Faking It

Chapter 7-Cell

There was blood on my hands, I guessed from the wounds on my legs and knees. I couldn't remember what happened to me. Only Libby lying there dead. The floor was cold and it was dark the only thing available in the tiny room was a bed and a bench to sit on, and a chair and table.

"Hello anyone here"? It was quiet I heard no reply from anyone . Everything I had was gone, even Libby's bracelet was gone.

The cell door crept open, " Then next will be 30 lashes! ". They threw them to the floor, I couldn't see them clearly at all, only a figure, which represented a boy.

I got up and walked over to them limply. " I'm An-Alexia, " ...his back was scared, his flesh was torn like someone had taken a knife and slashed through his skin. "What did they do to you .. how could someone do this?". He looked up his face was also bruised, he didn't look any older than me.

" They lashed me if you're here you considered a family of the juvenile, say or think the wrong thing, and they lash you ". He touched his back and uttered in pain.

" Here let me help ", I ripped off a piece of my clothes, I gently dabbed the wound on his back ." I don't understand .. h-how long have you been here". His face expression changed "I came here immediately upon arrival". He flipped over his hand and revealed a number. " Everybody here has a 3 digit number it's permanent... Everything here they play with your mind like games, don't lose".

I thought for a minute, I finished cleaning his wound ." You should lye down ". I helped him to the bed and pulled the cover midway up his body. " What's your name?". He coughed and continued "its Micah, but here I'm Leo". I shook my head," I'm anna, but here I'm alexia ". He smiled," that's a pretty name.. that was my mom's name". I looked at the heart-shaped birthmark " my mom's name was carol ..she left me when I was little".

The room fell to silence, as the door opened " Alexia ". I got up slowly, I pictured myself walking out and my mom waiting for me. But that wasn't the case.

" Did you know Libby ?". They constantly asked me. Every time i shook my head no, but they didn't believe me.

so they kept asking. We were in a room it wasn't dark or light, warm or cold. There was just a wooden table and a chair. When they finally got tired of asking me they came to this conclusion: "Alexia lieng is a crime against the family all crimes big or small shall be punished, you shall spend 5 years at the family of the juvenile center, and today you earn 5 lashes".

My heart dropped, and I thought about  Micha's torn skin. " No , no ! this isn't right or fair .. this isn't real ". The big man grabbed me, I tried to struggle free. He was too strong.

It hurt, it hurt so much that it stopped hurting, and the word hurt didn't exist any more. I only heard the sound of wind pounding against the leather. Then it stopped, and somehow, someway I was back in the cell, or at least that's what they called them here.

" Alexia, wake up your bleeding ". Micah's perfect face had a worried look on it. " I-", he put a finger on my lip "I know, it's ok ". He helped me up on the bed, the mattress was hard and since I was small the blanket was just long enough to cover my whole body. " The next water we get we won't drink it, use it to clean the wounds ". I nodded my head, I didn't have enough energy to argue about how we needed the water.

"Micah .. how do we get out of here ", he shook his head and pointed to a small black thing in the corner of the room. " We can't, they're watching us, everything we do and say they know". He shrugged " but of course we can't run, everyone here are children, who just got lost ".

" But that's the thing we're not lost, they took us, I was happy, I could have seen my mom Micah ". He shook his head " Alexia .. I know they're out there you parents you won't find them here no one here is who they really are, and if they are you cant know that so whatever you know about someone you must not let anyone know that you know who they really are. I stopped to think "..just like Libby".

Micah looked confused he held something out "I meant to give this back to you I thought it belonged to you ". I looked at the silver bracelet still in perfect condition " h-how did you know "He smiled", I just figured".

The door opened " lunchtime ". They gave us our trays . It was slop like molded meat and over dated bread. " Do they really expect us to eat this ?", he laughed " this is the best meal you will get in here ". It sickened me to know that this would be my life for the next 5 years. We sat in silence and ate our fine dining of a meal.

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It had been six months in this penitentiary, six months without Alex, Katie was never coming back. six months of pure agony. "Hey, Micah do you think we will ever get out of here?". He sat up a piece of his dark brown hair stuck up at the tip of his head. "Alexia there is no way, we're stuck here where ever this place is ". I curled my legs up and rested my head on top of my knees. "I'm gonna try Micah try until I succeed ". By now he ignored my
Constant rebellion to his warning but I didn't care because after tonight things were gonna change.

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