.
She wore combat boots and faded blue jeans along with an off the shoulder black tee. He watched as she ran a hand through her long blonde hair, the leather bracelet on her wrist slipping down a few centimeters as her bright blue eyes took in the area around her.
He nodded at his friends, only half listening as Tori began complaining about her sister, Trina. His eyes were transfixed on the new arrival, he realized he had to know who she was.
He watched as she pulled out a piece of paper, which he presumed was her class schedule, and walked forward, not noticing when she walked right into Jade, who was admiring her new boyfriend.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Jade glared at the girl hard enough to make a grown man cry. Jade was a scary woman when she wanted to be.
Beck's friends got quiet, finally noticing the girl now that Jade was getting angry with her. "Uh-oh. Poor girl already made an enemy." Andre shook his head. "Who is she anyway?" He asked and his friends answered with a chorus of 'I don't knows'.
The blonde girl tilted her head slightly to the left, almost in a bird-like manner. "Sorry, didn't see yuh there." Beck smiled slightly at her English accent. She gave Jade an apologetic smile, but Jade just scowled and walked off.
Beck decided he couldn't just stare anymore and he walked over to her, his friends following in his steps. "Hey. I'm Beck." He smiled at her. "And this is Tori, Andre, Kat, and Robby." He pointed to each of them in turn.
She smiled. "Nice to meet yuh. I'm Sin."
"Sin?" Robby looked at her perplexed.
She just laughed. "Selena Isabella Night. My initials are SIN. So that's what I usually go by." She just shrugged her shoulders, the fingers of her left hand tapping against her messenger bag.
"Well its nice to meet you!" Tori told her happily. "Don't pay any attention to Jade. She's scary to everyone."
Sin just nodded her head once. "So I noticed. Hey, anyone here know where Sicowitz's class is?"
"We're all headed there, why not walk with us?" Robby offered.
"Wizard! Sounds great to me." She grinned and earned a few odd looks at her choice of words before the group turned to get to class.
"Man, this school is great!" Sin proclaimed as the school day ended. Beck grinned as they walked out of their music class, he had figured out that they had most of their classes together.
"Yep. Its pretty great." He agreed as they headed to the parking lot.
"I'd stick around to say cheerio to the others, but I gotta get on my way." Sin said as Beck walked her to her car. He looked her car over with stunned eyes.
"Woah. I love your car." He said, changing the subject.
Sin's eyes lit up. "She's beautiful, ain't she!" She ran her hand across the car in a living manner. "Got her when we moved to America. I love her to messes." She nodded happily.
Beck laid a hand on the car before opening her door for her. "I agree, she's beautiful." Sin blushed as Beck stared into her eyes as he said it.
"See ya tomorrow." She said softly before sliding into the driver's seat and starting the car. Beck backed away and watched as she drove off.
Sin parked her car in the parking lot for her apartment building before sliding out.
She quietly opened her front door and made her way in, trying to be as silent as possible, her heart thundering in her chest.
Just as she placed her hand on her doorknob, she felt a hand grip her shoulder tight and she gasped in fear.
Her gasp quickly turned to a scream as her step-father threw her into the wall with such ease you'd think her a rag doll.
Her head hit the wall with a thunk. She moaned and quickly sat up, ignoring the dizziness and pain in her head as she tried to get away.
"Where ya think yer goin' ya lil shit?" Her step-father grabbed her by the hair as she stood up and smacked her head into the wall hard as he spoke. "Who gave ya permission to leave my house?" He growled, enjoying her cries of pain as he whirled her around to face him. He didn't give her a chance to reply as he smashed his fist into her jaw.
"I wonder where Sin is?" Andre said as the group sat down to eat lunch. She hadn't yet arrived at school, much to Beck's disappointment.
"Ooh! There she is!" Kat waved her arms around as Sin limped toward the group, having just gotten to school. Beck blanched as he noticed her swollen eye and the bruises covering face.
"Oh my gosh!" Whispered Tori.
"What happened?!" Beck asked her in a worried tone as she plopped down into her seat with a wince.
"I accidentally tripped down the stairs this morning." She shook her head and forced a smile. "Untied shoe laces are very deadly." She nodded her head and pulled an apple out of her bag. The group gave her sympathetic looks.
"One time, my brother fell down the stairs. But he's better now." Kat grinned at Sin who smiled back before pulling an apple out of her bag.
Beck watched as she eyed the apple, rubbing her jaw slightly and wincing before putting it down on the table. Beck looked at her split lip and realized that she must have been thinking that it would probably hurt to try to eat the apple with her jaw all beat up.
Beck pushed his grapes towards her. "Want some?" He offered her. She grinned and grabbed a few.
"Thanks." She plopped them into her mouth slowly.
"Man, those stairs really beat you up, huh?" Robby teased.
Sin's jaw clenched shut and she shot Robby a glare. "Yeah." She stood up suddenly. "I'm heading to class." She quickly walked off, leaving the group confused.
"Was it something I said?" Robby asked with a confused frown.
Beck raised an eyebrow. There was more to this story, and he was going to figure it all out.