She ran as he chased her. "Help! Help! He's coming after me." She screams

"I got you now." He whispers in her ear as he grasps her in his arms.

Alex shot up. She looked at her clock, it read 2:32. Her face was covered in sweat, her chest rising and falling heavily. She bursts out in tears, "I can't take this anymore." she announces to the empty room.

The door creaks, she knows it's him, her supposedly best friend, her mom's fiancé. She hides under the covers and whispers to herself.

"Please no." she repeats this over and over.

"Alexandria, have you missed me?" It was his voice, he had found her.

The next morning she had bruises all over her, she looks at the bruises and grabs her makeup, which she has used to cover them up over and over. After she covers them she looks in the mirror.

"I'm pathetic, a waste of space. It's my fault, I let him do this to me."

She begins to sob. She heads toward the cabinet, she draws in her breath as she opens the doors. She moves around the medicine and toothpaste until she finds them, the razors, scissors and other sharp tools. She grabs the razor case. She pulls out one razor blade and plays with the sharp end. Then, she pushes it to her skin, pretending to cut, sliding the blade against her wrist. She stops only to take a breath, she runs the blade through rough skin. She lets the scarlet liquid hit the floor and starts anew.

There's a knock on the door.

"Alexandria, are you up?"

Alex thinks then breathes "yes, mama, I'm up."

The footsteps head away. Alex stops and turns on the shower, the floor is once again crimson red. She gets in and washes up. Her sister knocks on the door
"Alexandrea, apúrate!"
She could tell it was Adrián, she was the only one other than Alex that could speak fluent Spanish. She hated when Adrián told her to hurry up when she has her own bathroom.
"Desenrosca!" Alex yelled after her.
She storms down stairs and Adrián was yelling at María. She rushes out the door trying to avoid Esteban.

"Hey, did you like last night." He winks at Alexandria as he says it

"Screw you!" Alex screams as she pushes him into the wall.

He raises a hand as my mom walks around the corner.

"Alexandria, what is all the scream for?"

"Mama, Esteban, he, last night."

"salvar el toro."

"yes mama."

She walks out the door. Tears in her eyes

"lastimoso." It was Adrián.

"for what?"

We arrive at school. Alex breathe as she walk through the doors of high school. She hopes She never has to go home. She's scared it will happen again. Alex walks to her locker and Macy, the stuck up cheerleader of the school, pushes her against the wall and slams her head against the lockers.