Earth Angel

Chapter 4

The next day, one of my old friends, Theresa, took me out. We just walked through town, and went window shopping.

"Oh, Margie," She sighed, "Everyone's going steady. I feel left out." She was looking at a boy and a girl laughing on a bench across the street.

"Don't feel left out," I consoled her. "I'm not going steady!" I felt like I was lying.. but was I? Were Drew and I going steady? We hadn't said anything about it. And he still had not called.

"Oh, well that's not surprising!" I glared at her. "Joking, Margie. Come on!" She rolled her eyes and stared longingly at the couple kissing each other.

After awhile, I started noticing where we were. We were in the seedy part of town. I stopped walking.

"Theresa, maybe we should go back." I suggested. I was getting nervous.

"Margie, stop your worrying. We'll be fine."

There were a few nice boutiques there. Of course, we didn't go in. There were designer clothes and purses that costed 100 bucks.

We got a bite to eat at a diner there, and on our way out, we had to go down an alley. I hesitated.

"Oh God," I whispered to Theresa. She turned to me.

"Oh hush. We can run," I knew when she said that, it wasn't safe. I could almost hear my parents yelling at me. And I knew that would happen when I got home.

I took a deep breath and we started running. Theresa was ahead of me, which wasn't a surprise considering she was number one on the girls' track team. But I couldn't see her anymore.

"Theresa?" I shouted. "This isn't funny, come on!" I felt a lump in my throat and my heart raced. I could hear my pulse in my ears, which made me realize how quiet it was. And how late it was.

I walked slowly through the dark alley. My legs felt like there were cinder blocks tied to them. How long was this alley?

Then I heard shuffling. And shoes. And huffing, and laughing. I felt tears sting at my eyes, and I turned around. There were 3 men coming towards me.

"Oh, God no!" I heard myself shout. I started running, but my legs felt even heavier. Like when you're running up the stairs because you turn the lights off downstairs. When your legs are most important, they hardly work.

I felt tears stream down my face as I got to the end of the alley. All I found was another alley to the right and a dead end. I turned to run through the alley on the right, but dumpsters blocked the way at the end. I knew Theresa must've taken time to slip through a space between it, but I had no time.

The men approached me and I realized that they were around 25 to 30 years old. The thought of what they were going to do made bile rise in my throat, and my cries for help got louder. They caught up and surrounded me.

"Hi pretty girl, where you going?" One of them said. I let out a small whimper.

"Let... let me go!" I shrieked. They only laughed.

"No Prince Charming to save you, darling."

They all grabbed me, but I thrashed around. I eventually kicked one in the crotch, but the others wouldn't budge. I knew this was it.

"Please let me go.." I cried, breathlessly. "I promise I won't say a word if you just let me go.." I knew this wouldn't work but it was worth a shot.

"Oh honey, you wish!" The one with shaggy hair laughed. Then I was on the ground.

I kicked at them, but nothing shooed them away. I tried getting out from the shaggy haired man's grip, nothing. The man who I kicked in the crotch, to just my luck, was okay, and he started unbuttoning my blouse. How could Theresa leave me here?