"Nice apple. I want it." a muscled man leaned it and hid his bat behind it. She inhaled lightly and slowly turned around. "h-he-re, y-you ca-n ha-ave i-it" Nicole shakily opened her palm revealing the juicy red apple. He smiled but she noticed most of his teeth are gone and tried her hardest not to laugh. "How are you going to eat it though?" smiling cheekily. To her surprise the muscle pig cried and took out his bat. "What?!" without hesitation he swung his bat and hit her leg. The sudden impact made Nicole winced. She tried her hardest not to cry.
"I'm sor-" but she was cut off. Her hair was tugged in the most painful way, it was pulled downwards, her head touching her back which made her stare the person who did it.
"Leave. Bring him too and never comeback" her voice was similar to a male's and she had many cuts on her face. Nicole nodded vigorously and ran to the boy. She tried to pick him up but he was too heavy so she just dragged him. Nicole was walking away from the house and was almost at the same alley where she and him met.
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"Is he dead?" a very familiar voice was heard. She turned around nervously, with tears in her eyes that wanted to be free. "help me, Christian". Her voice broke, shaking lightly. "what happened?" Christian panicked and ran to her, holding her shoulders and staring at her eyes, looking for answers."Its all my fault" Nicole repeated again and again while looking down at the floor. Christian's heart shattered seeing her like this. "shh, it's okay. I'm here" he tried to comfort her but she suddenly shrieked. Dean grabbed her leg, he was finally awake.
She fell to the floor, breathing heavily. "what the hell?"she screamed which made the people stare at her, some giving dirty looks. Dean chuckled first, then it became a laugh, a loud laugh that made her calm down. But then he suddenly flinched in pain and touched his head, blood flowing down his face. The 3 of them panicked, Nicole tried to help him by touching his head but he didn't ned any help, she already did enough trouble. He stood up and left. Walking like an old man. "let's go" Christian firmly said, took out his hand to help her stand up.
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There she was again. Standing at the most dangerous part of the city. Nicole decided to check on herself, luckily she wasn't badly hurt. She forgot about the bruise that was on her leg and continued to not pay any attention to it. "stay here" Christian stared at her "and don't leave" . with that, he entered into the big old house.
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It was taking longer than she expected, she decided to walk tiny steps towards the abandoned building. She decided risk her safety and took tiny steps towards the abandoned building. Just then, the boy was thrown out of the building and ran towards the girl. he grabbed her hand, didn't even care about stumbling, they sprinted towards west without stopping.
"how did you know it was them?" Nicole was breathing heavily and was bathing in her own sweat. "I already knew" he replied and gently held her hand like it was the most delicate thing he had ever touched. "by the way, what happened there? We're not allowed there right? I mean, it's the only rule here..." she looked up staring with doe eyes. Christian had to take a breath for a second. She looked beautiful, even with dirt on her face and a messy tied up hair, she took her breath away. "it's a secret. Hey did you know rules don't apply to me" he said with a smug grin on his face. She just snickered and hit his abdomen then ran away.
