Rouge Gang

join the gang or die

  (KAYLA'S  POV)

I wake up to the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke. I get up knowing if  I don't  then I would get a beating. I rush in the bathroom and set the water temperature to warm and I strip down and hop in. As quickly as I got in I cleaned myself and was out again. I hurried out of the bathroom and  into my bedroom and straight to my closet. I picked out a plain green t-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans. I quickly dress and I put on my old black converses and grabbed a hoodie and my book bag. I ran down the stairs and make breakfast for my mom. I leave it on the counter and grab the keys to my old blue dodge pickup and climb in. I leave hurriedly for school. I see the parking lot in no time. when I get out I look around to see if any other students are here besides me and thank God none were. I quickly make my way to the library and find my sanctuary. the reason I call it my sanctuary is because it helps me get through the bad times and no one but Jen knows it is here. I jump into the pillows and grab my favorite book eargon. I don't know how long I was sitting there but I heard the bell ring. I collect my things and hurry to my first class. LA. when I run into something. I look up and I see Samuel he is apart of the popular group. I start collecting my things. I mumbled when I picked them up.

"I am so sorry Samuel I am such a klutz"

"it is quite alright ......Kayla right"

"yeah again I am sorry" before he says anything else I rush off before the bell rings again. I take my seat in the very back. I look outside at the forest. I love watching the animals and nature that goes on. I heard the teacher Mr. Fairbanks enter and I turn my attention to him. he  takes roll and starts the lesson but it was so boring that I went back to watching the forest. I felt calm and peaceful watching the birds flying free and everything in that forest does anything they want like they have no care in the world. I was  brought out of my daze by the bell ringing. I collect my stuff and hurry out to my locker. I shove everything in the locker and hurry to band. I love this class as much as  I love art. I grab my clarinet and sit down in my assigned seat. I see my best friend Jen come in and grabbed her flute she sits next to me we are both good but she is way better then me. but she says that I am amazing at the clarinet. we both love music and art. we worked on the new piece of music. the bell rang as soon as we finished we then hurried to art and sat at our table. we chatted about random things while we waited for class to start. we just got on the topics of the school activities when Mr.Hunley came in. we all quieted down. he took role and then gave us our assignment for the day.

"students today we will be drawing any animal you would like"

Jen and I start on them right away. Jen was drawing a cat and I was drawing a Fox. we finished our drawings and turned them in. we made our way down to lunch. we were not the first ones there but still there was not a lot of people. we got our lunches and went to our usual spot. we talked for a long time before I noticed there were more students here and more were coming in. then that is when I saw Clara and her followers coming straight for us. I think Jen noticed to because she stopped talking. Clara was right at our table when she spoke.

"hi Kayla so what are you and Jennifer talking about wait let me guess is it about the latest chore list or finding me  places to hide from your problems"she said in a sickly sweet tone that was coated with venom.

I stayed quiet but Jen on the other hand did not.

"Clara why must you be such a bitch to us" Jen was  mad an  I knew why one because  she was protecting me from a bully since she knew I would never do it myself. two she hates the name Jennifer and that is why she calls herself Jen.

"why do you and Kayla try to get attention that you obviously don't deserve. you two are just a waste of space and a waste of time"

I could tell Jen was madder then ever since she had her fist clenched and her face was very red. I was tearing up because this was my life. I was tormented every day and I thought I heard everything but that one was new. I thought it was over but then Jen spoke again.

"why do you really think that when you are the slut that goes after every boy. you even try to get attention by wearing skimpy clothes and your caked on makeup. I am so surprised that you have not came to school naked. come on Kayla lets go she is not even worth it".

she grabs my arm and drags me out of the lunch room and takes me to the library. she knew I would need to be here after that. I run to my sanctuary with her following. when we get there she sits down first and opens here arms as a comfort sign. I took it without hesitation. she sat there holding me while I cried trying to calm me down. I felt her stroking my hair while I tried to stop crying. when I heard the bell ring we both made no effort to move. Jen knew I was not ready to go back to class. she was telling me everything will be okay. when those words came out of her mouth I looked at her like she was crazy.

"how will it be okay Jen" I said not angry but curious

"pack your bags we are leaving this town"

"really you want to run away from here"

"Yes because I am sick of this crap happening everyday. we have enough scars for a life time we need to leave. we need to start a new life. so what do you say you want to leave"

"of course I want to I have been waiting to leave this life behind but I was always scared to do anything"

she hugged me and we got up and got all stuff from our lockers and rushed out of that school. we headed to my truck and headed to my house first. we hurried up to my room and got everything I needed. I even packed stuff I could never leave behind. th  last thing I got was the money my dad gave me before he died. it was two thousand dollars. we had it all in a duffle bag and ran to the truck again. I threw it in the back with our backpacks. then she drove to her house and got her stuff to. we got everything she needed and the money she saved and went back out to the truck. we put with my stuff and once we were in the truck. Jen sped off obviously wanting to leave quickly. once we were out of the town I felt relive wash over me. we did not talk but let the music play. I watch as the trees blur by and when I saw that the town was  gone from gone from our sight one thing came to mind. I turn to Jen and obviously she had the same thought.

"we are free"