West Brooke High

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I'm running up the stairs and heading straight to my old room before Alex comes and decided to interfere with my business again.

I grab a bunch of papers, well letters, from my old desk and I run for the small exit.
Alex has already recovered and is standing by the entrance

"Whatcha got there? Are you being nosy or intruding?" He asks

"Well Alex, buddy, this is your first time in this house so you don't know the back story of why this house is abandoned and ya don't know shit about this neighbourhood because the last time I checked you are a rich kid who drives a Porsche. The people in this neighbourhood catch the bus, walk or cycle. Very few people have cars. You live in an extravagant home. Look around you. Look at where you've come. This. This is my backstory if you're wondering. Now, if you'd please go out of the house. I need to lock up"

Confusion is and always will be my tactic. Confuse the opposition and leave them dumbfounded. Hahaha. Alex, you thought you were gonna win, well, honey, I've been playing this game for years.

He stood there for a few moments, due to confusion, before finally exiting the house.

"I'm dropping you off home" he says abruptly

To be honest, I'm not supposed to be here and the buses are dangerous plus it's getting dark out so I just nod and agree

I stepped into his car and he turns the radio on.

Like I'm gonna lose you- Meghan Trainor ft John Legend starts playing and I start laughing my head off

Alex must really be in love with Chloe
The bad boy in love

His face drowns with redness and he hesitates before changing the song. But, instead, Love Story- Taylor Swift starts playing and I carry on laughing, holding onto my stomach

He tries to switch of the music, but presses the wrong button and the music becomes louder. He growls and face palms himself.

I calm down before changing the radio for him. Thrift Shop- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis starts to play and Alex starts the car.

My phone starts buzzing like crazy and my ringtone starts playing. I don't answer it because of one reason. My ringtone is the Marimba remix to I don't fuck with you.

"Aren't you gonna answer that?" Alex asks

"Have you heard the ringtone?" I say, in an obvious tone and I answer

It's Mark

People always get their timings right, don't they? Sarcastic of course

"Hellllloooo Maya"

"Mark"

"I was wondering..." shit he's drunk

He slurs a couple of words which makes it totally inaudible to hear what he's saying

Then I hear a scream and a shout. Alexis and Alissa

I punch Alex and nudge him to take a different route.
I mouth the address to him and then I start to threaten Mark

"Oi, listen up, you piece of trash, I told you what would happen if you laid a single hand on one of them. I swear to god, if you do anything now, that's the end of you"

And another scream

"That's it"

I hang up and Alex looks at me, inquisitively

"Look, I don't have much time, so please please hurry up. This is urgent"

I start to panic. I can feel a panic attack coming on. I've had them ever since my mum died but not that regularly. I try and calm my self down.

As soon as I see the house and the car stops, I run to the front door and swing it open.
I can hear footsteps running behind me. Thank god I'm with Alex. Huh? I never thought I'd ever say that.

I go down to the basement, where I can hear muffled screams. Shattered glass is seen on the ground and sticky beer is left running on the dark walls. I run down the stairs and the scene unfolds in front of me.

Alexis has blood oozing from her nose and she has a busted lip. Alissa has a swollen eye and is crouched down in pain. Mark had ruffled hair and despite his high levels of alcohol intake, he still doesn't have a big belly. Instead he's got muscles. The last time I saw him, he was more slim. It reeked of beer in here.

Alex's stops behind me and takes in the image in front of him.

"Ahhh, what a wonderful reunion?" Mark chuckles

When he turns around, I can see the sleeplessness in his eyes and his anger. Pure anger.

"Oh what's this?" He says, pointing towards Alex. "Little girls too weak to fight me by her self"

"I am stronger than you will ever be. You're weak because you don't know how to treat anyone good, therefore you have no one to love and support you. Is that why your mum and dad abandoned you at the age of 17?"

I'm trying to anger him more so his anger will be diverted to me
I can easily take him on.

"Ya wanna know why I killed your mum huh? Well that's because of you and these two little bags of shit. You ruined her life and she was begging for me to kill her" oh no, he didn't

"What the actual fuck? You don't know shit coz you were drunk and on drugs"

"Oh. But I do"

What the hell? Calm down Maya

"You don't know how hard it is to watch the only person you care about to suffer because you never cared about anyone else but your self. You're gonna die alone in this rotting house and no one will give a damn about you. Just like your..." and with that he threw his first punch.