RED.

4

*Red*

As soon as my body kissed the ground the plan was to lay there, curled into a ball to protect vital organs, close my eyes and just take it, All the while making fake groans of pain as Sarah 'hit' me.

And Sarah was clearly thinking along those lines too 'cause she just kept 'kicking' me around, pretending to use all her strength while she did it.

It worked.

For a few shinning minutes it worked.

The mini crowd that had come along to see me beaten up absolutely loved it if their cheers and whoops were anything to go by.

Until one sadistic little bastard decided to ruin it for me.

"Bring her up again, Sarah, we want to see her face"

And the rest of the idiots went along with the idea.

"Yeah bring her up, Sarah, let Lucy see what she looks like now!!" They cheered and immediately I felt my heart sink to my toes.

Sarah hesitated at first, a foot up against my back, lost in an inner turmoil that I knew she would lose.

Slowly, she brought me up again but this time it was by the collar and I was glad because there was only so much abuse my scalp could take.

Cheers and whoops tore through the room as I got on my feet and I wondered how long it would take for a teacher to come strolling by and catch these idiots.

"Sarah?"

"Yes Tiffany?"

"Do you have anything to say to Lucy?"

"Huh?"

"Do you have anything you want to say to Lucy?"

"Oh..uh.." I felt her shuffle nervously beside me for a few seconds before the words that I'm sure she'd practiced a zillion times before in preparation came tumbling out of her mouth.

"I-I-I'm sorry Lucy for the little misunderstanding we had previously and contrary to what you might be thinking now, I'm actually your friend and I do have your best interests at heart, just as the way you also have my best interests at heart-"

"Cut it short Sarah"

"In summary this is what I've done to prove myself to you"

I was thrust forward a little to the direction the camera must have been.

"Good, good. Sarah...now hit her"

"Huh?"

" Hit her!"

"Sorry, I didn't quite get that.." The laughter in her voice was dipped in a little bit of worry and sprinkled with a dash of nervousness as it was clear to everyone in the room that Tiffany was losing her patience.

"Hit her you bloody dumb piece of
shit!"

"I'm not dumb"

"You sure as hell act like it!"

"Er, you guys know you're on camera, right?" The still voice of Zoë carried across the room and suddenly everywhere was quiet.

And I just stood there awkwardly, hearing the whole scene unfold, wishing I could just die.

"And what do you think I've been fucking doing? Trading Pokémon cards?!"

"Just shut up Sarah and hit her already!"

"What if I don't want to?"

"What did you just say?"

"Nothing"