• I thought I was choking. I might have been because I fell down into the water. My wrists were bleeding through the slits I created. I tried to scream but it was no use. I kept sinking down and farther into the abyss. Forgotten. My body was cold for a moment. I was turning into the death porcelian color you might see a corpse before the burial. Someone grabbed my hand. My eyes were shut so I couldn't see them. The voice was familiar. It was sweet and the tenderness made me feel at peace. But I wasn't ready to leave. Or was I? The voice kept calling me. I remember who it was. Jack, my boyfriend. How did this happen? How did I drown? "Alice. Alice, wake up. Please wake up baby I need you. Alice, Alice." I opened my eyes. I was sitting in his lap wrapped in a blanket. It wasn't cold outside. "What happened?" Jack stared at me like I had amnesia. My friends were surrounding me. "You fell in the water. Your wrists were slit."
    "Why did you cut yourself?"
    "You didn't have to die, you know, you've got a boyfriend who cares about you."
    I stared at them like I didn't know what went on. "No wait, I didn't cut myself. Someone snuck up behind me. I swear." They stood back giving me space to breathe. There were bandages on my cuts. Who attacked me, I thought. I felt a sudden chill and looked over my shoulder. On the other side of the road was the guy. My heart sank, it was one of my many menaces. He stared at me with a gaze that hurt so much. "What are you looking at?" I turned to my friend. "I thought I saw Charlie. He was standing over there. I just saw him." She looked at me. "I don't see no one over there." I stared at the side of the road, he was there behind the trees, hiding from them. Smart a*****e. "Leave me alone!" He just kept staring at me.

    I was sitting in the passenger seat and Jack was driving. He looked at the road and talked to me. "Alice. Don't do that again. You know I love you and it breaks my heart to see you do that." I looked at him. "I didn't do it I mean it. I never want to do it. Someone, which was Charlie, grabbed my wrists and slit them and pushed me into the water. I'm dead serious." His arms were tenesed. I got him angry. "Sorry. I went too far." He put on the brakes and parked the car outisde the diner. "Baby, don't assume. Lets's get something to eat and then we can discuss this later. Ok?" I stared at him becuase he was treating me like a child. "You don't believe me? I saw him on the other side of the road, Jack. He was behind the trees and bush. He was staring right at me." He sighed and got out of the car. "I'm gonna get something to go for us to eat. We need to get back to the school." I ignored him. Don't assume yeah right, I thought, why else would Charlie have a grudge?