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Chapter 3.

Alida's P.O.V.

"Where the hell have you been?" My dad slurred, his grip getting tighter.

"I was working on a project." I said truthfully.

He stood up a grabbed me by my hair. I yelped in pain as he threw me to the floor. I tried to get up but he sent a hard kick to my stomach knocking me down. That's definitely gonna leave a big bruise.

"Next time I want you home on time." He said slapping me in the face before storming off to his room. I laid there gasping for air after that kick. I slowly got up and made my way to my room. I took a shower and put on some sweats and a shirt before laying down on my bed. I was about to doze off when I her my phone ding.

Alex: Hey it's Alex :)

Me: Hi Alex what's up?

Alex: I was wondering if you wanted to meet at the diner tomorrow morning? My treat

I thought about how I haven't really eaten anything for a couple of days now. Blueberry pancakes don't sound bad either.

Me: Yeah that would be nice

Alex: Great I'll pick you up at 8. Goodnight

Me: Night

And with that I turned my phone off and drifted off to sleep.
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Alex's P.O.V.

I pull up at Alida's house and let her know I'm here. Shortly after she comes out the house in a hoodie and jeans. It's like 80° outside she's going to get hot in that. She hops in the car and gives me a small smile. I give her back until I see what looked like a small cut on her lip and frown.

"What happened to your lip?" I ask.

She looks and the side mirror and almost looks like saw a ghost but quickly change her facial expression.

"Oh uh, I was going upstairs and fell face first on the floor. I didn't know it left a mark." She says. I furrowed my eyebrows as I looked closer. It doesn't look like just a fall but I drop it and give her a small smile.

"Be more careful silly." I said as I started the car. The drive to the diner was quite. She doesn't talk much but I want to get to know her and not just for the project. I pulled into a parking spot and looked over at Alida who looks like she was about to pass out.

"Aren't you hot in that jacket?" I asked her.

"No I'm fine." She said as she got out of the car. I soon followed and then we walked into the diner. When we got our seats, Alida immediately look at the menu without saying a word or looking up at me. The waiter came over and took our orders. After she left Alida sat there playing with her thumbs.

"You're not much of a talker are you?" I ask.

"You always have a question don't you?" She replied.

I pretended to be hurt and she gives me a small smile.

"I'm excited for today." I say bouncing in my seat like a little kid. She looks at me confused as if we did not talk about this. I knew she didn't listen to what I said last night which is going to make this experience even more fun. The food comes and Alida stuffs her face with pancakes, it was kind of cute how her cheeks where stuffed with pancake.

"Hey Alida look quick." I say.

She puts her head up quickly and I immediately snap a photo of her with her cheeks stuffed and laughed while she glares at me.

"That's definitely going on the project." I say and she groans out of annoyance. After we finish eat, I pay for our food and then we head out to where I plan to take her today.

"The amusement park!?" Alida says in excitement.

"Yeah, you like?" I ask her.

"Of course, I haven't been here since... never mind." She said sadly. I frowned but then I interlocked our arms together and pulled her towards the park.

"You're not going to be sad on my watch" I said as I payed for  our tickets and then dragged her to a roller coaster I spotted that looked perfect for what I had planned.

"Do we have to go on this one?" Alida whined.

"Don't worry, if you get scared I'm here to hold on to." I winked and she rolled her eyes.

As we got closer to being next I felt Alida move closer to me which caused me to smile. We got to our seats and buckled up and then the worker came to double check out seat belts before starting the ride. It started off smooth and Alida actually relaxed until we reached the top. Her face was priceless and and snapped a quick picture before we dropped going fast. Alida was screaming and I laughed as she held onto me like her life depended on it. When the ride ended and we got out I was fine but Alida looked like she was about to pass out.

"Hey do you wanna take off your hoodie? You have to be hot after that." I said. I didn't want her to pass out and hurt herself.

"No, I'm fine. Can we get some water or something?" She said trying to catch her breath.

"I got something better." I smiled as I pulled her until we got to the ice cream bar. I ordered a vanilla cone for me and a strawberry cone for Alida. After I got the ice cream I went over to where Alida was sitting and handed her ice cream and the way she looks at it was how a kid would look at a candy store. I snapped a picture and she frowned when she saw me do it.

"Why are you only taking pictures of me?" She whined.

"Cause your facial expressions are priceless and need to be shared." I said laughing and then licking my ice cream. Only just for the ice cream to drop right onto my shirt. I frowned and tried to lick it off my shirt until I heard a "click". I looked up and saw my camera in Alida's hand with a smirk on her face. I glared at her and she laughed.

"You think that's funny?" I smirked as I slowly got up. Alida looked confused until I walked over and gave her a big hug smudging my ice cream on her.

"Hey! That's not fair.I'm wearing black how I'm I supposed to get that off?" She pouted.

"I have a t shirt in the car if you want to put it on." I say.

"No uh, I'm good it doesn't even look that bad." She said. I looked at her confused, why doesn't she want to take that hoodie off?

We were just walking around the amusement park at this point and it was nice until I felt a big splash of water go on me. I realized that we were next to a water ride and I was now soaked in water. I heard another "click" go off from my camera that Alida was still holding. She looked up at me and then laughed looking at the photo. I needed to dry off and then I saw a booth that dries you off after the ride. I handed my phone to Alida, now that it's probably water damaged, and ran to the booth to dry off. When my clothes got somewhat dry, I went back over to Alida who looked a little anxious.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her. She nodded.

"Yeah, can you drop me home now? I don't want to stay out to late." She said.

I looked at the time and realized it was getting late so I agreed and drove her home. When I got to her house she told me thanks and left. I waited till she got into the house and pulled off. I was going to text my mom to tell her I was on my way home until I realized my phone was still with Alida. I turned around and drove back to her house.

When I got to the door I was about to knock until I heard a scream and a thud. I don't think I realized what I was doing until I was in the house staring at Alida passed out cold on her floor.