I don't own Big Time Rush. These first four chapters are sort of intros to the characters.

Sarah Powell POV

I could hear the shouts over the music coming from my iPod. I was trying to write a paper for my World Geography class. I heard my mom scream as something hit the wall; he threw something at her. I hated calling that man my dad.

I asked my mom why she kept that creep around. He beat her since I was three and raped and sodomized me when I was eight and thirteen. Mom kicked him out many times before, but he told her he changed a month later, she believed. Mom said she loved him too much.

I heard my mom shriek, "Please, no! Sarah, get out! Run!" I heard big footsteps coming down the hall to my door. I ran to my window and opened it. I threw my Fender and packed duffel (I was hoping Mom and I would leave together soon) out the window, thanking God that my bedroom was on the first floor of the house. I turned back to my bed and stuffed my iPod and phone in my pocket.

The knob on my door turned. My dad walked in as I was crawling out the window. He grabbed my foot; my heart skipped a beat. I struggled as hard as I could and eventually kicked him in the face. My dad—startled—let go of my foot. As soon as I was out the window, I picked up my guitar and duffel. I heard my dad yell, "Yeah, go and be a whore like your mom!"

I ran for it, I sprinted to the first place that came into my mind: Zoey's.