Tony didn't sleep that night. He was too busy worrying about Kate, and hoping she got back to her dormitory all right. As he settled in for a restless night's sleep, Kate was being led towards her dorm, Mr Hound's hand firmly on her arm. She knew she was just being silly, but she was terrified. She didn't know why she was terrified either. The way Mr Hound was gripping her arm made her nervous. She was grateful when she got to her dorm and he pushed her through the door. Shaking, she walked up to her room and was instantly pulled into a hug from Hannah.

"Oh my gosh Kate I was so worried about you! You left to give Tony some chocolates and didn't come back for about an hour. You said you'd only be ten minutes! I have been sitting here waiting for you to come back but you didn't!" Kate pulled away and gave Hannah a look, "well I mean, you're back now, but you weren't!" As Kate sat down her bed gave a large grown.

"Oh be quiet!" She yelled angrily.

"Kate, you're yelling to a bed," said Hannah who was slightly amused.

"Look, I don't want to talk about it okay?"

"Okay." Hannah sat down on her bed and began leafing through a magazine.

"He came outside and met me round the side of the building then we were caught by Mr Hound who took us to Ms Worthington who gave us two one hour detentions and then Mr Hound took us back to our dorms and he had a tight grip on my arm and I was dead scared," Kate took a deep breath and fell backwards onto her pillow. Hannah looked stunned.

"Maybe we should get some rest, you sound like you had an eventful night," Hannah suggested.

"You got that right," Kate murmured to herself as she got ready for bed.

The next day, Kate would jump at the slightest noise and to her it seemed as though Mr Hound was everywhere. He seemed to be making excuses to come into every class she had but when she mentioned this to Tony at lunch he just laughed.

"Don't be silly Kate, he wouldn't be doing that just to get a glimpse of you," he joked. Deep down he thought that it could be a possibility but he didn't want to say anything in case he upset her. For the rest of the day Kate kept her eyes out for Mr Hound. He didn't pop up and she didn't know where he was. This thought should have comforted her, but it didn't. Instead it made her even more nervous.

After school that day she went to Tony's dorm to try and get him to talk to her about it. He answered the front door and stood leaning against the frame with his arms folded. Kate took a deep breath and then began to voice her fears.

"Tony, I think Mr Hound is, well," she stopped and looked at her feet. She had no idea how she was going to finish that sentence. She didn't know what Mr Hound was thinking or was planning to do and she didn't even know if it would involve her. She just wanted Tony to wrap his arms around her and tell her it would be okay. But he didn't. Instead he rolled his eyes.

"Gosh Kate you're not still on about that are you?" Kate stood there frozen. How could he say such things to her? "I mean, it's completely stupid! Why would you think Mr Hound would want anything to do with you?" He continued, raising his voice.

"What are you talking about Tony? Haven't you seen the way he looked at me today? And the way he had gripped my arm last night? He's not a normal guy Tony! He's weird and he gives me the creeps! You're my boyfriend, you're meant to protect me from guys like that! You're meant to give me support and stuff like that! Not stand there laughing like everything's okay!" She said angrily.

"Maybe you should leave then!" Tony retorted loudly.

"Maybe I will!" Kate cried and Tony slammed the door in her face. She took a step backwards and blinking back tears she began running. She was running as fast as should could and didn't know where she was going. When she finally stopped running she saw that she had run straight into the small wood that was alongside the school. She took a deep breath and looked around. She could just make out the boy's dormitory through the trees. She would be safe as long as she could still see it.

Kate sat down on a fallen log and put her head in her hands. She began to cry but the sound of a twig snapping made her look up. Seeing nothing she assumed it was a squirrel and continued to cry. She began to hear footsteps that were getting louder meaning whoever they belonged to was getting closer. She wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone not to mention the fact that she was out of bounds so she got up and began moving silently through the trees. Suddenly a hand grabbed her from behind and pulled her backwards. She tried to scream but another hand quickly covered her mouth.

"Look what we have here!" A voice snarled in her ear. Kate felt her blood chill. The voice belonged to Mr Hound. "Out of bounds are we little miss Katie?" Kate struggled against him but he was too strong. He had her in his grasp, one she could never hope to break out of. Very slowly he turned her around and removed the hand from her mouth. She had half a mind to run but couldn't, his grip was too strong, she could scream but she didn't feel as though she had the energy.

Mr Hound gave her a grin that made him look like a mad man before pulling her into a strong kiss. She got her hands and tried to push away from him. It didn't work so using her feet she kicked where she knew it would hurt. He fell to the floor with a groan and she tried to run but he grabbed her foot causing her to fall over. She tried to sit up but he rolled her over instead and put his hands inside her top, ripping it off. When he did, she screamed as loudly as she could until he hit her over the head with a branch. Everything went black and her scream ended slowly, as it travelled on the wind through the open window of Tony DiNozzo's room.