A Warrior Of Youth

Lissa's POV

Music class ended and I waved bye to Sandra till after the last lesson.
Jake stood by me waiting for me to pack up my stuff. I glanced at the door and caught Scout staring before she exited the classroom.
"I think Scout has it out for me. I don't think she wants me hanging out with you" I said as I got up from the keyboard.
"Don't worry about her. She'll deal with it" he said waving her off. "So, does Ohio suck a little less today?" He said giving me a playful smile.
"Umm, a little less. I still miss Philly. At least here I'm not being judged for what happened."
"What happened?"
"Promise not to say anything to anyone?"
"Promise" he said freely.
"My twin brother committed suicide. And before you ask, we weren't that close, I tried to help and I blame myself" I ranted as we walked down the hall.
"Woah. Umm, I'm so sorry. And no matter what happened, it's not your fault.... So that's why you moved here?"
"Pretty much. I think my parents were ashamed to have a son that committed suicide. We have some family here as well and I think they wanted to be with them. I on the other hand was happy staying in Philly, even if things were to change" I said shrugging.
"I'm so sorry. How are you taking it?" He asked sadly.
"I've been okay. Maybe it hasn't hit me quite yet. I keep thinking I see him, you know? Especially cause we are twins. I'll look in the mirror in the morning and Benji stares back at me" I said feeling my throat close up.
"Shit. I can't imagine what that's like" Jake said slinging his arm around me and hugging me as we walked.
I felt slightly uncomfortable, but it was nice. I looked up at him and gave him a small smile.
"So umm, what have you been working on in music? Before I interrupted you, you were playing Bring Me To Life. Your voice was awesome for it" he said awkwardly letting me out of the hug.
"Uhh, thanks. I don't know what I'm gonna try out. Mr Evans wants me to try out something with more technique. I was thinking How To Save A Life by The Fray. Not sure yet. What about you? You and your friends have some kind of band going on...?"
"Yeah, Mr Evans has been our teacher since freshmen year and when he heard the skills me and Jinxx had he was hard on us. Andy, well upon hearing how deep his voice is, his singing is amazing. Ashley, he may be a dickhead, but he can really play bass."
"You guys are quite good. I heard you guys a bit today, but I didn't hear singing."
"Yeah, Andy is lazy. He generally works on lyrics."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure" he said giving me a half smile.
"What happened between CC and Sandra? I've heard Sandra's side, but I wanna hear how you guys know it."
Jake sighed and rolled his eyes. "Not much to tell. In freshmen year we were all friends with Sandra. CC started at this school about half way through the year. They got together about 3 months later. Before CC arrived Sandra was our drummer, but CC ended up in our class and he was better. There was a struggle for a while, but they sorted it out. Sandra ended up letting CC take her spot in the band. Sandra just ended up doing her drumming thing on her own, but we think after a while she got jealous and cheated on CC in spite. That's what I think anyways."
"That's a lot to tell. Sandra told me that CC cheated on her. She said she forgave him and kept it quiet, but then he flipped the story on her to break up with her."
"What?! That's crazy! God that bitch spins some crazy lies" Jake spat.
I was a little speechless for the moment. By that time we got to our biology class and everyone was getting settled in.
The teacher saw me and raised an eyebrow before realizing I was new.
"You must be Melissa Harper."
I glanced at Jake and he pointed to the two empty seats at the back, while I went to the teachers desk.
"Actually it's just Lissa" I corrected.
"Sorry. I'm Mr Tucker, I will be your biology teacher this year. I believe you were absent yesterday?" He said giving me a suspicious look.
"Yeah, I-I, uhh, wasn't feeling well" I stammered.
"Well, here is the text book. Read through chapter one for tomorrow please" he said then dismissing me to my seat.
I dragged my feet and took my place next to Jake.
Mr Tucker talked for pretty much the whole lesson, so there was no time to return my thoughts on CC and Sandra's drama. Despite our previous conversation I continuously caught Jake sneaking looks at me.
After class we got up silently from our seats and packed up our stuff.
"Hey, umm, if you need any help, I'm happy to study with you" Jake offered as we left the classroom.
"Uhh, thanks" I said confused by the offer.
"No problem. I'll see you tomorrow" he said walking off in the opposite direction to me.
"See you" I said as I walked in the direction of my locker.
I took out my textbooks from earlier today and was about to shut my locker when someone shut it for me.
Scout leaned against the lockers beside mine. I looked over my shoulder and saw Ella and another girl standing behind me.
"Can I help you?" I said sarcastically to hide my fear.
"Yeah actually, you can stop hanging out with my boyfriend" Ella said sharply.
"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't realise I wasn't allowed to. I wasn't going to anyways, but now that I'm not allowed to, I will" I said taunting her.
"Shut the fuck up bitch! I saw you talking to Jake in music class" Scout yelled.
"He came and talked to me!" I yelled in her face.
Out of nowhere my head was slammed into the lockers.
"OWWW. FUCK. WHAT THE HELL!" I screamed as I slid to the ground.
"Stay the fuck away from Jake!" Ella yelled.
I then felt a fist hit the right side of face, causing my head to hit the lockers again.
"FUCK! OW!" I screamed again as I put my hands on my head.
I saw Scout step over me and walk off.
I tried to get up, but my head was spinning too much. I rested my head back on the lockers and shut my eyes. I don't remember anything after that.

Sandra's POV

School ended and I waited at Lissa's car for her to finish up with her last class.
After ten minutes of waiting I sent her a quick text hoping she wasn't going to be too much longer.
Hey, I'm by your car. Where are you?
Another ten minutes, no reply, no Lissa.
The parking lot was pretty much empty and most people had left. She wouldn't leave her car at the school. I headed for her locker, hoping her class just ran late.
I walked down the empty hallway where Lissa's locker was and saw a figure lying on the ground.
"Lissa?" I said as I neared her. She didn't respond.
"Lissa!" I screamed as I knelt down beside her.
"Fucking hell, Lissa!"
Her face was bruised and there was blood on her hand.
I shook her in panic, but she wasn't waking up.

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