By Kayla Chalker 11F3

"Well I thought that 'hot' cheerleaders weren't meant to be jealous of people like us Goths, oh wait you're not a hot cheerleader so you can be." I replied fiercely. SLAP! Amy slapped me across the face and said,

"You little slut, just because Dean here doesn't want you doesn't mean you have to go off at everyone that's hotter than you." I looked at Dean and ran off choking back tears.

"Jessica wait!  Amy you shall pay for that little stunt you have just pulled, oh and it's a promise not a threat." Dean said and ran after me. Behind me I heard another SLAP! harder this time, I knew that Bethany had done it.

'Thank you Bethany.' I thought as I kept running. I was lucky that the train station was only 600 metres away from the school. I wanted to stop and just cry but I knew that if I did someone would see me and then they would pity me, and I don't like that, so I kept running.

"Jessica wait please!" Dean said as he ran after me. But as I ran to the train station all I could think about was what Amy had said and done to me.

'That bitch! How could she say something like that and then slap me?' I started to tear up.

"Jessica please stop, please." Dean pleaded.

"NO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" I yelled back in sobs and tears.

"But I want to help, please just stop." Dean yelled but I didn't listen. As I got on the train I was trying not to make eye contact with anyone. As I sat down I grabbed the book I was reading out of my bag and to the page I was on and tried to read.

"Jessica where are you?" I heard Dean say as he ran past me and gave up and sat down. As the train had started to move I was about to get up and move before Dean could see me but suddenly I heard the door open and a man walked through it.

"Everyone on the ground, right now." said the man. Everyone looked at him then went back to what they were doing. BANG! was the sound that came from the man and everyone but myself fell to the floor.

'What's going on, why can't I move?' I questioned myself.

"Look love I said on the ground, NOW!" said the gunman. Still I couldn't move, I was frozen with fear.

'Don't be scared, that's what he wants, he can smell your fear.' I thought but still nothing happened. BANG! I heard a scream come from Dean; at first I thought that he was hurt. I tried to get up and see if that what I thought was true when suddenly I felt something hot and watery running down my body, I looked down to see that I was bleeding from my stomach. My book fell out of my other hand and fell to the floor.

"JESSICA!" Dean yelled out and then he ran and caught me in time. Suddenly I saw that all my life was flashing right in front of me, when I was a baby to Amy slapping me. Suddenly I felt Dean catch me but everything was disappearing into darkness rapidly,

"Jessica you can't leave me please, I love you, I love you so much." Dean said to me while choking back tears.

"Dean I have always loved you... and now I know that I shall die knowing that you loved me back." I said and smiled weakly as I looked at him, his eyes were red and his face was tear stained. Suddenly I felt his lips on mine, we were kissing and I never wanted anything else at that time. After we had stopped kissing, with my final ounce of strength I said

"Dean, you just gave me my final wish... please remember that I love you and that I shall always be with you... please tell my mum th..." And after that I finally gave up and let the darkness take over.

"JESSICA NO! PLEASE WAKE UP! I NEED YOU, I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU, if only I could have done something to stop this." Dean sobbed and held me in his arms tight. But he knew that there was nothing that he could have done for me. There's only one smell in the air... DEATH.

But there's one question that's unanswered... How did it come to this?



This Morning...

"Jessica, honey time to wake up, it's a school day." My mother yelled up stairs.

"Yes mum I'm getting up." I replied still mostly asleep.

'Why do I have to do to school today I mean there's nothing important I have to do.' I thought as I walked down stairs to the smell of toast.

"Ah you're up, here have some toast." Mum said and I wasn't going to say no because I didn't need to hear her little 'How breakfast is the most important meal of the day' speech. As she was walking to the dishwasher she said,

"Remember that you have school photos today and you have to look your best."

'SHIT! I forgot about that.' I thought as I choked on the piece of toast.

"You forgot didn't you?" Mum asked and I nodded.

"Well don't worry, well you better go and get ready for school." Mum verbalized and I walked back to my room. Every one of my school photos my mother had gone off at me because all gothic people are 'evil and believe in the devil' well that's what she told me anyways. But I knew better because I'm not one of those so-called 'devil-believers'.

"This year is going to be different." I said to myself. I looked for the only thing in my wardrobe that wasn't black and placed it on my bed and went to have a shower.

Once I got to school I was walking towards the group when I saw them look at me and start to walk away.

"Wait, it's me." I yelled and then they stopped and looked around.

"Jessica, what the hell are you wearing?" Bethany asked.

"My mum kinda wanted a nice picture so I wore this." I replied and pointed down at what I was wearing.

"You look like a goddamn cheerleader, so bright and bubby." Bethany replied with a disgraceful tone.

"Well do you have anything that I can put over it until school photos?" I asked.

"Here... have my jacket, and besides you don't look to bad in a skirt." Dean stated as he walked up to me and placed his jacket around me, all while I blushed.

'Wow Dean thinks I look hot in a skirt. Note to self: Buy some black skirts.' I thought as he was saying something.

"I'm sorry what did you say?" I asked.

"I said that you might even suit the whole colour thing." Dean answered and again I blushed. Suddenly the bell went and we all left in our different directions.

Through out the day everyone was bagging me out about how colours were my type of thing. When suddenly we were lining up Amy Knight walked up and she said,

"Well, well who said that a Goth couldn't try to change."

"Grow up Amy." I whispered as I turned to face the photographer.

"Smile my dear...1,2,3." The photographer uttered and I smiled.

"Wow that must be a real smile because that sure wasn't what I thought a fake smile would look like." I heard Dean say as he walked up.

"Well maybe it was a real smile because I'm in a good mood today, even if certain people try to destroy it." I replied looking towards Amy.

"Haha that's really funny because I thought that Goths couldn't have good moods." Amy said as she walked up to me.

'Right that's enough of all this bullshit.' I thought.

"Well I thought that 'hot' cheerleaders weren't meant to be jealous of people like us Goths, oh wait you're not a hot cheerleader so you can be." I replied fiercely. SLAP! Amy slapped me across the face and said,

"You little slut, just because Dean here doesn't want you doesn't mean you have to go off at everyone that's hotter than you." I looked at Dean and ran off choking back tears.

"Jessica wait!  Amy you shall pay for that little stunt you have just pulled, oh and it's a promise not a threat." Dean said and ran after me. Behind me I heard another SLAP! harder this time, I knew that Bethany had done it.

'Thank you Bethany.' I thought as I kept running. I was lucky that the train station was only 600 metres away from the school. I wanted to stop and just cry but I knew that if I did someone would see me and then they would pity me, and I don't like that, so I kept running.

"Jessica wait please!"...