p dir="ltr" /p
p dir="ltr"Midnight frowns, "I don't emeven /emknow why I'm trying!"/p
p dir="ltr""Miss Sinclair, sit your ass down!" The teacher of her fourth period history class tells at the girl. He tried to get her to go home to change when she first walked into the class yet she refused./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight stood with a scowl on her face, "Are you my fucking father? NO!"/p
p dir="ltr""Young lady, you already have detention! Do you want a suspension followed by expulsion?" The teacher calmly asks. He has dark hair, piercing blue eyes, and an upcoming beard. The man was in his late thirties, looking good for his age./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, is that my only options for Hell?" Midnight blurts, rushing to exit the classroom. Her mind is working overtime to eat itself./p
p dir="ltr""Miss Sinclair, I will only ask once more-" He speaks through ground teeth./p
p dir="ltr""Well, save your breath, cupcake. I'm outta here. I never signed up for your Drama Club of a school." Midnight angrily growls, clenching her fist as she disappears from view./p
p dir="ltr""What just happened?" London whispers to Tum Tum in question. The two were in the same fourth period as Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum kept a firm gaze of a glare on Birdie Kelley. He made a mental note of how badly the short girl kept staring daggers into the back of Midnight's head. He chalked her reasoning for her outburst up to Birdie being behind it./p
p dir="ltr""emSchool bully/em," Tum Tum sadly replies. He recalled how the girl had been towards him, making him less friendly to the females around him. Hell, he didn't trust the boy sitting beside him. He didn't have a reason; he just no longer trusted anyone. However, he made an exception for Baby and Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"They weren't females out to ruin his life./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum had come to witness their truths first hand./p
p dir="ltr"London slowly nodded his head. He took the latter, guessing Midnight had some torture during her short time at the school. He never saw her come in the house, putting a damper on his mood. The embicurious /emboy really was in need of somebody to vibe with./p
p dir="ltr"Slinking into the hall, Midnight found herself crazy. She kept debating on how to handle things. She didn't know how to fight to save her life. Sure, she could dance like a ninja to dodge bullets, but she couldn't fight like one. Her heart is frantic in her chest. She felt the glares Bridie kept staring into her head in class./p
p dir="ltr"It's pretty much why she had to flee the classroom./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight! Shouldn't you be in class?" Samuel Sinclair makes his way over to the girl. He's happy to see she has no harm on her. He raises an eyebrow at her glazed over state as he gets closer./p
p dir="ltr"A frown overtakes the caring step-father who sighs, running a hand in his sandy brown curls. He never did see her so spooked before./p
p dir="ltr""I can't. She's in there, staring me down like I'm chopped meat. I can't even fight to save my life." Midnight whimpers, breaking down. She can't hold the truth from the surface much longer. She caves in revealing the darkest thing to happen to her to the man./p
p dir="ltr"Looking around, Samuel steers Midnight from the hallway. He brings her to an empty class where they continue to stand. "Night, who is harassing you? Who do I need to kill?"/p
p dir="ltr"Midnight lifts an eyebrow. She shakes her head, snapping her eyes to him. She had completely zoned out. "You wouldn't do anything the other day-"/p
p dir="ltr""-If you refuse to talk to me about it then how can I?" Samuel wonders, leaning on the desk. His gaze is creepy if one were to ask her. He'd make it in a clown posse gang./p
p dir="ltr""So, strongbefore /strongyou left with your new wife I was sexually assaulted by Birdie Kelley and Erica Harper. Erica took me to the gym during recess where this took place. I also managed a stab wound to the abdomen." Midnight allows silent tears to fall down her caramel features./p
p dir="ltr""Night, why didn't you tell me this sooner? What the Hell? I'll rip that little bitch to shredsem!/em" Samuel straightens, growing furious as he struts to the classroom door./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight grabs his hand to stop him from being sent to prison for the murder of a minor. At the same time, the bell chose to ring. "SAM!"/p
p dir="ltr"Samuel stops, allowing himself to fully look at his step-daughter. He glances down as she shyly raises her shirt, pointing a long white scar a little below her belly button. "Night, I am so sorry. I've failed you, your mother, and your safety."/p
p dir="ltr"Midnight fell to pieces with him in that moment. She collapsed as his arms snaked around her. She sobbed into the man, helping to have raised her./p
p dir="ltr"Samuel strokes her hair while sobbing into her hair./p
p dir="ltr""I love you, Sam, but there's nothing you could have done." Midnight squealed, angrily clutching a fistful of his shirt./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight, please forgive me? I want you to come home, sleep in your own bed, make art, and badger your new brother. Things are hectic since Claudia is on the verge of having the twins. I need my favorite girl home!" Samuel coos into her hair, feeling how relaxed Midnight had become under his touch./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight felt safe. She forgot she could be safe during her home life with people who cared. She wants to return home so she agrees without caring that she's grounded. She just wants to know he cares./p
p dir="ltr""I need my favorite guy in my life," Midnight teases in a mocking manner. She pulls from Samuel who wipes her tears away, using his index finger and fore thumb. "Oh, then I'd need the house across from us."/p
p dir="ltr"Samuel raises a questioning eyebrow, "I'm hurt."/p
p dir="ltr""You look fly to me, Sam." Midnight chirped, pulling from his grip. A small, sheepish smile sat on her delicate features./p
p dir="ltr""What did I tell you?" Barbie whispers, nudging Rocky as they had come across the pair in the classroom moments before the light banter./p
p dir="ltr""She could have meant, Colt." Rocky denies, having flushed at the exchange./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah or Tum Tum." Barbie sarcastically strongadds, /strongrolling her eyes at the idiot idea./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky lightly hit Barbie's shoulder, forgetting her gender. "Oh, I-"/p
p dir="ltr""Boy, don't make me axe off your hand. I will!" Barbie raises her voice, shooting the blonde male daggers./p
p dir="ltr"They finally got Samuel and Midnight's attention./p
p dir="ltr"Samuel kept an arm around Midnight, smirking at the two. "Are you two dating? You act like a couple."/p
p dir="ltr"Barbie narrows her eyes on the man, "EW! He's not my type. I'm actually not into dating. Who needs the feelings of another human, weighing them down?"/p
p dir="ltr""Nah, Blondie has a girlfriend." Midnight giggles, informing her step-father./p
p dir="ltr""emCorrection, /emI had a girlfriend. She broke up with me via Colt. Well, and Baby." Rocky sorely announces, averting his gaze anywhere that isn't on them./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight feels her blood run cold as Barbie is secretly smirking. She had this dreadful feeling her friend was ready to play matchmaker. No matter how many times she shut the other girl down; would it be enough to stop her?/p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, he was telling me all about it beforehand. emPersonally, /emhe needs a girl with more spice less boring vanilla like himself." Barbie explains, recieving a cold look from him./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky turns, swiftly to leave them to it. He no longer felt up to being in their company. Pain tore through his chest, scurrying off to his next class./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight felt the urge to chase after him to comfort him yet she remains with the other two. "Babs, did you have to be cold? Breakups hurt like Hades. I don't care who you are."/p
p dir="ltr""You're right. I'd apologize, but he might shout at me. I'll catch him in a better mood." Barbie sighs, rushing off to her next class./p
p dir="ltr""Friends of yours?" Samuel asks, furrowing an eyebrow./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, they've been trying to keep Birdie from badgering me. The girl was watching me in history class like she was about to pounce. I left." Midnight sighs, earning a nod from Samuel./p
p dir="ltr""We'll work this out together, Midnight. Promise." Samuel says, softly stroking her arm./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight nods, happy they are seeing eye to eye once more. She would not be prepared for the horrors her step-mother would put her through upon her arrival home that afternoon. She'd swore she would be doomed for life./p
p dir="ltr" /p
p dir="ltr"Midnight frowns, "I don't emeven /emknow why I'm trying!"/p
p dir="ltr""Miss Sinclair, sit your ass down!" The teacher of her fourth period history class tells at the girl. He tried to get her to go home to change when she first walked into the class yet she refused./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight stood with a scowl on her face, "Are you my fucking father? NO!"/p
p dir="ltr""Young lady, you already have detention! Do you want a suspension followed by expulsion?" The teacher calmly asks. He has dark hair, piercing blue eyes, and an upcoming beard. The man was in his late thirties, looking good for his age./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, is that my only options for Hell?" Midnight blurts, rushing to exit the classroom. Her mind is working overtime to eat itself./p
p dir="ltr""Miss Sinclair, I will only ask once more-" He speaks through ground teeth./p
p dir="ltr""Well, save your breath, cupcake. I'm outta here. I never signed up for your Drama Club of a school." Midnight angrily growls, clenching her fist as she disappears from view./p
p dir="ltr""What just happened?" London whispers to Tum Tum in question. The two were in the same fourth period as Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum kept a firm gaze of a glare on Birdie Kelley. He made a mental note of how badly the short girl kept staring daggers into the back of Midnight's head. He chalked her reasoning for her outburst up to Birdie being behind it./p
p dir="ltr""emSchool bully/em," Tum Tum sadly replies. He recalled how the girl had been towards him, making him less friendly to the females around him. Hell, he didn't trust the boy sitting beside him. He didn't have a reason; he just no longer trusted anyone. However, he made an exception for Baby and Midnight./p
p dir="ltr"They weren't females out to ruin his life./p
p dir="ltr"Tum Tum had come to witness their truths first hand./p
p dir="ltr"London slowly nodded his head. He took the latter, guessing Midnight had some torture during her short time at the school. He never saw her come in the house, putting a damper on his mood. The embicurious /emboy really was in need of somebody to vibe with./p
p dir="ltr"Slinking into the hall, Midnight found herself crazy. She kept debating on how to handle things. She didn't know how to fight to save her life. Sure, she could dance like a ninja to dodge bullets, but she couldn't fight like one. Her heart is frantic in her chest. She felt the glares Bridie kept staring into her head in class./p
p dir="ltr"It's pretty much why she had to flee the classroom./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight! Shouldn't you be in class?" Samuel Sinclair makes his way over to the girl. He's happy to see she has no harm on her. He raises an eyebrow at her glazed over state as he gets closer./p
p dir="ltr"A frown overtakes the caring step-father who sighs, running a hand in his sandy brown curls. He never did see her so spooked before./p
p dir="ltr""I can't. She's in there, staring me down like I'm chopped meat. I can't even fight to save my life." Midnight whimpers, breaking down. She can't hold the truth from the surface much longer. She caves in revealing the darkest thing to happen to her to the man./p
p dir="ltr"Looking around, Samuel steers Midnight from the hallway. He brings her to an empty class where they continue to stand. "Night, who is harassing you? Who do I need to kill?"/p
p dir="ltr"Midnight lifts an eyebrow. She shakes her head, snapping her eyes to him. She had completely zoned out. "You wouldn't do anything the other day-"/p
p dir="ltr""-If you refuse to talk to me about it then how can I?" Samuel wonders, leaning on the desk. His gaze is creepy if one were to ask her. He'd make it in a clown posse gang./p
p dir="ltr""So, strongbefore /strongyou left with your new wife I was sexually assaulted by Birdie Kelley and Erica Harper. Erica took me to the gym during recess where this took place. I also managed a stab wound to the abdomen." Midnight allows silent tears to fall down her caramel features./p
p dir="ltr""Night, why didn't you tell me this sooner? What the Hell? I'll rip that little bitch to shredsem!/em" Samuel straightens, growing furious as he struts to the classroom door./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight grabs his hand to stop him from being sent to prison for the murder of a minor. At the same time, the bell chose to ring. "SAM!"/p
p dir="ltr"Samuel stops, allowing himself to fully look at his step-daughter. He glances down as she shyly raises her shirt, pointing a long white scar a little below her belly button. "Night, I am so sorry. I've failed you, your mother, and your safety."/p
p dir="ltr"Midnight fell to pieces with him in that moment. She collapsed as his arms snaked around her. She sobbed into the man, helping to have raised her./p
p dir="ltr"Samuel strokes her hair while sobbing into her hair./p
p dir="ltr""I love you, Sam, but there's nothing you could have done." Midnight squealed, angrily clutching a fistful of his shirt./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight, please forgive me? I want you to come home, sleep in your own bed, make art, and badger your new brother. Things are hectic since Claudia is on the verge of having the twins. I need my favorite girl home!" Samuel coos into her hair, feeling how relaxed Midnight had become under his touch./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight felt safe. She forgot she could be safe during her home life with people who cared. She wants to return home so she agrees without caring that she's grounded. She just wants to know he cares./p
p dir="ltr""I need my favorite guy in my life," Midnight teases in a mocking manner. She pulls from Samuel who wipes her tears away, using his index finger and fore thumb. "Oh, then I'd need the house across from us."/p
p dir="ltr"Samuel raises a questioning eyebrow, "I'm hurt."/p
p dir="ltr""You look fly to me, Sam." Midnight chirped, pulling from his grip. A small, sheepish smile sat on her delicate features./p
p dir="ltr""What did I tell you?" Barbie whispers, nudging Rocky as they had come across the pair in the classroom moments before the light banter./p
p dir="ltr""She could have meant, Colt." Rocky denies, having flushed at the exchange./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah or Tum Tum." Barbie sarcastically strongadds, /strongrolling her eyes at the idiot idea./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky lightly hit Barbie's shoulder, forgetting her gender. "Oh, I-"/p
p dir="ltr""Boy, don't make me axe off your hand. I will!" Barbie raises her voice, shooting the blonde male daggers./p
p dir="ltr"They finally got Samuel and Midnight's attention./p
p dir="ltr"Samuel kept an arm around Midnight, smirking at the two. "Are you two dating? You act like a couple."/p
p dir="ltr"Barbie narrows her eyes on the man, "EW! He's not my type. I'm actually not into dating. Who needs the feelings of another human, weighing them down?"/p
p dir="ltr""Nah, Blondie has a girlfriend." Midnight giggles, informing her step-father./p
p dir="ltr""emCorrection, /emI had a girlfriend. She broke up with me via Colt. Well, and Baby." Rocky sorely announces, averting his gaze anywhere that isn't on them./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight feels her blood run cold as Barbie is secretly smirking. She had this dreadful feeling her friend was ready to play matchmaker. No matter how many times she shut the other girl down; would it be enough to stop her?/p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, he was telling me all about it beforehand. emPersonally, /emhe needs a girl with more spice less boring vanilla like himself." Barbie explains, recieving a cold look from him./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky turns, swiftly to leave them to it. He no longer felt up to being in their company. Pain tore through his chest, scurrying off to his next class./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight felt the urge to chase after him to comfort him yet she remains with the other two. "Babs, did you have to be cold? Breakups hurt like Hades. I don't care who you are."/p
p dir="ltr""You're right. I'd apologize, but he might shout at me. I'll catch him in a better mood." Barbie sighs, rushing off to her next class./p
p dir="ltr""Friends of yours?" Samuel asks, furrowing an eyebrow./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, they've been trying to keep Birdie from badgering me. The girl was watching me in history class like she was about to pounce. I left." Midnight sighs, earning a nod from Samuel./p
p dir="ltr""We'll work this out together, Midnight. Promise." Samuel says, softly stroking her arm./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight nods, happy they are seeing eye to eye once more. She would not be prepared for the horrors her step-mother would put her through upon her arrival home that afternoon. She'd swore she would be doomed for life./p
p dir="ltr" /p