Chapter One

"Hey Abe!" Sara shouted. She waved him over.

"What's up?" Abe said, running over to her. She shrugged and looped her arm around his.

"Come on! Let's go! We're gonna be late for school!" Sara said, dragging him across the school's parking lot.

"Sara.. Seriously? We're in highschool.. Come on, do something fun!" Abe groaned. Sara rolled her eyes.

"Let's just go," she said, dragging Abe who was muttering profanities under his breath.

- In First Period -

"Dude! How was your summer? I heard you got a motorcycle?" Andrew said to Abe.

"Yeah and it's awesome, man," Abe said, nodding.

"Hey Drew," Sara said. Andrew nodded and fist bumped her. She turned to Abe.

"You got a motorcycle?" Sara asked in disbelief. Abe nodded, cautiously. Sara never did anything wrong, and he didn't want her to get hurt because of him. She punched him in the arm.

"Ow!" Abe groaned. Sara shook her head.

"I need to go on that thing. I saw it in the parking lot!" Sara shouted in his face.

"Okay, okay..." Abe said, smiling.

Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.

"Um, Sara? I think you're butt is texting you.." Drew said. She rolled her eyes and took out her phone. "It's Piper." Piper was Sara's best friend. They only fought once, and Sara even then did nothing wrong. Piper told Sara to go die and Sara ran away in tears. But they made up and they are the best of friends.

"New car... fun... mall... hot guys... candy..." She muttered. She widened her eyes. "WAIT CANDY?" Abe rolled his eyes. This girl was 110 pounds, skinny as a stick, and ate more than a lion. Her soccer coach tells her not to eat candy but it doesn't matter to her. He's practically her father.

"I reallllllllly need to go to the mall-" She began.

"After school, please, Ms. Anderson." Mrs. Valerio said, sharply. Sara groaned as her least favorite teacher walked past her and took her phone. Everybody scrambled to their seats. Abe slid off Sarah's desk and into the chair next to her. Drew walked to the chair to the left of Abe. Mrs. Valerio eyed Sara as she slapped her textbook onto the desk.

"Turn to page 146..." She began. This was going to be a long day.

- Lunch time -

"Piper!" Sara screamed. She jumped up from her seat and hugged her best friend. There was a bag full of candy in front of Sara. "God, I love candy so muchhhhhh!"

"What about me?" Piper asked.

"Oh.. yeah you too.." Sara said. Piper rolled her eyes. Sara devoured her candy and Abe got up to go get lunch.

"So.. Sara Oh My Lord there was this beautiful guy at the mall and I swear he was a Zac Efron clone." Piper squealed. Sara rolled her eyes. She didn't like any boys, but she secretly liked Abe. She loved the way his favorite leather jacket was perfectly loose for her and the way his white V-neck always showed off his six pack. It didn't help that he looked amazing in jeans, and the way his eyes sparkled whenever he was happy. Too bad he didn't wear his leather jacket today.. He'd just worn a blue zip-up hoodie. God... Too bad she was too scared to ask him out.

A lunch tray appeared in front of her, snapping her out of her thoughts of Abe. Speaking of Abe... She looked up and saw Abe himself standing there with another lunch tray.

"Thank YOU," she said and started devouring her tacos. Abe sat down and Sara was already halfway finished. By the time he took his first bite, she was burping loudly and had finished.

"Damn, girl!" Piper said. "I wish I could eat like that.."

"Coach tells me not to, but he's like my dad and I'm his team captain. What's he gonna do?" Sara said. A shadow towered over her. She clenched her jaw and turned around. There was the devil herself: Sophie and her clique.

"What do you want, Sobitchy?" Sara asked, coldly. Sophie narrowed her eyes.

"I've had the last of you," Sophie says, glaring at Sara. "You just walk around like a queen. You're the captain of the BOYS soccer team! What are you gonna do? Sleep with them? Just like you slept with Alex?! HUH? You know.. MY BOYFRIEND?" Sophie screeched. Sara stepped closer to Sophie.

"Sophie. I didn't sleep with King Jerkass, okay?" She said, clenching her fist. "He told you that to ruin our friendship. And if you tell anyone, I will kill you." Sara threatened. Sophie snapped and her clique, including members of the football team, grabbed Sara, Abe, Andrew, and Piper.

"What-?" Sara began. A hand clamped over her mouth and her eyes widened in realization of what Sophie was going to do. Abe and Andrew struggled against the hold of the football captain and quarterbacks.

"Sara.. Don't worry.. It's gonna be fine.." Abe said, reassuringly. Sophie stepped onto their lunch table, sliding the lunch trays and belongings onto the floor with the heel of her shoes.

"Everybody!" She shouted. People turned to look at her. They glanced at the 'captives'.

"Sara, here, is not as innocent as you think!" Sophie shouted. Sara's eyes teared up.

"She slept with my boyfriend, Alex!" Sophie stated, smirking. People started whispering.

"She's not the innocent virgin soccer captain you think she is!" Sophie screamed. There was a snort and soon the whole cafeteria was laughing at Sara. Her eyes hardened and she raised her leg and kicked the person who was holding her in his manhood. She pushed Sophie off of the table and climbed on, furious.

"I did not sleep with anyone, especially King Jerkass. But let me tell you, Sobitchy right here has 4 boyfriends right now. Who's dating her? Oh I see Justin, Tyler, Dan, and Josh's hand up! Oh My did she sleep with you guys too? I bet she did! She's nothing but a piece of unworthy crap. Sara stepped down and walked up to the football captain, who was holding Abe's left arm. She glared at him, straight in the eyes and punched his gut. He doubled over, wheezing. Then she went up to King Jerkass himself.

"You see your friend here?" She said pointing to the football captain. Then she pointed to the other guy who had been holding her.

"Do you want to ever have children?" Sara asked, icily. Alex cocked his head. Sara asked him again.

"Yeah why?" He said, flatly.

"Let them go. Or else, I promise you, you might be in pain until you die. And good luck with the whole children thing. People don't tend to like cocky jerks." Alex raised his eyebrows and mouthed one word. No. Sara smiled, and took his shoulders and kicked him where the sun don't shine. He gasped in pain. She took his arm, twisted it, and flipped him onto the table. He groaned as his back hit the plastic table. She turned to the rest of Sophie's clique.

"Boo." She stated flatly and they scattered.

"Sara. Sara! We have to get out, now!" Abe shouted. He pointed at her remaining clique. The football captain got up and cracked his fingers. Sara widened her eyes and grabbed Abe's arm. They ran out, leaving Andrew and Piper, who left, too. Abe dragged Sara into the parking lot. He ran for his motorcycle. She followed. He climbed on and she grabbed the spare helmet and adjusted it. She climbed on and hugged Abe's chest. He sped out of the parking lot.

"Where are we going?" Sara shouted.

"Anywhere but here." Abe shouted back.

- 5 minutes later -

"Why are we at your house?" Sara asked. Abe grabbed her hand. He went around the back and started climbing the tree. It was a huge tree that led to his bedroom on the second floor. She swiftly and skillfully grabbed a branch and swung on. She climbed branch after branch until they arrived on his balcony. He quietly opened the door and walked in. She followed and finally collapsed on his bed. She started crying, and Abe sat next to her, comforting her. She cried into his hoodie until his door creaked open.

"Anderson? Sara Anderson?" Sara looked up and saw Abe's mom.

"Hi Alicia," Sara said to his mom. Alicia looked at Abe with a raised eyebrow.

"Someone was making fun of her and I didn't know where else to take her." He explained.

"How about the principal office Abraham Henderson?" She said sharply.

"She also gave the football team a good beating in their manhood." He muttered. Alicia turned to Sara.

"Is this true?" Alicia asked. Sara nodded. "UP TOP!" Alicia said to Sara, holding her hand up. Sara grinned, knowing that she wouldn't get into any trouble.

"Tell me everything!" Alicia said. Sara repeated the story and Alicia smiled. "I knew that making your mom make you do Tae Kwon Do would pay off!" Alicia said.

"But we need to explain to the school, now." Alicia said. Sara nodded, knowingly.

Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Sara opened the 4 messages.

No Caller ID:

We know where you are. We know what you've done.

Come quietly to 484 East Herald Ave and we'll leave your friends alone.

If you aren't here by 4:30 this afternoon, they won't have a happy ending.

Underneath was a picture of a gun pointed at Piper and Andrew, who were in the corner of a dark room, tied up. Sara gasped.

"Sara, what's wrong?" Abe asked. I quickly turned off my phone.

"I-I have to go," Sara said quickly. "Bye Alicia. Bye Henderson."

Sara quickly went out their front door and checked the time. It was 3:00. She quickly typed in the address on Google Maps. It was a 2 hour walk. She started sprinting, running to her destination. Her tears ran freely down her cheeks, her ponytail flying in the wind. She bit her lip to keep from sobbing and arrived, panting, at her destination. It was 4:29. She put her hand on the doorknob and turned it, only to be immediately pushed down to the ground. She grunted, her eyes adjusting to the dark. She gasped at the gun pointed at her. She slowly stood up, putting her hands in the air.

"I-I'm here. You have to let them go. P-Please." She backed up against the wall.

Alex stared down at her, and grinned evilly.

"I'm sorry. They know too much." He turned to them. "Adios." He said and he pulled the trigger.

"NO!" Sara screamed. There was a loud BANG and when Sara looked, there was a bullet in the wall. Piper and Andrew were still alive.

"You will do whatever I want you to do. Or else, the next bullet won't miss."