Alex was walking back home, when suddenly, She heard some noise. A second later, she was being carried to the small river in the forest. She was scared and anxious because she did not know why she was being attacked. When she was put down, saw two big guys whom she thought had carried her here and recognized the face of the girl looking at her, she said:
"Jade! Why did you bring me here? Who are those guys?"
"I know that you like Caius! If you try to approach him, Ben and John will help me humiliate you at a point that you will not dare to go out of your house. And if you tell what happened today…"
"Relax I will never do such a stupid thing!"
"I will make sure of that, John! Ben!"
She was once again lifted, her shoes were removed and thrown on a tree and Alex was dumped into the river. Jade and her 'bodyguards' went away leaving her alone.
Alex was soaked to the skin. She slowly walked out of the water. Her clothes were completely wet with mud patches all over it. Her shoes were suspended on a tree's branch and she didn't feel like climbing to get them. So, she forgot about them. A cold wind was blowing and it was nearly sunset. Alex started to walk towards her house, bare foot and wet from head to toes.
She picked up her school bag and continued walking. Soon, she was back on the pavement and on the way home. Out of nowhere, she heard a voice calling her. She turned around and saw… Caius! She froze, but remembering Jade's words, she started running way. She was stopped by his hand tightly holding her shoulder, he was not the best school runner for nothing.
"Hey! What happened to you, Alex?" he asked
Forced to answer him as it was impolite not to, she replied:
"I got a problem while returning home."
"What problem? You are all wet and muddy!"
"This is none of your business! Leave me alone!" It was so painful for her to talk to him like that, that she ran away to hide her tears. That time, he did not run after her. No one had ever talked to him like that. That girl was different; he would know what her problem was. He looked at the pavement and saw her fallen silver bracelet, picking it up he walked towards his house.