Taking Risks

T H R E E : DETOUR

AVERY'S P.O.V

I'm wide awake when the sunshine hits my face. "Uhhh..." I grumbled. My back, arms and my neck hurts. I tried to stand up, but my legs failed me. I sat properly to take in the environment that I was left in. I'm outside the log cabin. There are others who fall asleep on the couch outside. Wait.. was there one yesterday..? ugh I don't know. I stood up with all my force then checked the time on one of the party-goers. Fuck! I'm late for school.

I looked at the parking and Chandler's car isn't parked there anymore. He fucking left me. Great.

I walked all the way to the asphalt highway that we were riding on yesterday. I heard a car engine behind me. I stopped and tried to hitchhike. The truck stopped in front of me and I asked him where he's going. "Can you drop me off to Los Angeles on your way there?" I asked. He took a look at my trashed appearance then nodded to me. I looked at signs around us. We're in Arcadia.

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Once we reached Los Angeles, I thanked him and decided to go and take public transportation to school. I definitely don't want to go home to my mother and I need to get my bag from Chandler. We have showers in the gym and I have a few clothes in my locker anyway.

People kept staring at me when I went into school very late. It's lunch. I went to our usual place to talk to Chandler. I'm pretty pissed at him. "And there she is!... pretty late and... trashed?" Mark managed to look at my hideous face. Everyone faced my way. "Hey.. Avery" Chandler waved. I slapped him hard before I took a seat across from him. "What the heck was that for?!" "You fucking left me there, idiot! I hitchhiked just to get in here!" I stood up and slammed my hands onto the table. Everyone is looking at us. "When I was about to go, you weren't there. I kept on looking for you and I just couldn't see you. I figured you came home with some guy.." Chandler looks at me intently. I sat back down. "Avery, what happened to you?.. you have bruises all over you!" Jenny looks at me, completely horrified. "Something happened....." they stared at me full of concern and urge for me to continue talking. "It's nothing. I'm going to hit the showers" I dismissed them before walking out and heading in for the gym.

I took a hot shower to ease the pain on my muscles while thinking about last night.... what happened last night...?..

I shot somebody, I had a gun and a sharp knife held on my face, I managed to push them away and hit the big guy with a crane. That Matt guy pushed me towards the door then kicked my soul off of me. The other guy came back, holding the crane and used it to knock me off with pain lingering on my back.

Then I woke up on the same place that I was in before that bullshit event happened in my life.

I stepped out of the shower and tried to look at me back in front of the mirrors. I have a huge bruise and a few fresh cuts still bleeding a little. I sighed at my body's current state. I found my locker and picked up a white v-neck shirt tucked in a pair of black pants and the bullet necklace Chandler gave me to drape over my neck.

I let my hair air dried a little before coming in for the next class that Chandler was also in...

CHANDLER'S P.O.V.

All of us faced towards the door when a screeching sound of high heels marked the tiles. "Oh my, Avery....What happened to you, dear?" Our teacher came running towards her. She spun her around and I can see blood stained on her white shirt.

What the hell supposed to happen last night? I was just partying out, let her enjoy herself for a while. Had a few drinks. Dmitri came to the party and we both took off and came to the warehouse after a serious discussion about something I don't give a fuck about. I dismissed him quite rudely and found my way back to the log cabin and Avery wasn't there anymore....