Annabelle pushed him harder trying to break free from his grasp. She was terrified. Fitz shoved her harder back onto the bench and turned to Clare. "Don't touch her!" Annabelle yelled at Fitz as he turned his attention to Clare. "Do whatever you want to me just leave her alone." She said as tears began to flow down her cheeks. "Well, how sweet is that. She's protecting you Edwards." Clare looked over at Annabelle quickly and shook her head. Clare didn't know what Annabelle was doing. Clare felt herself being pushed off the bench by Fitz. She was terrified and she didn't want anything to happen to Annabelle. Fitz got closer to Annabelle and Clare immediately began to look around for something to protect them with. Nothing, how could there just be nothing. Clare grabbed her cell and called Eli. No answer. Now Clare was truly worried something bad was happening.
Fitz pushed himself on Annabelle and to protect Clare she just took it. She couldn't believe this was going to happen again. She pushed him and nothing would happen he was way to strong for her. Annabelle laid on the bench for what felt like hours with Fitz's hot breath on her. Fitz moved away from her as they heard two car doors. Were the boys back? Were they coming to the rescue? Annabelle pushed with all her force and knocked Fitz off her as he'd been distracted. "Run!" She yelled loudly at Clare as they both ran as fast as they could in the direction Eli had parked the car earlier. Neither girl looked back but quickly heard nothing behind them. Had he given up? They truly were not sure so they continued to run at full force. Annabelle slowed to catch her breath and then quickly continued the run. The two girls ran until Eli and Adam had came into view again. "What's wrong?" both boys said as the girls ushered them to follow them back to the car. Annabelle was the first one to reach the car as the tears were pouring out of her eyes. She sat down on the ground and waited for the other three.
Bruises were already forming on the wrist that Fitz had gripped so tight as the others reached the car. Eli caught his breath quickly and finally spoke, "What the hell happened?" Annabelle looked up at him, but said nothing. She had nothing to say. "Fitz attacked us." Clare said quietly as she sat next to Annabelle on the ground. "He didn't touch me." she said as she looked back at Annabelle. "Only Annabelle." Clare finished before pulling Annabelle into a hug and letting her cry on her shoulder. "Why'd he do that?" Adam asked infuriated. Annabelle looked up at Adam and finally spoke, "He wanted to teach me what a real guy was like.." She said quietly. Adam turned away from her. This was my fault, he thought to himself. "He can't get away with this." Eli said as he looked at the two upset girls. Adam looked at Annabelle and shook his head, "He's not going to get away with this Annabelle." Annabelle looked up and nodded her head and slowly stood up. Adam pulled her into a tight hug, "And you're not going to be alone if I can help it." Annabelle cry on his shoulder as they stood there. When they pulled away they all got into the hearse and slowly drove away.
They all sat in silence except for the occasional clearing of the throat or sniffle from the girls. They hadn't talked about calling the police. Annabelle sighed because she knew that her aunt and uncle are home by now and honestly she didn't want them to know she'd already had trouble on her first week. What if they don't want me either, she thought as they neared her house. "Wait!" Annabelle shouted loudly startling Eli. "I don't want to go home." Eli turned to look at Clare. "Not right now at least." Eli nodded his head and instead turned to go to Clare's house. Annabelle looked over at Adam who hadn't let her hand go the entire ride, "Thank you." she said quietly to Adam. He nodded and tried his best to smile. They soon arrived at Clare's house and the four of them walked inside. Clare's parents weren't there so they could openly talk about what had happened. "We have to report this." Clare said in a matter of fact way. Annabelle shook her head in disagreement. "We can't…" Annabelle took in a deep breath and turned away from the others. "Are you crazy? Of course we can." Eli said in reply. "Fine, call the police and I'll be out of here so fast I won't even know what to think. My aunt and uncle aren't going to let me stay if I'm already causing problems." She took in a deep breath and felt more tears begin to flow. "Fine, we won't call the police but we'll definitely get him back." Adam nodded his head in agreement and they all let out loud sighs.
Annabelle stood up and decided it was time for her to go home. "I want to walk…" she paused and took in a deep breath. "Adam can you walk with me?" He nodded and said his goodbyes to Clare and Eli and began to walk Annabelle home. "You aren't walking to school by yourself, ever." Adam said as they walked down the sidewalk towards Annabelle's home. "I don't want to." She replied quietly. "I should've stayed with you." He said to her sadly. "It wasn't your fault Adam. It was his and only his." Adam nodded his head and stepped closer to her. "I'm going to protect you Annabelle, I promise." She nodded once more and smiled slightly. She looked over at Adam as they reached her house. "Well, they're home. So..I guess this is goodbye for now." Adam nodded his head and gave her a gentle hug. "I'll call you later. Okay?" He said to her. She nodded her head and waved one last wave to him before stepping inside to greet her aunt and her uncle. Joy, they're back, she thought to herself.
A/n: I like this one(: review?