Chapter 5: A Walk Through Memory Lane

I walk out of the dorm building and down the concrete path. As I'm walking down the path memories and flashbacks start to cross my mind as I walk.

Triggering scenes ahead!

-------Flashbacks-------------------

Age 8:

"Daddy, can I go to school this time?", I ask my father and he glares at me and throws his beer bottle at me.

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO FUCKING TELL YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL EVER AGAIN!", he yells in my face as I cry blood trickling down the side of my head.

Age 7:

"Daddy, I made you something.", I say as I hand him a picture of is and it said happy fathers day. He rips it to pieces and pushes me to the ground kicking me everywhere.

"YOU! STUPID! PATHETIC! ASS BITCH!", he yelled in between kicks.

"YOU! NEVER! DO! ANYTHING! RIGHT! YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL FATHER'S CORRECTLY!", he yells at me getting on top of me and he pulled put his knife pulling my shirt up and cutting me.

----Flashbacks over------------

I guess I run into someone cause I fall backwards after being pushed down to the ground.

"Watch where you're going you stupid bitch!", the kid yells and I dont even bother worrying about it and continue walking.

I find myself surrounded by trees and I sit against one. After a few minutes I start heading back to the dorm building and back to the dorm.

I walk in and I'm engulfed by into a hug by multiple people.

"What the hell?", I questioned confused.

"It's called hugging.", I hear Blake say and I roll my eyes.

"I know we haven't even known each other for a whole day but we still care about you.", I hear Yasmine say and see everyone nod. I feel tears fill my eyes but I push them to the side.

"Alright alright, I care about you guys too now, let me go I'm tired.", I say and they let go of me and I climb up into my bed.

"Goodnight guys.", I say and they say it back. Even though I know I'm most likely not gonna be able to sleep but still.

I hear the door open then close then I heard shuffling and somebody getting in bed.

"You're not gonna go to sleep, are you?", he asks and I roll over and shake my head.

"Probably not, why?", I ask

"Can you keep a secret?", he asks and I nod.

"Good, in about thirty minutes or so we're gonna be leaving the dorms and doing something, got it?", he asks and I nod hesitantly. I roll over grabbing stuff animal and facing the wall.

-----30 minutes later-------------------------

It's been about thirty minutes and I hear a bit of shuffling again. I feel a tap on my shoulder and not wincing this time since i was expecting it.

"You ready?", he asks and I nod. He motions for me to follow him and I do so.

We walk out of the building and I see Blake, Yasmine, and Aaron standing by a tree.

"Okay, please don't tell me that you guys are gonna kill me now.", I say and he laughs quietly.

"Anyways come on.", he says and we walk a little faster towards them but quieter.

"What is she doing here?", Blake asked looking at Dylan.

"Okay, okay. She has insomnia an-", he goes to say but I punch him in the arm really really hard.

"Ow!", he whisper yelled

"Good, I hope it hurt.", I say and look back at them.

"What was trying to say was, that I couldn't go to sleep so he brought me with him and asked me not to spill these beans.", I say motioning to the group.

"Okay okay, we'll let you help us.", he says and I smile with a nod.

"Good now. We're going after, Mrs.Peterson.", Blake says and I nod.

"What exactly is this?", I ask

"This...", Blake says motioning to us.

"Is our way to give kids here hope.", he says

"Hope?", I ask and he nods.

"To let them know that, there is hope, that the pain that these teachers cause us will end.", He says and I smile.

"Okay so, let's get started.", he says as we walk through a path way to the academic building.