Chapter 1

I awoke to the sound of sirens blaring in the streets at 3:19 a.m. The ambulances quickly speed by as the sirens faded away until there was complete silence again. My body ached for more sleep as I turned away from the dimly lit street lights outside my window. I try to fall back into my light sleep but it seems impossible. Now that I am awake, it will be hard for me to fall back asleep. My fathers face appears in my head and I quickly ban his image from my mind. I keep my eyes closed as I try to fall back asleep. Random things go through my head, but that is good. Maybe if I don't think about anything important then I will bore myself to sleep.

My head turns to the clock, 3:23 a.m. I still have three and a half hours till I have to get up for school. School is torture, bloody torture. I hate all my classes and most of the people, and especially the teachers. The only good part about school is the friends and lunch, even though it's so disgusting, it's time to mess around and hang with friends. As I think of school I snuggle deeper into my covers and think some more of boring things in my life. So I pretty much think of everything. Slowly I drift off into a light sleep once again.

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My alarm clock blared as I hurled myself off my bed and hit the hard floor with a loud thump. I cursed and rubed my head. My finger finds the off button of the annoying alarm clock. Slowly, I get ready for school in a blur. My head is throbbing but if I don't leave now, I'll be late for school. I grab my backpack off the counter in the kitchen and ran out the door. I pressed the down button on the elevator and waited anxiously for the elevator to reach the ninth floor of the apartment.

Finally the elevator dings and the doors open. I rush into the crowed elevator. A couple levels are selected but not many. I don't bother to count. As the doors open on random levels more people squeeze in. Slowly the elevator makes its way down to the lobby. The elevator dings and the doors open. I run quickly out of the elevator and race to my car. While rummaging through my pocket trying to find my keys, I notice a moving van, great, new neighbors, always a pleasure.

I find my keys put them in the ignition. I turn the key and the car makes an unpromising sound, sputters and then it dies. Cursing, I attempt a second time and then a third but the car won't start. I bang my head on the steering wheel and then remember this morning by how much it hurt. I feel my head, great, a big bump. Yet again I curse and look in the mirror. Yep, the size of bloody Texas. Now I'll have to ride the bus to school, be about and hour late, get a demerit and a detention. Oh, well, it's not like it hasn't happened before.

I grab my stuff out of the car and start to walk to the bus stop to wait while freezing my ass off in the process. Rain starts to pour down causing my keys slip out of my hand and onto the ground. Sighing I bend over to pick them up. Suddenly, I hear a horn blare out. I look up; a car is coming staright at me only a few feet away. I quickly close my eyes, to paniked to move out of the way. I feel a heavy object hit my side sending me flying across the pavement. The heavy object on top of me was unbearable. Was the car just sitting on top of me? I bite my lip fighting back the pain.

"Are you okay miss?" a deep, handsome, British voice pounds in my head. All I can do is weakly nod unable to say anything from all the pain. The weigh shifts off of my side and pain rushes through my ribs. I roll up into a little ball on the pavment and try to think of a happy place but it doesn't work. The pain pulses through my entire body as gasp for air. I hold my breath as long as I can which is only a couple seconds. I gasp for another breath of air and pain throbs in my ribs again. Once again the person asks,

"Are you sure you're okay?"

What does it look like? I'm lying on the ground curled up in a ball in excruciating pain, gasping for air! Does it look like I am okay? I take a deep breath and try to get up. Pain spasms through my body and a warm arm grabs my waist as I collapse in pain. "I don't think that's such a good idea." The teenager laughs. His laugh is so beautiful that it would make me shiver if I wasn't already. All I can do again is nod my head.

He picks me up in his arms like I weigh nothing. His strong arms cradle me like a newborn baby. I look up at his face. He has a broad chin and earlobe length straight dark brown hair. His eyes were a wild, vivid green that stunned my mind. The skin on his face was blemish free and slightly tanned. I looked to his ears; they were slightly pointed at the end making him look almost like an elf. He's perfectly gorgeous. His head starts to bend down so I quickly look down at my pain filled body, which is covered in scrapes, forming bruises, and a lot of blood.

I turn my head way to quickly to the side and everything starts to spin. I moan in pain and bring my hands to my head. I squeeze my eyes shut and start to cry. My head is pounding and the large bump on my head seems to grow. Tears roll down my soaked face and I start to choke on my own spit. I cough heavily and take a deep breath.

"We are almost there." The sweet voice says quietly soothing my whole body. I try to ask where we are going, but I can't find my voice. The descending rain beats on my face and my body grows numb from the cold rain and the immense pain. My tightly shut eyes ease and the tension lessens over my body. Slowly everything becomes quiet and I don't even feel the rain on my pale, scraped up face. Then my body goes completely numb and everything fades quickly away...

THE END OF CHAPTER 1!! VEIW MORE ON CHAPTER 2! (O.o) loves, anna