𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃

fourteen

𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑵

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mackenzie and nadia, hand in hand, walked out of their classroom, before a familiar voice stopped them in their tracks. "hey kz." he said. she turned to nadia who took that as a sign that she should head to class without kenzie.

"hey, austin. didn't see you at lunch." she starts to head for her locker with austin following beside her. "i'm sorry." he says, looking down at his shoes as he walks. "i just... i'm not really good with people, you know?" he continues, and kenzie stops. "what do you mean?" she faces him. "that's another story for another day. just, i'm sorry." he replies. "it's fine, i understand."

they smile at each other for a couple of seconds when something reminded the brunette girl that she should probably head for class "uh, i better go. i'll see you around." she smiles. "i'll see you." austin smiles back before facing away to go to class.

after school, melissa picked up mackenzie from school and headed home. after many days, she felt happy. she smiled as she stared out the window on the way back home.

finally getting home, mackenzie helped herself to a bag of chips and put netflix on her smart tv. as time passes by, she says hello to her stepdad, and to her sister. and before she knew it, it was dinner time.

"c'mon kenz, you've been in that couch since we've got home!" her mom says from the kitchen, "it's time for dinner!" she continues and kenzie gets off the couch, getting rid of the crumbs on her clothes. today was just an ordinary day to kenzie. she didn't expect anything to happen out of the ordinary, she didn't even think of it.

until someone knocked on their door. kenzie stood up from her seat, wiping the spaghetti sauce off her mouth, and head for the door. when she opened it, her stomach fell. she widened her eyes, and she stood there, in shock, of what the door revealed.

the man who has ruined the first six years of mackenzie's life was standing before me. the one who has raped her, abused her, and made her feel like absolute shit looked at her as she feels herself growing terrified.

"hello mackenzie." he whispers, "who is it, kenzie?" melissa yells before heading to the door. mackenzie can tell she felt the same thing she did.

melissa broke the loud silence that filled the room, her eyes getting filled with tears and a lump growing in her throat.

"hi kurt."

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