"So... What did you get from number fourteen?"

Heaven scans her math homework, looking for the problem in question. "Negative one. You'd know that if you were paying attention."

Blayke sighs, running his hands through his hair. "Heaven, would you please just talk to me?"

"I am talking to you."

"Only because Miss Sarasa is forcing you to." Blayke grumbles.

"Be grateful," Heaven says.

"Yes, I'm so grateful that you've decided that I'm worthy of your time now." Blayke says, tapping the eraser end of his pencil against his desk. "Should I be kissing your feet? Should I be on my knees bowing down, thankful for your mercy and gratitude."

"You get on your knees? Maybe you should talk to someone that is familiar with that position- Isabel, maybe? I hear you two are close." Heaven smirks, but just saying those words feels like a punch in the stomach.

"For the last time, I swear, she violated me. I didn't do anything." Blayke insisted.

Heaven refuses to look at Blayke, which makes his equal parts mad and sad. He reaches over and, with his index finger, turns her face so that she was looking at him. Her big sapphire blue eyes still made him shake on the inside, and the way she bit her lip before she said anything emotional drove him insane. And she was doing it, right now, biting her bottom lip and staring at him with her big eyes. He closed his eyes and braced himself for the verbal lashing he was about to get from her.

It was awful to admit, but he was just glad that she would talk to him. No matter what she said, he was just glad that he would hear the sound of her voice again. Even if she was calling him an "asshole", or a "liar", or a "dickhead". He would let her call him every bad name in the book, if she would just acknowledge him once more.

"Blayke..." Heaven whispers, rubbing her reddened knuckles. She closes her eyes, thinking about the events that took place only a few days ago.

Few Day Ago

Heaven chews on her bottom lip as she waits outside of the liquor store. Skyler is standing in front of her, looking nervous, hands shoved into the pockets of her puffy, blue jacket.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" She asks, her voice shaking, "What if she tries to fight you or something?"

Heaven shrugs, "I don't see why she would want to fight me. I just want her to tell me what she did."

"Well, here she comes," Skyler says, quietly.

As the door to the liquor store opens, a small bell jingles, and Isabel steps out. She pulls out a set of keys from her gray jacket and begins locking the door to the store. When she's all done, Heaven steps forward, in front of Isabel. Isabel turns around and jumps when she notices Heaven's puffy figure.

Isabel lifts her hands up defensively. "I-I don't have any money!"

"I'm not mugging you," Heaven says, pulling the hood of her jacket back, "I'm here to talk to you."

Isabel narrows her green eyes at Heaven. "About what? Who are you? Are you a drug dealer cause I'm clean and I plan on stayin' clean, you hear?"

Heaven scrunches up her nose at the mention of drugs. What kind of girl was she? A drinker, a rapist, a... junkie? "I'm Heaven. Blayke's girlfriend, well, his ex-girlfriend."

Isabel's face becomes even paler than it already was. "L-listen, I don't know what you heard, but it ain't true."

"I didn't hear anything," Heaven sneers, "I was sent a picture of you, naked, on top of my then-boyfriend, who was also naked. What was that about?"

The burgundy stares at Heaven. The silence is almost deafening and Skyler steps back, sensing deep hostility between the two girls. Isabel licks her lips, before placing her hands on her hips.

"Alright, you know what?" She says, her voice firm, "I do feel really bad about all that, okay? But I have a problem, do you understand? Now, I ain't trying to say what I did was okay; Blayke was telling me that he was yours, but I didn't care and I feel terrible about it now. And... And along with all the alcohol that night, I also had- you know what? Never mind. I'm really sorry, Heaven. Blayke had nothing to do with any of it."

"You're not just saying that, are you?" Heaven asks suspiciously.

Isabel rolls her eyes, "I have no reason to 'just say that', city girl. I am genuinely remorseful about what I did, I am. Blayke won't ever forgive me and I don't blame him, quite frankly. But since you're here and you know what I did and know that I'm the one to blame, maybe you and Blayke can work thing out. Can I go now? My ma's gonna be worried if I'm not home soon."

"Yeah, just-" Heaven shakes her head, "So you really did, you really raped Blayke?"

Isabel's lips tightened and she didn't say anything, which was as much as a confirmation as Heaven needed. "I'm gonna be leaving now, if you don't mind." She pushes passed Heaven, heading for her car.

Heaven looks up at Skyler, whose eyebrows are high on her face, just as shocked as she is. Skyler whispers, "Follow her," and Heaven nods. She rushes over to Isabel's dilapidated compact car and taps on the window. Isabel looks up at Heaven, confused, but rolls her window down.

"Sorry, I thought we were done." Isabel frowns.

"We are," Heaven nods, "I just thought I should give you something."

"What's that?"

The next thing Heaven was aware of was the deep, stinging in her knuckles. The bones in her fists were red, swollen, and starting to bruise, but the only thing that looked worse than Heaven's fist, was Isabel's face. Her nose was bleeding profusely and was already starting to swell, and the area under her eyes had begun to blackened already. Heaven narrowed her eyes at Isabel, but didn't say anything else. She turns around and walks towards Skyler, who is bouncing next to her.

"Wow, Heaven, I didn't know you were so badass." Skyler says, her voice filled with awe.

Heaven runs her fingers across her injured knuckles, "I didn't either."

Heaven looks up at Blayke through her eyelashes. "Do you want to come over after school?" She asks, "I think we should talk."