I woke up hastily opening my eyes. When I did I heard a smash, Dad yelling, door slamming, Max yelling, and then Max yelling again and sounds of someone getting hit. I jumped out of bed fast and woke up Carlos (we share a room) "Carlos It's happening again!" I yelled in a hushed voice. Carlos woke up and we raced down the hall. Dad had left and Max was on the sofa, rocking back and forward with his head tucked in his knees. Ever since Mom died and our two older brothers had left, Dad has been so abusive to us three. Carlos and Max were scared for me mostly though, me being the only girl, and Dad being always drunk. Max looked up and saw us. "Get ready for school. Pack your bags. And tonight, we leave" He said and got up and hugged us both. Was he serious? Where would we go? I thought and did as I was told. I closed the curtain separating Carlos' half of the room from mine and got dressed.

When Max dropped us off he whispered something to Carlos. They nodded at each other and he drove off. Before I could ask him what Max said though, the humiliation and torment began. 3 football jocks dragged him away, and people stopped me from seeing what was happening. Since I didn't hear Carlos screaming I went to my locker. "Geek! Where's your boyfriend Logie and your retarded brother?" Someone yelled as I walked calmly down the hall. Them mentioning Carlos made me clench my fists as I walked to my locker, my hands full of books. Through the hall I bumped into Logan and Carlos, And they looked a bit beaten up. The I accidently bumped into Logan causing us both to fall down and our things we were holding all scattered on the cold hard floor.

-Logan's POV-

I walked to school using my short cut to avoid getting beaten for another 15 minutes. Sure enough when I reached school I saw my best friend Carlos and his sister Alex getting out of a car. Wow, I have it bad. The way Alex is is just... Perfect to me. Her lightly tanned skin, the way she does her hair, and how smart she is. Only she would never like a dork like me. I have almost never seen her get picked on... okay, a few times I have. But whenever I'm with her almost never do I ever see her getting bullied like Carlos and I but she is bullied... a lot. And what Carlos has told me, they get abused at home. Another thing we three have in common. Abuse dads. - I was pulled out of my thoughts when I was tripped and then surrounded by football jocks. Shortly after Carlos was forced into the circle and our daily beating started. "Hey nerds, ready for your punishments?" Karofsky- a classic bully who loves to torture us two, said before we were pained by fists and kicks. After our beating we got up and I gathered my things. On the way to our lockers I saw Alex in the hall. Carlos knows my crush on her, and surprisingly is fine with it. So then when I bumped into her, we both fell and all of our stuff was everywhere. Carlos just stood there. He looked at her, then me, then her, then me, and I started to see her blushing while she picked up her things. "H-hi Logan" she said with a bit of panic in her voice. "Hi Alex" I said blushing and we got all of our sprawled out books together. "I need to tell you something later..." she said and looked at Carlos. He shook his head with wide eyes and looked like he was holding back a laugh. He knew something... I wonder what?