One and Only

Chapter 1

Charlotte

I pull the jacket tighter around myself. I know they're following me. I make sure to walk where there are people around but I know that they will eventually find me alone.

This wasn't the first time something like this was happening but yet I still couldn't get used to it. I find myself shivering , my eyes water due to the cold but I  keep walking. The urge to look behind is strong .

I can hear them behind me , 4 people stalking while waiting to pull me in their trap. I think of everything they can possibly do to me now and it scares me. They had already done so much yet they always have new surprises .

I walk faster. When suddenly everything goes quiet I realise where I am. I am pulled behind as soon as I try to run.

" Let me go .. you assholes , let me fucking go" I scream and thrash

I knows that it's Jason pulling. He always likes to do the deeds. The other three just watch while I struggle . Each one of them has a smirk on their face. Nothing about this seems amusing to me.

Jason picks me up by my hair and slams me down on the ground, my body aches due to the impact. He brings his face closer to mine when I spit at him .No one says anything and that scares me more than anything. Everything is so silent , my head whips to the side when he slaps me.

" You never learn ,do you?" Jason says

When I raise my head to look at him , the first thing I notice is the big tank behind them. I gulp , I try to stop my hands from shaking . Water has always been my weakest point and it doesn't help that now they were going to drown me in it.

I scream when Elijah and Noah pick me up and make me stand in front of the tank , it is filled with water.

" Let me go , what the fuck are you doing " I start screaming as loud as I can.

Jason grabs my head and pushes it under water.

I can't breathe

My eyes burn, my chest feels heavy and I can't breathe. I start thrashing my hands to hold on to something that will help me raise my head but nothing helps. I start feeling light and when my eyes start closing it makes me realise that I might die now.

He pulls my head up . I breathe as much as I can and when I feel like it's over he does it again. I shake my head , I scream in the water but they don't help me. It feels like hours when Jason pulls me back only to do it again and again and again and again.

" That's enough " says Liam

I get slammed on the ground. I keep coughing till all or some of the water is out of me . I can't stop the tears from flowing.

" You all can go " I hear Liam say

I don't look at him, everything about him scares me. He wasn't like this , never this cold and cruel but after the fire everything changed for him and me both.

I wipe the tears off my face and finally look at him. He doesn't say anything.

" Are you happy now? For how long are you going to keep  torturing me like this?"

" Forever"

" Do you really think I will stay here forever? I am running away as soon as I get a chance"

" I will always find you and you're never getting rid of me. " He grabs my jaw and continues I will kill you , every part of you , I will destroy you , I will make you beg for your life . You will be so miserable one day that you will wish it was you who died in the fire"

I push him and run as fast as I can. My legs feel wobbly and it takes every little strength for me to get going. I force myself to run and move . When I reach my house I quickly open the door and slam it shut.

I stand by the door for a minute and when I hear the neighbour door closing I sigh in relief . I go to my room , freshen myself and then go to my Granny's room.

She smiles widely when she sees me. SHe signs " I'm starving " so I give her a quick peck on forehead and go to the kitchen to make dinner for her. There is nothing in the kitchen except a packet of porridge . I make that and feed it all to granny .

" Everything is okay?" She signs

" Yes , everything's perfect " I sign back

I help her go to the washroom , clean her and then go to my room. Granny cannot speak and she is deaf . She can't move or walk as well. I have been taking care of her when my Mom and Dad died.

We have been living in hilton town for a year now. After my parents were murdered , we moved here . This house was my parents . The initial plan was to sell this house and stay at rent somewhere cheap but I wanted to start new. I wanted to leave everything behind and start a new life but who knew that new life would be worse than the old.

Liam made sure to make my life hell, not only him but his friends as well. After the fire , everything turned upside down. Everyday I dream about it , every day the man I killed haunts me in my dream.