Just wanted to give you a little FYI. This chapter is gonna have some good stuff in it, but it will be a little short. Sorry about that. I'll try to make the next one longer. Hope you enjoy!

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He couldn't concentrate the whole day. Everytime Ryan would start to think about something, his mind just wandered back to Marissa. He wanted to believe her, and he knew he should, but this time he just couldn't. Maybe he just...trusted Ben a little too soon. Marissa was his girlfriend after all. What if she was telling the truth? Well, he decided he could talk to her later, but right now it was just too much.

The bell rang for her last class. Ugh. Finally, this horrible day would come to an end. All day, she only thought of Ryan. Even though it might have looked bad, how could he not believe her? Marissa walked over to her locker and started to put her books in her locker. She heard a voice behind her, and she hoped it was Ryan.

"Hey." He said.

Her heart sank when she saw who it really was. Ben was just about the last person she wanted to see. "Get away from me, I hate you! You're such a jack ass!" Marissa said loudly.

"Oh come on Marissa! I just was going to ask you if you wanted to go out tonight."

Marissa could understand that maybe Ben liked her, but couldn't he just take a hint? He was just like Oliver! She just wished he would leave her alone.

"Ben, I hate you. What don't you get about that? Please, just leave me alone!" Marissa yelled as she started to walk away.

"Marissa," Ben said grabbing her arm. "I know you like me. Just come with me and I'll show you a good time."

He had a pretty tight grip on her arm right now. She was getting a little worried, especially because the halls were now cleared of all the Harbor students.

Marissa screamed in his face. "BEN! LET ME GO NOW!"

"Why should I? Who's gonna know?" Ben said sharply.

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Ryan was walking down the hall to the big wooden doors of Harbor High, finally getting to go home. He was just about to push the heavy doors when he heard someone scream. And it was a girl. It almost sounded like...

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"GET OFF OF ME!!" She screamed.

Marissa was getting really scared. Maybe this wasn't as bad a situation as Oliver with a gun, but Ben would hurt her, so things couldn't really get much worse. God where's Ryan or Luke when you need them? Well, mostly, anyone could be there as long as she didn't die...but she really was hoping for Ryan to show. And soon.

"Come on Marissa! I KNOW YOU WANT ME!" Ben said with a glazed look in his eye.

"Ben, why are you doing this? I thought you were nice!" Marissa said.

"I'm nice when I get what I want." Ben said slyly.

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The yelling was getting closer now. He was almost sure it was Marissa now. What was going on though? It sounded like she was with another guy. He turned the corner and was shocked. Ben had Marissa tightly by the arm, and she was so in fear that she was crying. This was totally another Oliver situation, he thought. Just then, Ben forced Marissa in to a lip-lock. Ryan could tell she was strugling to push Ben off, but no such thing could be done.

Ryan ran over, as fast as he could, and shoved Ben onto the ground. He then picked him up again, and punched him as hard as he could, right in the jaw. Ryan could see Marissa out of the corner of his eye. She was curled up in a ball up against the locker sobbing. There was a large red mark on her arm. God, if it weren't for stupid Oliver, Ryan would still have trusted Marissa and none of this shit would be happening. Damn Oliver. He could see Ben start to get up. Ryan took one last swing at him.

"Stay away from her you sick son of a bitch!" Ryan screamed.

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Ok, well that's that lovely (or not) chapter! I hope you liked it! Please REVIEW when you're done, and tell me what you think!

~Margo