Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.

By Risty Maskell and Silver15

Disclaimer: Don't own anything.

Summary: Geez, whatever you reckon.

************************************************************************ I swear, when I saw Damon at the door, I just cracked. I called him a loser and he grabbed me by the collar and slammed me against the wall. The shock of it made me gasp and I coughed up blood, because I had bitten my tongue. I began to cry tears of shock, rage and I felt like just grabbing the cane from the umbrella rack next to the door and bringing down on that rats head. Jandimara came out, because I think she heard me slam the wall. She ran to me.

"Oh my god, Jamie. Are you okay? What happened?" I couldn't answer. "How many fingers am I holding up?" she asked, holding four fingers in front of her.

"F-four." I stammered and Jandi helped me up and led me into the lounge. She gave me her handkerchief to wipe my mouth. I was still a little shaky, but I was okay. There was a knock at the door and Emma went to answer it.

"Hi Rosie, Arwen, Blue. Hello Mrs. Gamgee. Come on in." I heard her say. She led the women inside. She saw me with Jandi and stood wide eyed.

"Jamie, what happened?"

"Nothing. I just knocked myself in the face when I went to shut the door. That's all."

Jandimara was looking at me. She knew I was lying. When I went into the kitchen to get the nibbles and stuff, she came and helped me, while Emma and the others settled down with Moulin Rouge on the TV.

"What really happened, Jamie. You can tell me, I won't tell a soul."

"I can't, Jandi. I can't."

"Jamie. Just tell me. It'll be okay."

"Emma's.Emma's old boyfriend came and went over the edge. I called him a loser and he went psycho."

"What did this guy look like?" Jandi asked, looking worried. I gave her a description of Damon. Jandi looked like she was about to faint.

"Oh. My. God." She whispered.

"What, Jandi?" I asked.

"When I was in the eighth grade, that day, when I was playing tiggy with my sister and a couple of my friends, you were in the library, studying algebra with Benny Hockey, so you could pass your exams. I was taking a breather. And I saw this guy standing underneath a tree. I was about twenty meters away but I got a good look at him. I was up running around again, having a ball and the bell rang, and then that guy advanced on me and got me drenched in petrol before lighting me up like a roman candle on the fourth of July. The description of the man that you just told of. It matched that of the guy who did that to me. But I'm not sure about the eyes. But I think they were green. Like Damon's. Ever since, I've wanted to find out who that bastard was. And why he did that to me. And now I think I've found him."

I know I gasped and hugged Jandi like there was no tomorrow. I knew 'the man' had done this to Jandi because she was black. She had a different colour skin to the rest of us, that was why someone had done this to her. But never once had I thought about what the man looked like. Not once. It came as quite a shock and as Jandi began to cry, I held her tight and cried too.



A/N: YEAH! I bet you wasn't expecting that!!!! Err.sorry, for doing that to one of your characters Silver. I just had my ass kicked by my next door neighbor at poker. Damn.