AN: Hey, how's it going bros? I'm doing mighty fine, thanks for asking ;) So...I'm liking the idea that I'm breaking the story down into small chapters instead of one big mess...ugh, that oneshot idea didn't go well as planned :/ But hey, who am I to complain? OMG, I hate thinking of chapter titles. I'm bad at it. Unless...I can come up with one that is creative but then the lost it and...it's a bitch :/ Goddammit. This chapter title bothers me so much! Ugh! Hey, hey...maybe you creative bros can help me with some of the chapter titles (like this one :P) and I can just edit it and put you better, FABULOUS one in there :3 Oh, and spoilers...Joel is in this chapter LOL :3 So, since some of you bros like the 1st chapter so far, here's chapter 2 :) Enjoy reading, my fabulous ducks! :3

Chapter 2: The Predator and the Prey

It's been non-stop with Jake. Ever since Ellie avoided him, he's been following her wherever she goes. But yeah, she says 'hi' and 'what's up?' to him but that's not enough. Everywhere she turns and goes, she sees him staring at her. His dark glares staring right through her, as if he can see her soul. It just gives her an eerie feeling.

But luckily today, she hasn't seen him, which is a major relief. She can't stand him constantly following her anymore. Maybe he gave up and now falling for some other girl. It was about freaking time, she needed it.

It was time when the sun starts to set over the mountains. Cody, Kylee, Dallace, and Ellie just got done eating dinner: deer meat with mash potatoes and gravy.

"Holy shit", Cody sighs, "That was good."

"I couldn't take another bite if I wanted to", Dallace said as he rubs his belly.

Ellie and Kylee looks at each other, both eyebrows raise with goofy smirks on their faces. The girls start to giggle.

"What?" Dallace questions them.

"Well", Kylee starts out, "The way you eat, I can see why you can't another bite."

"You could probably eat a cow, for all I know!" Ellie chuckles.

Everyone laughs out loud, except for Dallace. He just simply took off his ball cap and ran his fingers through his curly, dirty-blond hair.

"Do you know what?" Dallace questions in amusement.

"What?" Ellie giggles, "Do you wanna go? Cuz, I will!"

Ellie put up her fists up, waving it all around and about. He finds himself grinning and put his fists up as well.

"Bring it on, bitch!" Dallace grins.

Ellie and Dallace playfully punch and bitch-slap each other, none of them care if they're being noticed or not.

"C'mon, is that all you got?" He questions playfully, "You fight like a girl!"

"I AM a girl, dumbass!" She exclaims," I'm more of a man than you are!"

"Prove it", was all he said.

Ellie grins and tightens her right fist and punches his left shoulder as hard as she can.

His eyes widen and felt sharp pain through his shoulder. He stops what he was doing and protectively held his shoulder.

"Augh fuck!" He said as he grits his teeth, "I totally regret this decision!"

Ellie grins and chuckles evilly. "Then don't fuck with me then!"

The teens laugh out loud. They were having one hell of a time.

Ellie makes a quick glance at the mess hall clock, it says 7:30. Then she made a quick glance out the window, seeing the sun set over the horizon.

"Well shit", mutters Ellie.

Kylee looks at her with a goofy smirk on her face. "What?"

"I gotta go", Ellie states as stands up and pushed in her chair. "I promise Joel I would get back home before it gets dark."

"Since when have you 'promise' him about getting home before dark?" Dallace questions her.

"Right before I'd left", Ellie chuckles. "He said 'Promise me to come home before dark.' Then I was like 'I will'." She zips up her hoodie and gave her friends a genuine smile. "Later."

Her friends said bye to her as she walked out and shut the doors behind her.

She was all alone, walking by herself. No one was out and about doing their thing. It was nice, just feeling a cool breeze as she walks back home. It was quiet, too quiet. She doesn't know why but she's getting that eerie feeling again. She felt like she was being watched, it didn't sooth her at all.

Luckily for her, she can see her house up ahead. She feels better a little, but then she heard a voice spoke out behind her.

"Hello, Ellie."

The voice startles her and turns around to see who it was: it was Jake.

"What do you want, Jake?" She said with annoyance.

She sees his eyes pop out, biting his cheek to control his anger. "I…I just thought maybe we could hang out tonight."

She crosses her arm, rolling her eyes. "I have no plans on hanging out with anyone for the rest of the night." She walks away from him.

"Hey, what the hell is your problem?" Anger starts to rise in his voice.

"You!" She turns around in anger. "You've been constantly stalking me for the past month, all because you just wanna hang out! I'm not interested in you! So why don't you just fuck off and leave me alone!"

She went to turn around and walks away, when suddenly her arm grabs her harshly and spins her around. Ellie's eyes widen as she can see the anger on Jake's face.

"Don't you walk away from me!" Jake said with vemon in his voice.

"I just did, you fucking asshole!" Ellie screams in his face.

"Bitch, you gonna regret turning me down!" He grits his teeth and tightens his hold on her.

Ellie knees him in his groin, making him let go of her. It gave her the opportunity to run away from him. She never looked back. All she wanted was to get to the damn house before he could catch up.

Somehow, Jake made it back up to her and grabs her arm roughly. He spun her around, to make her look at him. He was so pissed she thought she can see steam coming out of his ears.

"You owe me", Jake growls.

"I don't owe you shit", Ellie spat back at him.

His eyes darken, almost as a black color. He tightens his grip on her.

"Now you do"

Jake punches Ellie in her face. He punched her left side of her jaw. She drops to the ground, seeing stars for a moment, screaming out in pain and agony. She can taste her own blood flowing through her mouth. She rolls onto her left side, clutching her now throbbing jaw.

"That's what you get, bitch!" Jake snarls at her. "You're gonna be mine, one way or another."

Ellie shits out the blood on the ground. She looked up at him with pure hatred in her eyes.

"Go to hell, you fucking asshole!" Ellie growls. "I hope a clicker bits your dick off!"

Jake growls in anger. He brought up his leg, getting ready to kick the shit out of her. Ellie closed her eyes, waiting for multiple kicks to her stomach and ribs. All of a sudden, someone tackled the boy. Jake was thrown on the ground and couldn't get back up. Ellie opens her eyes and see Joel beating the shit out of him.

Joel was on top of Jake, throwing punches left and right in his face. Each and every punch Joel made the boy unrecognizable. Jake's blood pours out of his mouth, his eyes starts to turn black and blue, and three of his teeth got knocked out. Jake was defenseless at this point, he can only hold up his arms, covering his face. He was crying bloody murder, begging him to stop.

Jake's cries and screams got some attention in the settlement. Adults stop what they were doing and immediately ran out to help the boy. Two men pulled Joel off of Jake and threw him back; others aid the now injured boy.

Out of the crowd, Tommy comes by and charge up to Joel in anger, who really isn't in the mood for it.

"Joel, what the hell you think you're doin'?" Tommy questions in anger.

Joel looked up at him, in both anger and annoyance. He didn't respond to his question. He just simply got up. He made no contact with anyone except for Ellie. He walks over, holding a hand out to her.

"C'mon," Joel said. "We're goin' home."

Ellie's wide eyes were staring up at him, can't even believe what she just witness. But now isn't the time for that. She took his hand and pulls her up. She was getting unwanted stares at her; it just made her cling to his side. She took a hold of her jaw, avoiding eye contact, as Joel wrap his arm around her, guiding back to their home.

AN: Holy shit, I got something to say...Jake...is a fucking dickhead. I hate his guts so much, I seriously do. It just makes me want to go up to him, kick his little white girl butt, and cut his dick off and shove it up his ass. Jake, not just him, NOBODY...has no right to hurt a girl like that! It doesn't go with just Ellie...it goes with every other girl out there! Guys...guys are assholes (well most of them). All that guys want...is to get the girl...and do 'whatever' with them. They just don't give a fuck. Ugh...from where I grew up (up till now), all guys, mainly like 'the more athletic kids', are dicks. They're okay with the popular girls but when it's the unnoticeable girls (mainly me and my friends), we're treated like shit. The school I attend is pretty much based on popularity and how much of an athlete you are. You gotta be either very popular and/or be a douchebag JUST to get respect from everyone, even the goddamn teachers! Teachers and staff treat me, my friends, band geeks (which is mainly all of my friends), and the unnoticeable, nice and well- respected kids get treated like shit...like were trash or something. My friend...got elected for Homecoming Court...as a prank. The popular kids did it so my friend and some other girl can be humiliated infront of the entire school. Even the principal knew about this and guess what? He didn't do shit! They (my friend and the girl) didn't want to do it. There were runner-ups anyway but...my principal wouldn't let them dropped out. Dude, I hate my school so fucking much. I just wanna get through the day seeing my friends and have a good time in band. When I graduated, I'm gonna move to LA, FAR away from here and never come back...ugh, bros I'm so damn tired of this shit. I forgot why I wrote this anyway but...whatever...IDC anymore...anyway, I'll put up chapter 3 soon and see you later...*brofist*