Crushed

Chapter 20

Chapter 20 - Doused

I slumped into my seat, my body and head doused in the moment of last night. The dreams haunted me, my head swirled like raspberry ripple ice cream, which, by the way, is one of my favourite ice creams. I moaned, my temples throbbed. Visions flickered.Why had they come back? My head leaned onto my arm, and the class awaited for the bell to ring, and for art class to start.

"Hey." Whispered two voices. Logan and Skandar sat down next to me.

"Mm." I murmured.

"What's wrong?" Poked the guy behind.

"I'm not in the mood Gerran." I muttered. Gerran's Nina's brother. He's like half-brother to me. I feel sorry for him; he's had a crush on Anna for a while, and now she's with Tyler. I gotta say though, even though he's my 'brother' I gotta admit, he's pretty hot. He's ranked third, after Skandar and Tyler. His dark brown hair and fair skin with dark brown eyes, somehow makes him look like a vamp.

"What's wrong?" Repeated Skandar and I looked him in the eye. "Oh no. I know that look."

"What?" Skimmed Logan. I looked him in the eye. "Oh no."

"How do you know what I'm worried about?" I asked Logan.

"You're having the dreams about your mum again." Skandar, Logan and Gerran cried together.

"How do you know? Skandar knows because he was with me, so was Gerran, but how do you know?" I peered at him from the curtains of my hair. He muttered something under his breath, again.

"Right, class. We're doing an assessment task, due the Friday after." Yelled Ms Amie over the quarrel of the class. Silence. "Thank you. Now, I am gonna pair you up, and then I'll explain."

I got paired with Gerran. Logan and Skandar groaned, they got paired together. I think that's why they groaned anyway.

"You are going to, don't complain, design and make a tee shirt and skirt, and a tee shirt and pants, depending on the gender of your pair." Stated Ms Amie. I heard a squeal escape Anna's lips, from the back, and I rolled my eyes.

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I sat down at the nearest seat in the canteen. Well nearly sat down before someone let out a scream. Everything happened in slow motion. Skandar tackled me to the ground, a thin line of blood on his shirt. We landed on the hard marble-yes, marble- floor. I gasped at his wound, it was deep and gushing with blood.

"What happened?" I gasped.

"That." He pointed to under the table I was going to sit at. A knife, held by a very complicated series of springs, had sprung out and cut Skandar. I groaned; that would have been me.

"Are you okay?" I tended to his wound.

"Oymigosh! Are you okay Skandar?" Cried Anna, running over, Tyler and Logan behind her.

"It stings." He muttered.

"It was meant for me." I murmured. "That was the next strike."

"This is getting more serious. You could have died if it wasn't for Skandar." Said Logan.

"Blue glitter." Anna stated. Skandar stood up and collapsed back down again.

"Stop it! You're losing too much blood." I cried, and winced at the sudden pain in my stomach.

"G." Anna started and pointed at my stomach. I looked down. A rather large puddle of blood had formed on my tee shirt, along with a hole.

"Ugh, you still got stabbed." Skandar moaned.

"This is getting serious. Not a prank anymore. We have to find out who it is. Now." Tyler and Anna AND Gerran-I don't know when he came, he just comes and goes like a ghost. It's freaky- told Logan, Skandar and I.

"Let's do it." I smiled feebly before blacking out due to the loss of blood.

The last thing I heard was "I won't ever let you get hurt again."

I moved around in the bed and squirmed.

I walked through the dark, following the glowing red trail.

"Georgina." Cried my mother.

"Mum?" I asked and continued walking, my bare feet tickled by the blades of grass.

"Georgie. Listen closely."

"Okay."

"Once dodged, twice close, three lucky but not enough. Four, prepare for a blood spill."

I sat up again, the words ringing through my head.

"Once dodged, twice close, three lucky but not enough. Four, prepare for a blood spill."

"Once dodged, twice close, three lucky but not enough. Four, prepare for a blood spill."

It kept going, until my eyelids closed heavily.

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Sooooooooo... Dramatic chapter. SKANDAR TOOK A STAB FOR HER. AWWWWWWW. I'll stop now. Sorry for the late upload.

~staraniseblue XD