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Life was good for Abby. It was a warm November day and not only did she have a best friend but her stepfather hasn't gone near her once. She was truly happy for the first time she could ever remember. When she went to school that day everything took a turn for the worse.

She was at school early most of the teachers weren't there and if they were they were in the teacher's lounge drinking coffee. Students could practically do whatever they wanted and that's the problem. She was walking the down the hallways when she heard it. It sounded like Connor negotiating with fear in his voice.

"I got a C- on my history and science paper!" One of the jocks said

"You did this on purpose geek!" Another one screamed

"I'm sorry! It won't happen again" Connor said in defense.

"Of course it won't!" The first jock said as he slammed Connor into a locker and the other one punched him.

Abby went running over to Connor side as fast as she could. "Because he's not writing any more of your bloody papers!"

"Stay out of this lizard freak!" One of the jocks said

"She's not a freak!" Connor screamed

"Whatever geek! You'll going to make an A+ paper or else you'll get hurt."

"No he won't. You'll going to leave us alone."

"Who's going to stop us?"

"I will" Abby said standing up

"Abs don't…" Connor said while grabbing her hand

"I'll be fine Con these bloody idiots won't bother us again."

Abby used all her skills in kickboxing and her wit to defeat them. She went back to Connor's side immediately after taking the idiots down.

"Come on Con I think it time to visit the nurse."

"What is going on here? You two, explain yourselves!" Principal Lester demanded

The pair explained themselves but apparently the two idiots were the stars of the rugby team. Connor's injuries meant nothing to the school but the other two couldn't play for at least two games. Connor and Abby were given two weeks detention and told that they were lucky they weren't suspended.

"This is just ridiculous Con!" Abby shouted

"I'm sorry Abs."

"What are you sorry about Con? You did nothing wrong it's this bloody school!"

"I'm still sorry if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have detention. You probably hate me!"

"I could never hate you! You are my one and only friend. So let's move on from this pity party."

"Ok! Abby?"

"Yes Connor?"

"How did you learn to fight like that? You're like Buffy!"

"My home life isn't great so I decided to learn how to fight and it did pay off didn't it! Who's Buffy?"

"Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer! You've never seen it? I think we're going to need a couple of movie nights to fix this problem!"

"If you say so!" Abby said while they entered their detention.

After the hour detention of starring at the wall (the most pointless punishment ever) they left to go home.

When Abby got home she began to panic. Her stepfather's car was in the driveway and the lights in the house were on. She completely forgot that the school must have called him. She took a deep breath and walked into the house.

"I got a call from your school today. They didn't tell me anything new, they just confirmed that you truly are a good for nothing little brat." Her stepfather said while taking another swig from his whiskey bottle.

"I'm sorry sir, it won't happen again. I promise." She said with shaking voice

"I'll show you sorry you little brat!"

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Walking into school the next day was the worst feeling. She was terrified possibly more terrified then she is of her dad if that's even possible. She wondered what Connor would think of her. She figured that he'd probably think she's pathetic. She walked into the cafeteria and sat down farther away from Connor than normal in an attempt to avoid questions. This last a total of two seconds when Connor slid over.

Connor gasped when he saw Abby. She had a large hoodie on with the hood up trying to hide her face from the average person but Connor was anything but average. He saw it as it was. She was hiding something so he quickly removed the hood before she could react. He was startled by what he saw: her left eye was black and she had bruises around her face. Connor assumed there were more injuries hidden but these were enough to know something was definitely wrong.

"Abby what happened? And don't tell me you fell or some bloody nonsense like that because only another person can cause those types of bruises. Trust me I know from experience!"

Abby wanted to lie to Connor and say that it was nothing but she couldn't for two reasons. For starters Connor would tell through the lie and also she didn't want to keep secrets from Connor. She has kept this a secret from everyone but she needed to tell someone and why not her best friend. With a defeated sigh she dragged Connor into the girl's bathroom that no one ever went in.

"Connor you have to promise not to freak out or to tell anyone about it, ok?" Connor nodded her head and she continued. "My dad died when I was young and my mum remarried when I was around five. He was horrible to my mum but she stayed with him for some reason until one day. One day she just didn't come home from work with further investigation he learned she packed up and left. I was left with my step-father who was extremely pissed he was left with me. Sometime in fifth grade he began to take all his anger out on me. He's been in a better mood here until last night." Abby said with tears in her eyes.

Connor brought her into a hug trying his best to comfort her. When she finally composed herself she left the comfort of the hug. "Abby I'm so sorry this is all my fault!"

"No it's not Con! I thought we went over this yesterday, it was my choice."

"You should tell someone about this then Abby. It's illegal!"

"I told you! Anyway who else could I tell a teacher, I'm sure Lester really cares what happens to me." Abby said with sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Just promise me one thing Abs. When your stepfather gets like this again that you run as soon as you get the chance."

"I promise Con, but where will I go?"

"You'll come to my house of course!"

"But what about your mum won't she get ticked that I'll show up at random."

"Me mums almost never home, always working. And when she is home she's always passed out in her room and trust me nothing wakes her up! No swear to Abby!"

"Ok, I Abby Sarah Maitland hereby promise to always go to Connor Temple's house whenever my home life looks iffy!"

"Perfect! Movie/Buffy night on Saturday?"

"Wouldn't miss it for all the lizards in the world!"

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