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Chapter 1

Kairi slowly walked up the sidewalk to her house (a.k.a house of terror) and opened the door very slowly so it wouldn't creek. She slipped inside and slowly took off her shoes quietly. She was so used to doing this that she was a professional. As she crept up the stairs thinking she had finally succeeded, Krista's voice boomed out at her once she reached the top step. " Kairi, don't even think about it. Get your butt down here." Shit, she thought as she walked down the steps, her whole body shaking. Now she was going to get it. But, wait. Maybe she could talk herself out of it. It wasn't her fault that Amanda had bullied her again. It was all Amanda's fault. Yes, she thought, all I have to do is tell Krista. Good luck, said something in the back of her head, like she's going to listen to you. You're right, Kairi told it, and she won't. As she was having a silent battle with her conscience, she didn't see a hand coming up behind her. Slowly, it touched her back, and then it pushed her down with such force that Kairi was dumbfounded. Only one hand did that, she thought, who did it. Then she saw Amanda turn around the corner, an evil smirk on he face. " Awwww, is the little bitty baby poo scared of what step mama going to do?? Oh, well, she should be, cause after this, you'll wish you hadn't been born. I mean I wish that too." Then Krista came up from behind the corner. " Your mother was stupid for keeping you, Kairi. You're a worthless piece of scum. Nobody really likes you. Sora, your little friend, doesn't even like you. He was just sorry for you when your mother died." She told Kairi calmly. " That's not true!!" Kairi yelled. " My mother wasn't stupid. She loved me. She really did. You were stupid for keeping Amanda!!!" Right after she said it, she clapped her hand over her mouth.

Immediately, Krista grabbed Kairi's hair and jerked her up off of the floor. " Take that back." She yelled in her ear. " No!!" Kairi shouted. " It's true. Amanda's a slut!" Krista banged Kairi's head against the wall, very hard, so Kairi saw little stars. Then she punched Kairi in the stomach, so she couldn't breath for a while. " You, Kairi, are a slut!" Krista yelled at her. Then she slapped Kairi in the face, punched her, and finally threw her into the banister of the stairs. " We're going out to eat" Amanda told her. " In honor of Mom's 30 boyfriends she had this year. Have fun." Krista sat down next to Kairi. " I'm sorry, hunny. But you have to learn to respect us. If you keep on bullying Amanda at school, you'll keep on getting beaten. You can find something in the fridge to eat." Kairi couldn't believe it. She wanted to yell that she didn't' bully Amanda, that Amanda had bullied her, but she didn't have enough strength to say anything, and she hurt all over.

When Krista and Amanda had left for whatever restaurant they were going to go to, Kairi dragged herself up the stairs. She hurt all over, so bad, that it hurt even when she moved a finger. How was she supposed to go to school tomorrow? She didn't want to go. Amanda would find some way to get her beat up again. Kairi got to the bathroom and locked the door. She looked at all her bruises. There were two on her face on the same cheek. Now she definitely couldn't go to school tomorrow. How was she supposed to cover them up? She did have lots of foundation and powders. Those would work. Then she put her hand to her head. A big bump met her hand when she touched it. She winced. It hurt a lot. Then she lifted up her shirt. There was a huge black and blue bruise on her stomach. Krista does have a very strong punch, she thought, I'm glad they went out to eat. What kind of person goes out to eat to celebrate how many boyfriends they had? Krista does. Kairi sat up and felt a huge pain in her side. She looked and found an even bigger bruise. Probably from the banister, she thought bitterly. She went to her room and took out two ice packs from her mini refrigerator. (She had saved up her money for it) She then laid on her bed, put one on her stomach and the other on her face, and felt the tears gathering in her eyes. They cascaded down her face like a mini waterfall. She wanted to run to Sora, to tell him all what happened, to be in his arms, to cry on his shoulder. But something was holding her back. She didn't know what it was. Slowly, her crying led her to sleep, deep in the darkness.

Meanwhile………….

Sora put all his homework in his bag and sat on his bed. All that homework made him tired. He had wanted to play his PS2 right when he got home, or to dream about Kairi, but he had all this stupid homework. Algebra, Geography, Science. He would probably get a C or D on them for how fast he did it. Kairi would probably get A's. Brainy Kairi. He then looked at a picture of him and Kairi at the beach, last year. He was throwing her into the water, and he had a huge goofy smile on his face. She looked great in that pink bikini. Whoa, he thought, where did that come from? I shouldn't be thinking about her like that. She was his best friend. Who cares, said a voice from the back of his head. You can think about her. You love her, dude. Call her up right now. Sora bolted up and zoomed to his phone. He dialed her number. He wanted to hear her voice; it would calm him from his thoughts.

Back to Kairi…

BRIIIIIIIIIING BRIIIIIIIIIIINNNG!!! Kairi jumped out of bed and winced when she felt the pressure in her stomach. She grabbed her phone and said a groggy " Hello"

" Kairi?" Sora's voice said.

" Hi, Sora. Why'd you call?" Kairi said, unaware of how sad her voice sounded.

"Ummmmm…uhh. I called to talk to you about this weekend."

" What about this weekend?"

" I thought, since tomorrow is Friday, that we could start job hunting tomorrow instead of Saturday. Friday is the weekend, right?" Sora said. He sounded nervous.

" Right. And we can start tomorrow if you like." Kairi answered back.

" Great!"

Silence.

" Kairi"

" Yes"

" Is there anything wrong? You sound sad."

Kairi could feel the tears build up in her eyes. She wanted to tell him what Krista did, how Amanda had lied about her bullying her. But instead she answered, " Nothing is wrong. I'm just tired."

" Okay, Kairi. Bye"

" Bye, Sora"

Kairi sighed and put the phone down. She slowly made her way down the stairs and to the kitchen where she made herself ramen. Then she proceeded to do her homework. She couldn't wait until she could get out of this place and go to college.

Did you like this chapter? Sora still doesn't know about Kairi getting abused. Well, please review!!! Bye!!!