Prologue: There Is No Justice
She boarded the yellow bus, incredibly nervous about where the heck she's going. The Judge decided on sending her to a detention camp, apparently Camp Green or something of the sort, somewhere with a lake. Camp does not sound too bad right? She thought as she reached the top of the bus steps, now realizing she will be the only passenger. Worry could be seen behind her eyes as the old, sweaty guard in the front seat gave her a wink, with a rifle in his lap.
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"Wake up Ms. Jacobs." said a very impatient Mr. Odin, "I don't permit sleeping during my class."
Mr. Odin's scolding, however, had no effect on Suze Jacobs; who can say that geometry is their favorite class, but sleeping through it was Suze's way of displaying defiance towards authority. She opened her heavy eyelids, checked her watch, then she smirked at her teacher and pointed her index finger towards the ceiling, giving cue to the end of school bell. Mr. Odin frowned and shook his head.
"Remember class!!……" Were the only words heard before being overpowered by the sound of closing notebooks. Suze was already cutting across the school courtyard on her way to softball practice when she spotted her best friend Tonya.
"Suze!" Tonya called to her, waving her arm anxiously. Tonya was not particularly pretty, but she was not unattractive; her glasses mainly got in the way of her better features. But these were not the reasons why she was constantly picked on, she was highly opinionated and a lesbian, which did not go down very well with, who Suze liked to call, the 'pretty people.' "I won the essay contest!" She shrieked excitedly, "Well, I got first place in the district. So that means that my next step is state!"
"That's great, I'm happy for you!"
"Thanks, Ms. Bernard just gave me the news today…"
"That's only because Ms. Bernard likes…..well, need I elaborate?" Suze and Tonya turned to see who spoke. A handsome boy, about seventeen, was leaning against a brick wall in his varsity jacket. Suze's temper was already rising.
"Screw off Chase, You're just bitter because you actually suck at writing, so you had to take the creative course for two years rather than one." Tonya shot back, but immediately coward at the sight of Chase marching toward her in anger, and shoved Tonya to the ground. "Hey," I said, "leave her the fuck alone!" Suze said in an angry tone.
"I rule this God Damn ground, don't you DARE tell me what the fuck to do!" Chase yelled in Suze's face, but she wouldn't back down.
"You're just pissed off because we're the only two girls in the school who won't fuck you!" Suze said between gritted teeth. Chase grabbed her by the jacket collar and shoved her onto the grass,
"No one, not even a bitch, can speak to me like that got it?"He grabbed her wrist and began to twist it clockwise, hard. "GOT IT BITCH?" But before Suze could respond, Tonya caught him off guard by pulling him off of Suze and onto his back, "Come on Suze, no need to waste our time on rat shit today." Suze quickly got up as she looked daggers at Chase, and walked away.
Tonya looks around them as they reach the school lobby, "Look at all of these teachers around! Damn it, no wonder he gets away with so much crap, they don't want to get walloped themselves! That stupid, abusive, possessive ass hole…"
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Damn, it's really getting hot in here. She thought to herself as she zipped open her softball sweatshirt revealing a pink tank top. She noticed how the scenery outside her window changed so that it is now practically a desert instead of fields of grass. They should be at the camp soon, but where the hell is the lake?
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Suze checked her watch to see the time, 5:35 p.m. Thank God coach let us out early, and I got a shit load of homework… She re-saddled her backpack on her shoulders and took a look at her softball bat, and this grip needs major repairing, she thought while passing through the denser part of the woods, which was her quickest route home.
"Afternoon Ms. Jacobs," Said a cold voice from behind her. Suze turned as fast as she could to see a tall blond boy in a varsity jacket,
"Fuck off Chase." Suze muttered I've already had my daily dose of 'make me sick'.
"I think you owe me…" Chase said tantalizingly, watching Suze's eyes narrow and her hands clench, "…an apology."
"I don't owe you shit" Suze barked angrily.
"Oh, but I think you do…" Suze was not sure how to interpret his expression; he was acting like he had the upper hand…yeah right. "You see, you weren't treating me very nicely earlier today, and my feelings were badly hurt. Now, I talked to Mr. Salvatore about it, and he said that I ask you for an apology, and if I don't get one, you'll be in big trouble…"
No way, no FUCKING way. "You little shit; did you seriously talk to the principle about this? You LIED you ass hole, you owe Tonya an apology…"
"Now, now, now Ms. Jacobs, if we can't handle this in a kind manner,"
"Fuck kind manners…" Suze yelled to him, "Tonya did nothing to you and you still have to be a bitch to her? You aren't getting any apology from me!" Suze's temper is rising, and fast, she slid her backpack off of her back. Chase's expression changed from a malicious grin to extremely pissed off,
"Do as I say Suze, you're already in big trouble with Mr. Salvatore…"
"You are NOT in charge of me, you do not have total power over the entire campus, and you can't make me do ANYTHING…" Before Suze could finish, Chase tackled her out of nowhere and had her pinned on her back; him sitting on top of her and his hands choking her, making sure she couldn't breath. You're messing with the wrong gal…Suze threw her arm across her chest, bringing Chase's hands to the ground, and before he could respond, she punched him across the mouth.
"STUPID BITCH!" He yelled, and he picked up a rotten log, twice his size (as jocks can do). Suze scrambled back to her feet, seeing Chase threaten her with his new weapon, she matched his rage by picking up her softball bat. Suddenly, Chase was already in mid-swing toward her head, Suze swung as hard as she could to block the log, but the bat broke through the rotten wood and collided into Chase's skull…
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"Will the defendant please rise." I'll be okay, I did nothing wrong. They can't win this, I'll be able to go home and never bother with this again.
"…we find the defendant…" I'm fine, I'm okay, and I'm innocent.
"…guilty." Suze's heart stopped, for a moment she forgot how to breathe. No, NO! This can't be! Guilty of wha…
"Of bringing a weapon onto school property, harassment, and attempted murder…"