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"Matthew-" he smacked her again, silencing her. He licked across her chest.

"Leave me alone!" She found all the strength she could muster and pushed him off. He growled at her and pushed her back.

Skaii staggered backwards until she lost her balance and tripped on the row behind her.

The last thing she remembered was falling face down on the floor of the gym.

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Skaii?" A voice called out to her. She couldn't tell who it was because it was muffled by a long beep that seemed unending.

She opened her eyes and found herself squinting under a blinding light. All she could see was that white light and she found herself wondering if she was dying.

"Skaii?" The person called again. Then she felt a sudden jolt through her body and her eyes were clearer than it was before. A woman in a white suit was standing over with a defibrillator in her hands. She placed it on a table beside her, when she saw Skaii's eyes opened.

She grunted and tried to shift her neck to look around the room but it was stuck.

She furrowed her brow.

"Your neck is clipped in one direction so you can't see anywhere else." The woman answered her unasked question.

"Is it?" She croaked out as tears welled up in her eyes, making it impossible to see.

"Yes, it is broken, along with your left hand." The room was quiet, but she felt other people moving around. "Skaii, do you remember what happened?" The woman probed.

"No." She replied and closed her eyes, allowing the tears to freely slide down her cheeks.

Even though she didn't want to remember, she did. She remembered every second of it all. But if she said anything, it would be her words against theirs.

Every limb on her body was throbbing in unbearable pain. She bit her lip, so that it wouldn't hurt as much.

"Skaii, someone found you at the bottom of the steps. They said you were all the way up when they left you. You have to be really stoned to be clumsy at that height. Did you trip and fell?" The woman asked.

"I don't know!" She sobbed.

"Hey, can't you see that she's in pain. Leave her be until she rests. What is wrong with you people."

Skaii opened her eyes.

She knew that voice. It was a girl from school.

"Who is that?" She inquired, hoping that the girl would come closer.

"It's Emma, you probably don't know me, but I was the one that found you in the gym." The girl's voice was uneasy, she took a step closer to the bed so that Skaii could see her.

Her face instantly registered in her head.

"You're the girl that I saw on Monday." The one who I had been a complete bitch to, she wanted to add, but instead she said. "Thank you."

"That's okay." She smiled and took Skaii's hand.

"Ow!" Skaii yelped in pain.

"Oh sorry, wrong hand." She apologized with a smile.

"Okay, I think you should go now Emma. Skaii needs some rest for the medication to work quickly." The woman joined them.

Emma nodded and turned to Skaii. "Goodbye."

Instead of saying goodbye, Skaii again said, "Thank you."