Not A Word

Chapter Twelve

Tara

A week. That's how long it had been since I had been over at Liam's house. Ever since that night I had kept a look out for him in the halls. When I saw him the next day sitting in the cafeteria talking to Zayn I had nearly broken down into tears. I had trusted him and he replayed me by going back to that asshole. There was no explaining it but it hurt me beyond belief. Now Zayn would know everything I had told Liam. It just wasn't fair. Why did this always have to happen to me?

Ever since I had been avoiding Liam. With all the classes we had together it wasn't easy. I just made sure to sit on the other side of the room and keep my eyes facing foreward so I wouldn't make eye contact.

I had thought that I had finally found a person that cared, a person to trust. I could never be that lucky. I just had to face my reality and learn to live with my life.

The last period bell rang and I rushed out of my last class to avoid Liam. All week he had been trying to talk to me but I wouldn't let him. I couldn't look him in the eye and have him lie to me even more than he already had.

I was almost off of school grounds when an arm wrapped around my middle and pulled me around to the side of the school. I tried to scream but it was cut off before a sound could even escape my mouth. I thrashed my body around trying to dislodge the person's hold on me. It wasn't working, they were way too strong for me to escape.

A terrible thought ran through my mind. Zayn. It's been well over a week since they attacked. Now he was going to take me to the side of the school and kill me. I couldn't let that happen. I may have given up last week but I want to live and be able to see what life without pain is like. I don't want to die now.

"Would you please stop kicking me?" Liam's strained voice sounded in my ear.

I froze mid kick. There was no way that Liam had beaten me out of the building. He had to be a track star. Idiot he's on the football team and plays center, of course he's fucking fast Tara you idiot.

Liam stopped dragging me once we were around the side of the building. The moment he let me go I aimed a kick toward his groin. He blocked it all to easily which only made me even more furious. "What the fuck do you want Liam? Why did you drag me over here?" I screamed at him.

"I want to talk to you Tara. I've been trying to all week but you've been avoiding me. What happened? I thought you trusted me."

I let out a bitter, humorless laugh. "I thought I did too Liam. You showed me that I can't trust you though. The moment you got what you want you just went running back to Zayn. I thought that I finally had someone on my side, someone who actually cared. How could I think that though? You've all showed me that there's nobody out there that cares about me. Well you can take your lies and shove them back up your ass where they came from. Thanks for the reminder that I'm alone. I needed it. Now fuck off."

I turned on my heel and walked away. Liam didn't go after me. I figured that I had shocked him too much with my words for him to do much of anything.

The moment I was off of school grounds I took off in a run toward the park. I couldn't go home. My parents were expecting me and today of all days I couldn't stand the pain.

Once in the park I checked to make sure nobody was looking before crouching and crawling into my hideaway in the trees. Sitting on the ground was a small cake that cost me four dollars at the corner mart, a box if candles, and a lighter. I carefully picked eighteen candles out if the box and placed them on the cake. After lighting them I looked down at the only simple of my birth.

I checked my watch and watched as the minute ticked down to the time I was born. Three...Two...One. I leaned foreward and blew out my candles wishing for what I did every year. I wished for the pain to end.

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Air. I needed air. I thrashed and tried to dislodge the person's hand from my neck. I needed to breath. If I didn't I was sure to die. One hard kick sent them to their knees and ripped the hand from my neck.

I sucked in air as fast as I could. My head was spinning and I stumbled as I tried to get away. I couldn't see and with one more step I tripped, causing me to fall to the ground. A hard, heavy body landed on top of me.

"You really thought you could run away didn't you Tara. You'll never escape from us. Just give in and die already!" A male voice growled in my ear.

I felt a scream rip from my throat through I can't hear the sound. My eyes widened. Whoever this person was, they were going to kill me and there was nothing I could do about it.

Hands wrapped around my throat again and squeezed. My head began to spin as I struggled to breath.

I was going to die.

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