They pushed her to the ground and kicked her in the ribs. They called her names and kicked her again. They took a length of rope, tied it around her waist and dragged her along sticks and stones to a nearby tree. On the verge of passing out, she didn't see what the Jennifer 2 & 3 were doing. But she did see Jennifer 1 standing over her trying to add a few more bruises to her bashed body. She planted a foot in Brianna's stomach and that caused her to cough up blood all over her jeans. The noise of laughter from the girls slowly faded away. Whether that was from Brianna passing out or from the fact that they were leaving, Brianna was unsure. All she knew was that she was sore and the world had turned black.
In, out. Right, left. In, out. Right, left. James was running laps in the local park, trying to improve his fitness for the upcoming hockey final. He wasn't doing this for himself, he was already the fittest on the team, and his 'guns' made the girls drool. He was doing this for Kendall, his best friend. Kendall wanted to play for Minnesota one day. James usually ran around the outer rim of the park, but he had left his drink bottle at his house so he was running in to get a drink. Not looking where he was going, James tripped over. Curious to see what he tripped over, James turned around to see a girl slumped against a tree, passed out.n James studied her face. She had straight, brown hair, that in the afternoon sunlight it looked nearly bronze. It would have been pretty, if her hair wasn't matted with dried blood. Her eye had a large bruise forming around it and she had blood dripping from her nose. James thought she looked familiar, but he couldn't place where he had seen her before. There was a rope tied around her waist and around the tree. James stood up, somewhat awkwardly, and walked around the tree. The circumference of the tree was huge; it must have been picked so when this girl woke up she wouldn't be able to move anywhere. James untied the rope with ease. Whoever tied it didn't do a very good job. James walked back around the tree and was surprised to find that the girl had gained consciousness and was rubbing her head.
"Are you alright?" James asked. But he knew the answer. Of course she wasn't alright. Not by a long shot. Caught by surprise, the girl jumped at the sound of his voice.
"Wha-what happened?" she asked. James told her how he had found her, and how he hadn't seen who had done this to her. James sat down next to her and handed her the towel he was going to use to wipe away sweat.
"Am I bleeding?" she asked. James nodded.
"Where?" James took the towel from her and started to wipe the blood off her face. As he got to her eye, he couldn't help but notice the colour of her eye. It was a very beautiful blue. James suddenly remembered where he had seen her before. They had several classes together. But what was her name? Bree? Bridget? Brittany? No, none of those names. Then it clicked.
"Are you Brianna?"
"Yes. Brianna Melville. You're James Diamond, aren't you?" James smiled at Brianna crookedly.
"Yeah." James accidentally put a little bit too much pressure of her eye, and she winced
"Sorry" he finished wiping the blood away. "do you remember who did this to you?"
Yes! She wanted to scream. But she didn't. James was dating Jennifer 1 and she didn't want to see him hurt because of her, especially after what he is doing for her right now.
"No," she replied.
"Should I drive you home? Can you stand?" he asked.
"I don't know. Let's see," Brianna answered. James stood up and grabbed Brianna's hands to help her to her feet. She slowly stood up, but she got dizzy and fell. James caught her before she hit the ground.
"Apparently not," he said to her.
"Brianna! You're alright! I was so worried about you! Your parents are going crazy!" Logan rushed up to her. He stopped abruptly when he saw James still holding her. "Uhh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt you…"
"Oh you're not. Brianna tried to stand up and she got dizzy and collapsed. I just caught her," James said. "Here, do you want to take her home? I can carry her to your car if you want…"
"Umm, do you mind? I wouldn't be able to lift her…"
"I think I can walk-"
"Nope I don't trust you to walk. I'm carrying you" James scooped her up in his arms and followed Logan to his car.
"Umm, James this is Logan, my best friend. Logan this is James. He found me and cleaned me up," Brianna said with a smile. She didn't know why she was smiling, she just was.
"Hey!"
"Hi." They had reached Logan's car.
"Thanks, James. For everything," Brianna said
"You're welcome. I'm sure everyone would have done the same. See you around Brianna. You too, Logan!" James shut the door and started to run back to where he had left his things.
"Tell me absolutely everything, starting with James." so Brianna began, leaving out the part with the Jennifer's again. This will be my secret for now… she thought.