The other side of the world>>n.h

Chapter 1

"EAT IT,EAT IT,EAT IT!!!" The whole cafeteria was chanting.
Luke,the hottest,most popular guy in school was making me eat a revolting mud pie.REAL mud pie.oh, and yes,Luke picks on very ugly,nerdy,worthless girls.Basically,me.
"N-no...please..." I faltered. "Eat up you slut,you need your nutrition" Luke grinned at me.
BBBBRRRIIIINNNNGGGG
I was so relieved,saved by the bell. I started picking up my belongings and heading toward history class when a large,warm hand held a firm grip around my left shoulder.I tensed up...a husky voice tickled my ear.It sent goosebumps all over. "You watch out"a warm,rich voice whispered , " I'll come back". I shivered. I recognized this voice.Luke.

I suddenly felt shaky and walked to the bathroom,stumbling. I tottered to one of the cubicles and threw up in the toilet. I sobbed and retched over and over,feeling the bitterness emptying out.
Later,I casually walked to history class
"Nicole,are you Ok? You are not usually late" my history teacher,Mrs.roberts,looked concerned. I flinched at her words." Yeah...just a...biology assignment I have to do and..." I mumbled some words to her and she nodded. I walked over to my seat next to Brianna. She looked nice, with all her crimped hair up a bun and her hazel eyes twinkling,but she didn't really act nice. For the first time, I noticed a guy with dark hair and blue eyes staring at me. I stared back at him and as soon as I did he looked down at his desk. I just stayed there staring at him like an idiot. " Nicole, I can see you have noticed Colin, he is new" said Mrs. Roberts,smiling. I finally controlled myself and sat down uncomfortably on my chair. For the first time, I noticed that all eyes were on me. Some people snickered,others just stared at me disgusted. I squirmed uncomfortably in my position. Why me?
No need to answer

The bell rung again and everyone swarmed out to freedom. I went to the bus stop and sat there as always. Hunter doesn't like me at home before 4:30. Hunter is my stepdad. I hate him.... Mainly because he keeps hitting me.I sighed and fingered the stitches at the nape of my neck.I got those because he threw me out of the ground floor window.
My neck hit a sharp rock and before I knew it,I was knocked out. Horrible memories flooded into me,like those,cold crashing,stinging waves at the sea shore.

I woke up and looked around. Everything was blurred,even with my glasses on.it took me a while to focus until then....I had already figured out where I was. I was wearing an ugly,loose,dressing gown with machinery around me. A screan with glowing green lines measured my heart beat.An IV cord punctured my skin. My mother sobbed beside me. This was the wonderful period of time when she didn't have cancer. I squeezed my mother's hand and scrunched up my eyes as he stitched up a deep cut at the back of my neck.
Those horrible memories were interrupted when a cold hand touched my shoulder. I quickly turned around,expecting Luke to be there, but instead,it was Calvin.
"Calvin?" I asked " what do you want?"
"It's COLIN" he replied smiling " and I thought you were lonely, so can't I hang out with you?" He fixed his cold,blue eyes on mine. I shuddered. I felt my cheeks turning pink. "Uuuuh....sh-sure. I'm just not-"
"-used to bieng hung out with? I know"
Wow. He knows everything. " Cal-....Colin, why....do you want....,me...I'm just a -" before I could say "slut" Brianna came and pulled him away. "Walk me to class" she demanded,bossily. "Ur...." He cocked his head to the side, but she still pulled him away from me. I sighed and started going home. I was careful not to make much noise closer the door because hunter is usually home. I sprinted up the stairs to my room before he could see me. I locked myself in and began to think.

Some one TALKED to me!
I was so excited,I didn't notice that my face was pink and my hair was a mess. I carefully pushed a wispy bit of chestnut hair behind my ear.
What if Colin did that to me?
and that was all I thought about till dinner. Hunter doesn't feed me, so I have to take my box of money(I don't actually have money, just a few dollars and pennies I find on the pavement or garbage) and climb out of the window to a cheap restaurant that has food that tastes like cardboard. I don't like it at all but I can live with it. Actually,I have no choice. This time, I shook my money box. I didn't hear anything. "Darn!" I shrieked and threw it across the room. But, luckily, I had a back up plan.i put on a black wig and an old, ripped dress. I climbed out of the window, it was an easy thing to do since I'm pretty used to it. I wandered off to a random street and put my hand out for begging. I eventually got a couple of cents, enough for half a chicken nugget. I walked all the way to the tiny restaurant and bought it. Today, I was lucky since Carlos was in charge. He was so nice and understood my situation, that he gave me three fries. SCORE!!! I climbed back through the window and gasped. My door was torn down and Hunter was standing there with a crazy look in his eyes. " your late" he said, his eyes shining, " I shall teach you a lesson"