A Hard Fall ( Josh Hutcherson)

Backstory

Allison's POV:

"So tell me about that boy we saw at Target"Josh said biting into an apple. I sighed and started to tell the story.

"It happened about a year ago in 9th grade. Justin and I flirted, and dated, it was on and off, on and off, so in April we started again, but this time it lasted. He was a perfect boyfriend, he would buy me flowers, called me his princess, which I admit was a little annoying but kinda sweet, and always put me first. So in about May or sometime, I started to invite him over to my house, we played video games and talked a lot. One day, about a week into May, I saw him at school hanging out with the potheads. I pushed the thought of him on drugs or anything away. I knew he was to nice and lovable for him to do that. I called him and invited him over to my house to talk about it."

I stopped for a few seconds. I had never told anyone this, and even though Josh looked interested and calm, I could tell he knew what was coming. I got myself together and started again.

"At the house, Justin acted really different. he was tired, sluggish, and looked pissed off. The smell of smoke covered him. I had never seen that side of the bright, happy, sweet boy. I asked him what was wrong, and he said nothing, so I told him not to hang out with the crack heads. He flipped out, started screaming at me for calling his 'friends' that. I was shocked, and told him to stop. We were both yelling and he slapped me. He pulled me by my

hair and slammed me against the wall."

I paused to let out a shaky breath and Josh went to wrap his arms around me but I pulled away. I took a deep breath and continued.

"He must have been high or wasted, because he started hitting me and punching me in the face. The second I spit up blood he seemed to realize what he had did. He slowly backed away with tears in his eyes, and I had him leave. I thought that it was just one incident, but it happened 3 more times. He would just come over to my house. No invitation. One time he had........" I paused again. It was a hard story to tell. "He had raped me." I spat out quickly. There was a second of silence then I slowly accepted Josh's arms to surround me. Tears streamed down my face but I wiped them all away. I had finally told someone this.

"Well don't let him bother you. If he does just come to me. Okay?"

"Okay."

A/N

Sorry it took me a little bit to update but thanks for all of the reads!!! Neil Shusterman and Eric Elfman (authors of tesslas attic and many books) came to our school to give us writing tips and tell us about the books. Later i went to the writing workshop with them so I will get better at this ^.^ comment and vote!