DISCLAIMER: Ah! I forgot to do the Disclaimer for the prologue, sorry. Anyways, I do not own anything but: the characters (which are based off of real people), the settings (which is based off a real neighborhood), and the experiences each character goes through (which are also based on real events). I do not own Pokemon or anything about Pokemon. I just use Pokemon to write stories.
WARNING: Forgot to do this earlier also. Okay, this story isn't for kiddies! It contains: Drug Abuse, Sex/Rape, Violence, Self-Inflicted Violence, and Blood – all involving young teenagers.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you for reading this story. I was inspired to write this story off of real events, real people, and real settings. The title was inspired by the song "Tourniquet" by: Evanescence. The Prologue and first two chapters don't necessarily have to do with her journey, but after that they will. This chapter is about Elizabeth's school life, a party she goes to, and the experiences around these events. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Erratic Traducement
Elizabeth Ann Cordaro threw off the covers and walked downstairs. She looked in the kitchen from the stairs. Her parents weren't there. Obviously her dad had gone to 'work' and her mom was probably getting ready. Liz finished descending the stairs and walked into the kitchen. Liz got out some cereal and poured the cereal and some milk into a bowl. She devoured the cereal in 15 minutes. She got up and put the bowl in the dishwasher after rinsing it out.
Liz yawned as she walked upstairs. She heard her mom humming. She was probably ironing some clothes. Liz walked into her colorful room and locked the door. She took off her pajamas and opened her closet. She got out an orange shirt and a sleeveless white undershirt. She put them both on after switching out her old bra with a new pink lace bra. She put on some new panties and then put on a short khaki skirt. She put on some white socks and then put on her brown Birkenstocks. She took out some pink lip-gloss and put it on. She then added some blush. She also put on some mascara, blue eyeliner, and some of her favorite perfume. She started brushing her red hair until it was straight. She brushed her bangs so they were barely above her eyebrows. She smiled in the mirror as her eyes gleamed. Liz grabbed her light blue Jansport backpack. On her backpack her friends signed a note and then signed their name. Some of the notes said: "I love you chumly, Kat." Another one said: "You're the prettiest girl I know, Liz, stay beautiful. Love, Chris." Liz also wrote her favorite bands on her backpack. Liz was in to Heavy Metal/Hard Rock, '80s Rock, Punk Rock, and regular Rock. Some of the bands were: AC/DC, Metallica, Story of the Year, The Used, Blink-182, and others.
Liz went in the bathroom. Her bathroom had white wallpaper with a blue ceiling and green tile. She did her business, brushed her teeth, brushed her hair, and put on lotion. She went back downstairs and started doing her homework, which she does before school every day. She finished the easy homework and looked at the clock on the microwave. It read 7:50. Well, time to go. She thought. She put her backpack on and walked to the front door.
"Bye mom!" She hollered to her mom.
"Bye honey!" Came her voice. Liz's mom doesn't work until 11 a.m. She works at the nearby Pokemon Center for 30$ an hour. She normally worked until 2 so she could go and pick up Liz at 2:30. So she normally gets 90$ a day. Liz doesn't really know what her father does. She just knows he leaves at 5 a.m. and gets back at 5 p.m. He normally brings back a large amount of money.
Liz opened the garage door and then the garage. She walked out onto the old and cracked sidewalk. Liz's school is only about 5 minutes away from her house so she walks to school in the mornings (she doesn't want her mom to take her in the mornings because about three fourths of the year Liz is cranky in the morning). She gets to her middle school 5 minutes before the bell rings. Liz walked up to her friends and smiled. In the mornings the 8th graders and 7th graders had their area outside of the school and the 6th graders had there own area on the opposite side of the 7th and 8th grade students. Both areas were in between the main office building (where the principal, vice principal, counselor, and other school officials had their offices).
"Hey Liz." All of Liz's friends said simultaneously.
"Hey!" She hugged Kat and Lauren for a while. She also hugged Chris, Spence, and Alex, but she didn't hug them like she would hug a boyfriend. Chris sort of blushed, but Liz didn't notice. Kat tells Liz over and over that Chris likes her, but Liz doesn't believe her. Liz has a crush on Jeff. Jeff is the captain of the Lacrosse and Soccer teams at their school. He also plays Football. He is probably the most popular boy at school and he could get any girl he wanted. The most popular girl at school is Amanda. She is the Cheerleading captain, she is on the Dance line, and she plays girls' Golf. She could get any guy… but Jeff. Amanda has blond hair with dark brown highlights. She has the most beautiful eyes; they're a sparkly blue color. No one knows whom Jeff likes, but he loves to flirt with the popular girls. But he doesn't flirt with Amanda. Secretly Jeff thinks Amanda is a stuck-up snobby slut.
Liz started talking to her friends about random stuff when she was tapped on the shoulder. Liz gave her friends a weird look as they pointed behind her and they also got all giddy looking. Liz turned around and almost died. She felt like she was punched in the gut. There stood Jeff; he had blond hair with light blond highlights. He wore his hair long and shaggy and would flip his hair to the left every time it got in his eyes. He was wearing a red t-shirt with blue jeans that were also cargo pants. He also had his letterman on. The letterman was red and the sleeves were black. Liz smiled at him.
"H-hey!" She said. Jeff smiled.
"Hey! You wanna come to my SWAM party tomorrow at 7 p.m.?" Liz nodded. She then caught herself before she made a fool of herself.
"Yeah. Sure. I'll be there." Liz said, trying to act cool. Secretly Jeff likes Liz and Liz likes Jeff. But neither of them knew it.
"Okay. I'll have all the stuff you'll need, so don't bring anything. How 'bout I call you tonight. What's your numba?" Liz almost died again. She wrote it down in orange ink on a white slip of paper that she took from her backpack.
"Thanks." He said.
"Your welcome." She replied. Jeff then hugged Liz and Liz didn't know what to do. So she decided to wing it and she just hugged him back. Jeff flipped his hair to the side and then winked at Liz. He then walked back to his other Jock friends. Lauren and Kat were so happy. All three of them started saying "Oh my God!" over and over. Chris was angry, it seemed as though he knew something that none of the girls knew. Spence and Alex were just talking about the weekend coming up and their plans.
The bell then rang and they all went their separate ways. Liz, Alex, and Kat had 1st Period together (Pokemon History). Lauren, Spence, and Liz had 2nd Period together (Gym). Liz and Chris had 3rd Period together (Pokemon Science). Liz, Chris, Spence, and Kat have 4th and 5th Period together (Pokemon Arts and Language Arts). 6th Period Liz has by herself, but she has her extra friends in there. Her 6th Period class is Pokemon Fine Arts. Pokemon Fine Arts consists of 4 mini-programs and mini-classes that are all taken throughout the year. The mini-classes were Pokemon plays (where they put on a play about Pokemon), Pokemon songs (where they put on a performance of songs about Pokemon), Pokemon art (where they draw different Pokemon), and Pokemon dance (where they perform a recital about Pokemon). 7th Period is Math and all of Liz's friends have that class together.
Liz hugged Kat, Lauren, Spence, Chris, and Alex goodbye.
"Hey, I'll call you right when I get home." Chris said as Liz's mom honked the horn.
"Okay!" She replied. Liz didn't really listen to him, she was way to hyper and giddy at the moment. She had been like that all day. Liz got inside her mom's red mini-van as Liz's mom started the engine.
"Guess what." Liz started right after they pulled away from the school.
"What?" Her mother asked.
"Jeff asked me to go to a swim party tomorrow!" Tomorrow was Saturday, so that made that school day Friday.
"Cool. When is it?"
"At 7 p.m. He said I didn't have to bring a towel or anything."
"Alright. You can go. Just be home before 11 and remember, if anything goes wrong you can call me and I'll pick you up."
"Okay mom." Liz replied, she added a long drawn out sigh as she stared out the window. Liz's mom didn't understand teens of the 21st Century. Nothing goes wrong at parties… or at least that's what Liz thinks.
Liz walked inside her house. She heard her phone ringing so she ran upstairs. She was expecting Jeff, but after looking at the Caller I.D. and sighing she pressed the TALK button.
"Hey Chris." Liz said kind of dully.
"Hey. I don't think you should got to the SWAM party."
"What the hell is a SWAM party? Look! It's not a SWAM party or whatever you called it. It's a swim party." Liz said. If Chris was there he would of gotten an evil stare.
"No. It's a SWAM party. I swear! You weren't even listening to him. You seem to think too highly of him. What… do you worship him or something?" How'd he know? She asked herself as she kicked her closet door shut, which had her shrine to Jeff.
"I even asked him. He doesn't even have a pool at his house and it is at his house. Do you know what a SWAM party is?" Came Chris's voice. He sounded annoyed.
"I'm sure it's just a swim party. Whoa! It's him! Tootles!" She said quickly as she heard the beep, which meant you had a call waiting.
"No! Wait!" But she had switched lines.
"Hey babe." Came Jeff's handsome voice.
"Hey!" She said. Liz was so hyper.
"So? You comin'?"
"Yep!"
"Alright. See ya then! I gotta prepare."
"Okay. Bye." Liz hung up. She was so happy. She ran downstairs, made some popcorn, ran back upstairs, and ate the popcorn as she did her homework. After finishing her homework she played on the computer until she was tired. She then decided, since it was midnight, to go to sleep.
Liz woke up and she had plans to hang out with Kat and Lauren at the mall until 1 p.m. She got ready and walked to Kat's who then drove Kat, Liz, and Lauren to the mall. Liz bought some new make-up and a really skimpy red bikini. She saw other things she liked, but didn't have the money so she wrote down the items for later. She got home around 1:15.
After messing around for a few hours on her computer, she looked at her Pokeball clock. It was 6 p.m. Liz decided to skip supper and just start getting ready. She took off all of her clothes and put on the really skimpy bikini. She smiled at herself in the mirror and blew a kiss to an imaginary Jeff. She put on a white t-shirt to go over the bikini. The shirt had a cute Eevee on it playing with a little red ball. She then pulled on a short blue jean skirt that was frayed at the bottom. Liz pulled her hair bag and put it into a ponytail. She pulled a bit of her bangs and placed them in front of her ears, a cute little touch. Liz then put on some sandals, that she really didn't like, and grabbed her purse. She ran downstairs and jumped on her mom.
"Let's go!" Liz shouted.
"Alright darling." Her mom replied. Liz arrived at Jeff's house a few minutes later.
Hm, Chris was right. Jeff doesn't have a pool. Liz thought to herself as she rang the doorbell.
"Hey." Came Jeff's sexy voice as he opened the door. Jeff was wearing a white t-shirt with a breast pocket. There was something in his breast pocket, but she couldn't figure out what it was. He had on a red undershirt and he also had on blue jeans with a maroon and black belt. He had on brown shoes and his hair was how he always wore it, shaggy.
Liz followed him inside and looked around. He had a very nice living room. There was a big screen T.V. in the middle of the room, a nice and expensive computer to the left of the room, a lot of red couches in front of the T.V. and randomly placed around the room, and a blue recliner that was also in front of the T.V. The walls were painted red and the ceiling was blue. The carpet was blue also.
A lot of people were making-out all throughout the house some were even naked! Liz gulped as Jeff led her to his room. What the hell is this place? Is this a make-out party? She asked herself. Liz followed him into his room. He had a queen-sized bed with navy covers and navy pillows. His walls were white and the carpet was a light tan. He had a brown desk and a brown dresser-drawer.
"Er. Where's the pool?" Liz asked in a confused tone.
"Pool? What? You think we're goin' swimmin'?" He chuckled a bit. "Baby, baby, this is a SWAM party. As in Sex Weed Alcohol and Make-Out." He said. Oh SHIT! She thought. I'm too young to lose my virginity!
Jeff handed her some beer out of the mini-refrigerator in his closet. She took it and smiled a fake smile. She tried to keep her cool. She started drinking it. She gagged and started coughing. This is so gross! She shouted inside her head.
"Good, eh? It's my favorite beer." He said to her. Liz nodded. Oh shit, oh shit! She repeated over and over in her head. Liz finished two bottles and soon felt a little woozy. Jeff then pulled some things out of his breast pocket that looked like cigarettes.
"It's weed, want some?" She took one from him and he used a lighter to light the marijuana cigarette. Liz put her mouth to it and sucked in. Her lungs contracted to the deadly drug and she start to cough heavily. Her eyes started to water and she winced as she took another puff. She coughed again, but her body was getting used to it. She closed her eyes hard and tried not to cough after taking another puff and she didn't. Jeff smiled. Soon Liz felt like she was being lifted up and she felt like she was flying. Jeff laughed maliciously as he took a few puffs off of his marijuana and threw away his half empty beer bottle. He wasn't drunk or high, but Liz was!
Jeff reached in and started to kiss Liz. Liz kissed him back. Their lips smacked together as Jeff's tongue slipped into Liz's unexplored mouth. He started to lick around inside her mouth. Soon their tongues were wrestling. He then broke the kiss and pulled off her shirt. He carnivorously went back to kissing her as he took off her skirt without any difficulty. Liz was now only in her bikini. Jeff thought it was just underwear, but he didn't care all he wanted was sex. Jeff stopped kissing her and undid her bikini. Jeff than pulled off his white t-shirt and his red undershirt. Liz started moving her fingers around his 6-pack abs. He laughed as he started to suck on her maturing breasts. She was in complete ecstasy. Jeff pulled off her bikini bottom and started moving his fingers in and out of her womanhood. Liz moaned as he used his other hand to pull off his pants and boxers. His manhood was erect and covered in a small batch of hair. He pushed Liz on the bed and prepared to start having sex with her.
Liz felt the haze blocking her mind slowly float away. She looked at him and gasped, as he became closer and closer to taking her virginity.
"Shit! Fuck!" She yelled out as she tried to push him away.
"Come on baby, don't you want it?" He started using force to get closer to her. She pushed used her arms and legs to get him away, but he was too strong for her.
"Hell no! Get the fuck away from me!" He started laughing as he forced his manhood into her womanhood. She screamed in pain.
"Help!" She yelled out, but either everyone was having sex or was too drunk or high to care. He used all of his arm muscles that he built from playing lacrosse, leg muscles that he built from playing soccer, and chest and ab muscles that he build from playing football to speed up his movements.
"Damn it! Get away!" She screamed as he went faster in faster. Tears of fire spilt out of her eyes and down her neck.
"Bitch! Just take it!" He yelled back as he placed all of his body weight on top of her. Liz felt her muscles ache and her body grew week. She continued struggling, but couldn't get him off. He moaned loudly as his muscles contracted and he ejaculated inside of Liz.
"NO!" She screamed. Jeff then slapped Liz across the face three times and her cheek grew a dark shade of red. She used all of the strength left in her to kick him in the balls. He yelled out in pain.
"Damn girl!" He yelled out as he collapsed.
Liz grabbed her shirt and threw it on as fast as she could. She then pulled on her skirt and ran outside of his room. She tripped over some people having sex in the hallway. She looked back and saw Jeff chasing her.
"Get the fuck away from me!" She yelled out in a hoarse voice. Liz started getting up, but Jeff pushed her into a wall. She bounced off the wall and fell to the ground again.
"I'll kill you bitch!" Jeff screamed. Liz's tears continued to fall and her body ached so much. I have to get away! She tried to think of something to do. She scrambled to reach a fire poker, used to poke a fire in a fireplace. She stood up and swung it at his body. It struck him hard in the ribs. He screamed out in pain and fell down. She threw the fire poker at him and ran out the front door.
Liz's vision was still dazed and fuzzy as she ran down the street. She had forgotten her sandals and she tripped over her bare feet. She looked down and saw that her big toe was bloody. She got back up and continued to run with a limp. She looked behind her and didn't see Jeff, but she still continued to run with all of her might. She saw bright lights and a loud roar as a car past by her. She dove into the grass to avoid the screaming lights. Her knee hit the side of the road and she felt a warm liquid drip down her knee. She saw red and screamed in pain. She got back up and continued to run. She tripped over something in the road, a ball maybe, but she couldn't see. She fell into wet grass. She looked up and saw darkness as she felt warm blood trickle down her head. The last thing she saw were the stars screaming at her for her stupid mistake.
A door opened at the yard that Liz was laying in. A tired Chris heard a scream and walked outside. He was in his light blue pajama pants as he wiped his eyes and yawned. He saw a girl laying halfway on his driveway and halfway on his yard. Chris cocked his head to a side and then ran up to the girl. He recognized the tear stricken face with make-up spilled all over her cheeks and under her eyes. The girl's hair was all over the beautiful face, yet Chris still knew who she was.
"Shit! Liz!" Chris said as he lifted her head up. He felt a warm and sticky liquid on his hand as he grabbed the back of her head. He pulled his hand to his face and smelt the familiar smell of blood.
"Shit, shit, shit!" He repeated. He lifted her up and pushed the hair from her face. Tear started spilling down his cheeks.
"Liz, what happened?" He made sure that she was still breathing. He looked at her bloody toe and bloody knee. He looked down at Jeff's house, which was about 5 houses down.
"Damn you!" He screamed into the night air.
Liz heard a familiar face. She winced as she opened one of her eyes halfway. She saw curly hair and smiled. She saw the sky moving above her.
"Hey, Chris." She said quietly.
"Shh…" He said. "You're safe now." He said. Chris was carrying Liz as fast as possible without running to get to Liz's house. Liz closed her eyes and fell asleep with a smile.
Chris rang the Cordaro's doorbell. Liz's mom opened the door and looked at Chris.
"Chris, this is unexpected." She then looked down and saw her daughter.
"What happened?" She gasped.
"I don't know! I found her lying in my yard." He exclaimed.
"Come in, come in!" She ushered him in as she took Liz from Chris. Liz's father then came in wearing a robe and gasped.
"What the hell did you do to my little girl?" He yelled at Chris.
"Nothing sir! I found her this way in my yard."
"Honey, believe him. He's trustworthy." Liz's mother said. Liz's father carried Liz upstairs and placed her on her bed. Amanda, Liz's mother, and Chris sat down in the living room as Tony, Liz's father, treated Liz's wounds.
Tony then walked downstairs.
"Now, explain everything!" Chris explained that he had found Liz on his lawn, he told her the difference between a swim party and a SWAM party for future references, and he also told the rest of what he knew about Jeff. Liz's mom started crying.
"Is she still a virgin?" She asked.
"I don't know." Chris answered as he stared at his thumbs. "I recommend not sending her to school next week. Rumors will be spreading everywhere and I think after next week they'll die down." Liz's mom nodded.
"May I go up and see her?" Tony nodded as he comforted his wife.
Chris slowly walked upstairs and looked at the weak and tired Liz. Her knee was bandaged and so was her toe. She was wearing a dress that was also pajamas. He kissed her on the cheek. Tear started burning his cheek and falling onto Liz's bed.
"I can't believe he did this to you. You were obviously hurt in some way. What did he do to you? Did he kiss you? I wanted to be your first kiss! Did he rape you? What the hell? I love you Liz, why didn't you listen to my warning?" The tears fell faster as he hugged her frail body. Chris then walked downstairs, said his goodbyes to Liz's parents, and went back home.
The rumors didn't settle down until a month later and Liz's life was ruined. Liz was naïve and confused when she went to Jeff's party, she didn't expect anything. She had been taken advantage of at that party because of her want to be 'cool'. Chris, Lauren, Spence, Alex, and Kat comforted her during that month. They protected her and kept her safe from beatings, word violence, cheers, jeers, name-callings, and a whole lot of other physical and verbal violence. Liz's father recommended to Liz's mother to let Liz go on her Pokemon journey alone so she could get away from her school. Liz's mother didn't agree but they worked it out. They planned to let her go, but Liz's father would watch over her.
A/N: Kind of intense, huh? Well, the next chapter is about Elizabeth's goodbyes. Thanks again for reading this story. Comments, reviews, ratings, and flames (flames only for constructive criticism) are wanted, please.
