Riverton High School

~34~

"If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter."

                            -Anchee Min

Charlie quickly made her way through the crowded hallways of Riverton Highschool trying to avoid eye contact or overhearing gossip. She tried to remember that Dave would be the for her at the end of the day. No matter what, and he has proven that to her. So she wiped her tears and powered through the day. After a draining afternoon she was stopped by Amber. She stood before her in a grey crop top and ripped blue jeans, with a crowd of possy like girls behind her. "Charlie." She laughed. "You know.. in the beginning I felt bad for you." Amber narrowed her eyes at her. "A sad story of a girl gone missing." She threw up air quotations. Children quickly pushed passed in the Halls and the smell of Amber's cheap strawberry perfume filled Charlie's nostrils.

"Look I don't have time for this." Charlie shook her head trying to pass Amber, but Amber stepped in front of her.

"You know what I don't have time for? You lying on my best friend."

Charlie's body boiled her eyebrows sunk in and her fists balled. Her face progressively reddening with every stupid expression Amber made.

"I didn't lie." Charlie said slowly.

"Mhm sure. You guys were cool and then all of a sudden you have him arrested - for rape, you are fucking sick." She stepped closer to her.
Charlie wasn't confrontational but Amber was pushing her limits.

"I don't have to explain anything to you, now I'm only going to say it once get it out of my face Amber."

"Just admit it your a liar Charlie." She said mockingly pointing at her.

"Do not point at me." Charlie hissed.

"Or what?" Amber pushed her polished black fingernail into her forehead.

Charlie charged at Amber like a ram, like a broken light bulb she cracked. She clawed at her face taking Amber to the ground in seconds. Like a feral cat she scratched, while Amber latched onto her golden blonde locks. Flipping Charlie onto her back. Charlie tried to kick her off and regained top position, Amber got one quick hit jab to the nose, making Charlie bleed. Charlie quickly jerked up and slapped her. Which stunned Amber enough to leave Charlie an advantage to put her in a choke hold while Amber fidgeted go get free. Finally people rushed to her aid trying to break Charlie from strangling her. After 4 people got her to release. Before anything else could happen Charlie dashed like mad to the school bus. People followed behind recording her, she ran up the steps of the bus and plopped into her seat gasping for air, her heart beating out her chest she sloched down in her chair as the air conditioning cranked. It seem as if the whole world turned against her. She worried about her stitches which she had only got a month ago. She felt terrible, she just exploded. She didn't want to spend another second at Riverton Highschool.