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ep.3-self defence

i wake up surrounded by blankets. i sit up with my head pounding and my cheek burning. i reach for my cheek and squirm at the touch. i look at my clothes and see a large shirt surrounding my frame.

"morning, sleepy." i hear a familiar voice say from the doorway. i look over and see mitchell.

"what-what happened?" i ask, worried about how i got here.

"what was the last thing you remember from yesterday?" he asked sitting across from me on the bed.

"um...i was going home...with you...and..." i tried to piece everything that happened yesterday together. "i went inside and...my dad...he." i breathed in sharply. mitchell grabbed my hands.

"it's okay, i'm here now." he looked into my eyes and smiled. i smiled back.

"thank you. what time is it?" i ask, seeing the bright sun through the window.

"11:45." mitchell replies turning towards the clock on the wall. i widen my eyes and attempt to stand up, but am pull back down by mitchell.

"hey, we don't need to go yet. you need to relax." mitchell says trying to cool me down.

"mitchell, i'm fine. this happe-." i cut my self off. hating myself that i just let that slip.

"y/n, what do you mean, this happens what?" mitchell says concerned. "does he usually...do that?"

i take a deep breath and nod my head. mitchell pulls me into a hug and i wrap my arms around him as well. i let tears fall onto his shoulder. "hey, your okay, it's okay." he repeats over and over.

i pull away from him. "how did you know that he was..." i didn't finish the sentence but he knew what i meant.

"you dropped some papers out of your bag, the door hadn't locked yet so i went to go bring it back to you. when i went up the stairs i heard yelling. i went inside and i saw you on the ground with your dad over you." he stopped speaking. all the memories from last night are coming back. my eyes stung with tears again.
"hey it's okay, it's okay." he said, wiping the tear from my cheek off my face.

"we should get to school." i said smiling at him. he groans and stands up.

"i have your uniform on that chair." he says turning around, pointing at the chair which did hold my uniform.

"i'll leave so you can get ready. meet me outside in 10." he says smiling and leaving.

"alright see you in 10."

I got changed and stared at myself in the mirror. there was a brown mark on my left cheek and a red one on my other. i let out a loud sigh and opened the door. i just noticed that i was in a caravan. i didn't think that the rumors were true. it didn't bother me though.

i made my way towards the door and saw mitchell outside.

"hey, ready to go?" mitchell greeted me as i stepped out.

"yep." i said, smiling.
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we made our way to form. i walked in through the door and made my way to my seat.

"well, look who finally decided to show up." alfie said crossing his arms.

"and to show up together." chantelle added, also crossing her arms.

i didn't respond to any of them and mitchell just said "don't get too worked up about it, dickers."

"great, anyway, everyone, stand on your desks." alfie said excitedly. "someone help rem dogg up."
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everyone was standing on their desks, including rem dogg, well sitting.