I catch my Breath. Steadying the explosive beat of my heart. There’s a loud gun shot from my left and I turn in a blur to see my best teammate lying dead on the floor. It was all or nothing, we knew that from the start. I ready my weapon and aim at the young boy stood in front of me at first I hesitate, attempting to take my focus on the ambush around me. My finger hovers over the trigger as I stare down the person before me. About to take my shot there is a tap on my shoulder distracting me. One second. Thats all it takes to distract me and end everything. All of my hard work taking me to being shot three times. I fall down and sigh as two words appear in front of me. Game Over.
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I remove my headset and turn to the cause of my death. He stands with a grubby grin plastered on his face.
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“Hi Jarred whats up?” I ask.
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“Hello Jackiepoo. It’s um .. it’s time to go to school.” Jared smiled even wider as he replies to me.
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“Oh really? Okay lets go then.” I return the smile and grabbed the hand that my younger brother extended to me moments before.
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Jared is 7. He loves school at the moment, but in a few years I know that will be gone. I’m so proud of him making new friends so quickly after we moved house. As I stood up I glanced down at him, his auburn hair that was quiffed up perfectly in an attempt to copy mine. He releases my hand for a moment to wipe the sweat off his palm down his favourite dinosaur t-shirt and I do the same for my black polo shirt. I know how much he tries to be like me and don’t get me wrong I love everything about my brother but sometimes I wish he would try and be himself and not dorky, 16 year old Jack.
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--- 20 minutes later ---
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I managed to get to school with 5 minutes spare to complete what I had been thinking about on my journey. Leaving a note. I know it may seem silly but it made me feel a little bit lighter knowing my feelings were being expressed even if it was secretly. I am going through a big issue right now and that issue is Sage Bernadette Phillips. When it comes to things like love, people were always talking about fate and destiny. That feeling when you know. You see someone across a crowded room and you just know. You know that they’re the one. The one you were meant to be with forever. For every Cinderella there is a Prince Charming ready to whisk her away in his golden carriage into the sunset or something like that.
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At least .. that’s what they say. Things like this don’t happen in real life. It’s much more complicated. That is .. for guys like me.
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See Sage has her people, and I have mine. Always being followed by the douchey equivalent of tweedledum and tweedledee, Matt and Harry, Sage was impossible to get close to. And so I came up with a plan not long ago. I would leave a note. Just one note a day to tell her how I feel without getting beaten to a pulp for trying to share the same air as her. I am now on day 57 and still going strong.
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Checking the coast is clear I wander over to Sage’s locker. I had memorised her locker back when I was 13 and needed to help her around the school on her first day. The locker to the left has bright pink stickers of dolphins and a print out of the name Yasmin spelled out and glued onto the top of the door. Yasmin is Sage’s best friend and has been for a long time. I glare down to the note, my breath becoming out of pattern. Am I doing the right thing? Surely. This is how it has to be. If I spoke to Sage her friends would destroy me and there was no way she could speak to me. In the midst of my contradicting myself the class bell rings and a small herd of footsteps approach from around the corner. The familiar sounds of an angelic laugh ring in my ears. Sage is coming. Without thought I shove the note into a locker and rush off. As I get through the frame of the nearest door a scream echoes through the walls. I freeze in place, hold my breath and cross my fingers.
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Realising I actually have to get to my class I spin on my heels and hope for the best. As I walk back into the hall I see Yasmin holding my note. I can feel a sting through my chest and the heat rush to my cheeks. As I get closer and closer to the confusion in front of me, I lower my head in an attempt to go by unnoticed. Of course this fails. Matt grabs my arm and pushes me against the wall of metal lockers with a large bang.
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“Hey nerd. Did you see anyone put this piece of trash in Yasmin’s locker?” Matt’s husky voice barked in my face.
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“N-no..” I stutter, trying to hide my guilt.
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“Hey! Why is he going so red? He does know something!” Yasmin pokes at my shoulder as she emphasises on the word does.
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“I don’t know anything about your stupid love note.” I snap back wriggling to break free of Matt’s grip.
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Suddenly all of their eyes widen. I whip my hand to cover my mouth stopping myself from blurting out anything else. Harry smirks and whispers into Matt’s ear who then develops a matching evil grin. Something bad is coming, I can tell.
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Matt’s fists tighten onto my polo shirt collar and he walks to the bathroom down the hall. Confidence in his strides I know I will end up with some sort of regret from opening my fat mouth. Harry slips past Matt and kicks open a stall door, Matt shoving me inside. They both grab me by one leg and hold me upside down. Without time to hold my breath my head is being shoved down into the toilet bowl and a too familiar drowning sensation returns. Although it has been two months since the guys have done this to me I can remember everything about it. Seconds turn to minutes and when I start squirming around for air they finally let me go. I crouch to the floor gasping to fill my lungs with oxygen again. Before I know it a foot rams straight into my ribcage, and another, and another. Multiple times the pain growing each time their feet come into contact with me. 672Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMx1h67PR7
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“Stay away from Yasmin! You Freak!” Matt screams as a tear trickles down my cheek.
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I lay on the floor waiting to get up after Matt and Harry have gone. As I sit up, I close the door and bring my knees to my chest. I compose myself and just as I am about to stand up there is a knock at the door.
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“Jack..? Are you there?” I know that voice all too well.
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I sigh and reach out for the handle. Unsure if I will ever be ready for what is about to happen.
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