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•Charlotte•

A bright light flashed on me. I groaned as I opened my eyes to see Lizzie standing on the bed with a camera that was not hers in her hands.

I covered my face with my hand as she cursed at the flash. "What are you doing?" I mumbled, turning around to stuff my face in the pillow. 

There was no pillow. It was Ramon besides me who was wide awake as he smiled down at me. I pulled myself away from him, apologising as I quickly sat up. 

Alex and Josh were laying on the ground, sleeping besides the computer with Calvin sitting on the chair, chuckling at Lizzie who quickly climbed off the bed and walked towards him. 

"You seemed tired so I didn't want to wake you up." Ramon said as he yawned and stretched his arms out before looking at me. 

"I didn't realise I fell asleep." I told him, pushing my hair back and glancing at the clock on his wall. 

It was six in the morning. The sun was barely shining through the room as Lizzie said my name. "I think we should go back. My mom thinks I'm at your house." She chuckled and I nodded as I climbed off the bed, a little shock that I had fallen asleep. 

I wore my shoes as did Ramon. "I'll drive you." He said as I glanced at Lizzie who kissed Calvin on the cheek before wearing her shoes. 

Ramon opened the front door for us as I picked up my jacket and my phone before following them out of the room. I waved goodbye at Calvin who was the only one awake before walking down the stairs. 

There were men walking into the living room with files in their hands. Ramon said something to them in Italian and they nodded as he opened the front door for us. I could feel their eyes on me as I walked out of the room. 

There was one clear thought in my mind as I sat inside the car. 

I wanted that apartment. I wanted peace. 

"I'll get you guys some breakfast as well since you didn't eat last night." Ramon glanced at me as he started to drive out of the gate which opened up for him. 

"I would like that apartment." I said to him and Lizzie squealed behind me, excitedly clapping her hands. 

"Tell me when you're ready to move in and I'll get the papers ready for you." He said with a grin on his face as he drummed his fingers on the wheel. 

"As soon as possible. I want to know the cost of everything." I told him and he nodded saying Si. 

"Whatever you want, amore." He replied as Lizzie said we should go home and start packing. 

I agreed. 

***

It was finally Monday and another school day. Sunday, Lizzie and I spent it packing everything up and taking all the rubbish to waste sites. My stuff was all up in boxes and Mary called me over for dinner which I had with her and Drew who talked about life in the army. 

Ramon had bought the papers for me to sign and said whenever I signed them, I could bring it back to him and he would give me the keys to the place. 

I read over every small printed word. The apartment was well in my budget but maybe that was because I had enough money to buy a house. I was going to live in it for six months at first and if I truly liked it, he would renew the papers for me for another year. 

I picked up my school bag and walked downstairs. The shirt I was wearing was purple today, one of the lace shirts I had worn before. I needed new clothes. 

Lizzie knocked on the door and I opened it for her. She walked inside as I headed to the kitchen to grab an apple. 

"Are you going to leave the couch and everything in here? Have you told your landlord?" She asked as I threw her an apple. She caught it with her hands. 

"I don't want anything from here." I shrugged my shoulders at her as I followed her out of the kitchen. 

All I could see was blood on everything in this house. On the beds, on the floors and the walls. Everything felt like it was dipped in blood and was stained for eternity. 

She nodded as we walked out of the house and towards her car. "Have you got your history book?" She asked me and I cursed running back inside the house. 

My mind was occupied with two goals. Kill Logan and move out. Lizzie had to remind me that we had to write the history essay though Mr Walter had emailed me and gave me an extension. Lizzie and I only had to write about the two places we visited. 

The two perfect dreams before the nightmare occurred. 

Picking up the history notebook from my room, I headed back downstairs and out of the door. "I have it." I showed it to her as I sat inside her car. 

She gave me thumbs up before driving. I stuffed the book in my bag as she asked. "Would you go to Paris with me one day?" 

"Why?" I looked at her confused though I nodded. I would go anywhere she went. 

"I'm tempted to take a gap year after high school and focus on making some clothes at home. I think I want to go to Paris as well though. It's the world of fashion." She explained and I nodded. 

"I would go with you." I told her as she grinned happily. 

"Are you going to apply for jobs?" She asked me and I nodded as I looked out the window. 

I told her yesterday that I needed to organize my life, to fix everything. I have no idea what I want to do, stuck in the middle of life with no future plans. 

"I think once high school is over I will apply for jobs. I have enough money to hold me out till then and I'm just going to see what happens." I told her as she drove into the school car park and nodded as she parked up. 

I could see the boys waiting besides the wall and Josh ran towards the car, with a big grin on his face as he opened my door for me. "Anna wants to go on a date with me."

I smiled as Lizzie and I got out of the car. "Where are you taking her?" I asked, throwing the bag strap over my shoulder as he closed the door. 

"I don't know. Maybe a movie?" He shrugged his shoulders as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder and another around Lizzie's before walking with us. 

"Take her to a drive in cinema. Those are really good first dates with food." I said to him and he grinned nodding his head, as I felt Ramon's eyes on me. 

"Ciao amore." Ramon held his hand out to me. 

Holding hands seemed normal for us. 

I held his hand and he entwined our fingers together, a small smile on his face as he pulled me away from Josh and towards him. Ramon leaned down towards me. I looked up at him as he whispered into my ear. "I want more cuddles today." 

A smile found a place on my face as I pulled away from him and took a step back. "I need to get to class."  

He chuckled as he watched me walk away. There was something about Ramon that made me feel alive. He tried and succeeded in making me smile when all I wanted to do was hide in a room and never come out until the hole inside of me fixed itself. He didn't give up on me, making me want to push past everything and move on in life. I was trying. 

I walked towards my locker just as I saw Tiffany walking towards me, people moving out of her way as she strutted in her heels. She stood in front of me a couple of inches taller than me with her two minions behind her. 

I was waiting for her to say something, anything to me. 

"I know what you're doing." She scoffed as she crossed her arms and glared down at me. I could feel the eyes of people watching us. "You're looking for attention with him." She leaned down closer to me. "Just because your dad died, do not think he is in love with you. You're no-" 

I didn't let her finish. My fists were itching to connect with her face. I punched her straight across the face, a scream leaving past her lips as I punched her again. I grabbed her by her hair extensions and pulled her closer to me as her two friends cried to let her go. "Do not fuck with me, Tiffany." I pushed her away onto her friends as she screamed in pain and anger. 

She came charging at me with her long nails ready to scratch my face off with her minions as well. I dodged her stretched hands and she screamed in frustration as everyone watched us, cheering the words. Girl fight! Girl fight! Girl fight! 

I grabbed her arm, and twisted it behind her back as she let out a high pitched scream. "He won't ever love you." She hissed at me as I pushed her away from me as I stood there. "Your dad probably killed himself to get away from you." 

I glared at her as everyone oohed in the hallway. I wanted to rip her face apart as she took a step back from me. My hands were fisted by my sides as I took a step towards her. 

A pair of arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me away from her. "Calm down, amore." He murmured softly in my ear, as I glared at her. "She doesn't deserve it." 

"She started it, Ramon! I'm bleeding!" Tiffany whined to him. 

"Fuck off." I could feel the glare directed at her as he didn't let me go. Lizzie stood in front of me blocking my view of Tiffany as she ran away to the bathroom. 

"Snap out of it." Lizzie clicked her fingers in front of my face as I looked at her. People walked away to their classes. "Save it for him." She said to me and I nodded as Ramon let go of me. "Let's get today over with." She smiled softly. 

It wasn't my fault. I kept whispering the same thing over and over in my mind as Ramon turned me around to face him. 

"After school, you can come with me." He said, a small smile on his face. "Let's get all that anger out of you again. We will go to the gym." 

Lizzie grabbed my arm, and pulled me away from Ramon shaking her head at him. "She is coming with me. My mom wants her over for dinner. We're going to watch a bunch of movies and have a sleepover." Lizzie said to him as she pulled me away from Ramon, claiming her mark on me as he chuckled at her. 

His gaze never left mine as the bell rang through the halls. "That breaks my heart, amore. I wanted more cuddles today." There was a pout on his lips as he looked at me. 

I smiled as I walked away with Lizzie. 

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