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Her Outfit^ ALSO THANKS FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED READS LIKE WTF
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Belle's POV
As I walked in the next morning, I was greeted by smiles and Chica. I sat down for a minute just petting Chica. 'God I want a dog...' Amy, Kathryn, and I started talking with Chica in the middle. Mark soon joined, wrapping his arm around Amy. Amy smiled to herself and Mark kissed the top of her head. 'They're so cute...' I thought. My train of thought led me to Leo and I. We were somewhat doing okay. But recently, Leo's starting to get aggressive.

He started yelling at me one day. I tried to leave him but he grabbed me by the arm and threw me down. I haven't been able to leave since; and sadly, I started cutting again. Of course I hid it but I just realized my arms were exposed. I grabbed my light sweater out of my bag and put it on. Everyone had questioning looks on their faces. "I felt chilly." I simply said. They nodded, going back to their conversation. I grabbed my bag and went into the washroom.

I made sure the door was locked and I looked through my bag and found my razor. I rolled up my left sleeve and began to cut. The cold steel sent chills across my body, tears rolling down my face, and blood dripping on the floor. I cleaned up and put the razor away. I wiped my arm with toilet paper and rinsed with water. It hurt like a bitch. I took a deep breath, rolled my sleeve down and walked out.

I saw a man with brown hair sitting in the circle but with Tyler. When he turned around, it was Ethan. He got up and gave me a hug. "Why'd you go back?" I asked, pointing to his hair. He shrugged as he sheepishly smiled. I put my bag on my desk, greeted Tyler, and joined the circle.
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We were out eating for lunch when I saw a man with a hat covering his eyes watching me. I felt uncomfortable. I covered my chest with my sweater and continued talking with the group. He kept watching; for five minutes, ten, then twenty. Then I started getting angry. "Guys," I said firmly, "there's this guy watching me and his hat is covering half his face. He's been staring at me for the past twenty minutes." I told him where he was and as soon as everyone looked, he looked away. I scoffed, rolling my eyes. Ethan put his hand on my arm, giving me a caring look. I smiled.

The man started staring again. "Okay, now I'm pissed." I got up, walking to the man. The closer I got, the bigger the smirk got on his face. I took his hat off and saw Leo. I felt sort of relieved. I hugged him, something I thought I wouldn't have done. He put his arms around me, for a second I felt safe. I pulled back and he pecked my lips. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come see you." I smiled, pulling him along back to the table. Everyone greeted him politely, except for Ethan. We laughed and had fun for the duration of lunch. He left and we went back to the office. We were in the van when Ethan leaned towards me. "There's something wrong. I can tell." I shook my head, managing to put on a convincing smile. He nodded and sat back into his seat.

We reached the office and barely did any work. Mark, Ethan, and Tyler recorded a video together. That's pretty much it. I kept my sweater on the whole time and no one said a word. Although, Ethan kept looking at me with worry. I simply shook my head and smiled.

Leo kept messaging me about some sort of surprise he had in store afterwards. Something about "a night to remember" and "you'll never forget this" but, I had to go straight from the office. I was confused none the less. He had never done this before. Ever.

Leo came to pick me up at about 7:15 in the evening. I said goodbye to everyone and got into the car with him. He drove for what seemed like forever. We arrived at a hotel, far from where we live. Confused, I followed him thinking of roses and candles. He got the keys to a room and we walked up. He opened the door and I saw no roses or candles. Just a plain old hotel room. I put my stuff down and sat on the bed.

Leo brought two glasses of wine, handing one to me. "I can't." He furrowed his brows. "I can't legally." He chuckled. "Don't worry," he took sip, "I won't tell." I was very skeptical at first but I took a deep breath, shrugging and taking my own sip. It tasted weird. I began feeling hazy. Leo took the glass out of my hand and put it down with his. I couldn't move at all. Leo laid me down on the bed and got on top of me.

The last thing I remembered was him taking my shirt off.