CHAPTER 4: Trouble......
Cammie unlocked her apartment door, and walked inside. She smelled smoke and walked slowly into the kitchen. Al was at the kitchen table smoking a cigarette with a mad look on his face.
"There you are!" He screams, as he sees her face, all red from crying earlier.
"Um...hi." Cammie replies as cheerfully as she can.
"Where in the heck have you been, you freaking slut!" He yells.
Cammie swallows hard and fights to hold back tears. "I'm sorry Al but...umm....I went to work tonight so I could make some money for groceries this week." She lied.
Cammie was really supposed to only work 2 hours on Thursdays, but she wanted to go to work full time that night. At least there, she would have Rachel or Lil to protect her.
"You little liar!" He screams at her, as he rises from his chair. "Give me the money."
"W-what?" Cammie asks, frightened.
"Hand over the freaking money!!!!!!!!!" He yells right into her face.
Cammie could smell the smoke all over his clothes and face. She slowly reached into her purse and pulled out $200. She gave it to him, and began to cry.
"SHUT UP, CAMMIE!" Al demanded, as he walked into the other room.
Cammie took a deep breath, and sits down at the table.
"I know you have more money than this!" He screams, from her bedroom, as he slams open drawers looking for cash to buy his booze or drugs.
"AL, I swear, that's all I have right now! Please believe me!" Cammie cries.
Al walks out of the bedroom, and to the table. He grabs Cammie's light blonde hair, and pulls hard. "You're lying to me, honey!"
"No.....I'm not....really....please...." Cammie says in between tears.
Al slaps her across the face, and holds up $500 in front of her eyes. "No more money, huh?"
"That's not mine!" Cammie screams.
"Yea....yea...nice try sweetheart, but I'm out of here!" Al smiles develishly at her.
"Please, don't take that money!" Cammie pleads. "That $500 is Violet's! I was supposed to take it to the record company to get her a deal there!"
"Too bad!" Al laughs, as he gets his coat.
"Please....." Cammie starts to say.
"CAMMIE!!!!!!!! I have heard enough of your mouth. You just keep asking for trouble!"
"No....I'm not....don't take the money please! Violet trusts me and I have to...."
"UGHHHHH THAT"S IT!" Al screams, as he runs towards her.
"AHHHHHHH HELP!!!!!!" Cammie screams, as he lunges on her, and punches her on the side of her mouth. She falls to the ground, and looks at the clock, laying beside her. 4:43 AM. Then everything went black......
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4:43 AM: Kevin's house....
"Kevin, whatcha doing?" Violet asks, as she pours herself a drink from the kitchen.
"I'm watching this movie about....." Kevin begins to say.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Violet screams, as she drops the glass she was holding moments before.
Kevin jumps up and runs into the kitchen. "Vi, what is it?" Kevin asks, as she begins to cry.
"I.....I just had a really bad feeling, Kev."
"What....what do you mean?" He asks confused, as he wraps his arms around her.
Violet begins to get dizzy and have shorts of breath. "Something is wrong, Kevin...really, really wrong......."
4:43 AM: Zoey's car.....
"Ugh....I hate driving through NYC this late!" Zoey says, to herself. "Bunch of freaking drunks that don't know what their doin....."
All of a sudden, she gets a sharp pain in her stomach. She always gets that feeling when something bad is happening.
"Ahhhh!" She screams, as she barely skids past another car. "Something is really, really wrong...." Zoey thinks to herself, as she pulls into a parking lot and lays her head on the steering wheel.
4:43 AM: Rachel's class....
"Okay, girls, we're going to rate our weeks on a scale of one to ten." Veronica, Rachel's anger management class teacher, says.
"Oh god." Rachel thinks to herself.
"Rachel, how wad yours?" Veronica asks.
"Oh it was....." Rachel begins.
"Rach?" Allie, one of the other girls in the class asks, "Are you alright?"
"No, not at all...." Rachel replies, as she jumps out of her seat and runs towards the door. "OMG!" she says to herself. "This can't be happening!"
"Rachel!" Allie screams, as she runs behind her. "What is it?"
Allie, I just got this terrible feeling.....I have had it before when my mom died, and when Violet was sick....but I have never had it this bad."
"What can I do?" Allie asks, seriously.
"Just tell Roni that an emergency came up, and I had to leave, okay?"
Allie nods. "Be careful!" she screams, as Rachel runs out to her car.