The girl beneath the bruises

A punch to the face

Bonus at the end!
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I looked up at the girl and studied her. She didn't look like a bad person, so I let her help me up.

"You don't remember me?" Lizzy asked.

I shook my head no and we began walking back towards school.

"Jackson is my step-brother." She explained.

"Oh yeah! Lizzy from pre-school!" I finally understood who she was.

She laughed and nodded, "Yep that's me!"

"Thanks for helping me."

"Oh it was nothing, I just hate Jackson, a lot." Lizzy said looking back down the alley in disgust and distaste.

I nodded and looked back too.

"What did I ever do to him." I asked.

"You don't remember?" Lizzy asked.

I shook my head.

"Ok let me explain."

Flashback

Ashley's POV

I was preparing myself, Jackson was coming to visit! I missed him so much, he was my best friend.

"Hey babe!" Thomas said walking through the front door.

I had been dating Thomas for a while. It was the beginning of freshman year, and I was ready.

Suddenly the doorbell rang and I ran down the stairs excitedly.

I whipped the door open, and Jackson and his family stood there, smiles on their faces.

I lunged myself in Jacksons arms and hugged him.

He returned my hug and handed me some flowers.

I head another pair of feet coming the down the stairs.

"This is my boyfriend Thomas." I told them all.

Jackson's eyes turned ice cold and he looked at me as if to say 'how could you do this?'.

"Aw!" Lizzy cooed. "How long have ya'll been together?"

"A while." Thomas answered nonchalantly.

I smiled giddily at him and he kissed my cheek.

My dad was at work and would be home later to greet them.

"Come on in." I said and all four of
them walked in.

"Ashley we need to speak in private." Jackson told me, taking my arm and leading me away from his family.

"Help yourself to cheese and crackers and lemonade!" I yelled back to them.

"Why are you with him." Jackson demanded.

"I really like him." I answered with a grin.

"Choose, me or him?" Jackson asked.

"You've been here five minutes and this is what you do?" I asked.

"Choose!" He demanded.

"You're barely here and-" I started.

"So you choose him?" Jackson asked sullenly.

I let out a breath and walked back into the living room.

Flashback over

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Ok guys, at the beginning of the chapter, I promised a bonus! The bonus is "the incident" mentioned in the last chapter between Ashley and Thomas.

Enjoy!
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I walked into the cafeteria with the popular crowd, all of us laughing at absolutely nothing.

I was holding hands with my boy Thomas and walking towards the lunch line.

"Hey babe, can you get my meal, I gotta-" And tahrs when I felt it. The start of my period.

My jeans stained a dark red and in embarrassment I rushed out the room with my head down.

I ran into some guy, and he wasted spaghetti on my head. I stumbled back in surprise and fell into a mop bucket that the janitor used.

Everyone was laughing at me, even my "friends".

"What a nerd!" Everyone was saying.

Thomas stormed up to me and sliced at his throat. "We are over, nerd."

Tears sting at my eyes, and all because of a few things. My friends dumped me, my boyfriend broke up with me, and my status of being a popular chick, was now down to beings nerd.
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That's really mean how they all acted just because of her period and a few incidents, right?

-Gabby