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            Lizzie walked into the lunch room on Thursday and saw Gordo, Nate, Shane and Miranda obviously waiting for her. She slowly walked over… debating whether she should sit down with them or ask Nate to sit with her by himself. She decided to sit down with them, slowly made her way to the table and plunked into a seat next to Nate. She reached into her backpack and pulled out her lunch. Eh, ham sandwich with chips and some Oreos, she looked over at Nate, he looked at her and smiled.

            "You coming over tonight?" He asked, so that only she could hear him

            "Sure…" She smiled at him as he went back into his intense conversation about football with Shane.

He still had not mentioned the carnival... and it was tomorrow evening. She felt someone staring at her; Lizzie slowly looked around her table and felt her self drawn to Gordo's eyes. She met his sad expression, with an equally sad one. She smiled at him hoping to get a smile out of him as well. He gave her his trademark lopsided grin, and then continued eating his peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Well at least they were getting closer to becoming friends. It was a start, even if it was a small one. By the end of the day, Lizzie was exhausted all she wanted to do was curl up in her bed and sleep, or ages. But another part of her wanted to go over to Nate's house. Lizzie stopped home, did some of her homework and then at about 6:00 she headed over to Nate's house. She rang the doorbell, and was greeted by Nate, in a pair of boxers. Nothing else, weren't they supposed to be studying? Lizzie gasped as she stared at his hard defined chest.

            "Hi…." She let the rest of her sentence fade off.

            "Sorry, I didn't know you were coming this early" He smiled and led her inside.

They walked to the back of his house to his bedroom. Nate had his books strewn all over his bed. He quickly swept them off with one move of his hand. Lizzie sat down casually on his bed, and Nate sat in his desk chair.

            "So… What up with you and Gordo?" Nate asked her, while he fidgeted with his hands. "You guys haven't been talking lately..."

            "Well," Lizzie hated to lie, but she didn't want to tell Nate the truth either. "We got into a fight, but we're ok now, I guess" She looked up into Nate's eyes, and his were boring into hers. He slowly leaned forward and Lizzie felt her eyes flutter close. He stood up not breaking the contact with Lizzie's lips. Lizzie felt him sit on the bed and wrap his hands around her. He slowly, forcefully pushed her back on the bed... She felt his hands pull off her tank top. She felt his hands on the button of her jeans, and she froze

            "Nate" She breathed... "I told you... I'm not ready yet…" Lizzie tried to push him off her.

            "Well I am" He unbuttoned her pants, while she struggled to push him off her. He was really heavy, and she could barely breathe. Still Nate kept pressing her, even though she was fighting to get free as hard as she could. Was he just going to ignore her pleas?

            "Everyone's nervous the first time" He said kissing her neck. He slowly pulled off her pants and he moved his hand up her thigh.

            "Just relax, baby. Relax" He murmured.

Baby?  Lizzie thought. A moment later she found herself standing at the door, with Nate glowering on the bed, holding his chin in his hand in disbelief.

            "You stupid twit" He said looking from the blood on his hand to Lizzie, then back to his hand. "What'd you do that for?"

Lizzie looked at the fresh scratch marks on Nate's chin, wanting to burst into tears.

            "Nate, I'm sorry." She began faltering, although not wanting to move any closer to the bed again. "I didn't mean to-"

            "You're damn right sorry!" Nate thundered, coming closer. He grabbed her wrist, twisting it upward. "I'll make you sorry"

Pain shot through Lizzie's wrist as Nate forced her toward the bed.

            "Nate" Lizzie began to scream "Stop it! Why are you doing this...? I thought you loved me"

He let go of her wrist, to Lizzie's surprise. He stared at her, with hatred. What was going on?

            "Let's get one thing straight, you? No I don't love you." He screamed at her. "I have a real girlfriend, who I have been dating for over a year." He stopped to take a sharp breathe "Zoey Radcliffe, know her? She's a cheerleader, a junior and much more of a woman then you will ever be" He yelled through gritted teeth.

            Lizzie was dumbfounded and confused "Nate... I love you.. I thought I was your girlfriend" She said, feeling a pool of tears coming on.

            "Get it through your blonde skull, I DON'T LOVE YOU!" Nate screamed, pushing her away from him, she still didn't understand. "Let me make if crystal clear for you. You know the football team, if you want to be accepted you have to take the virginity of a freshman girl, and you being the dumb stupid twit you were, fell for it. You were a bet, Lizzie... Just a conquest... To bad you had your morals.  Or I would have gotten you in bed, maybe even more than once before I was through with you." He smiled and crossed his hands over his chest.

Lizzie was frozen, she couldn't move. She felt the silent tears trickle down her cheeks; her heart broke into a hundred pieces. The man she loved, didn't love her. A conquest. A bet. His words rung in her head. She felt something she hadn't felt before. Rage…

             "Don't just stand there, you little slut, don't you have anything to say for yourself" He yelled.

That did it. Lizzie brought her arm up and jabbed him in his eye. He yelped in pain and fell backwards. Lizzie bolted from the room, and down the stairs, only stopping to grab her purse from the floor.

            "Lizzie." She heard Nate's rage induced scream. She had to get out, quick. She flew out the front door and ran out to the sidewalk. She ran for a couple blocks until she was sure Nate wasn't following her. Lizzie felt a hot new fresh of tears prick the back of her eyelids. She didn't try to stop them, as they slid down her cheeks. She walked then next four blocks to her house, crying the whole way. Her heart was broken… Lizzie slowly opened the front door to her house. She climbed the stairs, changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed. She felt her eyes well up once again, and let them fall onto her pillow. Nate broke her heart, she didn't know if she would ever be able to love again…

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