Stephanie sighed as she got back into Trish's car. She looked over at her friend as she started the ignition and pulled out of the parking lot. "That was just amazing."

"I know right?" Trish agreed glancing over at Stephanie. "I feel so relaxed now I could take a nap."

"Exactly, I literally could fall asleep right now." Stephanie responded yawning widely.

Just then her phone beeped with a new message. She pulled it from her purse and glanced at the preview message, seeing it was from a number she didn't recognize she opened it completely.

Meet me at this address and come alone, we have some things to discuss.

"That's so weird," Stephanie mumbled furrowing her brow.

"What's weird?" Trish asked bringing the car to a stop in front of Stephanie's house.

"Nothing," she said shrugging her shoulders. She didn't want to worry her friend over something like this; it was probably just a wrong number anyway. "Thanks for today Trish, you're the best."

"Well clearly," Trish said cockily. "Just remember this in the future."

Stephanie laughed as she got out of the car. She waved goodbye to her friend before turning to walk toward her house. Her phone beeped again and she glanced down at the new message.

Don't try to ignore this Stephanie, we really need to talk. It's important.

"Okay, so it wasn't a wrong number." She mumbled pulling up her keyboard so she could reply.

Steph: Who is this?

Unidentified: Don't worry about that; just meet me at this address.

Stephanie furrowed her brow in confusion wondering what she should do. She was confused because she had no idea who this person was, but they seemed insistent. Rolling her eyes she decided to ignore them for now as she walked into the house. She handed her mom the bag with the shampoo and conditioner in it before making her way back up the stairs to her room. Dropping down onto her bed she decided it might be a good time for a nap.

Before she could close her eyes however, her phone beeped again indicating yet another new message.

Steph, I'm sorry if this is confusing for you, but…please just come meet me it's important.

"Who in the hell…" She replied once again asking who it was and why it was so important that she meet them.

It's Kelly; I'm using my brother's phone because I mine broke.

Steph: Why are you using his phone?

"Please just come?"

Steph: Fine, on my way you weirdo.

Stephanie sighed as she got up off her bed. She was really confused as to why Kelly would be using her brother's phone and asking her to meet with her at some address she had never been to before but she was going against her better judgment on this one. Her friend was acting like she was distressed about something and if that was the case and she could help her…well she had to try. She just hoped her friend wasn't slipping back into her old ways.

Twenty minutes later she pulled to a stop in front of the apartment building that she had been texted. She glanced around her before she exited the car noting that it was in a weird neighborhood. She got out of the car and locked it before wrapping her hands around her and walking quickly toward the entrance. She was feeling extremely uncomfortable right now but this wasn't the first time Kelly had asked her to come to an area like this, she probably needed a ride home from some strange guy's house.

She walked to the apartment number that she had been given and knocked on the door. A couple of moments later the door opened and her eyes widened at who was on the other side. "Um…is Kelly here?" She asked in confusion wondering why Paul's ex had answered.

"Yeah, she was apparently hanging out with my roommate all day I guess. He left but she's in the room sleeping."

"Well can you go and get her then? I need to go." Stephanie replied trying to remain calm. She could not believe that her friend and put her in this situation knowing that Stephanie didn't like the woman before her.

"No because I'm not the one who's friends with the passed out drunk blonde. You can go get her if you want to but that's all you."

"Fine whatever," she replied brushing pass Brit and intentionally knocked her with her shoulder. She remembered the last time she had come face to face with the woman in front of her and she had ended up on the ground from it.

She started down the hall, when the door slammed shut behind her she turned her head back and rolled her eyes again. As she turned back toward the hall the door ahead of her opened and instead of Kelly she encountered Beth.

"You have got to be kidding me, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Beth smirked.

"I'm picking up my friend,"

"Oh, you mean Kelly?"

"How did you…" Just then she felt someone come up behind her but before she could turn to find out what was going on she was shoved forward into Beth.

Glaring at her as Beth caught her before she could fall down onto her butt. "Whoa you need to watch where you're going you dumb slut."

"Excuse me?" Stephanie asked backing away from her a couple of steps. "Who are you to call me a slut?"

"Aren't you the one fucking your teacher for a better grade or something? Too stupid to do it on your own like the rest of us huh?"

"I'm not…."

Before she could finish her sentence someone grabbed her arm and flipped her in the other direction. "I told you the last time I saw you to stay away from my boyfriend."

"He isn't your boyfriend, you're delusional or something. I'm sorry but he doesn't love you and I'm leaving."

"I don't think so, I think you need to learn the lesson you didn't absorb the last time we talked." Brit spat at her before shoving her back into the wall.

Stephanie cried out as she hit the wall behind her, her head bouncing off the glass frame hanging there. She fell to the ground in a heap, her hand brushing the back of her head where it had hit. Bringing her hand away from her head she saw blood and her eyes widened. She stood up shakenly and tried to bypass the women standing in front of her.

"Where you going slut?" Beth asked grabbing ahold of Stephanie before rearing her hand back and hitting her on the cheek bone.

Staggering backward her hand covering her cheek Stephanie cried out in pain as her back met the wall once again. "Just let me leave okay? I don't want to…"

"Want to what? Why don't you just put your big girl panties on and fight back you stupid whore. Or do you not think Paul is worth fighting for?" Brit mocked in a sickeningly sweet voice.

"Why are you…?"

"Oh my god, will this bitch ever get the point?" Brit asked smirking at Beth.

Before Beth could say anything Brit reared her hand back and hit Stephanie again laughing as the younger woman cried out as she hit the floor again. She then got down on top of her so that Stephanie couldn't get back up and started punching at slapping at her while Stephanie tried to block her face.

"Fight back you stupid bitch," Brit yelled grabbing ahold of Stephanie's head and slamming it into the floor beneath her.

Stephanie screamed as she felt her head hitting the ground and tried to shove the older woman off but Brit wasn't allowing her to do anything. She squirmed around beneath Brit and managed to bring her hand up hitting the other woman in the face.

Squealing Brit fell off of Stephanie and Stephanie rolled over onto her stomach and managed to make it to her knees. "Where do you think you're going?" Beth asked before bringing her leg up and kicking Stephanie hard in the stomach.

Groaning Stephanie fell onto her side her hand automatically covering her stomach. Tears came to her eyes as she tried to get up again. She needed to get out of this house before these girls did anything else to her.

"You stupid fucking bitch, you think you can hit me and leave huh? I don't think so."

"What do you want from me?" Stephanie cried trying to get away from Brit.

"I want to see your face smashed in sweetie." She answered calmly before grabbing a handful of Stephanie's hair.

Stephanie cried out in pain and tried to get out of the other woman's grasp but before she could manage too Brit drug her back and then smashed her head against the wall. She then hit the floor trying to crawl toward the living room.

"Oh no you don't," Brit screamed bringing her foot up and kicking at Stephanie's face.

Screaming in pain, her hands moving to her face Stephanie crumpled onto her side. Holding a shaking hand in front of her face she saw blood. Her nose was probably broken.

Brit then grabbed her ankle and pulled her back toward her. She once again climbed onto the younger woman her fists flying as she repeatedly hit Stephanie, laughing as she yelped in pain and tried to cover her face for protection.

Beth watched on in horror as Brit continued wailing on her high school rival. She didn't think things were going to go this far, she had assumed they were just going to beat her up a little, maybe a black eye or a busted lip, but as the shorter woman stood up and Stephanie balled up into herself crying in pain she saw a puddle of blood beneath her. Blood was coming out of her nose like a waterfall and her lip was also bleeding profusely.

"Um…" She stammered.

Brit turned toward the blonde and rolled her eyes. She then turned back to the crumpled, bleeding girl at her feet and laughed before grabbing a handful of her hair and dragging her out into the living room.

Beth just followed listening as Stephanie yelped and moaned trying to grab ahold of something to help her get away from the crazy woman attacking her. Once they reached the living room, Brit released the younger brunette and laughed as she tried once again to crawl toward the door.

She kicked her in the midsection and smirked in pleasure as Stephanie rolled over onto her side. She then took her foot and stomped down onto her, kicking her over and over as elation surged through her body. "You're going to learn your lesson this time bitch." She yelled as she moved to the other side of Stephanie and aimed a kick at her face.

Stephanie screamed in pain as Brit's foot struck her in the eye. And then again as that same foot reared back and kicked her under the chin causing her teeth to bite down on her tongue. Turning toward the blonde Brit widened her eyes with a questioning look on her face. "Are you just going to stand there and make me do all the work?"

"Um…no of course not." She stuttered walking toward Stephanie. She kicked Stephanie in the midsection three times and then stumbled back as Brit pushed her away.

"Oh for Christ sake stop being such a wimp. Hold her arm down for me."

"Okay," Beth agreed quickly not wanting the older brunette to turn on her with her assault. Holding Stephanie's arm down straight she watched as Brit cracked her neck and then lifted her foot and stomped directly onto Stephanie's wrist.

Stephanie whimpered and tried to pull her arm into her body for protection but Beth held tight not allowing her to do so. Brit brought her boot down over and over stomping onto her wrist as Stephanie cried and whimpered struggling to get her arm free.

"Do you hear the bitch? She sounds like a fucking dog. That's all you are too you dumb slut. A dog that came across the wrong toy in the park and tried to keep it for itself." She spat as she brought her foot down onto Stephanie's wrist again. "Let her go," She ordered the young blonde who immediately followed her order.

Stephanie cried as she laid there wondering if Brit was ever going to stop. She didn't know what she was going to do to her next and she needed to get out of here. She couldn't believe she had been so stupid and blindly went along with a text message without trying to call her friend to find out if the story was true.

Brit spat down at Stephanie before turning and walking into the kitchen. She opened a drawer and pulled out her box cutter. Smirking she walked back into the living room and slowly over to the bleeding girl at her feet. "Turn her over," She ordered.

"What are you going to do?" Beth asked in a shaky voice eyeing the woman standing above her.

"I'm just going to deliver my message so she remembers it." Brit replied coldly. "Now do as I said."

Not wanting to be on the receiving end of the beating Stephanie had gotten she did as she was asked. Kneeling by Stephanie's head, she forced Stephanie onto her back and did nothing but watch as Brit straddled Stephanie's thighs and slid the blade up.

"Hold her arms down," Brit spat out.

Once Beth had both of Stephanie's arms pinned to the ground be her head, no fight from the younger woman who just laid there crying and whimpering. She pulled her shirt up and lowered the blade until it was lying just above Stephanie's belly button.

"You're not going to cut her are you?" Beth asked shakily.

"Why don't you watch and see," Brit spat.

Half an hour later, Stephanie was laying in the backseat of her car with Brit beside her. She was lying there crying and moaning with every jostle of the car that the road made. Beth drove until they reached the familiar street of Paul's house. She parked the car in front of his driveway and turned it off.

"How are we going to get out of here?" She asked in a small voice.

"My friend Tony over there," Brit answered nodding her head toward the silver SUV across the street.

"Okay," Beth replied meekly as she got out of the car.

"Before we go through," Brit directed at Beth I need an apology. She glanced down at Stephanie and tapped her roughly on the cheek. "Hey doll face, before I go I need an apology for you taking my boyfriend."

"I'm sorry," Stephanie moaned fresh tears cascading down her face.

"Good girl," Brit replied brushing the hair from Stephanie's face. She then got out of the car and slid into her friend's front seat, Beth already sitting in the back.

"Hi Paul sweetie, it's me."

"What do you want? And don't call me that." He replied and she could hear the disgust in his voice from hearing her voice.

"Don't be so rude now; I was just calling to let you know that you have a delivery."

"What?"

"It's outside, hope you like it." She said sweetly as they sped off down the street.

Paul put his phone down furrowing his brow in confusion. He didn't know what Brit was talking about but he hoped he wasn't going to have to move, he didn't want some kind of stalker. Opening his door he didn't see anything at first but just as he was about to slam the door shut he spotted a familiar car parked on the street.

He walked over to it wondering why Stephanie's car was here but she was nowhere to be found. He didn't see her in the front but as he turned his head toward the back he spotted someone lying in the backseat.

His heart racing he pulled open the door and his eyes widened as he saw his girlfriend lying on the seat covered in blood. "Oh my god, baby?" He asked softly as he reached out for her.

Stephanie jumped as she felt someone touch her thigh and cried out as it brought more pain, even from the smallest touch. Then she heard the voice and she started crying harder, calling his name. "P-P-Paul I…"

"Baby what happened?" He cried as he climbed into the car trying to squeeze himself into a kneeling position on the floor beside the seat. Realizing he couldn't he half climbed into the car and pulled her out and into his arms, hating that he was causing her more pain than she had already.

"She t-t-tricked me a-a-and i…"

"Shh baby it's okay," He said softly laying her on the grass in his yard.

As he pulled away his hazel eyes roamed over her, from her feet up toward her head and as he reached her midsection he could see her t-shirt was covered with blood. He let his eyes scan up toward her face and they widened in shock and fear as he saw all the blood and bruising.

"It's okay baby, I'm going to take care of you." He said gently his eyes filling with tears. He reached out toward her shirt wanting to find out why she was bleeding so heavily there.

"No! Paul don't!" Stephanie exclaimed as she felt her shirt lift.

His eyes widened as he saw what was under her shirt. "Oh my god," He whispered, his voice breaking as he saw the damage that Brit had done. "Don't worry baby, I'm taking you to the hospital."

With that he scooped her up into his arms, tears falling from his eyes as she whimpered from the jostling, and ran toward his car.