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Chapter 4

     At last the final bell rang that signaled the end of school. It felt like it took forever to get to that moment. Sara watched the minute hand as it made its way around the clock over and over again. Waited for the bell to sound, just to start anew in a different room. Listened to the endless tick that weighed heavy on her patience until she felt like screaming. But that was all behind her now. She gathered her things and left the room. As she went through the crowded hall she never scanned the faces of the people that past, because she was afraid of what she'd see. All the cruel sneers and glares that haunted her dreams. To hear the laughing and pointing that never ceased to follow her. So she kept her head down and walked faster to her locker. Once there Sara tried to put in her combination but she was rushed, she past the last number and had to start again. She slowed down and got it to open. Sara threw her things in; she wanted to be ready so Kari didn't have to wait. After the door was closed she looked down the hall for Kari and paled as she saw the girls from yesterday coming right at her from the end of the hall. Oh no! They leered at her as they weaved through the crowded hall that slowed they're pace. Sara wanted to run but her legs wouldn't work. Move! Run! Sara RUN! 8 lockers away, getting closer, Kari... but they stopped. Sara finally backed up to turn tail and run when she bumped into someone.
     "Whoa!" At the familiar voice she spun around, and was face to face with Kari. Relief rushed through her and she almost cried.

     "Hey Sara! Thanks for... wait, what's wrong?" The look of terror on Sara's face told her everything. She look up to see the three bitches that hurt Sara. Her dark brown ears shot back as she glared at them, fangs bared. They backed away and left. "Forget about Barbie and her clones." She smiled at Sara "As I was going to say before, thanks for waiting. Got everything?"
     "Uh yeah."
     "Cool. Let’s go!"
     A thought came to Sara as they left the school gates. "Um Kari...?"
     "Yeah?"
     "Why haven’t I ever seen you at school before today?"
     "Oh uh... I just transferred here last week." Not quite making eye contact.
     "In the middle of the year?!"
     "Yep. It's a long story. I'll tell ya later." Kari had to change the subject. Fast. "So... which house is yours?"
     "Oh um... that one. With the blue shutters." Sara runs a bit ahead and points to a white house about half way up the street with baby blue shutters and door. On the second floor Kari could see a sliding glass door that led out to a small taros with ivy growing on the bars. It had a little garden in the front with trees and bushes. Just as simple as every other house on the block but to Kari it looked like a paradise. She snapped out of her trance to find Sara staring at her.
     "Its so pretty." she blurted out, not wanting to seem weird for gawking.
     "Thank you." Sara opened the little gate door. "Do you want t-to maybe c-come in?" she barley got the sentence out, she was so nervous.
     "Uh oh no, I'd love to but I can't!" I really really want to! "My dad wants me to come straight home to clean my room today. It's a total sty." Says him!
     "Oh." Sara said trying not to look as disappointed as she felt. But didn't do to well.
     "Ooo it's Saturday tomorrow though, we should do something!!" Kari jumped the chance to see Sara smile again.
     "Yeah that would good!" She brightened and ears perked.
     "Great! I'll call you then. See you tomorrow!"Such a cute smile. Kari turned and walked away but didn't get far before looking back and waving. Sara smiled and waved as she went in the house.

     As Sara shut the door she breathed a sigh and leaned back agensted it, closing her eyes. I have a friend. Excitement boiled up inside her and she let it all out at once. She jumped up and down; spun in circles till she hit the floor; all while screaming at the top of her lungs "I HAVE A FRIEND!" over and over. Tears streamed down her face when all the commotion made her mom poke her head out of the kitchen.
     "Hun? What’s wrong?" she had long black hair that in the light shined with a violet tint. Such bright jade eyes you could swear they glow. She was the prettiest thing in her daisy sun dress of lime green and that pink frilly apron. She rushed over to Sara. "Sara baby tell me what’s the matter?!" falling to her knees in front of Sara to look her over.
     "I'm *Hic*... fine." she could barley get it out.
     "Then why are you crying?!" she was afraid someone had hurt her again.
     "I...have a *Hic*...friend." Sara smiled through the tears.
     "Oh sweetheart!" she flung her arms around her neck and pulled Sara close. "It's about time, I'm so happy for you!" her mom hugged her tight as they cried together. Sara knew her mother blamed herself for all the torment Sara went through and it killed her because Sara didn't blame her so she shouldn't ether. Her mom finally let her go and started wiping Sara's tears with her apron. "This calls for French fries!" and she bounced away to make Sara's favorite food. Humming happily. Sara could still hear her as she climbed the stairs up to her room. Running in and jumping on to the bed to stare at the ceiling with a smile that might never go away.

     Kari walked up the little pathway to her front door. She knew he wouldn't be home. Not for hours, because her father liked to drink on Fridays. But it didn't matter. She felt him everywhere. In the burses on her face, the never ending pain in her head, and the cuts on her body from all the things he threw at her or threw her into. She would never feel at home here. Not a place to run to, but from. She was nothing but a slave to him. Kari cooked all his meals, which he chucked even if it was perfect. She cleaned up after his drunken ass every night, just to get her hair yanked for looking at him. So Kari went up to her room and flopped down on her bed. The same bed where she cried herself to sleep every night, wondering why he hasn’t killed her yet. With a sigh she put her palms over her eyes. "I've such a headache! Maybe a nap will help." Kari turned off the lights, then pulled the covers over her head. She curled into a ball as she slowly went to sleep.

     Kari woke up reluctantly when the alarm went off at 6pm. She still had about 4 hours before he stumbled his why home. Her arm make an appearance to slam down on the clock to stop the noise. She stretched letting the covers fall away. As she got out of bed she knocked something off the night stand. Kari turned to see her cell on the floor. Picking it up, she stares at the bunny key chain. So she flipped it open with a shrug. "What the hell." Kari smiled as started to text. Just when she hit sent the door slammed down stares.
     "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY DINNER YOU LAZY BITCH!!" roared her father in a slur.
     "Damn he's home early!" she threw her phone on the bed as she ran out the door.

     "Mmm that felt good." Sara said as she returned to her room wearing nothing but a towel, fresh out of a bath. When she shut the door she heard a funny noise. It was her cell as it vibrated off the edge of her desk. She dove for it and almost lost the towel in the process.
     "That was close." Sara sighed as she went and sat on the bed. Flipped it open and caught her breath as she read the name. Kari! she blushed a bit as she read...

      I Cant wait 4 2marrow. XD  C u at 12pm. Sweet Dreams Sara.

                                                                            Hugs
                                                                                Kari

     Sara fell back with a squeal and read it again. I still can't believe it.
She put it down only long enough to get dressed and get under the covers. Then she read it a third time, hugged the phone and fell asleep happy for the first time in what seemed like forever.

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Chapter 4

     At last the final bell rang that signaled the end of school. It felt like it took forever to get to that moment. Sara watched the minute hand as it made its way around the clock over and over again. Waited for the bell to sound, just to start anew in a different room. Listened to the endless tick that weighed heavy on her patience until she felt like screaming. But that was all behind her now. She gathered her things and left the room. As she went through the crowded hall she never scanned the faces of the people that past, because she was afraid of what she'd see. All the cruel sneers and glares that haunted her dreams. To hear the laughing and pointing that never ceased to follow her. So she kept her head down and walked faster to her locker. Once there Sara tried to put in her combination but she was rushed, she past the last number and had to start again. She slowed down and got it to open. Sara threw her things in; she wanted to be ready so Kari didn't have to wait. After the door was closed she looked down the hall for Kari and paled as she saw the girls from yesterday coming right at her from the end of the hall. Oh no! They leered at her as they weaved through the crowded hall that slowed they're pace. Sara wanted to run but her legs wouldn't work. Move! Run! Sara RUN! 8 lockers away, getting closer, Kari... but they stopped. Sara finally backed up to turn tail and run when she bumped into someone.
     "Whoa!" At the familiar voice she spun around, and was face to face with Kari. Relief rushed through her and she almost cried.

     "Hey Sara! Thanks for... wait, what's wrong?" The look of terror on Sara's face told her everything. She look up to see the three bitches that hurt Sara. Her dark brown ears shot back as she glared at them, fangs bared. They backed away and left. "Forget about Barbie and her clones." She smiled at Sara "As I was going to say before, thanks for waiting. Got everything?"
     "Uh yeah."
     "Cool. Let’s go!"
     A thought came to Sara as they left the school gates. "Um Kari...?"
     "Yeah?"
     "Why haven’t I ever seen you at school before today?"
     "Oh uh... I just transferred here last week." Not quite making eye contact.
     "In the middle of the year?!"
     "Yep. It's a long story. I'll tell ya later." Kari had to change the subject. Fast. "So... which house is yours?"
     "Oh um... that one. With the blue shutters." Sara runs a bit ahead and points to a white house about half way up the street with baby blue shutters and door. On the second floor Kari could see a sliding glass door that led out to a small taros with ivy growing on the bars. It had a little garden in the front with trees and bushes. Just as simple as every other house on the block but to Kari it looked like a paradise. She snapped out of her trance to find Sara staring at her.
     "Its so pretty." she blurted out, not wanting to seem weird for gawking.
     "Thank you." Sara opened the little gate door. "Do you want t-to maybe c-come in?" she barley got the sentence out, she was so nervous.
     "Uh oh no, I'd love to but I can't!" I really really want to! "My dad wants me to come straight home to clean my room today. It's a total sty." Says him!
     "Oh." Sara said trying not to look as disappointed as she felt. But didn't do to well.
     "Ooo it's Saturday tomorrow though, we should do something!!" Kari jumped the chance to see Sara smile again.
     "Yeah that would good!" She brightened and ears perked.
     "Great! I'll call you then. See you tomorrow!"Such a cute smile. Kari turned and walked away but didn't get far before looking back and waving. Sara smiled and waved as she went in the house.

     As Sara shut the door she breathed a sigh and leaned back agensted it, closing her eyes. I have a friend. Excitement boiled up inside her and she let it all out at once. She jumped up and down; spun in circles till she hit the floor; all while screaming at the top of her lungs "I HAVE A FRIEND!" over and over. Tears streamed down her face when all the commotion made her mom poke her head out of the kitchen.
     "Hun? What’s wrong?" she had long black hair that in the light shined with a violet tint. Such bright jade eyes you could swear they glow. She was the prettiest thing in her daisy sun dress of lime green and that pink frilly apron. She rushed over to Sara. "Sara baby tell me what’s the matter?!" falling to her knees in front of Sara to look her over.
     "I'm *Hic*... fine." she could barley get it out.
     "Then why are you crying?!" she was afraid someone had hurt her again.
     "I...have a *Hic*...friend." Sara smiled through the tears.
     "Oh sweetheart!" she flung her arms around her neck and pulled Sara close. "It's about time, I'm so happy for you!" her mom hugged her tight as they cried together. Sara knew her mother blamed herself for all the torment Sara went through and it killed her because Sara didn't blame her so she shouldn't ether. Her mom finally let her go and started wiping Sara's tears with her apron. "This calls for French fries!" and she bounced away to make Sara's favorite food. Humming happily. Sara could still hear her as she climbed the stairs up to her room. Running in and jumping on to the bed to stare at the ceiling with a smile that might never go away.

     Kari walked up the little pathway to her front door. She knew he wouldn't be home. Not for hours, because her father liked to drink on Fridays. But it didn't matter. She felt him everywhere. In the burses on her face, the never ending pain in her head, and the cuts on her body from all the things he threw at her or threw her into. She would never feel at home here. Not a place to run to, but from. She was nothing but a slave to him. Kari cooked all his meals, which he chucked even if it was perfect. She cleaned up after his drunken ass every night, just to get her hair yanked for looking at him. So Kari went up to her room and flopped down on her bed. The same bed where she cried herself to sleep every night, wondering why he hasn’t killed her yet. With a sigh she put her palms over her eyes. "I've such a headache! Maybe a nap will help." Kari turned off the lights, then pulled the covers over her head. She curled into a ball as she slowly went to sleep.

     Kari woke up reluctantly when the alarm went off at 6pm. She still had about 4 hours before he stumbled his why home. Her arm make an appearance to slam down on the clock to stop the noise. She stretched letting the covers fall away. As she got out of bed she knocked something off the night stand. Kari turned to see her cell on the floor. Picking it up, she stares at the bunny key chain. So she flipped it open with a shrug. "What the hell." Kari smiled as started to text. Just when she hit sent the door slammed down stares.
     "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY DINNER YOU LAZY BITCH!!" roared her father in a slur.
     "Damn he's home early!" she threw her phone on the bed as she ran out the door.

     "Mmm that felt good." Sara said as she returned to her room wearing nothing but a towel, fresh out of a bath. When she shut the door she heard a funny noise. It was her cell as it vibrated off the edge of her desk. She dove for it and almost lost the towel in the process.
     "That was close." Sara sighed as she went and sat on the bed. Flipped it open and caught her breath as she read the name. Kari! she blushed a bit as she read...

      I Cant wait 4 2marrow. XD  C u at 12pm. Sweet Dreams Sara.

                                                                            Hugs
                                                                                Kari

     Sara fell back with a squeal and read it again. I still can't believe it.
She put it down only long enough to get dressed and get under the covers. Then she read it a third time, hugged the phone and fell asleep happy for the first time in what seemed like forever.