Barbie Transformation

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Listen to Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Paloma Faith or Then I Lost it All by BvB if you want to be emotional :) Aw a guy just called me cute :3 and ermaygerd by bball team came second :o

When my eyes finally snap open from my dreamless sleep, my body is aching and my head is pounding profoundly. I push my palm against my forehead hoping it will stop the constant loud drumming but it works to no provail.

I sit up and take in my surroundings. I'm in my dorm, in my bedroom. What?

How did I get here? Everything is so cloudy from last night. All I remember is-

Zero tried to rape me and Felix saved me.

I sit up quickly and look around, hoping that someone is perhaps sitting in the chair beside me, waiting for me to wake up like I know Hunter would.

I miss Hunter so much.

I'm so stuck. I don't know which dice to roll.

What do I do? Do I wait for him to come for me? That might take days, weeks, months, even years.

But he wants space, right?

So I'm willing to wait for him, because I love him. I love him so much to fully let him go, I'm still hanging to his thread.

Only love can hurt like this, huh?

I lift myself from the bed and pat outside into the lounge where Felix and Zara are whisper-shouting at each other. I cough a little to get their attention and they whip their heads to look at me in a panic.

"Emmerson! Are you okay? What happened?" Zara asks in concern, running up to me and hugging me. I ignore her question, "When Thea pushed me into the pool you left. Why did you leave me?" I ask firmly and Zara frowns, "I didn't leave you. I was getting you a towel but when I went back, you weren't there anymore."

Oh.

I didn't think she would ditch me like that...

Stop judging people Emmerson.

"Do you remember what happened? I couldn't find you afterwards, I was so worried." She says sadly and I sigh, "I can hardly think of anything. I think I was drugged but... I don't know how. And I, I think Zero tried to rape me." I whisper and Zara gasps, "Oh my god! Are you okay! Did he do anything?"

I turn to look at Felix, he looks a little surprised that I admitted all of that. "I don't know, I couldn't see anything. Felix saved me though."

Felix's stays still, a little stunned that I expressed that he was my hero, I presume.

After a few seconds, Felix coughs, "It was no biggy, really. I knew Zero was going to pull something like that."

Felix and Zara share a look. What? What does Felix mean?

"Maybe it would be best if you stay away rom Zero. Ignore him or something." Zara suggests and I shrug, "I probably should, I guess."

"Okay, good. How about we go get some lunch?" Zara smiles at me and I nod. That would be nice. It would get my mind off of everything.

I can't deal with another thought about rape. My father... Zero... I don't deserve this. Why am I always the one who gets the bad luck? What on earth could I have done to make karma so angry at me?

When we reach the cafeteria, I look around for a table. When I notice Brody sitting in the corner booth alone, I grin and skip up to him, "Hey Brody!" I say cheerfully and he looks up quickly.

He blinks as though he doesn't believe I'm really here. "Helloooo?" I wave my hand in his face again and he blinks again, "Emmerson?! Oh my god! You're here!" He jumps out of his seat, dropping his apple onto his plate, engulfing me into a huge hug.

"What are you doing here?!" He grins happily and I shrug, "Hunter and I are taking a break off each other for a while. So I decided to come back to New York!"

"Ohemgeee!" He squeals, "We totally have to have lunch together!" His gay side blooming in front of me beautifully. I laugh, "Maybe this afternoon we could get dinner? I'm kind of here with some friends." I point towards Felix and Zara who are ordering their food at the cafeteria.

His smile drops when he sees my two friends coming this way. "Felix and Zara are your friends?" He questions and I nod, "Yeah, you know them? How about we sit together?"

Brody quickly shakes his head, "I, uh, I actually have to get going... But text me later and we'll organise something for tonight, okay? See you." He says quickly, scrambling out of the cafeteria, leaving his tray behind.

Felix and Zara reach my table right as Brody leaves.

They don't question anything though, they just sit down at the table and push his tray to the floor. "Do you guys know Brody?" I ask in concern and they nod, "Yeah, he went to my highschool. Cool guy." Felix shrugs casually and hands me a tray of food.

What is happening? I feel like I'm missing half of the puzzle. Maybe the pieces are hiding somewhere. Perhaps I can find them later tonight when I meet Brody again.

"Oh." I say smartly and put the tray in the table in front of me.

"I'm just going to the bathroom." I say and start walking towards the bathroom area. Just as I turn the corner, I feel two soft hands grab at my wrists, pulling my body somewhere. I let out a loud shriek as I fall into darkness.

Am I in a closet?

A hand quickly wraps securely around my mouth so I begin to scream and squirm.

"Help, help!" I shout but it's all muffled. No one will hear me.

"Shh," the voice says. I recognise it from last night.

"I'm not going to hurt you, I promise. I just need to talk to you, okay?" He says.

Zero.

It's Zero.

He's going to attempt rape again!

"Stop screaming! Please! I won't hurt you, I swear!" He begs. Something in his voice sounds very truthful and honest so I begin to calm down a little.

"Thank you. Now I'm going to let go of your mouth. Don't scream, okay?" He tells me softly.

I nod gently and he lets go of my mouth. I wipe my mouth vigorously against my arm in disgust.

"I just need to say that-,"

"No! I don't think you deserve to apologise to me, Zeroda!" I whisper shout venomously at him. I can hardly see him, he's wearing black but I can sort of see his face. He clenches his teeth in annoyance.

"But I-,"

"Shut up! Just shut up! Maybe you should have thought about what you were doing before someone else had to stop you!"

"Emmerson, I-,"

"I don't want to hear it, Zero. You're not worth my time. If it wasn't for Felix, that would have been the second time I'd been raped." I spit at him and he stays quiet.

"You've been raped before?" He asks quietly and I scoff, "That's all you're getting out of this conversation? For gods sake-,"

"Wait a second-,"

"I'm not waiting, not even for a second." I retort at him and he huffs, "Will you stop interrupting me? I'm trying to tell you something important!"

"Well I don't want to hear it." I say angrily. I put my hand on the door handle, ready to open it but Zero grabs my arm quickly. I shove him away, "Don't you dare touch me." I warn him and open the door roughly, stepping out and shutting the door aggressively behind me.

Thankfully, no ones in the hallway, so no one can get the wrong impression.

I walk back into the cafeteria and see Zara and Felix talking intently. Their conversation seems deep.

Should I eavesdrop? Should I interrupt?