I was just questioning what had I done to deserve it all. Now my little brother was dead and there was really no one who would give a shit if I died.

Then I saw a light. A light that would be my savior.
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Solidad
She had grown beautiful
Actually, she had always been beautiful even when we were kids

We used to be best friends. Me, her, and....drew...
We grew apart after my mom died. I don't why. They left me when I needed them the most.

But when I'm about to get run over by this crazy bitch, I didn't care about that right now.

I see her salmon pink hair in the sunlight as she waves me to her.

"Over here, May!" I head towards her behind a building and Juliet, the idiot, rushes past not even noticing.

"S-Solidad...th...thank you..." I huff, out of breath.
"Oh seriously May, don't mention it." She smiles at me, cheerfully, and I can't help but feel like smiling back.
"I heard Drew's been giving you a hard time since I left for Sinnoh"
"Yea...I guess you could say that...um h-how was Sinnoh?"
"It was great! So many new people I've met and they're all really interesting! There was this one boy, oh you'd have loved him May! He was such a food fanatic just like you!"
"Really? What was his name?"
"Ash Ketchum. A real star there if you ask me! I wonder how old he is now, it's been a few years. He's older than me I know that. His best friend though was a little yellow mouse so I'm not sure how stable he is but...hehe anyways what about you?"
((Forgot to mention that there is no Pokemon in this oneshot))
"I uh I've been good"
"Great! That's wonderful!"

I'd finally gotten my breath back so I looked at her straight.
She still had her kind blue eyes and even though we weren't related, I always thought of her as my big sister when we were younger.
There was something a little off about her but whatever. Maybe she was just tired from her trip.

"Well um thanks for that. I owe you one but I really have to be heading home."
"Aw ok. Well I'll see you at school! Bye May!"

Wait, Solidad had graduated two years ago? Before I could ask her about that, she skipped off.
Hmm whatever. At least tomorrow might not be...as bad?

When I got home, I smelled the already familiar scent of booze.

"May get here you little shit." I sighed quietly and walked over to my dad. Some stripper was sitting on his lap, moaning like a little idiot.
"I was thinking about settling down with this one. What do you think? Her name's...uh what's your name?"
"Sinnamon with an S" She purred.
"Sinnamon! Sexy..." He beamed.
They went back to 'flirting' and I trudged upstairs.
Honestly, I was more surprised that he talked to me without hurting me than that girl's name. I mean seriously?! She didn't even spell it right!

Today has actually gone ok so I didn't need my drugs or my knife. I went to sleep that night with a nice dream. Me with Mom and Max and Dad again. How we used to be. Being friends with Solidad. How we would play princesses and I was the princess, Solidad was the dragon that tried to 'eat' me, and...Drew...was..the prince...who...saved me

Waking it up felt better and I forgot it.

"May! Wait up!" I turned and saw Solidad. I smiled and waited until she caught up with me. I saw many people staring. Not at me but at Solidad.
Surprised
Shocked
Disbelief
Whatever you can imagine, they showed it on their faces.
The boys drooled over how beautiful she was while the girls glared at her for being prettier than them.
Although they weren't looking at me, I felt sorta proud to have someone like Solidad wanting my attention.

"Hey May! I'm gonna be your temporary teacher, isn't that great?" I nodded. I was sincerely glad that she was going to be here with me. Maybe people wouldn't bully me as much if she was here. Maybe Drew...

"Oh May!" Speaking of the devil...
"I'll be right back, May. I just forgot my bag in the teachers lounge." Solidad whispered to me and I watched as she left me in the middle of a train wreck.

Drew and his gang, the Red Roses, the baddest people in school, surrounded me. Honestly, it was only Harley who was an idiot, Juliet who was an even bigger idiot, Romeo who was like Drew's butler or something, and Drew who was the biggest threat of all.

"May...you didn't finish playing with us yesterday." Drew said as the other R.R's circled around me like cats.
"Drew please leave me alone." I said, calmly.
"Why would I want to? I love playing with you. It's fun." He smirked.
"If this is your idea of fun, I suggest you get that checked out." I retorted.

He glared at me and waved his finger slightly. Suddenly, I was pushed against the wall...again by Juliet...but this time she was pushing against my throat.

"Remember May...I could have you killed..."
"Go ahead. Kill me. You already killed my brother, why don't you add me to your collection?!"
"Smart. But I'm not going to do that as that would be too easy."

"Drew?!"

Drew turned quickly to see Solidad's smiling face. He waved a signal to Juliet and she backed off.

"S-Solidad?! W-What are you doing here?!" I could see his face getting flustered. It was weird to see my bully getting all red like that and I wanted to laugh. But then I really would've died.

"I'm going to be a temporary teacher here, silly! Oh I see you found May!"
"Uh...y-yea. Um weren't you in Sinnoh?"
"I came back! I wanted to see how my friends were doing."

Solidad pulled him into a hug. Drew didn't quite reach her height so it was a little awkward to watch.

"Well the bell is about to ring so I'll see you in class! Bye!" She exclaimed, grabbing my hand and running to the classroom.

It was my Biology class. Miss. Waterflower's class.

"Hello everyone! My name is Solidad Sinopia but I'd rather you call me Miss. Solidad or just Solidad! I'll be taking over Miss. Waterflower's class for a few months. Apparently she is getting married in Kanto!"

There were a few claps and a few 'awww's from the boys in the back.

"Don't worry! She'll be back before you know it! Now for your first assignment, you'll be doing a group project! Doesn't that sound fun?"

My heart dropped. I hated group projects! I'd rather it just be me than me doing a project all by myself while the other person still got credit.

"Now pair up and then I'll explain your assignment!"

I heard screeching of desks and lots of talking while I just looked down shyly at my desk. No one was gonna pick me. I'm not even going to bother.

The room got quiet and I saw that everyone had paired up.
Solidad was looking pretty proud of herself until she saw me by myself in my corner.

"Oh I'm so sorry, May! Uh would anyone like to let May join their group?" No one volunteered of course. Why would they? I was the main target of the Red Roses. No one wanted to be caught up with them unless they got to be in it themselves.

The door creaked open and Drew entered. Oh shoot. I forgot Drew was in this class with me.

"Drew!" Solidad squealed. "Be a dear and partner with May!"
I heard low gasps as Drew looked up slightly at me then back at Solidad.
"May?"
"Yes, May! Please! You guys used to be such good friends!"
Another round of gasps were heard and Drew glared.
Solidad was still staring at him, hopeful, so he just sighed and pulled up a chair next to me. I scooted over a few inches away. Having him this close was making me nervous.

"So your project is to collect bacteria from lakes, rivers, oceans, etc. and the be creative with how you present your project! PowerPoint, poster board, song, rap, or whatever! Just make sure you have a lot of information on the bacteria you will be collecting! Also, I will know who participated and who just let their partner do all the work." She smiled but her eyes were scary as hell.

She started assigning bacteria to each group.

"Staphylococcus" She said then went on.
"Staphi- what now? What the hell is that?"
"It's a kind of bacteria and can cause a skin disease."
"Gross..."

We sat there not saying anything. I was about ready to give up and just tell him I'd do the project by myself because obviously there was no way we could work together when he slapped a small piece of paper on my desk.

"My address and number."
"Did I ask for your number? And I already know where you live, dipwad."
"I didn't realize you had taken up stalking people, April."
"April?!"
"Yea, you know, because your name is May like the month."
"So that gives you the right to call me April?!"

He was sitting back in his chair, chilling and he smirked at me.

"You know, you're sorta cute when you're pouting."
I blushed. "Don't call me cute when you literally five minutes ago tried to kill me and you killed my brother!"
I saw him flinch slightly.
"Ah well..."
"What? Are you going to deny it? You asshole."

He didn't say anything and just continued to sit there and chill.

"I'm going to do this project by myself! I don't need you!"
"Of course you do. The only lake is by my house and no way am I letting you go across my property."
"I'll just find another lake!"
"Ain't another lake around for miles"

Ugh I hate when he gets the better of me.

"Fine. Come to my house this afternoon and you can pick me up."
"I'm going to pick you up? Oh no. It's my lake, you're coming to my house by walking."
"Can't you just pick me up? I'm literally ten minutes away!"
"Nope sorry no can do."
"Ugh..."

After school, I started walking home. He is such a douche. What dummy lets a girl walk home by herself? Except...I've been doing it for years.

"Hey April! Get in!" Drew honked his horn at me even though u was standing right next to his car.
"Way to ruin my eardrums, Hayden!"
"I'm sorry, what?" He yelled, intentionally honking the button again.
I started walking faster.
"Wait wait. Ok sorry May. I'm sorry. Just...just get in."
"Why? So you can kill me when no one is watching?"
"N-No, here I'll even leave the top up. See?" He pointed to the beige covering of his car as it rolled into the back.
"Here get in." I was surprised to see him get out of the car and hold open my door.
"Are you ok?"
"Why? I'm a chivalrous guy. I do this."
"Sure..."
"Don't worry. I promise I won't try to kill you or threaten you. This is purely about the project."
"You're making me scared..."
"Oh sorry sorry"

He got back in the drivers seat and headed towards my house.

"Um you'll have to tell me where your house is. I uh haven't been there in a while."
"Yea...I know..."

Awkward silence

"Just take a right here"
"This one?"
"Yea"

We neared my house and I sighed in relief. Dad wasn't home. I needed to grab my biology text book and change into better clothes before heading to Drews.

"I'll be right back."
"Ok."

I ran inside and up to my room. I started shivering when I saw my dad on my bed like he had been waiting for me.

"Hey bitch."
"Um dad w-what are you doing?"
"I heard a car pull up. Was that a boy? Did a boy drive you home?"
"Um no I-I just..."

Suddenly he shot up and pushed me to the bed. He got on top of me and glared.

"You little slut! That was a boy! Why are you lying to me?! It's not right to lie to your dad, you know!"

Dad's eyes were bright like he had gotten drunk because he was mad.

"D-Dad, d-did something happen with Sinnamon?"
"Don't try to my psychologist! Now take off your shirt!"
"Dad please!"
"Bitch I said now!"

Dad had taken off his belt and I knew if I didn't do what he said, he was gonna make it hurt even worse than it usually did.

So I pulled off my shirt and he ripped off my bra. I could hear him laughing at all the scars and bruises he had given me.

CRACK!

I screamed out. Dad was whipping me with his belt and I could feel new scars forming and I saw blood drip from my back onto my white bedsheets.

"Dad! Stop! Stop it please!"
"Shut up! Now scream for me you little whore!"

I cried as he whipped me again, but harder. I felt him rearing up his arm and I knew I could be killed my this one.

CRASH!

I looked over and I made out what looked like Drew. He'd just broken my window and was beating up my Dad.

"DIDNT YOU HEAR HER, OLD MAN?! SHE SAID STOP!" Right and left, Drew was hitting my dad in the face and I could see my Dad's face swelling up.
"D-Drew stop! You can stop now!" I pulled at his arms and I had to duck when one of his punches almost hit me.
I hugged him as I tried to hold him back.
I hate my Dad but he was still my Dad.
Drew started to calm down and I heard his breaths getting slower.

Finally he stopped glaring at my Dad and turned to me.

"You ok?" I nodded. I saw him frowning as he looked at me.
I blushed when I realized I didn't have a shirt on.
"D-Don't look at me!" He pulled my arms and turned me around.

Oh
He was looking at my scars.

"M-May...your back." I squeezed my eyes tight. I didn't want to hear it. Whatever he was going to say, I wasn't ready. Of anyone that could've seen my scars, it had to be him.

I waited for his laugh, his smirk, a mean comment, anything!
Instead, I felt a warmth on my back and his arms as the snakes around my stomach.

"What...are you doing." I felt him breathing on my neck as he pressed his stomach against me.

He was hugging me

"Drew...let go of me."
"I don't want to."
I sighed. "Why not."
"If I do, you might get hurt again."
I scoffed. " You've done worse."

He put his head on my shoulder with a horrified glance.

"When have I done something like that?!"

I sighed and I pulled away from him.
I rolled up my pant legs and he stared at my legs. Then I reached for my needle and my knife.

"This...this is what you've done to me, Drew Hayden."

He stared at the needle closer and looked like he was about to cry as he realized that it was filled with drugs.

"May, I..."
"Don't say anything. Actually I think I'm done with cutting and drugs."

I saw his face soften in relief and he smiled. A real, genuine smile.

"May...I'm terrible aren't I?"
"Yea...you are..."
"I-I promise! I'm turning a new leaf. I never want to see something like this again" He said and started kissing all the cuts that I had put because of him. He was gentle and it tickled. I was thinking of pulling away but it was sorta nice to see him doing this sorta thing.

"I'll found your brother for you too"
"W-What?!"

He sat up after her was done with my legs and handed me his jacket. It smelled just like him. Pepperminty with a hint of chocolate. I'll admit that this was one of the things I missed about Drew.

"Everyone has us wrong. We're not bad guys. Just guys who are hurting. When I heard that your mom had died, I-I know that this is a bad time to say it but I wanted to run by your side and comfort you. My mom thought I needed to be away from you so she locked me up. Then I heard Max ran away so I snuck out with the guys to find him for you. I really did find him in a dump outside the city but he ran away before I could catch him. I'm sorry."

Hearing that from Drew as he cried, I should've been happy. This guy had been torturing me for like a year. But I only felt like holding him, felt like being held by him.
I wanted to cry as I was wrapped around by his arms. His strong arms made me feel like I didn't have to feel pain anymore.

Drew must be a mind reader because that's exactly what happened.

"I promise I'll protect you, May..."

Oh geez that was too long wasn't it?
Gomene😓
Also I forgot to mention that there are cuss words in here.
Whoopsy
I don't usually say cuss words but I thought they'd be appropriate for this story...
Sorry if I totally screwed up your plot @umbreonmeister
There is a third part to this so stay tuned
Oh jeez it's like 4a.m. here
Hope you enjoy because that took me like six hours to write lol
I just hope I did ok with Solidad
I feel like I screwed up her character...
~JasonHibiki