Chapter 3

Emma casually walked towards the bike shed; she just wanted to be alone for a bit away from the screeching of other school kids and the constant sound of laughing which was always directed at her.

As she made her way closer to the shed so did Alicia and Stacy. Her heart was pounding in her chest and her feet felt heavy and her legs stiffened making it hard to move. She never did like confrontation and she was always used as someone's punch bag.

The two girls sniggered to their selves as they moved in closer to the blonde. They looked her up and down, she was scrawny compared to most of the other kids at the school and she always had a strange presence about her, something wasn't right about her.

"What are you doing here swan? I told you to watch where you go alone as I would get you, guess you chose the perfect time now it's just the three of us." Stacy smiled deviously and gestured for her friend to copy her actions.

As they moved in closer Emma could feel the heat of their body against hers and the fear was almost taking over her. Alicia was much larger compared to the blonde which made things even more difficult.

Alicia punched Emma in the stomach as her friend watched the colour drain from her face. The blonde clutched her abdomen and contorted her face in pain. Stacy laughed to herself as she kicked her to the floor, watching her body fall to the ground like a rag doll. Emma curled into a ball trying to protect herself from another beating, she felt the intense throbbing in her stomach area and she kept her arms covered so they wouldn't see the deep incisions that she left on herself.

Before they kicked her again Miss French caught the three girls out of the corner of her eye and quickly rushed over to them. "What the hell is going on here, you two have a lot of explain to do before I take you to the head teachers office."

"We haven't done anything miss, she threw herself at me like a wild animal I had to get Alicia to pull me off her, she just fell to the ground." Both girls stared at Miss French trying to protest their innocence.

"We will see about that young lady, now follow me down to the office where you can do all of your explaining, you too Alicia." Miss French carefully helped Emma up from the hard gravelled floor and guided her to the medical office while the other two girls marched down to the office.

Emma slowly stumbled into the medic's office and the nurse eased her over the bed. She pulled out the first aid kit from the cupboard in order to clean up the superficial injuries and tried to take a look at the extent of the damage.

"Emma I'm the school nurse, I need to determine if there is any serious injury so I am going to have a feel of your stomach area. If you feel any pain then you need to tell me." She smiled warmly and handed a tissue to the blonde.

As she gently felt across her stomach area she saw the blonde flinch and she let out a small whimper indicating that there could be some bruising. As she tried to lift up her top to see her injuries, Emma pushed her top back down and refused for the nurse to look.

"I'm fine I don't need you looking at my injuries, just give me some painkillers then I will be out of here." Emma stared at the poster on the wall and carefully slid herself off the bed pressing one hand onto her side.

"If you don't want me to look then I can't force you too, but you're going to need to see the head teacher as this is a serious incident. I will take you there now."

Emma begrudgingly followed the nurse down the corridor, slowly trailing behind.

As she approached the office she saw the two girls sat there looking all innocent as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouth.

The blonde tapped on the glass of the office door and waited for a response. Miss Mills answered and smiled kindly at Emma offering her a place to sit.

As she sat down Miss Mills began to pace around her desk, glaring at Stacy and Alicia waiting for a reasonable explanation.

"Why don't you explain to me how this happened?" her vision directed on Stacy first as she had a reputation for lying and starting fights with people.

"Miss it wasn't me, I was hanging around by the bike shed and then that little blonde bitch threw herself at me, I thought she was going to kill me."

"LANGUAGE", Cora slammed her hand onto the desk making the two girls jump. "Don't be so melodramatic and explain to me how Emma managed to get the injuries that she has."

"I don't know maybe she does it to herself, she's weird and has no friends so there must be something wrong with her mentally." Stacy winked at Alicia and slumped into the chair with her arms folded across her chest.

"Enough of that young lady, both of you have detention for a week and you will both be separated into different classes." Cora dragged Stacy's file from the drawer and scribbled the incident into the record page.

"What, this isn't fair I shouldn't be getting punishment, it was all her fault."

"Get out of my office and if I see you pulling a stunt like that again then it won't just be detention you have to put up with." Cora pointed towards the door and watched the two girls shuffle their way out in shame.

Emma bowed her head towards the floor and slowly walked out of her office feeling as if it had been all her fault.