Sarah walked through the door of her small but livable apartment. She had only lived there for about a week so boxes were scattered everywhere. On the floor, tables, chairs, ...everywhere.
She slowly walked to her bed in the dark. She was way to lazy and tired right now to even try to find the light switch. She walked slowly but then tripped over what she guessed was a box. She was able to wobble to her bed and fall on it. She glanced over at her alarm clock.
3:17 A.M. Damn.
She had school at 8:12 that morning. She would have to wake at 6 A.M. to get ready and down to the bakery around the corner before going off to school. That gave her about three hours of sleep. As soon as her eyes closed she was out and nothing was going to bother her during these three hours.
She walked up the steps of her new school building at 7:54 A.M. Sarah was early and this made her upset. She could have slept longer. Her eyes dropped as she jammed a jelly filled doughnut in her mouth.
Sarah tried to walk in a strait line but failed. She staggered over to her locker. She was amazed she even made it up the steps in the front of the school. She sighed. This was going to be a bad day.
Haru watched Hatori drive off. He had given Momiji and himself a ride to school which was rare. Haru turned to Momiji who was smiling. He always seemed to have a smile on his face.
They walked toward the school together. Haru was wondering if he would see Sarah today. She had left early from school the day before and he was still wondering why. She hadn't said but from what she had said he guessed it was some kind of job.
He went to what he liked to call the shoe room and slipped his shoes of and put on his school shoes. Momiji and him started to walk to their lockers but then a thought accurd to Haru, "Momiji. Lets go see if Sarahs here."
Momiji's smile seemed to get bigger and he shouted yes with joy. Then they were off to locker 497.
Sarah sighed. She was exhausted. The day before had really done her in. Fight after fight. She couldn't do this for ever. Sooner or later she would probably die.
She heard footsteps behind her. She turned to see Haru and Momiji standing there.
"How may I help you two?" she asked
Momiji said back, "Haru thought it would be a good idea to come see you."
"Is that so?" she said turning to Haru with a smile.
Haru just stared at her. After a few seconds of silence he stated, "You look like a mess. What happened to you?"
"Oh…um…nothing. I'm fine. Just fell down the steps at my house," she lied and grabbed her books out of her locker and turned to leave, "I should get to class."
Haru grabbed her arm. It had bruises all over it. Her legs too. It felt a lot worse than it looked though.
"What the hell happened to you?" Haru said worriedly. Momiji looked sad. He had seen her bruises too.
"Why don't you just leave me alone! I don't need to tell you any thing! Why should you care any ways! Why care about some one you don't even know!" she shouted and pulled away and then ran. Any where…just not there. Some where safe.
That was the first time she had snapped back at any one in along time. She hadn't done it since her mother and brother died, if you could call them her mother and brother.
All the time she ran Kai's words were running through her head, "It wouldn't hurt if you didn't let them hit you." He had said those the night before after she had taken a beating fro this really big guy. She would never let them hit her again and get away with it.
