Ryder frowned at his cigarette after taking one last final drag from it, before chucking it onto the ground and crushing it under his heel. He was walking back to Rawley boys academy, determined to be back before the curfew, otherwise he'd be in much more trouble than he needed at that time. Why the hell hadn't he taken his corvette? It was less time and effort than walking he grumbled to himself. He decided to cut across the wooded area towards the academy, as it was a shortcut. He looked up when the sound of rustling caught his attention followed by laughter and three guys suddenly came into his view from the trees to his left. "What are you doing here?" one of them asked, and Ryder spotted the can of lager in the guys hand and gave him a look of annoyance.

"I'm walking, what does it look like?" he replied, stupid drunk he thought.

"Oh look guys we've found ourselves a cocky little English toff" the guy leered, his two mates smirking and chuckling behind him. "You're one of those rawley spoilt rich brats aren't you?" Ryder narrowed his eyes at him, "get out of my way" he was rather annoyed and bored now, "before I get really pissed off" "Oh what are you going to do? There's one of you mate, three of us - you've got to other rawley brats to back you up" Ryder rolled his eyes and attempted to just push past the guy he considered nothing more than an all mouth, stupid drunk. The guy stepped forward and put a hand on his chest stopping him going past. "Trying to run back to your precious academy? Hit the showers with the guys before bed time? I bet you're all faggots. you look it, faggot" the guy drawled, the stench of beer on his breath. Ryder's nostrils flared a bit as he glared at the guy in anger, "what the fuck did you just call me?!" he yelled angrily. "Are you deaf faggot?" the guy pushed him hard enough to make him take a step back. "or do you usually answer to slut?" Ryder moved forward ready to punch the guy but despite his apparent drunkness the guy beat him to it and delievered a sharp punch in Ryder's face, causing him to fall backwards onto the ground and for blood to spill out of his nose. "You're going to regret that!" Ryder threatened, and swallowed as he looked up at the three guys, wishing now he really had gone out in the corvette. "I don't think so. You Rawley scum think you're so much better than us because you have cash to flash and fancy cars and clothes. Huh! You're below us, you're the scum" the guy was shouting. "If you want money then fine" Ryder said pulling out about $50 from his jacket pocket and holding it out, "I don't"- "We don't want your stinking money!" the guy yelled, hitting Ryder's hand and sending the notes flying in the air before settling down onto the muddy ground. "Then what do you"- "We're going to teach you a lesson" the guy smirked, throwing his now empty lager can into a near by bush and got closer to Ryder, delivering a kick sharply to his side and to his ribs making Ryder cry out from the pain. "Come on guys, lets give the faggot exactly what he deserves" the guy laughed. Ryder took a sharp breath in, realising way too late how much of a bad situation he was in. He kept cursing in his mind, feeling so weak and powerless for once it made him sick. There was one of him, three of them, and he winced and cried out from the kicks and punched he got. He lay on the ground, feeling light headed when he felt two pairs of hands grab him by the arms and turn him over, holding him down onto the ground. He squirmed and tried to loosen their grip, "what the hell are you doing?" he shouted, confusion and panic beginning to creep onto him coldly. "Like I said, giving you exactly what you deserve" the guy spoke from behind Ryder. Ryder than realised, being held down by two people, and one guy behind him- "Don't! DON'T! LET GO OF ME!" He yelled feeling more panic and hysterical as he felt hands tugging his trousers down, and the sickening realisation on what was to come dawned on him. "Shut up!" he was yelled at and got another kick. His face was pressed down onto the muddy ground and he felt a pair of hands grab onto his hips. In his mind he was praying to God. "Please don't!" he shouted feeling hot tears sting his eyes as he squeezed them shut. "NOO- AAARRGGHH!" he screamed in pure agony as the guy slammed into him.

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Finn was glaring at the clock as he stood in the entrance of the academy awaiting Ryder's return. He was late, really late, and missing the curfew meant that Ryder was in big trouble, he was already on report as it was for bad behaviour. Some of the students were hanging around, waiting to see Ryder being yelled at and face Finn's wrath. By the angry look on Finn's face the students could tell Ryder was done for now. Will and Scout were among the students hanging around. Scout was smirking madly, "I can't wait for Ryder to get back and get exactly what he deserves" he chuckled. "it's about time he gets punished for his crimes" Will gave a lopsided smile to his friend and glanced to Finn, "I wonder where he is and when he's going to be back" "Maybe he won't come back at all" Scout said to him with a sound of hope, "we all know he's only doing this for attention and to piss people off" "Isn't that the reason for everything he does?" Hamilton appeared by their sides with Jake in tow. "Who cares anyway, I don't see the big deal" Jake muttered. "Hello - we're talking about Ryder here, the most annoying English bastard anyone's ever to come across!" "Maybe we should find seats and some popcorn, its going to be pure entertainment when he gets back" Scout laughed with Hamilton. Will chewed his lip and glanced back to the very angry looking Finn.

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Ryder threw up in the bushes, choking on the bile mixed with blood. He choked out another painful sob, crawling on his hands and knees across the grass towards the academy. His whole body was wracked with pain, the most pain he'd ever felt in his life. It felt like someone had taken a knife and shredded him apart from the inside out, a hot burning throbbing pain bursting his insides. Bruises littered his pale skin, blood poured from his nose and mouth. He spat the contents of his mouth out and remained still a moment. It hurt so much to move, yet he couldn't stop shaking, the shock and horror of what had just happened to him taking over. He couldn't get what happened out of his head. He never imagined that him, Ryder Forrest, could be a victim of such an attack. Victim, the word made him feel sick and made his skin crawl. He felt so numb inside, hardly believing it had happened to him. It was like time had stopped and he'd been drop kicked into some parallel universe. He was in so much pain he just wanted to lie down on the grass and die. He wanted to get rid of all this dirt and pain inside him. His vision was totally blurred from all the tears and he looked up, seeing he was outside the academy entrance, he could see the lights on through the gaps of the curtains and continued to painfully crawl his way to the building. Reaching the steps to the entrance he painfully climbed up them, his hands shaking on the stone, and blood from his face dripped down onto the steps. He finally after what felt like eternity reached the door and slumped against it, letting out another sob before painfully with not much strength began hitting his weak fist against the door.

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"ooh this is it" Hamilton said nudging Jake, and the small group of friends looked up expectantly towards Finn who was glaring at the door as he strode over to it as the weak knocking continued. "I bet he'll be drunk" Hamilton leant over and said to Jake. Finn angrily threw open the front door, "WHAT TIME DO Y.." what ever angry words were about to come out of his mouth disappeared with shock as Ryder's body just fell through the door and he sprawled onto the floor. Everyone stared open mouthed with shock and horror and the bruised and bloody sobbing hysterical mess that was Ryder. "I was.. I didn't. I was gunna be on time.but.but." Ryder managed to somewhat choke out the words between sobs, his whole body shaking and wracked with pain. "Ryder, oh God, it, oh God" Finn said as he knelt down to help Ryder up, by picking him up or something but as soon as he went near Ryder, Ryder began hitting out at him screaming at him to get away and not touch him, then back pedalled until his back hit the wall. The students just all stood there frozen with shock, and feeling such shame and guilt for the way they had waited so excitedly for Ryder to return, making jokes and insulting him, saying how much they hated him etc. And he returned like this, and it was scaring them. They'd never seen Ryder look so weak and helpless before, they'd never seen him cry before, and they'd never seen anyone in a state like this before. Finn looked over at them all, "everybody get out of here! Go on!" he yelled, and watched as students left quickly, and some somewhat reluctantly. Hamilton put an arm around a nearly crying Jake and led him away, and Scout felt too shocked to do anything. Will went over to Finn and asked "is there anything I can do?" "We need to call an ambulance" Finn said his eyes leaving the sight of a hysterical Ryder, with his bloody hands gripping on his hair as he curled up against the wall shaking and breathing rapidly, "I think. he's been raped" Finn said in a hushed worried voice to Will who was staring at them in horror.