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"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
Albert Camus
Mr. Simpson's POV
I was closing down late today. After school I was busy helping a couple kids that needed it. I don't think people understand how tough it is to be a teenager these days. There is so much
peer pressure and stress, not including many of these teen's demanding, hurtful, and unloving parents. I was walking to my car and was startled to see someone else standing outside of
his parked car. It was too dark to tell who it was from so far away but it had to be something serious to be out this late at night. I looked closer. It was Jay Hoggart. What was he doing
here? To make matters worse he looked terrified.
"Jay, what's wrong?"
"It's Lexi. Something is wrong and I didn't know who to go to and I remember you helping Sean so I went to you." I felt proud that someone like Jay would come to me for help.
"So what happened?"
"I have no time to explain, just come with me." I didn't question him and stepped into the passenger's seat of his car. After a few minutes of deafening silence Jay spoke up.
"I guess I can talk right now. Lexi came to my house last night after being beaten pretty heavily by her mother's boyfriend. She wouldn't let me help her clean up and feel asleep quickly.
She was having nightmares so I held her in my arms. I let her sleep most of the day today but when she woke she could barely move." I was horror – stricken. Teens had so much to deal
with these days.
Marco's POV
Ellie, Paige, and I were together discussing what to do about Alex. Paige still didn't know that her mom's boyfriend hits her, but I don't think we should wait to tell her that long. She
needs to know. I feel as if there is another presence in this room, comforting us even though we know something is deathly wrong. It's funny, someone would never expect Ellie, Paige,
and I to be good friends. However, after Paige helped Ellie when she was down in the dumps, we just connected. Ellie spoke the first words "I think Alex is at Jay's." I nodded, that made
sense. As much as I didn't like Jay I understood that Jay would take as good care of Alex as anybody. Paige, however, was mightily confused.
"What do you mean, why would Alex be at Jay's." Not knowing how to answer this, I looked at Ellie. She graciously took charge of the conversation
"Alex gets in trouble with her mother's boyfriend a lot. He is harsh and drunk and she goes to Jay's for comfort." Paige started tearing up.
"Alex is hurt? You didn't tell me. She could be in real trouble. God, let's go to Jay's. What are we going to do?" That mysterious presence that I felt in the room made its calming presence
known again. It refreshed us and we sat down and made a plan.
It was determined. Paige would stay in my house to talk to Ellie and I when we needed help. Ellie would go file a missing person's report with the police while Paige would deliver an
anonymous tip that Alex ran away due to violence at her house. If that went well, the Police would arrest Alex's mother's boyfriend on some charge or another. This seemed too good to
be true so as back – up, we decided that I would go and gather some of the guys and we would all go to Jay's house just in case something bad was happening. I couldn't trust Alex's
mother's boyfriend. We left with hope planted in our hearts.
Jay's POV
On the way back to my flat I called Lexi. She didn't answer. My stomach twisted. Air was caught in my lungs. Unexplainable terror filled my lungs. I was resolute and I pressed the ignition
harder. Even though I was scared of something horrible, I am positive that everything is going to be alright. Don't ask me how. I am planted in this hope that everything will happen for
the best.
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