Chapter 3

Flashback: 2 years previous.

I sat in my seat in Geography, in front of Danny, Tom and Harry. I hated that the seating plan had me sat here, all they did was pick on me the entire lesson, the teacher always saw and heard what they did, but he did nothing.

"Poynter!" I heard Tom shout, he was only behind me, why did he have to shout and deafen me?

I turned around to find all 3 of them grinning evilly at me. I frowned.

"What do you want?" I asked.

Harry went to say something, but Danny cut in, "You got a pen?" He asked me, a friendly smile on his face.

"Yeah" I replied and passed him a pen.

"Cheers" He smiled.

I saw Harry whisper something in Danny's ear, and Danny frowned and nodded.

"So Dougie, what's it like to have no friends? To be a loner? To know that even your family would be better off without you? Does it hurt you? Does it make you want to cut yourself? Does it make you never want to see your own reflection again?" Danny asked, an evil smirk on his face. I couldn't believe he just said that, never had Danny said anything that mean, he was the nicest of the three and he had just destroyed me. I felt the tears run slowly down my cheeks.

Danny's smile faltered, and turned into a frown, but I couldn't see properly through my blurry eyes.

"Aw, look at the cry baby!" Harry shouted. Everyone turned to look at me and burst out laughing, everyone except Danny, who sat there frowning. I had to leave the room after that, never had I cried at school, I didn't want to show I was weak. But I was. And I had cried, and now everyone knew I was weak. I ran out the door, the teacher shouted my name after me, but I didn't listen. I collapsed on the ground in a heap and sobbed, I did hate my life. It did hurt. I do cut myself. And I don't like seeing my own refection. How could he get so much right in one sentence? How could he hurt me so much in one sentence?

Danny Jones made me weaker than I already was that day, and everyone knew. And for some reason, I still didn't hate him.

End of flashback.

And now I'm going round his house. I hope this isn't a trap. That was the only truly nasty thing Danny had ever said to me...