《Captivated by Hatred》(Vance hopper)

walkman

Gwen and Melina sat outside in the grass, looking at the sky. Melina had been pointing out pretty looking clouds and Gwen was pointing out birds that fly by. their necks starting to hurt from them constantly looking up. you'd think they'd learn their lesson every time they do it but they never do. having too much fun staring at anything that catches their attention in the sky.

"what's it like being one of the most feared kids in school?" Gwen randomly brought up. Melina looked at her confused.

"I don't think I am" she said and Gwen's jaw dropped.

"you are, it goes Vance, Robin, Moose, then you. the big mean 4" she said counting their names on her fingers. Melina rolled her eyes at the mention of Vances name.

"I'm not that scary though" she said throwing her arms in the air.

"you aren't, your words are though" Gwen said laying back. Melina scoffed and thought for a second. How were her words scary? she just pointed out the obvious bad parts of someone. And she only did it if they deserved it. She knows words hurt. they hurt her alot and she knew the effect, but it's not that scary to her though.

"how can my words be scary?" She asked looking back at Gwen.

"I don't think it's your words, I think it's the fact that they could be the person receiving them" she said and Melina thought for a second. she knew how it felt to be on the receiving end of the words. in an attempt to change the subject the she looked at Gwen with a raised eyebrow.

"when did you learn the word 'receiving'?" She asked and Gwen laughed. Melina layed back onto the grass, putting her hands behind her head for comfort.

"from a book in class. it's so boring but you get some good words" she said respectfully and Melina nodded and laughed.

"true" she said. a shadow casted over her legs and she looked down to see none other than vance hopper standing in front of her on her lawn. she sat up and crossed her arms. "what do you want?" She asked and Gwen sat up too and shuffled closer to her.

"nothing, just wanted to see your ugly face"  he said. that could be the case, or it could be he was curious about how she was feeling. she was still wearing her shorts and t shirt, no shoes though. which could showcase her bruise she got from dropping a shampoo bottle on her foot earlier. He looked her over as she glared at him and rolled her eyes.

"I'm pretty and you know it" she said and vance scoffed. he knew she was pretty. that's about the only thing he's liked about her since they were kids. she was pretty. more so than others but he'd never admit it to anyone.

"unless it's opposite day, your wrong" he said. she gave him a sarcastic smile and stuck her middle finger up at him.

"Melina!" She heard and it was her uncle getting out of his car with bags of groceries. "don't be rude." he said walking by them.

"lo siento tío" She said quickly before turning to Vance and glaring at him. Vance laughed at her and crossed his own arms. he grabbed the walkman out of his pocket and looked at it in front of her. she gasped and got up quickly. "give it back" she said and vance tisked.

"no, you left it. it's mine now." vance said holding it in his hands. slowly making his grip stronger. she reached for it and he pulled away from her.

"give it to me asshole!" She said grabbing his wrist trying to grab it. be shoved her back and she stumbled back. she gritted her teeth and jumped at him and pushed him over. he got up quickly and pulled it away from her again. her eyes were slightly teary as he squeezed it harder and you could hear the plastic creaking and snapping lightly. Gwen noticed and got up quickly. she stood behind Melina.

"come on vance, give it back" she said trying to be kind.

"no, she left it in the grab n go. she obviously didn't want it that much" he yelled now getting annoyed. Robin must've heard because he walked outside and saw the walkman.

"give it to her" Robin said, walking down the walkway. vance scoffed and looked at Melina.

"of course you have to have someone else fight your fights. pathetic" vance said looking her up and down.

"no, this fight is between you and me now" Robin said stepping between the two. Melina felt pathetic. If her emotions didn't get the best of her she would have her sisters walkman. Vance laughed and looked Robin up and down. Robin seemed small and weak but he was strong.

"what, you scared ill beat her ass up? I wouldn't be surprised if she cried from being slapped" vance teased and Melina looked down at the ground. she was angry and upset. she missed her sister, so far everything of her sisters was being broke and destroyed. robin rolled his eyes and put his hand out.

"just give it back dude" Robin said

"you have your whole life to be an asshole, take a fucking break for once" Melina said looking at him. Vance laughed.

"I'm not an asshole, your just sensitive" he said and she closer her eyes and clenched her fists.

"your such and bitch!" She yelled and vance looked at her surprised that she yelled at him when he had something so valuable to her in his hands. She wasn't going to talk to him like that. he wasn't going to take it from her. he lifted his hand up and quickly bashed the walkman on the ground. the shattering sound echoing. screws and plastic bouncing everywhere. Melina was quick to drop to the ground on the sidewalk. picking up whatever she could.

"no, no, no, no, no." she said quietly as she looked around. tears slowly forming in her eyes. Gwen got down and began helping her. Robin looked back up at vance whoe was laughing and smiling. Melina began crying. Gwen looked up at her concerned, no one's seen Melina cry except for Robin and her uncle. it wasn't normal for something to get to her so quickly.

Robin was quick to punch vance.

"ow you fucking bitch!" vance said while throwing a punch. it connected with Robin's side and Robin fell. while on the ground ge tripped vance and they began fighting. Gwen still helping a now sobbing Melina.

"no, I can't mess this up." she said while picking the stuff up but there were so many pieces scattered and rolling away it seemed like she would never be able to find them all. Gwen stopped picking pieces up and hugged Melina as she cried. Finney looked out side the window of the living room and noticed the scene un folding. he ran to their uncle and told him they needed him. the two ran outside to see what was going on.

he ran out to see robin on top of vance, his lip bleeding and vances eye brow cut. He looked over to the sidewalk where Gwen was holding Melina who was sobbing. he saw the shards on the ground.

"HEY!" his voice boomed and Robin stopped mid punch. Gwen's head snapped towards the sound to see a dissapointed and confused short man standing infront of them all. the only thing heard was melinas cries. Robin got off of vance and vance shoved him. Robin turned to look at Melina.

"Oh Melina..." he said quietly. Vance heard him and was confused. he followed to where Robin was looking at and spotted Melina being held in between finney and Gwen. he stared blankly for a second.

'she's crying?' he thought. he's never seen her cry. especially not like this. Robin began walking over to Melina. He crouched down and Melina instantly latched onto him. Vance stared from the ground where he was sitting.

"its gone Robin. she's gone." she said holding onto him. Robin sighed and hugged her tighter. Gwen and finney looked at eachother with sad faces. they wrapped their arms around the two.

vance was staring from a distance. 'I didn't mean to make her cry' he thought. he felt a pain in his chest. he didn't like seeing her cry. something in him made him feel sorry and guilty for what he did. he didn't mean to make her cry he didn't mean to hurt her like that. he didn't even mean to hurt her. He began walking towards Melina but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. he turned around to be met with their uncle.

"I think you should leave hopper" he said coldly. Vance looked back at the group of kids huddled on the ground then back at the grown man infront if him. he nodded and kept his head down and walked away, glancing at Melina as he walked away.