Lincoln stared at his locker. His brain was having difficulty processing what had happened. The smell of blood was over powering and he felt sticky. Everything in his locker was ruined… His bag, his books, his school laptop… and he barely noticed.

He looked down, looking at his hands. They were stained red with blood and he felt tears welling in his eyes. He didn't know if it was because of the blood dripping into his eyes or the smell… or perhaps the fact that people were laughing at him or just staring at him.

He tried to wipe the blood from his hands, but only felt blood on his shirt. He blinked, trying to stop his tears, but they just started to grow heavier. He had never felt so embarrassed or humiliated in his life.

"LINCOLN!"

Lincoln blinked, hearing several familiar voices. "I'm okay." Lincoln mentally cringed as his voice faltered and blood filled his mouth. It was luke warm and tasted fowl, making him cough. Lincoln heard footstep and he turned, slipping in the blood and hitting the ground hard.

The laughter grew louder and more students joined in.

"STOP LAUGHING AT HIM OR I WILL BREAK ALL OF YOUR LEGS."

The laughter stopped and Lincoln could hear several sets of footsteps. He looked up to see Lynn's face coming near him. She had a mix of fury and agony plastered across her face and when she made eye contact with him, he could see sadness in her eyes. Lincoln also saw Girl Jordan and Stella heading for him and much to his surprise, Cristina.

Lynn got to Lincoln first. She dropped to her knees, ignoring the blood soaking into her clothes. "Oh god… Linc…" Lincoln coughed up a bit of the blood, a small amount spraying her face. She looked up as Girl Jordan and Stella got to him and looked around. "WHO DID THIS? TELL ME NOW!"

Students started to look around each other, looking uncomfortable.

"IT WAS PROBABLY CRISTINA. AFTER WHAT SHE SAID THIS MORNING, WOULD YOU REALLY BE SURPRISED?"

Everyone's head turned to look at Cristina. When Lincoln made eye contact with her, he could see horror in her eyes. "Wow, just give me a second to explain. It wasn't me, it was…"

"STOP LYING YOU COW! I SAW YOU HANGING AROUND HIS LOCKER ALL LAST PERIOD. I BET YOU HATE HIM, DON'T YOU?"

Cristina shook her head, her eyes filling with tears. "NO, I don't hate him. I swear it wasn't me. Sure I didn't like him, but he doesn't de…"

"SHUT UP YOU BITCH. WHAT IF LINCOLN IS HURT? YOU SAY YOU DON'T HATE HIM, YET TODAY YOU SAID JUST THAT."

Cristina desperately shook her head and began towards Lincoln again. "No, I don't hate him, just let me explain what really happened, I know who it was."

Lynn stood, turning to glare at her. Cristina froze. "He told you he wouldn't go near you… He just wanted to make you happy… Why wasn't that enough? What did he do to deserve this?" Cristina shook her head. "But I didn't…"

"LEAVE. If I ever see you come near my brother again, I will make you feel pain unlike anything you could imagine." Cristina opened her mouth to plead, but Stella and Girl Jordan turned to look at her with Lynn.

"LEAVE!"

Cristina put her head down, tears flowing from her face. She turned and ran, pushing through the crowd. "IT WASN'T ME. I WOULD NEVER HAVE HURT HIM."

Everyone turned back to Lincoln. He was trying to wipe blood from his eyes, but with how much blood was on him, it wasn't helping. He sat up and brought his knees to his chest, hugging them. "I want to go home…"

Lynn nodded, going in to hug him, ignoring the horrid smell and not caring that it was soaking into her shirt or that it was getting all over her face. "Okay… I'll call Lori." Lincoln nodded, pressing his head into her chest. "Why did she do this?" Lynn shook her head, wiping blood from his face. "I don't know Linc… I don't know…"

Lori sighed, plopping on her bed. She was tired. She had just gotten home from looking at a few colleges with Bobby. It was nice to see him, but he had to go back to work. She was getting more nervous about leaving home and she wasn't really sure if she was ready. She really wanted to go to college and she really, really wanted to be with Bobby for the rest of her life… but she didn't want to leave her family. She still had so much to tell them and she wanted to spend more time with them. It was all happening so fast.

Lori closed her eyes, trying to relax her mind. She was going to go crazy if she didn't calm herself down. Adulting was literally the worst.

"BZZT"

Lori sighed, putting her phone on her night stand. "Sorry Bobby, I'm too tired for talking…"

"BZZT BZZT…"

Lori sat up, picking up her phone. "Damn it Bobby, what do you want?" She looked at her phone, confused. "Lynn?"

Lori opened her phone, looking at the texts.

"Lori something horrible happened at school, please pick me and Lincoln up. Bring clothes for us."

"Lori please hurry, Lincoln needs to get out of here."

"Lori I swear to god, if you don't answer me, I will kill you. Lincoln needs you."

Lori jumped from her bed, her heart pounding. She quickly called her, slipping on her shoes and heading for the hall. "Hello? Lori, you have to come, please grab a change of clothes. Everything is going horribly wrong. Lincoln is drenched in blood and everything is going wrong…"

Lori cut her off. "WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED? IS HE ALRIGHT? HOW DID HE GET HURT?" Lori dashed into Lynn and Lucy's room, grabbing a change of clothes as Lynn replied. "NO! Lincoln isn't hurt, it was a horrible prank. He opened his locker and blood poured onto his head from the ceiling. Everything in his locker was destroyed by a bunch of really dangerous chemicals… Lori, Lincoln is so upset about this whole thing… It was Cristina."

Lori froze, half into the hall. "Cristina? The girl who broke his heart? Why did she do this, I thought she wasn't even in Lincoln's class anymore? Are you certain it was her?"

"Come on Lori, just hurry up and get here, we can talk about what is going on after we get home. Lincoln is crying for fucks sake."

Lori snapped out of it, dashing for Lincoln's room. "Right, I'll be there in a few minutes…" Lori hung up, putting her phone into her pocket. She quickly grabbed Lincoln's clothes, throwing them and Lynn's on his bed while she looked around for a back pack.

She found one under his bed and emptied it, quickly stacking old school work on the floor before rapidly stuffing the clothes into it. She zipped up the bag and headed out of the room. She paused, trying to think about what else they might need. She was sure the school had soap and towels for the showers and pool…

Lori shook her head and headed down the stairs. Once Lincoln was clean enough to come home, he could take as long a bath or shower as he liked. She passed though the living room and dashed out of the door, pulling the van keys from her pocket. She climbed into the van, tossing the bag into the passenger's seat and started the van, taking off.

"Don't worry Lincy, I'm coming. Everything is going to be just fine…"

Lynn's leg was rapidly shaking as she sat with Lincoln, washing the blood from his face. She felt sick and not just from the stench of the blood. His eyes hadn't stopped watering since she first saw him and she was certain it wasn't just from the blood. He wore a blank expression, but his eyes were filled with hurt. He just looked miserable.

While she worked on his face, two of Lincoln's friends had started on his arms and chest. Despite their current position, Lynn was very happy to know Lincoln had suck amazing friends. She was going to have to find a way to make it up to them, she owed them big time.

Lynn felt Lincoln's breath as he sighed and she bit her lip. He hadn't even uttered a single word in over an hour and it was bothering her. She hated this so much, she wanted to start crying and it wasn't even her that was pranked. This whole mess wasn't far for him. It seemed that no matter how much they cleaned him, his skin just stayed red… and his hair… That in its self was heartbreaking. It was dyed blood red and she swore to god they would get it out, even if Lynn had to go out a buy white hair dye. Lincoln didn't deserve this…

Lynn was starting to get angry again. That stupid jerk Cristina was going to pay for this. Lincoln promised to respect her, but she didn't have the decency to respect him. Not only did she make him cry that morning, but now she simply broke him. Honestly, Lynn was terrified about how this whole mess was going to affect him. She knew Lincoln had a super thick skin and all, but this? This was too much for anyone.

She turned to rinse the washing rag, turning the water bloody yet again. She pulled it back out, ringing the excess water from it. She took a look over Lincoln's face. He was looking way cleaner, but he really needed a shower. She hoped that Lori would be here soon. Once they got most of the blood off of him, he could take a quick shower here and after, when they got home, Lincoln would need a much more heavy cleaning.

Lynn looked over the rest of Lincoln. His torso and arms were mostly washed off, just having a blood dyed residue on his skin. Stella and Girl Jordan were still hard at work, gently washing him and Lynn could see in their faces, that they were just as upset as her. Lincoln was really lucky to have such great friends. They just kept at their task, ignoring the smell and the stains on the clothing. They were all going to need showers immediately after they were done. Luckily, Stella and Girl Jordan still had their gym clothes to wear and they decided to take a shower after Lincoln was done.

That is one thing that the school made a little difficult on them. They wanted to use the boys' shower because it would have made Lincoln more comfortable, but because they were girls, the principal didn't let them. They had barely managed to convince him to let them help clean off Lincoln in general. At first he refused, but Lynn threatened to quit all of her sports teams, which would have drastically lowered funding for the school's sports teams.

After agreeing to let them do what they wanted with Lincoln, he let them use the girls' showers as long as they didn't go into the physical shower with him. Not that they would have anyway… Lynn was beginning to hate that guy. It was like he blamed the whole thing on Lincoln and quite frankly, Lynn was pissed about it. But she had far more important things to worry about… Like Lincoln and Cristina.

While Lincoln is in taking his shower, Lynn was going to talk to students about her. The principal couldn't do anything to punish her due to lack of evidence, but he was certainly going to be keeping an eye on her. Though, she did get suspended for the rest of the week because of how she treated Lincoln this morning. Oddly, it was like Cristina was happy to be suspended, which confused everyone.

"KNOCK KNOCK…"

Lynn snapped out of her thoughts, turning her head to look at the door. "Yeah?" Lynn could hear someone panting on the other side, as if they had just ran to the door from across the school. "Lori, is that you?"

"Yeah, can I come in? The principal won't let me in unless I asked first."

Lynn sighed, getting even more annoyed with the principal. "Yeah, come in. Lincoln is only shirtless." Lynn and the other two girls watched as Lori walked in, holding Lincoln's back pack from last school year. She paused when she saw Lincoln, her eyes filling with horror. "Oh Lincy… What did she do to you?"

Lincoln's only response was a long and very tired sigh. Lynn looked at him, frowning. "Come on Linc, let's get your clothes and bring you to the shower… Are you going to want me or Lori to help you? It's not an issue if you need help."

Lincoln looked at her, wiping the drying tears from his face. He opened his mouth and Lynn thought he was going to speak for the first time in well over two hours, but her hopes were dashed as Lincoln closed his mouth, shaking his head.

Lynn nodded, feeling even more down. "Okay, if you change your mind, just call out, okay?" Lincoln nodded, taking a towel from Stella and his clothes from Lori. He stood and turned, heading into the showering room.

They watched the door close before turning to each other, frowning. Lori was the first to speak, looking mortified. "Please, someone please tell me what is literally happening. Did Cristina do this and where is she? Is Lincoln alright? He looks like he is in shock."

Lynn sighed, washing her hands in one of the sinks. "First of, we are mostly sure it was Cristina. She was bullying Lincoln this morning on the bus and people said that they saw her hanging around Lincoln's locker before this all happened. That seems like pretty good proof to me and if I ever see her so much as look at Lincoln again, I will break her."

Stella nodded, looking just as angry. "Yeah, and to answer your second question, Cristina was suspended until next week for the bullying she did this morning, though, they can't do anything about the locker and ceilings thing. There are no cameras in that part of the school, so we can't prove it, but everyone knows how much Cristina hates Lincoln. She even said so this morning straight to his face."

Girl Jordan nodded, looking towards the shower room as a shower started. "Yeah… As to answer your last question about whether Lincoln is alright… We don't know. Lincoln hasn't really talked at all since this whole mess started. Everyone saw what happened and so many of them were laughing. I have never seen Lincoln so embarrassed or humiliated before… I can't believe Cristina did this and after Lincoln told her that he would leave her alone? This was just cruel."

Lori nodded, looking very unhappy. "So… What is with this Cristina kid? I mean, I know Lincoln embarrassed her and all with that video he posted and I know she broke his heart, but what exactly did she do? Lincoln wasn't exactly very open about that whole thing, at least not with me."

Lynn nodded, looking at Girl Jordan. "Same here, I do know a little more that her from what I managed to squeeze out of Lincoln, but other than switching classes and avoiding him like the plague, I don't really know anything about her."

Girl Jordan sighed, rubbing her face. "There really isn't much more to tell. Lincoln posted that video to get you and his other sisters to forgive him and when Cristina saw the part with Lincoln kissing a picture of her, she got laughed at. She was apparently embarrassed enough to switch classes and she mostly avoided Lincoln."

"There were a few times that they would see each other in the hall and Cristina would mostly just give him the cold shoulder… Really, most of us thought that she was over reacting. I mean, it was just a damn kiss. Anyway, for a while they didn't see anything of each other and we kind of just forgot about it… That is until today, when Cristina sat in the seat in front of me."

"Lincoln and I were talking about something rather… personal just a few moments earlier and he had hugged me, making me fell a bit better. After, Lynn, Stella and I were talking about how Lincoln's hugs make people feel better and that was when Cristina sat in front of me. She started to get angry about Lincoln being there and he told her that she was the one that chose to sit there. She then went on to say…"

"KNOCK KNOCK…"

Girl Jordan paused her story and every one turned to look at the door in surprise as someone started to bang on it. Lori headed for it, the others following close behind. "I thought that dope of a principal said that he was closing off this room just for you girls and Lincoln?"

They all nodded and when Lori opened the door, their brows all raised. Lynn stepped forward, feeling a bit off. "Hello Principal Green, did you need something? Lincoln just got into the shower a little while ago."

His face was serious, making Lynn grow nervous. "I have come here to tell you something very important and this is a very serious matter. I tried to call your parents first, but I just got the messaging machines. A few minutes ago teachers were grading students work, when they realized that Lincoln wasn't in the records. This isn't abnormal and they called Janet in the main office to see if his records just hadn't been sent to them yet. Well… Janet looked through the records, as she had just seen his earlier this morning… But I'm afraid that they aren't there. Your brother's school records are gone, as in deleted. Now, this is a very serious crime and who ever deleted them will be punished severely. But until we can rebuild his records, Lincoln won't be able to return to school… I'm sorry, I tried to convince the school board, but it's the law."

They looked at him in horror, anger filling them. Lynn grit her teeth, clenching her fists. "This isn't fair, Lincoln doesn't deserve this. What is he going to do? He's going to be left behind… How long is this going to take?"

Principal Green sighed. "It depends on whether the records were just deleted… or if they were completely wiped from existence. If they were just deleted, then perhaps a week… but if they were completely wiped… well, I'm afraid that Lincoln will be out of school until they are rebuilt… which could take over a month. I'm sorry and I know this is unfair for Lincoln, but rest assured, when we catch who did this, they will be punished to the fullest existent I can…"

Thank you for reading chapter three. A quick thank you to RawToonage press for helping me with the title. I find it to be rather fitting for how both Lincoln and Cristina feel.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter, please feel free to leave a review and tell me what you think. And as always, have a good one. ^_^