Fire

Chapter 1

"I can't do this anymore!" I scream as I slam the door closed and run as fast as I can. I can hear his footsteps trying to catch up to me, but I keep running. I have never had this type of adrenaline before. I knew that the moment I ran out of that house my life would substantially change.

"Cassie stop! Please!" he screams. All I do is tell myself to keep going and to get as far away from him as possible. Where should I run to? I can't run to my mom's house because it is 15 miles away and even though I have found this new energy inside of me I know that there is no way that I can make it that far. I know I should have left a long time ago, but I never had the courage to before this. I still don't know where to go. Right now, I am just hoping that he will give up or that someone will come out and rescue me from the danger running behind me.

"Cassandra if you don't stop running you know what I will do to you!" he yells. I immediately think about what he is capable of and I know that I really need to find someone before he reaches me. If he gets me he will hurt me even more. What did I do to deserve this? I have always been good in school and my parents were always there for me. I can't believe that someone who looks so innocent and loving would be able to hurt me so much.

I turn around and he is only 50 yards away, closing the gap between us. I am getting tired and don't know how much longer I can keep running. I start to feel a slight beacon of hope when I see this group of guys sitting in the park and laughing with each other.

"Help! Help me please!" I scream as loud as I can, but none of them hear me. I continue to make my way over to the group of guys in the park as he is catching up to me.

"Please help me! He is going to hurt me!" I scream again. One of them with blonde hair looks up and sees me running towards them. I immediately feel like I am finally safe and that everything is going to be okay. They are going to come save me. There is no way Blake will be able to get through all of them and be able to hurt me.

The blonde makes eye contact with me and then looks back down. What is he doing!? Isn't he going to save me!?!? Does he not see that I need his help? I feel my legs start to slow down and know that my body can't run much longer. I decide to try one more time. "Help! Help! Help!" I try to scream through my heavy panting.

Now, the other four turn their heads and look at me. Are they all retarded? Do they understand English? Three of them just put their heads back down and continue their conversation. The only one who is still looking at me is the most intimidating of all of them and I know that he alone can take Blake down. He just continues to look at me run for my life and he does nothing. I can feel myself want to cry, but I force my tears to stay in. I can't stop running. I am now within 30 yards of them and they are all just laughing at me, except for the scary one with the dark curly hair. He still has a monotone expression on his face and is just looking at me with piercing eyes. If looks could kill, I would be dead. So beyond dead.

Blake is getting closer and they are all still just sitting there and laughing. I now realize that they are'nt going to do anything to try and save me from Blake, but I keep running to them since I have nowhere else to go. I finally reach them and the blonde one says "awww you poor thing did you think we were going to help you?" in a baby voice.

I am completely out of breath from running so much and I just collapse on the grass behind them and just lay there and wait for Blake to catch up and take me back home so he can hurt me some more. Time goes by so slowly and I almost just want Blake to reach me and kill me now. I would rather him kill me than torture me again. I hear Blake's laugh and the sound of his footsteps walking towards me as I lay there with my eyes closed. The tears start to flow from my eyes, out of realization that I will never be able to get away from him.

"Did you really think you could run away from me Cassie? You are mine." he spits. I continue to keep my eyes closed. I feel his breath on my face as he laughs and says "You will pay for this." The tears continue to roll down my cheeks and my breathing is still heavy from running. All I want to do is die. I don't care about anything anymore, I just want to die. Right here. Right now.

The group of guys are still laughing and I assume they are just laughing at me still. I just lay and wait for Blake to hit me again. Right when I open my eyes I see something I never thought would happen.