7.

David:

The whole drive was silent. I could feel his eyes on me. He sighed from time to time. Maybe he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it. i looked over to see he was looking out the window. I took time to admire his body. He wasn't so muscular but he was perfect.

Something about him attracted me. I looked over his bruises and got more angry. I gripped the steering wheel tighter and sighed. He looked over at me and we looked into each other's eyes. I saw his fear and confusion. I also saw vunerabilty and bitterness! Why was he bitter? He looked away and I looked back to the road thinking of the numerous bruises I saw on his body.

Why did he have so many bruises. I wanted to believe that Alex did all that but it didn't make sense. Those where knife marks or something else. Who could be doing this too him? Could it be his parents? Come to think of it I've never seen his parents. Nobody knows anything about him except his friend Sophia. I guess I have to ask her.

I entered the parking lot and parked the car. I looked over to see he was sleeping. 'Daniel', I said touching him a little. No reply. I opened the door and went to his side. I carried him bridal style. I walked into the hospital and a nurse came with a stretcher. I put him on it and they took him to a room.

My phone started ringing and walked away to pick it. 'Hey mom', I said into the phone trying to sound as normal as possible. 'Where are you?'. She sounded mad. I tried to form a little story in my head but decided to tell her everything. 'At the hospital'. 'Which hospital? What happened? Are you okay?', she asked almost immediately.

I heard the sound of keys. 'Mom calm down. I'm fine. Nothing happened. I will be back soon'. 'Okay. Be careful', she said sounding more relieved. 'Yes. I have to go. Bye'. I walked back to the room. The nurses and doctors had already left. I looked at the wounds that were now covered on his body. I took him hand in mine and looked at his face.

He looked more peaceful and smiled in his sleep. 'Who did this to you', I whispered looking at his wounds again. I looked at his face once more before I stood up and left his room. I walked quickly to my car and drove. It was already 3:56pm .I parked my car and walked into the school.

I entered the hallway looking around. There was no sign of her. I walked into the cafeteria and everyone stopped everything they where doing and looked in my direction. I looked around and finally saw Sophia. I went to her table taking a seat. She looked at me confusingly.

'Can I help you?', she said. 'Yes I need your help with something. You have to follow me'. I stood up telling her to follow me. She looked hesitantly before she followed me. We walked to an empty classroom. 'So?', she said folding her hand waiting for me to say something. 'Its about Daniel'.

'What happened?'. I took a deep breath thinking of how to tell her. 'He's in the hospital.Alex beat him up this morning and I took him to the hospital'. It probably sounded like a lie to her because I wasn't someone who helped people. 'You beat him also didn't you'. I looked over at her to see nothing but hate. 'No. I didn't', I said raising my hands in surrender.

'Why are you helping him. You never helped him all these days'. I scratched the back of my head knowing she was looking at me. 'I just.....it's complicated', I said after sometime. 'Which hospital. I'm going to see him'. 'I will take you', I said sternly walking towards the door. 'This doesn't make us friends'. 'Sure', I said rolling my eyes.

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