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After standing there for a while, she let go and stepped back.

"There. You know now. What are you gonna do about it?" She said, putting her hoodie back on and looking down.

"I'm gonna go up to him and beat the crap out of him!" I said.

"NO! NO! NO! DON'T DO THAT!" She screamed as she grabbed back onto me.

"Why not? He deserves to get some punishment!"

"HE'LL KILL YOU! LIKE HE HAS EVERYONE ELSE WHO TRIES TO SAVE ME! THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU TO LEAVE LAST NIGHT! I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER INNOCENT PERSON TO DIE BECAUSE OF ME! DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEELS?! IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A DANG MURDERER!" She screamed again.

"I'll be careful! He won't get me!"

"Please... I don't want to loose someone else... Please stay with me this time..." She said, now breaking down into tears.

"... Fine. I won't, but there's gotta be something I can do!"

"Like what? There's not much you can do."

"What about the police?"

"He's been to prison 13 times! He has enough money to buy himself out!"

"Prison doesn't work like that! You pay the fine and then spend your time!"

"Not when you're father's a very well known and respected man throughout the country."

"Just because he has high rankings doesn't mean that he's the king." I muttered. 

After a while of standing there again, we realized that it was nearly lunch. How did that much time pass?!

"We should get going. If I miss another class they'll call my dad." She whispered.

"Fine, but I'm walking you home from now on. You can't stop me." I said as we walked out of the classroom and to the cafeteria. We choose a table in the far back and watched as the room filled with students as they heard the lunch bell. Then I see my group of friends. I look over at Lucy, who's staring at them with horror in her face.

"Are you OK?" I asked.

"I'm scared of them! When they see me, they always look at me like I'm a disgrace to the world. They look at me with the face of my father. It terrifies me!" She said.

"Well, we don't have to sit with them. And I'll be talking to them about that." I said. I noticed that they saw me and started walking up. Lucy got up and sat next to me, hiding her face in my shoulder.

"Hey Natsu. What chick you pick up this time?" Gray, the princess of ice asked.

"None of your concern." I said.

"Is she OK? I've never seen a girl grab on you for dear life." Erza asked.

"Oh, no. She's just terrified of you all." I said.

"Even me?! But I'm a book worm! Who's scared of a book worm?!" Levy said. She walked up and tried to pry me and Lucy apart, but Lucy wasn't having it. I felt my sleeve get wet, and I could tell that she was crying.

"Levy, stop. She doesn't like it!" I said.

"But how do you know?!" She said as she stomped her foot.

"Hey shrimp, just calm down. She'll look at you when she's ready." Gajeel said, picking Levy up and pulling her back. 

I felt something behind me vibrate, and saw that it was Lucy's phone. She picked it up and looked at it. Her grip tightened as she read it.

"I have to go." She whispered.

"Why?" I asked. She gave me her phone and I read the text.

From:Dad

Come home now. I heard that you were skipping class, and I can only imagine who you're skipping with. If you don't come now, then tonight will be worse.

I clenched my fists as I gave her the phone.

"What will he do?" I asked calmly.

"If I leave now, then it'll look like I fell down the stairs." She whispered. 

My friends looked at us with a questioning expression.

"What you guys talking about? Where you're next make-out session will be?" Gray said. I rolled my eyes and got up. Lucy followed my actions as we walked away.

Once we got to the entrance, I exploded.

"How do you deal with this?! This isn't human! You shouldn't have such an abusive father! No one should! And you shouldn't be dealing with this, and cutting yourself!"

"Natsu, no matter how much you whine, nothing will change. I'll always be like this. I'll be depressed. I'll always be alone. No one will love me, and since no one will, I have no one to love back." She said.

"You don't know who loves you of not! What about your mother?!"

"Dead."

"Sorry, but you have to know that someone out there cares for you!"

"Not counting you?" She said coldly.

"So what if I'm the only one who cares?! I'm still someone! I care!"

"... Just walk. He won't wait long." She said. 

We were a few houses down from her house, when I saw a man standing outside.

"Leave. He has a gun." I heard Lucy say. As I looked again, I saw that he indeed have a gun. He didn't see us, so I pulled her over behind a fence.

"He won't shoot you, right?!" I asked, grabbing her face gently to look at me.

"No. The gun is for you. Like I said, he'll kill you."

"I can't just leave you! What can I do?!"

"You can stay alive so that I can see you tomorrow." She said as she walked away. My mind froze as I processed what she said. I shook it it of my mind and began walking back.

That's when I hear a gunshot.

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And her scream.