# Charity Hart* #
Beep Beep. Beep Beep. Beep Beep.
I slam my hand on the alarm clock button. I get out of my bed and stumble to my bathroom. I do this quietly so I don't wake my father. I look at myself in the mirror. A scar on my cheek. A bruise on my forehead. Dry blood on my lip. I've looked worse. I go out the back door to get my clothes off the line. They smell nice and fresh. I take a shower and get dressed. I grab my bag and head out the door. As I take step on the sidewalk I see three boys standing in the top right corner of our four-way. I'm standing in the bottom right. They glance over at me and smirk. I look forward and start running down the sidewalk as they come running after me. One of the boys catch up with me and pull my hoodie conected to my jacket jerking me back to the ground. The boys circled around me and started kicking me. Tears steamed down my face. Around eight minutes later they stopped and ran off. I stood up and started limping the rest of the way to school.
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"What did you block that for? You didn't have to do that for me. Are you ok?" He looked concerned.
"I'm fine. My nose is bleeding though." I responded.
" Do you need any help?"
"No, I'm good." I stood up, grabed my bookbag, and started to walk off.
"Wait!" I turned around. "What's your name?"
"Charity. Charity Hart." I walked all the way home and got ready for my performence. I took a shower and put on my gold dress. I walked to the mirror and thought about my apperance. Brown hair, violet eyes, naturally wavy hair. I was beautiful. I rolled on my clear lip gloss and rubbed my lips together. This was the first time I liked what I seen in the mirror. I smiled.
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