castaways

~20~

*3 months later*

                     Everything was going great, hazel settled into her new home immediately and she was super grateful for jay and hailey, they were a pair of life savers, literally. Today she had a full out exam day in school and she was meant to be going to volleyball practice after school but for hazel, her whole day was about to be rocked about, not much shock to her system anymore.  Hailey smiled as hazel came running downstairs, "pancakes?" She smiled.  Hazel smiled back, "oooo, yes please" she nodded and took a seat at the table, luckily her new school doesn't require a uniform, she can just wear normal clothes which are a lot comfier.

About half an hour jay dropped her off at school, "don't forget to walk to practice after school haz" he smiled. Hazel nodded and smiled back, "I will, bye!" She waved him off. Hailey smiled and waved as jay drove away, they're off to work. Ugh school... Who even invented school? What's the point? Hazel rolled her eyes, "when am I ever going to use Sin Cos and Tan in everyday life?" She huffed and walked beside her friend. Katie laughed, "you're gonna be a maths teacher..." she smirked. Hazel gasped, "oh hell no..." she chuckled and nudged Katie's arm. The pair walked into their first lessons and began the dreaded school day.

                      At the end of the day hazel walked out of school, "see you tomorrow!" Katie called out.  Hazel turned around and waved with a wide grin, god she really does have the greatest best friend.  She continued walking towards her volleyball practice in the nearest sports centre when she noticed a man following her discreetly.  She looked behind her, "can I help you?" She smiled weakly.  The man stopped dead in his tracks then without, warning bolted towards her, she didn't have a chance to turn and run before he grabbed her and pulled her into the nearest back alley.  She was flung to the ground harshly and received a kick to the ribs, "you're gonna tell me your dads name right now" he scoffed and pinned her down.

She shook her head, "why?" She huffed and winced in pain a little. The man slapped her across the face, "My brother has long lasting beef with him, so start talking you little b*tch" he squeezed her arms tighter. She squirmed around which caused her to receive a slap to the face, "that's his beef, not mine. Just let me go..." she snapped. The man laughed, "I don't think so, I know where your baby sister is right now, and if you don't start talking within the next 5 seconds you're not gonna have a baby sister for much longer" he hit her back off the floor. Hazels face dropped, "fine, fine! Don't touch her..." she cried out. The mans mouth formed into a grin, "talk" he scoffed. Hazel cried out, "Norman!" She huffed. The man nodded, "Norman what?!" He backhanded her across the face again. Hazel winced, "Jackson... Norman Jackson!" She cried out again. She's surprised no ones seen or heard them yet.

                       The man nodded, "good, now I know you live with two detectives. So what're you gonna tell them when you get home?!" He slapped her again.  Hazel let out a desperate cough, "nothing..." she shook her head.  The man pulled her up and slammed her against the fence, little did he know that it was barbed with wire, hazel cried out as her left arm dug into the sharp metal.  The man ruffed her up against the fence which only caused the metal do fully sink into her arm, by the end of his attack she had a 4 inch cut right down the top of her arm.  He uppercut her in the stomach as she fell to the floor, "you're gonna tell them you got jumped by a group of teenage boys, you're not gonna tell them where and you're gonna keep your damn mouth shut" he scoffed.  He decided to throw one last blow to her head so he did, and he left her unconscious.

What felt like eternity later hazel woke up to see that it was nearly fully dark outside now, oh no, she's been out cold for hours, hailey and jay are definitely going to know something has happened since she didn't go to practice.  She sat up with an audible groan and looked at the small puddle of blood behind her, "great" she rolled her eyes and looked down at the cut on her arm.  She scrambled up to her feet as her eye sight failed her.  She caught herself before she could fall then sturdied her balance, she spotted her school bag on the floor so she walked over to it and pulled out her phone.  Her stomach dropped when she saw 5 missed calls from hailey, 9 missed calls from jay and a total of 25 unopened text messages.  She wiped the fresh blood off her arm and sighed, hopefully the pair should still be at work so that means she can go home and clean up, hopefully they won't find out.