The sun was shining, she and Danny lay in the shade of a tree. They were talking - laughing. He kissed her. She kissed him. Suddenly the sky turned black and the heavens opened. The rain poured down, she went to run for cover but Danny grabbed her and pulled her to him. He kissed her passionately. She responded, uncaring that rain was pouring down her face and back. Suddenly she was jerked backwards, she looked and noticed it was her father who had grabbed her. She tried to free herself but was unable to move her arms and legs.
"What do you see in her?" her father asked Danny.
"Danny looked at her, "NOTHING!" he yelled.
Alice was shocked and upset. "But Danny..."
"She's worthless!" his green eyes held a mean light. he disregarded the look on her face. "C'mon Sarah!" Danny said and walked away.
"You'll never be anything Alice!" her father said and raise his fist.
Alice was woken by her alarm beeping insistently. She shot up in bed.
"Oh God it was only a dream!" she whispered and exhaled. She looked at her clock 4:33.
Her blankets were all tangled around her body. She fought with them trying to loosen them. Her body was soaked with sweat. God that dream had seemed too real. She could feel Danny's lips upon hers! The words had felt like blades through her heart. She climbed from her bed and placed her phone charger in her bag. She then decided to shower. She knew it was risky her dad might hear her. She had too though she was sticky and minging. She had the quickest shower ever and quickly towelled off. She held her breath listening for any noises coming from her dads room. Nothing she exhaled her breath. She went into the living room and went into the little red safe her father kept the money in. she knew the combination. She took £500, then shut it. She figured if her mum was here she wouldn't be here anyway so she didn't feel bad about taking the moeny. He'd pushed her into doing this. She wouldn't have to leave if he wasn't such a bastard! She then opened the front door and closed it softly. She said a quick prayer to her mum to watch over her and wish her luck. She checked her watch. 6:00. She began to walk to the metro station.
She'd caught her metro and now she was walking to the ticket office in the train station it was 7:30. "One ticket to Glasgow Central please." Alice asked.
The worker looked at her, as if to say c'mon how old are you.
"Look are you gonna give me my tickets or look at me like I'm stupid. Do I really look under 16 to you, c'mon if I was 16 I'd probably still be bed and my mum would be trying to get me up!"
She narrowed her eyes, and tapped her keyboard - that's £120 please!" (I checked that's how much it would actually cost :O)
Alice's mouth dropped open, next time she was going by coach! She handed over the money. Your train leaves at 10:00 and you'll arrive by 12:30.
Alice walked over to McDonalds and order a breakfast. She sat as people chatted and bustled around her. She was finally going home. She was going to ring her friend Shauna. She had promised to help Alice if she needed it. Shauna was the only one who knew what Alice's father was truly like. She checked her watch 8:20. Close enough hopefully Shauna would be on her way to school now.
She pressed ring.
"Hello Alice - you haven't rang me in a while what's up?" Shauna asked.
"I need your help, promise me you'll help before I tell you though!" Alice said.
"Ok I will help you!" Shauna said. She was worried Alice was usually so calm but she sounded nigh on hysterical.
"I'm coming to Glasgow!" Alice said.
"What with your dad?" she replied.
"No by myself!" Alice told her. "He's gotten worse Shauna I've got to get away!" Alice said.
"Are you out of your mind?" Shauna asked. "Your just gonna hop on a train?" she asked incredulous.
"Yeah, why not I've got my ticket and I'm just waiting to board my train!" Alice told her. "Please Shauna I need to come home!" she said.
"Ok Alice as long as you now what your doing!" Shauna said. "It's gonna be good to see you I've missed you!"
"Yeah, I've got stuff to tell you too, about my school and the people. Especially Danny!" Alice said.
"ooo my interest is piqued!" Shauna said. "Meet me at the gates when school finishes ok!" Shauna said.
"Ok Shauna I'll see you later"
Alice put the phone down. She checked the time. Nearly 9:00. Looks like she has to window shop until her train was due. She considered phoning Danny then decided against it. She'd phone him after school.
Danny was in maths. Sarah kept looking over at him. He was doodling on his paper. He kept writing Danny, then he wrote Alice. Then he wrote Danice. That was cute. He put a love heart around it. He wished she was here, he missed her loads especially her smile. He'd already texted her 3 times this morning. He was having withdrawal symptoms already. He smiled.
"You ok Danny?" Mrs heslop asked.
"Yes Miss!" he answered.
"He's busy day dreaming about me!" Sarah piped up.
Danny looked at her. She has a purple bruise over her nose and her forehead was green where Alice had pounded it off the table. He glared at her. "Didn't you go overboard with the make up this morning Sarah?" he asked.
Sarah frowned at him, "That was mean Danny! She attacked me!" she said - trying to sound innocent, she hadn't been innocent since the day she was born! He thought.
"I'm sure you deserved it!" he said dryly and turned away from her.
"Since when did you take HER side?" Sarah asked in a wounded voice. "Your supposed to be MY boyfriend!"
"Erm no I'm not - I thought I made that patently clear yesterday!" he told her.
"So your breaking up with me because of that bitch!" Sarah hissed at him.
"No Sarah I'm breaking up with you because you're a bitch!" he said his eyes flashing fire.
"Right Danny Sarah that's enough I want both of you outside now! You've both disrupted the class enough!" Mrs Heslop told them angrily.
Danny looked around and noticed everyone looking at them.
They walked outside and Sarah started saying she didn't care that Danny had broken up with her and that she was 100% better than both him and Alice anyway.
"No Sarah your wrong there, Alice is 100 million times better than you. You don't even come close to her! Leave me alone Sarah I don't want to talk to you!" he started to think about Alice, her gorgeous blue eyes and her flowing black hair.
"I suppose the only reason you agreed to dump me is because she said she would sleep with you!" Sarah told him. "She's probably a dirty little slag!"
Danny's fists clenched his green eyes turned black in anger. "get away from me Sarah or I swear to God I'll do something I regret!" Danny warned.
Sarah took a step away, Danny then turned to face the wall and breathed deeply trying to calm himself. He wasn't a violent person but he really wanted to vent this anger coursing through him. How dare Sarah talk in that manner about Alice!
"What are you two doing out here!" a voice boomed.
"Mrs Heslop asked us outside to calm down Mr Addison!" Sarah said. "He's unable to do that, he started threatening me!" Sarah said.
"Don't mess with me Sarah!" he warned anger flowing freely through him, he didn't care that the teacher heard him, he was beside himself with anger. The slag comment was still pounding in his brain.
"Right Sarah you go back inside what's your name boy?" Mr Addison asked.
Sarah grinned at Danny in triumph as she walked back into the classroom.
Danny crossed his arms, "So your going to take her word for it. All she does is lie!" Danny said angrily.
"You going to give me your name or not?" Mr Addison asked.
"Not!" Danny replied insolently. He looked the teacher square in the eye.
The teacher flushed red. "Ok if that's how it's going to be!"
He disappeared into Mrs Heslop's classroom and reappeared with Danny's coat and bag.
"Lets go see your head of house Daniel. I assume that's Mrs Craig by the colour of your diary."
Danny didn't respond in anyway at all, she pulled his coat on and slung his bag on his back. "Lets go shall we?" he asked sarcastically. He followed the teacher to the French block.
Meanwhile in Glasgow
Alice left the train station and took a deep breath of Glasgow air. She was so happy to be home. She wasn't going back to Bristol. She hated it there. The only good feature was Danny. She only known him 2 days but she was going to miss him. She checked her phone, 12:30, dinnertime. She went scrolled down her phone book to Danny, she put a heart by his name. how sad was she? She sat on a seat by the road. The phone was ringing. He picked up,
"Hi." he said. Alice heard Mrs Craig's voice booming in the background. "Daniel give me the phone!" she yelled.
"Did you get my texts?" Danny asked.
"yeah I did, I loved the million kisses you put on the last one!" she said.
"I wish I could give them to you in person!" he murmured.
"I'm warning you Daniel!" Mrs Craig warned.
"Danny this might sound daft but whys Mrs Craig asking for your phone, it's lunch time!" Alice asked.
"I'm in isolation with her today. But there was no way I was missing a phone call off my favourite person!" he said.
She heard chair clanging and screech across the floor.
"She's chasing me round the classroom trying to get my phone!" he giggled. "You bring out the worst in me!" he said playfully.
"Yeah right like you need me to do that, admit it your just a little rebel!" she said laughing. "tell you what I'll let you go, don't want you in too much trouble!" she said. "I'll phone you back at 4:00, actually better make that 4:30, your bound to be on detention for your misdemeanours!"
"Probably, don't bother meeting me tonight at the gates like I say I don't know if I'll get out on time!" Danny said.
Shit! She'd forgot that she promised to meet him. "Look Danny I gotta talk to you later it's important." She heard Mrs Craig's voice get louder and more irate
"Ok talk to you it was nice hearing your voice though. He said.
She agreed then the phone disconnected suddenly. Mrs Craig must of caught him. Alice laughed softly, he was in for it now!
Alice walked along the Glasgow streets. The air was warm. Quite warm for late February actually, it was still a little bit cold though. She jumped on a bus and went to visit a house.
