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CHAPTER: 5/ ON THE BRINK.

How could this happen to me

I made my mistakes

I've got no where to run

The night goes on

As I'm fading away

I'm sick of this life

I just wanna scream

How could this happen to me.

Emma was released form the hospital after a few days and returned to school after being home for a week. Her mother had stayed home with her to make sure she was okay, it was nice to have her mom to care for her but it started to drive her nuts after a week. It took time but she finally convinced her parents to let her go back to school sooner than the doctor said to. Kenny and his friends had been arrested after she had given her statement but a judge had released them on bail so they were still around, which made her very nervous and had her looking over her shoulder constantly.

She was too scared to stay in her room, the window didn't lock and they could have come in at any time and do what ever they wanted. It had literally scared her out of her home when she found out, for now she was staying with Manny. But she knew she couldn't stay there forever. Jay had become glued to her and she was thankful for that, she needed some one to lean on and he was there for her.

Walking into school she felt everyone's eyes on her, they knew they always knew something. Some gave her looks of concern and others gave her ones of hate, they blamed her for what happen. Emma wanted to rip their heads off she could tell what they were thinking and they were wrong. It wasn't her fault, she had been seeing someone trying to help her get through this whole thing and it had helped some in the short time she had been seeing them.

Alex, Ellie, and Ashley were the ones who gave her the most trouble. Alex because Jay was staying by Emma's side, never letting her out his site, which was making her jealous. Ellie gave her trouble because Emma had gone to see Sean and was just paranoid that she was going to take him away from her. To Emma she just needed to get a life. And Ashley was just a follower, because her friend hated Emma she did too. Emma tried to ignore their remarks and hateful stares. But they followed her every where. Inside the walls of Degrassi you can't hide anything, eyes follow you every where. And it was driving Emma crazy. She just wanted to get through this and wanted people to stop talking. It wasn't any of their business, no one's but hers. And even she didn't want to deal with it.

She woke from her hell, she was in constant hell, when she was awake and when she slept ; images of that night haunted her every minute of every day even though she was getting help it wasn't making her demons go away. Emma shook her head to clear sleep and made her way towards Manny's room to wake her for school. Knocking on the door she opened it slightly and saw Manny on the bed still asleep. "Manny wake up we have to go to school." Emma said shaking her friend's sleeping form.

"Em I feel so sick, stop shaking me." Manny moaned and rolled over away from her friend. Emma started to feel a bit of panic, the only reason she was able to get through school was because Manny and Jay were there. Today she would have no one, if Manny didn't come. Jay had gotten suspended because Chris called Emma a leg spreading whore, and pinned her against a wall and tried to get some out of her. When Jay saw what was happening he snapped and left Chris with a busted lip, broken nose and a fear to set foot in the school. With Manny out also she would have to hear the comments with out any one to help her.

"No Manny you have to come to school with me. Please Manny I can't not have you and Jay not there." Emma said to her still shaking her oldest friend. "Em really I can't go I'm sorry, but you'll be fine. Chris isn't there and your dad is at the school you'll be fine." Manny rolled over and reasoned with her. Emma shook her head over and over again. "I can't Manny I can't take it, please." Manny sat up and grabbed her friend's shoulders and looked her in the eye.

"Emma Marie Nelson you can do this, you can be on your own for one day. And if something happens then tell your dad and he'll take care of it. And I'll be right here when you come back." "Look Emma I'm not trying to sound mean nor like I don't care, but you have to start standing up to them. The people that talk, they don't know you or what you went through, they know what that subhuman and his stupid jackass friends are saying. If want them to stop taking then go to school and try not to let it get to you. Stand up to them tell them that you don't care what they say. You know it wasn't your fault, tell them what happen to you Emma make them see that they are wrong." And with that Manny let her go and lay back down to sleep.

Emma got up from the bed and made her way to the guest room to get ready for school. When she finished she was dressed in a pair of low-rise jeans, and a plain long sleeve black shirt. She pulled her long hair into a bun and grabbed her bag to leave. After she said her good-byes to Manny's parents she walked out of the house, she saw Jay's car parked in front of the house. Seeing him brought a small smile to her face, he was her protector; the one guy other than her dad she could count on.

"Morning, Em need a ride?" he asked her when she approached the car and leaned down into the window and smiled a little at him. "Yea thanks." She said and climbed in the front seat. "Where's Manny?" he asked as she buckled her seat belt. "She's sick and isn't coming today." Emma whispered quietly.

"Emma are you sure you want to go to school today?" he asked her, he knew how hard it's been for her but she's fine as long as he and Manny are with her. "I'll be fine Jay, let's go." And with that they drove off to the school.

Fine wasn't what she was when she entered the school. The minute she stepped in the main hallway eyes followed her from every direction, burning holes through her broken and bruised body. She wanted rip off her ears so she didn't have to listen to their hateful, evil and fake sympathetic remarks. Every where she turned she heard; "Poor Emma she must be taking this so hard." I wish we could help her." Or "There goes the new school slut, you know she likes to rough." Or "How can she do this to Kenny he was nothing but sweet to her and she yells rape, just because he broke up with her. Stupid slut."

Walking down the hall towards Armstrong's class she kept her head down and tried to block out the sounds of their voices, and avoid the looks they gave her. Suddenly as she was walking a body slammed into her and she was pinned against a locker. Looking up she saw Alex, shooting daggers at her. "No one believes you Emma make it easy and drop these dumb charges against Kenny and the other. No judge will ever put the guys away on rape, you can't rape a leg spreading whore who gives it up to every guy." And with that Alex let her go and walked down the hall leaving Emma shaking too scared to move. Pain ran through her body, she still wasn't healed and slowly taking a few deep breaths she managed to move from the wall to the girl's bathroom.

Once she was in the safely alone in the bathroom, she went to stare in the mirror. She didn't recognize the girl staring back at her, the girl in the mirror was just a broken shell of the fun loving girl she used to be. Closing her eyes she heard the voices again taunting pretending they cared, she heard Kenny and his friends moaning as the forced them selves in her and laughing as she fought and struggled and screamed. The praise they gave each other when they hit her making her scream in pain.

She pushed her self away from the sink, eyes still closed she clamped her hands over her ears and shook her head trying to rid her self of the evil voices. All of a sudden she let go of her self and looked in the mirror again, she let out a blood curdling scream and punched the mirror shattering into a million little pieces. Picking up a large jagged piece she rolled up her sleeve and slashed her arm over and over again, dropping the glass and watching her blood run down her arm and on to the floor.

She was so focused on watching her blood drip from her put stretched arm and to the floor below she didn't hear the door swing open. Or people calling out to her, till she was grabbed and held against some one's chest while some one else wrapped her arm in paper towels trying to stop the blood. Once the cuts were covered she looked up to see she was leaning against Spinner's chest his arms wrapped tightly around her so she couldn't struggle. And Marco was pressing the towels to her arm, turning her head when she heard a soft female voice she saw Paige and Hazel standing there.

"They're all right." Emma whispered quietly, but they still heard her. "Who's right about what Em?" Marco asked her gently while pulling the towels away. "It's all my fault, no one believes I was raped, I'm just a whore." She said quietly as a few lone tears slipped from her dull hazel eyes. Spinner hugged her against his chest and gently ran his fingers through her hair, while Marco and the girls came over to help comfort her.

"How's her arm Marco?" another voice was heard from the door. They looked up to see Ellie standing there a look of regret and fear on her pale face. They glared at her, except Emma who was just lying against Spinner. "Not deep. Why do you care Ellie?" Marco snapped at her. They all knew that she and Alex gave Emma the hardest time out of everyone. Hearing her best friend snap at her made the regret and fear fade away and hate replaced them. "Your right I don't care, she should have cut deeper, we'd all be better with out her around." And with that Ellie left them with Emma.

"She's right. Every one would be better off with out me." Emma finally spoke up. "No Emma we need you here, we're here for you, we believe you, you are not a whore. And we're going to help you through this." Paige said to her in a gentle tone, and took Emma from Spinner and hugged her tightly. "I think we should get her to the hospital just to make sure she's okay." Spinner said. Paige shook her head and stood up and helped the fragile girl up off the floor. "No. We're going to take her to her psychiatrist, she goes to the same one I did." Emma had a hard time walking, so Spinner picked her up in his arms and carried her away from Degrassi, the other following him. She wanted to scream for them to leave her alone, that she was fine. But she couldn't find her voice and she wasn't fine.

'No one believes you.' Was all that was running through Emma's head, she didn't hear anyone speaking at all. She was falling over the edge and no one was there to catch her, how did this happen to her.

Everybody's screaming

I try to make a sound but no one hears me

I'm slipping off the edge

I'm hanging by a thread

I wanna start this over again

Untitled- Simple Plan

Hey guys hope you liked this chapter, I tried to make this chapter really good because I haven't been able to update. But I do apologize for this being so late, I hope you guys still are interested in this story, and will review it even if it's terrible.

Allie