I stepped backwards in horror. "What do you want, Rick?" I asked, not sure I wanted to know.

"What do I want? You insulted me in front of everyone; nobody does that. And you think I'm going to let you get away with it?" He laughed once, "Not a chance. What I want is revenge."

I turned to make my escape but there were two of his friends behind me. I was trapped.

I looked back at Rick, scared, but trying not to show it, "Dont do this. Please." He just smiled and shook his head, "It's too late now." He stepped forward and I bolted to the left. "Get her!" He shouted.

One of his friends grabbed me and wrapped his arms around my waist, holding me tight. I struggled to get free, but my strength was no match for his. Rick was standing in front of me now. He held my chin as he brought his face to mine. "You're going to pay, don't make things worse than they already are." He brought his mouth to mine but before he could kiss me I kicked him. Hard. He cursed and grabbed my face. "I will hurt you if you do that again, bitch!" I stopped struggling for a second but then started back up again; the alternative was not something I had any desire to explore.

He pulled my face to his and kissed me, hard and rough. When he broke free I sneered at him, "Stop this now or I'll be the one to hurt you!" He smirked and said,"You aren't in a position to threaten me." He leaned in close and traced his hand down my cheek. "You couldn't hurt me anyway." "You let me go and see just how much I can hurt you!" My face was hot and anger boiled in my blood. I could feel that fury building again. "Aw c'mon, May, cant you try to be at least a little feminine?" I growled and pulled harder, trying to get free.

The minute I got loose Rick was going to die. A slow painful death.

He touched my face again and I tried to bite his hand. He shook his head and smiled. I started cursing at him. He glanced back and said,"Let's hurry this up guys. I've got to be somewhere." He turned to the guy who wasn't holding me and said,"Get her legs." He obeyed and moved in front of me. I kicked at him violently. He managed to get hold of my legs and held them up off the ground. Then Rick started unzipping my jeans. I knew what was coming next. Ice slid through my veins.

"KURT!" I screamed as loud as I could. I pulled against them with every bit of strength I had. "Shut her up!" Rick commanded. The guy who was nearest to my face strained to cover my mouth with his hand while trying not to let me go. I twisted my face away and screamed again, "KURT, HELP ME!"

Rick was beginning to pull my pants down when suddenly he was pushed away. The guy holding my legs was jerked back by his collar and thrown onto the ground. Kurt was at my side in that same moment and gripped the other guy by his shirt. "Let. Her. Go." He growled.

The instant I was released I bolted forward and attacked Rick. "Hey, Stoppit! Get her off me!" He screeched as I puched him and drug my fingernails across his skin. "You stupid, filthy, slimy bastard!" I yelled.

Someone pulled me up before I had a chance to gouge out his eyes. My madness pulsed through every inch of my body. I wanted Rick to pay. In the worst ways possible. But a strong cold arm around my waist held me back. "Mazia, calm down." "Did you see what they were trying to do to me?! Kill them, Kurt, kill them!" I turned my head to look at Kurt, eyes bright with fury. He looked down at me, face smooth. Why wasn't he angry? Why wasn't he doing anything? "I saw, Mazia, but this isnt the way to deal with it."

I tried to break free, "How could you protect them?!" "I'm not protecting them, but beating them up, or killing them, won't fix anything."

Footsteps drew my attention away from Kurt and I twisted my head around to see Rick running away.

"Youre going to pay for this!" I lashed out at him with all my might, but Kurt held me back. Tears suddenly flooded my eyes and I felt my anger draining away to weakness. Rick did all of that to me and I couldn't stop him... And now he was getting away with it and Kurt wouldn't stand up for me. He was going to get away with it... That wasnt fair.

"Why are you letting him get away with it?" I asked quietly, looking at the ground. "I'm not." Was the quick reply. Kurt stepped forward and carried me with him to the front of the school. Then he sat me down on the steps. I sagged and let my head hang low. I felt utterly helpless to do anything. Sure, I could make a run for it, but what was the point now? Kurt would have me again before I even landed one blow.

I folded my arms across my chest. I felt so violated... How could Kurt not do anything? How was anything Rick did right?

It wasn't. But he wasn't being punished for it. How could he do something like that to me in the first place? And why; revenge for a little humiliation? Obviously I had greatly misjudged him.

Kurt sat down beside me. I rested my arms on my knees and turned away. "Mazia." He put his hand on my back and I stiffened. He dropped the hand but leaned closer to me. "Mazia, don't be like this."

"How am I supposed to be?" I asked, voice slightly wet from crying. "Don't let it get to you. Something like this... It needs to be forgotten." I shot a vicious glare at him, "Easy for you to say." "I mean, if you let it keep you down, you're going to retreat further and further into a shell." "Why didn't you kill him?" He blinked. "What?" "Why didn't you get mad because of what they did to me and kill him?" "If I had killed him... What would that change?" "I would feel better." "What about his family? Or his friends? What about the people that actually care about him?" "They have no idea what he's really like obviously." "A lot of parents still love their kids after they've done something wrong." "Not something like this." "Yes, something like this." "Then they're idiots."

"What about the cops? The ones that would be out looking for his murderer? Or his body, if we chose to hide it." "We'd just do it so he couldn't be found." "What would his family think about that?" I stayed silent. He continued,"You would commit them to a life of misery.. Wondering where their son is, what happened to him, if he's even alive... Just so you'd 'feel better'? How is that right any more than what he did to you?"

He waited for an answer but I seethed, "It doesn't matter, you don't care enough to kill him for me anyway." He sighed,"I do care." "Obviously not. You don't care what happens to me. And you don't care what anyone does to me." "Mazia, look at me."

I hesitated, but turned my head ever so slightly to look at him. His eyes held mine and he spoke, "I do care what happens to you. And, if this were a different situation, I deffinately would have killed him. But I have to be very careful about things like that. You of all people can understand why. There are other ways to fix this than to kill him; but I won't let him get away with it, I assure you." His sincerity rang in every word and I couldn't help believing him.

"All right." I said quietly. It didn't make everything okay, but I knew he would make Rick regret it, at least.

Kurt put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into him. "Let's cancel lessons for today." He said. I buried my head in his chest and closed my eyes.

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