She woke up with some pain in her back, but it didn't bother her. Today was her last day and that bothered her. The fact that she didn't have enough worth in this world to overcome a certain, untimely death, bothered her. But she couldn't think of that right now. She had to get dressed quick and sneak her and Johnny both out of there. The burns hurt a little bit more when she was moving around, but she dealt with it. Today was all about her family: Sonny and Johnny. No matter what happened, she would always love them. After she was done getting dressed, she ran to Johnny's room. He was standing there all dressed and ready to go. She had to smile at him, he made her so proud.

"Johnny we're sneaking out this morning. Come with me." She whispered to him, holding out her hand for him to grasp, which he did. She led him back to her room, where the window was open and a rope was tied to climb down. "Do you want to go before me or after me."

"After!" He piped up, excitedly. She smiled and ruffled his hair before climbing out her window. When she reached the ground, Johnny started to climb out too. She had her arms out ready to catch him, but he didn't fall to her relief. They started out to where the bars were.

"Okay, now Johnny I'm going to introduce you to a very special friend. His name is Sonny, please try and be nice." She begged.

"I will be don't worry. Claudee am I not going to school?"

"I'm not going to force you to go. It's your last day of school and you never do anything on the last day. Me and Sonny thought maybe you'd like to hang out with us." She explained as they went through the bars and started walking to Sonny's car. Johnny frowned.

"I wanted to go to school today, Claudee. Please can I go." Claudia picked her baby brother up and ran with him for a short distance, making him laugh.

"Of course you can, I'm not going to stop you. Me and Sonny will drop you off. Look there's Sonny." They walked over to Sonny at his and Claudia's normal meeting spot. He refrained from kissing her since he didn't know what Claudia had told him. He settled for a hug instead and then waved at Johnny.

"Hi Johnny, I'm Sonny."

"Hi Sonny." Johnny said a little shyly before holding on to Claudia's waist. She smiled at Sonny, laying her head on his shoulder.

"Alright, well Johnny wants to go to school and I don't want him to be late, so why don't we get going." She opened the back door to Sonny's car for Johnny before getting into the passenger's seat. "Buckle up, Johnny." She reminded him.

Soon enough they were at his school, dropping him off. He grabbed all his stuff before saying goodbye to Sonny and Claudia. She had tears in her eyes as she watched her brother enter the building. Sonny gently rubbed her shoulder, trying to comfort her. She shook him off though, right then being afraid of comfort. She finally let herself feel for everything that would happen today and it hurt. She stayed silent as Sonny put the car into drive and went to his apartment building. They sat in the car for a bit, before Sonny got up the courage to talk.

"Are you okay?" He asked, grabbing her hand. She nodded, slowly turning her body so that she could look at him. "Do you wanna go up to the apartment or actually go do something?"

"Lets just go up to your apartment. I can't even think about going out right now." She told him. They both walked up to the apartment, hand in hand. They both sat on the couch, her in his arms. "Sonny I love you so much." He kissed the top of her head.

"I love you too, Claudia. So much, you can not even imagine." She got out of his arms, grabbed his hand, and led him to his room. "Claudia……?" He trailed off, unsure of what she wanted to do. She pushed herself closer to him.

"Make love to me, Sonny, please." She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him lightly.

"Claudia you're not even sixteen, I'm eighteen. I don't want to hurt you, like physically hurt you." Sonny told her, sitting them both down on the bed.

"If I promise you that you could never hurt me, will you have sex with me. Sonny I need this. I want us to have shared that kind of relationship, too. I want to show you all the ways I love you." She put on her best puppy dog pout.

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"I want to show you all the ways I love you too, but if I hurt you.." He trailed off. She crashed her lips unto his, rubbing her body close to his. To her surprise, as well as his, he kissed back. Running his lips down her neck. They pulled away only when air was necessary. "Okay." He whispered before kissing her again. Her arms wrapped around his neck, while his arms snaked around her waist.

The sheets were down and they were under them. Sonny was kissing her lovingly, deeply as she tried to keep back her moans of enthusiasm. Their tongues were darting in and out of each other's mouths. He shifted his weight so that he was hovering over her. Her hands went to his belt, as she pulled down his pants and then his boxers. Soon, things had shifted and she was on top. She found out quite quickly that she liked the feeling of dominance. She raised her hands up so that Sonny could pull off her shirt, then he undid her jeans. She kissed him again.

"Sonny, I love you." She managed to get out. He maneuvered himself back over her.

"I love you too." He told her before slowly inserting a small amount of himself in her. Then a little more, a then some more, just to make sure he didn't hurt her.

"Go ahead." She moaned. He thrusted hard into her, making a loud moan escape her lips. Soon her walls tightened around him and an orgasm ripped through her.

Hours later, she was laying entangled in his arms. She loved how normal this all felt, but then the thought hit her that soon this would all end and she would be gone. She turned to face him. She tried to smile through her tears, it didn't work. Sonny lightly brushed the tears away.

"Shhh, it'll all be okay. I have faith in you, if you fight hard enough you'll win." He promised.

"I'm so sick of having to fight for everything, though. Sonny, I love you so much, but I'm giving up." She broke it to him. They both sat up in his bed, he held her tightly.

"Let me tell you something. Last night I had a dream that you, me, and Johnny were a family. We were happy and I'm not going to let that slip through my fingers, okay?"

"Okay," she nuzzled her face into his neck. "What time is it? We need to get Johnny from soccer practice."

"Almost five, we need to get going." They slipped into their clothes, rushing out of the door. When they got to the school they saw Johnny in his cleats and uniform ready to go. The driver came just as Claudia walked up to him. She froze. The last moments she would have with her baby brother. She gave him a big hug, trying to hide the tears in her eyes. She then knelt down to his eye level.

"Johnny, no matter what I love you. Do you understand? And nothing that happens is ever your fault." He wiped at the tears the threatened to spill from her eyes.

"Claudee, what's wrong? You're about to cry." He stated the obvious.

"Nothings wrong, baby brother. Let's get you into the car so you can go home and work on some homework." She pushed him into the car. It broke her heart to do it, but there was no other way. She held her tears back as she went over to Sonny's car.

"You alright?"

"Yep, you just gotta take me home." He just nodded, he didn't have the energy to argue with her to fight. He put the car in drive and pulled to their normal spot a block away from her house. They looked at each other, knowing this was goodbye.

"I don't wanna say goodbye to you, not now, not ever." He told her.

"You think I want to? It's not easy, but there's no other way. Close your eyes." He did as she asked. She got out of the car and ran. When he opened them she was gone, tears spilled down his face. There was a note on the dashboard.

This way, we don't have to say goodbye. I love you! Love, Cinderella.

He had failed. He wasn't Superman, he was just a civilian.

She made it completely up the steps. Maybe he had forgotten what today was. Then his voice made its way to her ears. Her whole body shook from the tone of his voice.

"Claudia, we're going to the basement, now!" He commanded. Then started pulling her back toward the stairs. Everyone was gone, even Trevor had gone home, she was alone. This was how she would die: alone. Then a voice sounded in her head.

If you just fight hard enough, you'll win.

She started to struggle with her father making it harder for him to handle her. As they got closer to the steps, she struggled more.

A thud was heard at the bottom of the steps. One of them was on the floor, dead. But which one?

Dun…dun….dunnn.. Sorry I haven't updated in forever. Exams, school, and sports have been crazy and there's been no time. Hope you liked this. Please review!!!!!!!!