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Edward slowly rose from his slumber early the next day, his body tired from his nightly activities. He looked at his bedside clock which read 05:30. His muscles ached from his thorough workout with Caddie, yet he had things to do. He got his feet under him, putting on his sweatpants and jacket. Still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes he tip-toed his way downstairs, sneakers in hand, trying to be as quiet as possible. Nobody else was up as he made his way outside and locked the door behind him.

It was dark and cold outside. He stretched as a warm up for his exercise, running down a few blocks for a good while. When he finished his workout the sun was already up, and he was drenched in sweat. He made his way back home, finding Amber ready for work in the kitchen, drinking her coffee. “Looks like someone here gets up even earlier than me” Amber said between sips. She had a look that said she was curious, but about what Edward couldn’t say. “Yeah, guess so. My dad got me used to waking up early for exercise. By the way Amber, you look really happy today. Something good happened?” Edward said while knowing the answer, recalling what he heard last night from her and her James’ bedroom “Oh, nothing special”. Edward got himself what he went into the kitchen for, a drink of water, before going upstairs and taking a cold shower. He got his things ready for school and went back downstairs to get some breakfast, finding James preparing it. Soon Caddie and Lucas joined the world of the living, making their way downstairs still in their sleep attire. “Morning” Caddie greeted after a yawn “Good morning” was the response of everybody else in the room. “Jesus Ed, how can you wake up so early and be so energetic when you slept so late last night?” Amber was surprised by this question. “How would you know at what time Ed went to bed?” “Oh, she asked me to help with her homework. She’s always postponing it and then ends up doing it at the last second.” Caddie had almost blown things, but Edward’s argument sated Amber’s curiosity before she kissed her family goodbye and headed off to work. After eating breakfast, James took the three of them to school.

The three made their way inside, Edward immediately splitting off from Lucas and Caddie to his first period class. He walked up to Hanna’s desk to talk, a few minutes still before the bell rung “Had a fun date?” “That wasn’t a date. That was just a coincidental meeting with a classmate at a bookstore. And then an asshole barged in.” Hanna said with a hint of irritation, obviously displeased. “Oh come on, you have to admit that it was a great plan! Plus, remember, you’re taking one for the whole school” “I’m taking? That was a one-time thing only. Don’t expect me to do that ever again. Do you know how hard it is to stay there minute after minute talking to someone with half your brain power who’s constantly trying to undress you with his eyes?” “Oh, the woes of a lovely maiden!” Edward said with a chuckle, but before Hannah could respond the bell rung and the teacher entered the classroom. Edward just winked at her before taking his seat behind her. In the middle of class he feels a tug on his shirt, turning around to see it was Joshua doing it “Hey dude, wanted to thank you for that thing yesterday.” “Oh, don’t thank me yet. I still remember what you tried to do yesterday, and don’t think I did that because I’m afraid of you, or because you earned it or something like that. You owe me, and I’m going to collect. Also, you got one free shot in. Next time you try something like that you’ll be unable to use that throwing arm of yours” Edward whispered to a now very stunned Joshua before turning back on his seat and paying attention to the class.

Lunch came around and Edward quickly made his way out of the classroom, before Hannah or Joshua could reach him. He dropped by his locker, placing some things inside before he made his way to the cafeteria, getting himself a tray and his lunch. “Note to self, pack lunch from school” he mumbled lowly before walking toward the tables, looking for an empty one for him to sit on. Instead he finds himself being waved at by Caddie from a table with some girls on it, presumably for him to sit with them. He made his way to the table with a shrug, what did he have to lose? He sat down next to Caddie, giving a polite nod to the other girls before being introduced. “Girls” Caddie started “This is my friend, Edward. Edward, this is Cameron” She said while referring to a cute, graceful-looking brunette, “Kelly” she said while motioning over to an athletically-built tomboyish dark-skinned girl, “And Debra” she finished by introducing a petite blonde girl “Cameron is in the Gymnastics club, Kelly is the best one of the Tae Kwon Do club and Debra is in the track club, like me”. Edward politely greeted each of the girls, but before he could say or do anything a large shadow came over his figure. “Is this the guy?” Came from a deep voice that felt more like the echo of an explosion in a cave “Yeah, it’s him” Came from a familiar voice, it was the leader of the Punk Brigade. A large hand fell onto Edward’s shoulder heavily, the girls sitting with him appearing to be unnerved or scared while Edward just turned his face to see who the hand belonged to. Behind him was a solid wall of meat in the form of 6 feet tall, 240 pounds of wide punk, with a shaved head and more ear piercings than there are needles in a hospital. “My brother here says you were disrespectful to him yesterday, isn’t that right?” “Oh, that spineless piece of shit bully was your brother?” Edward said with an exaggerated surprise in his voice “Yeah, I guess someone like that would see me defending myself as disrespect. The thing is, I have no intention of apologizing to him. I should apologize to the mashed potatoes that were forced to touch him instead. Now if you’d please let go of me, I have some pleasant ladies to talk to.”

The younger brother seemed to be full of poorly-contained anger, about mad enough to burst a vein, and the older brother squeezed his grip on Edward’s shoulder, shaking. The punk brigade’s boss seemed to be pleased with the fact that his brother appeared to be as angry as him, but he was taken by surprise when he heard his brother let out a loud laugh. He laughed for a solid 5 minutes, almost turning blue from the lack of air before he managed to calm down “I like you man, standing your ground and stating your opinion even when Shit seems to be against you. Somehow I feel like a guy like you wouldn’t disrespect someone out of the blue on his first day, so how about telling me what happened?” “Well, I don’t have much to say really. I got lunch, sat down at an empty table and your boy here” Edward said while nodding in the direction of the punk kid “Decided that the table I was on was his. Thing is, nobody from his group was even remotely close to the table, and they didn’t seem preoccupied enough to occupy ‘their’ table during lunch. But if he was so intent of having the table I was sitting on, I let him have it. I even went ahead and gave him my lunch too.” “Oh that’s all that happened? He told me he cornered you after school with some guys and tried to threaten him. Name’s Evan by the way” Evan said before turning over to his younger brother “And I don’t peg this guy here to be the type to threaten people, so I guess what he said was true. What about you stop wasting my time?” he said to his younger brother before shaking Ed’s hand “Sorry for the inconvenience man” “But bro, he disrespected me in front of the cafeteria! Your own brother! Aren’t you going to do anything?” “Look here Timmy” Evan started as Edward just smirked at the punk’s name “It seems to me you tried to intimidate him in public, and he responded in kind. Shit’s even. And even if you felt offended, deal with your own shit. Don’t call someone else to fight for you”. After this Evan made his way out of the cafeteria, and while most people were still focused on ‘Timmy’ and Edward, Edward himself turned back to his table to eat, but before he could the bell rung for his next class. He got up frustrated, making his way to his locker and bumping into Arturo using his own “Hey man, I saw that display on the Cafeteria. That guy was huge; if it were me I’d be shitting myself” “He’s only a person, like me. I have no reason to be scared of him.” “But what if he wanted to beat you up?” “Then I’d fight him. Simple. Look man, I gotta go” Edward says before closing his locker and making his way to class.

Not ten minutes into his Chemistry class Hannah turns back from her seat at him and whispers “Are you crazy? Why’re you messing with Evan and those punk guys? Don’t you have your plate full enough as is?” “I’m not crazy, and I didn’t mess with anyone. I had a pleasant conversation with Evan during lunch and that’s all” “You’re looking crazier and crazier to me” “Don’t worry, it’s not just you, it’s an effect I have on people. They either see me as crazy or dumb. I’d say I’m relaxed. I simply don’t have the time to care about things like rationality and such” Edward answered before Hannah turned back forward, turning her attention back to class. Meanwhile behind Edward, Joshua was thinking hard. ‘What did Edward mean when he said he’d collect? And he sounded really serious when he threatened me. What should I do?’. He spent a few more minutes pondering this before Edward turned to him and said “You promised you’d give me a school tour. We’re doing it after this class.” He said it in a tone that left no chance to question his call. Plus, he had him in his hand. One bad word of his and his dreams of Hanna were shattered. He just nodded before Edward turned back forward. The bell finally rung after a long, boring class. Edward got up from his seat, walking up to Hannah’s desk and saying out loud enough for the entire class to hear “Joshua’s a really good guy, he’s gonna give me a tour of the school right now”, statement which was met with whispering from all sides of the classroom. Edward made his way to his locker, Joshua not far behind, and put all of his things inside. He ended up bumping into Arturo again “Hey man” he started before noticing that Joshua was going their way, quickly excusing himself before walking off “Sorry dude gotta go”. Edward just shrugged before he turned to Joshua “Dude, tour.” ”Oh, yeah, where should we start?” “I don’t know yet, that’s why I need a tour” “Oh.” Joshua quickly took Edward around the school, taking him out to the football field and to explore the grounds before taking him to the gym and then back to the cafeteria.

As they made their way to the cafeteria people started whispering amongst themselves. Edward told Joshua that he didn’t need him to lead him around any further before going for lunch, hopefully getting a chance to eat it this time. He spotted Caddie’s group, making his way to their table before sitting down and introducing himself “Once again, ladies, my name is Edward. I’m something along the lines of Caddie’s cousin”. After this Edward could feel the questions on the minds of the three girls, but the one who spoke up first was Debra “That was brave, the way you talked to Evan. You just told his brother off in front of him like that, weren’t you afraid of him? Not even a bit?” “Why would I be?” “Well, because he’s huge. He looks like he could just wrap his hands around someone’s head and just…” She got interrupted by Kelly “Woah Debbs, too Graphical. Anyways, there’s no reason to be afraid of him. If it were me I’d just kick his ass for coming at me like that” “Are you sure?” Edward asked with a smile, being met by a bang on the table top by the feisty girl “Hell yeah I’m sure! He’s just a big guy, but big guys can feel pain too”. “Typical Kelly” started Cameron “Thinks that violence is the answer to everything.” “What do you mean by that? Are you calling me a brute?” Kelly asked hotly before Edward just said between bites “No, she called you impulsive” “Now YOU are calling me things! What gives you the right? I should just kick your ass right now!” “What’s stopping you? How about we go out to the football field and we see what you can do?” Edward says calmly, causing her to get even further angered and to stand up “Fine! See you there after school!” before stomping off.

“Uh-oh” came from Debra. “What’s wrong?” Edward asked curiously “I haven’t seen her this angry since Allison Stone made out with her now ex-boyfriend” “And why is that a problem?” “Let’s just say that her Ex ended that relationship with a few less teeth.” Caddie spoke up “Are you crazy? Did you just challenge one of my best friends to a fight?” “Not really, she challenged me. And why is that a problem?” “She’s the best in her Tae Kwon Do club and at her Gym. She’s got the silver in the state Tae Kwon Do championship!” “Cool, that’s a great for her.” “You don’t get it, do you? She’s gonna kick your ass, whether you want it or not!” “I wouldn’t be so sure” Edward said before getting up from the table and disposing of his plastic tray, making his way back to class before the bell rung. On the way he finds himself flanked by the football club once again, his thoughts going back to Joshua. He doesn’t even resist and just goes on with them as he’s escorted into the bathroom with the thought of dealing with Joshua, but instead he finds himself face to face with somebody else once inside. Two of the guys from the football club go outside to watch the door, leaving only the ringleader, one of the guys he saw yesterday when Joshua did the exact same thing, and two other burly, massive guys worthy of their place in the football club on a physical point of view. “I remember you from yesterday, you’re one of Joshua’s cronies!” Edward spoke out before a fist flew his way, but he had already gotten punched for free on the face the previous day, so he had no intention of getting punched again. Instead, he sidestepped to the left before speaking “If you wanted to fight me why not just wait for after school?” “No, I don’t want to fight you. I’m here to give you a warning. Don’t think you’re in the clear just because you made friends with Evan, Josh is still the king of the school” He said before walking off “Wait” Edward spoke out “What’s your name.” “Tyler, why do you want to know? Want to know the name of the guy who’ll fuck you up if you take a wrong step?” “No, I want to know the name of the obnoxious piece of shit I will make sure I destroy” Edward said out loud, getting some snickers from the footballer trio in response.

Edward looked at his own face in the bathroom mirror. “It’s no good” he said to himself “I’m too riled up to just spend the rest of the day calm. I need to blow off this buildup.” He had a bad habit of getting overly excited over fights, losing focus on things that weren’t right in front of him. He was tapping his foot on the ground, calming himself down before the bell rung so he could sit still in class. He washed his face repeatedly, drying it off with some paper towels before exiting the bathroom, seemingly back to his regular, relaxed attitude. He made his way into the classroom, walking straight past Hannah and sitting down at his desk as the bell rung and the Psychology teacher walked into the classroom. It was such a massive coincidence how many subjects he and Hannah had in common, and Joshua as well. ‘Joshua probably just copied Hannah’s schedule to have all his classes with her’ Edward thought as the class progressed. He then suddenly turns over to Joshua, mouthing ‘later’ while giving him the most menacing, involuntary leer. Joshua felt tempted to respond in kind, but Hannah was right there and he knew he couldn’t just snap at Edward in front of her, begrudgingly nodding his consent instead. Edward struggled to keep calm, doing his best not to tap his foot during class before he couldn’t take it anymore. He raised his hand and feigned sickness “Professor, I’m not feeling so well. May I go to the nurse’s office?” “I guess you can, you really don’t look very good” said the 30-something woman teaching the subject. Joshua surprised everybody by raising his hand and offering to accompany him there “Well he’s new to the school and doesn’t know it very well Ms. Sanchez. Plus, we don’t know what might happen to him alone. What if he collapses midway?” “I guess that makes sense, help him to the Office Joshua”.

They made their way outside the classroom, walking along an empty hall before Edward suddenly pushes Joshua against a wall, gripping his neck hard and pinning him to it “I told you that any more bullshit and I’d collect. Now why did you feel the need to send your cronies to me? To make sure I understand you’re still the top dog? Is that it?” Edward asked in a hushed tone with a little bit more than anger to it. It was pure rage, stemming from years of repression, added to his small adrenalin rush earlier in the bathroom, from his encounter with Joshua’s crew. Only a bit after this did he remember that Joshua needed air to talk, loosening the grip on his throat “What do you mean?” “Acting dumb? Tyler and your other friends went after me in the bathroom today, and I intend to make him pay. Now all I need to know is why you sent them. I thought you asked me to forget about yesterday and tried to make amends. What changed?” “Nothing man, I never told Tyler to do anything. I haven’t met anybody from the football club today, they knew I was supposed to be giving you a tour. The only reason I didn’t finish the tour this break is because Ashley from the cheerleading club asked for my help!” Edward let go of Joshua’s neck, who desperately gulped in air. He was so surprised by Ed’s action that he didn’t even have the time to wonder about how he lifted someone more than 30 pounds heavier than him onto a wall with a single hand. All he thought now was that Edward was more than just talk, he was dangerous. He was more intent than ever to never have Edward collect his dues from him.

They made the rest of the way to the nurse’s office in silence. Joshua’s was a stunned, scared silence, thinking about what would have happened the previous day had Edward decided to fight back in the bathroom, and Edward’s was a silence of deep thought. He wanted to know how it so happened that Joshua got needed conveniently when it would leave him alone for picking, why Tyler went after him, and most important of all, how would he make him pay. They reached the nurse’s office with Edward saying something about a stomach ache and a head ache to the nurse before being placed on one of the stretchers. For someone that vigorous he managed quite a sick man act, Joshua thought. As Joshua made his way back to the classroom, Edward kept thinking. What step would he take now? Would it be prudent to go after Tyler now? No, messing with the big bully group right now wouldn’t do him any good. First he needs to deal with Joshua. Plus, he’s far too angry to plan carefully enough about it. For now he should just deal with the smaller problems. ‘Timmy’? No, Timmy is not currently a problem. He’s only a problem if he comes after him. Not Timmy, but Kelly. He had to deal with Kelly, but not through violence. He wouldn’t raise his hand against a woman, his parents taught him better than that. But he had to deal with it anyway. He spent the rest of his time meditating and calming down, trying to think about a way to deal with Kelly. By the time the final bell rung he was calm enough. He got up from the stretcher, thanked the nurse for his supposed treatment that had him magically feel all better and tried to make his way to the football field, where he had said he would show up.

At the football field Kelly was waiting with Cameron. She was ready to break Edward’s rude face, while Cameron tried her best to calm her friend down. Caddie and Debra had also wanted to talk her out of it, but they had a meeting of the track club to attend, as the captain and vice-captain respectively. Kelly waited for minutes on end all the while Cameron tried to talk her out of it and convince her to just talk it out. She was under the bleachers’ shadows, Cameron sitting on top of one of them when the punk brigade with Timothy himself made their way towards them. Kelly just ignored them, knowing she had nothing to do with them until she noticed they were more than yesterday, six punk guys surrounded her out of view for most people. She worriedly looked up to check up on Cameron, but luckily she had given up on persuading her and decided to go away or something of the sort. “What the fuck do you want, Timmy?” Kelly asked while crossing her arms over her chest, apparently not afraid of them “DO NOT CALL ME TIMMY! MY NAME IS BOSH! And you’re one of the bitches that was with that cunt Edward today, aren’t you? Where’s he?” “Don’t know. And even if I did, why would I tell you anything?” “Oh, you’re gonna tell us. And if you don’t, then one of your friends will. We’ll just have to go after them. But, we can still have our fun with you” Bosh said while stepping up forward. Kelly swiftly and skillfully raised her leg up to his eye level, outer part of the foot stretched out, inner part tucked in “Wanna bet?”

Bosh stepped back and just started to chuckle “We know who you are miss Silver medal. And we know something else about you” He says before pulling a small black square from his pocket, pressing it to reveal a butterfly knife. At the sight of the knife Kelly lowers her foot, shaking and backing herself up into the wall “You’re pretty familiar with one of these, right? In fact, it’s the thing that drove you to start training Tae Kwon Do with such intensity, right? You should have the scar to prove it…” He started while slowly walking over to her, lifting the hem of her shirt to show a small scar from a knife on her lower abdomen. By then all she could do was try to recoil further, but she was already against the wall. She fought back her repressed memories and the need to cry as best as she could, she wouldn’t let any asshole see her crying. Then she felt the cold blade touch her stomach and she began hyperventilating. Panic settled in as memories of a stab came back.

Just as Bosh was about to press the tip of the knife against her face Edward’s voice sounds out “Sorry to crash this party, but I was supposed to be her date, Timmy.” Edward called out, trying to shift his attention to him. His taunt works as the punk leader turns to him and walks towards him shouting “MY NAME IS BOSH!” “Sounds more like Spineless to me. Bringing six people to intimidate one little girl into going out with you? Not cool man. Why not just get the guts to ask her out?” “Oh, the girl. You came just in time. After we whoop your ass we’ll tie you down and make you watch as we take turns with her” By then Edward had already clenched his fist, his heart beating slightly faster as he reminded himself of Tyler and his gang in the bathroom earlier. He started slowly walking towards the six punks, his sight of the helpless Kelly just angering him further. He felt his anger slowly filling him up, swallowing his being. Soon he couldn’t hear anything but his own beating heart as Bosh got up to his punks. By the time Bosh had given them the order to go after him, it was already too late. He had already gotten into the zone. He didn’t feel rage anymore, he just felt glad to be fighting. He loved the feel of his blood pumping, the adrenalin in his system, the possibility of getting hurt, the feel of the bones of his opponents giving away under the strength of his fists. As the first two tried punching him one after the other he just evaded the punches, asking himself why he was fighting somebody so slow. He in response kicked one of their knees, causing him to go down with a loud pop signaling the fact that he dislocated the knee, hitting the other one with an open palm strike to the bridge of the nose with a snap, blood rushing down his face as he layed there with a broken nose before he was out with a light kick to the face. Before they had the time to react, Edward broke into a sprint, tackling the third one into a wall head-first causing him to fall unconscious, leg-sweeping another one before kicking him in the ribs with a sickening crack, causing him to grunt in pain and then headbutting the last one on the mouth, breaking some teeth before he punched him hard in the face, causing him to pass out.

Bosh and Kelly looked at the scene surprised and afraid. Afraid of the ‘thing’ that was making Edward fight like this. It was as if he breathed this, the field of battle, the destruction of his enemies, it was all natural. “What’s wrong, Timmy?” Edward taunted him. Bosh was stupid enough to fall for the taunt, rushing Edward and sliding the small blade downwards, Edward barely stepping back to avoid it but not managing completely, a thin, red line forming on his arm, some blood going down and getting on his tee. He flashed a demented smile as if he was happy about this, as if he was bored up until now. Bosh was ready to call it quits now, he was sure this kid was crazy. He had nothing else to lose, so he once again rushed Edward and this time tried to jab at his face with the knife. Edward shifted his body to the side lightly, the knife passing alongside his face as he stepped forward, hooking his arm over his opponent’s elbow and using his hand to force his forearm to the side, causing Bosh to drop his knife before he slid around his own gravity center, one of his hands on Bosh’s forearm still and the other on the shoulder of his tee as he threw him over his shoulder, slamming his body onto the concrete floor. He calmed down with a deep breath, making his way to Kelly after making sure Bosh was down “Are you okay?” Kelly nodded softly, lowering her shirt back over her stomach after her initial surprise “What was that?” “That what?” “Y’know, that.” She says while pointing at the fallen punks. Edward just shrugs “I don’t know what you mean” “You could do all that and you were going to fight me? I would’ve been screwed” “I wasn’t going to fight you. At best I’d take a few hits, but my parents raised me better than to hit a lady” “Good to know I guess” Kelly said as she made her way to her car in the school’s parking lot “Hey Edward, got a ride?” “Nah, I guess I’m legging it home” “Get on, I owe you this one.” Edward climbs into Kelly’s car before she peels away from the lot, making her way down the road. On the way Edward calls an ambulance for the downed thugs on the football field, claiming to have witnessed a turf war between rival groups. “Wait, shouldn’t you call one for yourself for that?” Kelly asks while pointing at his arm wound “Nah” Edward answers before ripping some of his shirt’s sleeve off and wrapping it around his wound “Dad taught me how to treat wounds” He starts, before then saying on a lower, sadder tone “He taught me a lot of things.”

Kelly takes a left turn a few blocks away from Edward’s, causing him to get confused “What’re you doing? Where are you taking me?” “Don’t worry, I’m taking you some place with a first aid kit” She says before pulling over in front of a Tae Kwon Do dojo, which happened to be closed. She parks her car and directs him to the back door in, going up a set of stairs into a tidy, spacious apartment, with many medals and certificates on shelves around the place, all of them in Tae Kwon Do. She pulls him into the bathroom, getting some painkillers and a first aid kit from the bathroom cabinet. She disinfects his wound before wrapping some gauze around it and tying it into a knot to keep it in place over the wound before having him pop the painkillers “Why did you have me pop painkillers?” “Because after the adrenalin rush passes you start feeling the toll of the fight on your body. It happens to me all the time in tournaments. During the fight you don’t feel much of the hits you take, but your body will remind you of them afterwards” “I have two questions for you, Kelly.” “What are they?” “First of all, where did you learn to treat wounds, and second, if you’re so good at Tae Kwon Do, why didn’t you kick Bosh’s ass? Or you could at least have run. For state silver you have to have a crazy physical conditioning” Kelly looks down to her torso, rubbing it softly over her shirt “The answer to the first question is that I taught myself how to. The answer to the second… It’s kind of a long story. Are you sure you want to hear it?” Edward simply nodded in response.

“Well, it was a few years ago. I was in 7th grade when it happened. I got out of school, and instead of going straight home like my father told me to I decided to hang out with these ‘bad girls’ because they were ‘cool’. They took us to some bad parts. They were pressuring me to do bad things. They wanted me to drink with them to be cool like them, but I ran off without them.” Kelly seemed to be more and more distressed with each passing second, but she decided to keep telling the story either way “I was being robbed. This guy attacked me with a butterfly knife, but I had nothing to give him, so he stabbed me in rage and left me there bleeding out.” By now tears were rolling down her face, but she forced herself to continue telling her story “I… I don’t remember much after that. I felt really warm, and then really cold. Then I woke up inside a hospital room. They told me I fell into a two year coma. When I came to I already had this hideous scar” she says with a light sob before lightly lifting her shirt, showing Edward the mark of the knife’s entry. “That’s why you froze when he showed the knife. That’s why you’re only a junior and not graduated yet… That’s why you’re so aggressive. You’re simply trying to defend yourself.” “I’m weak. I learnt martial arts because of that, to protect myself against things like that, but I still couldn’t do a damn thing, and now I’m crying like this in front of you. I’m pitiful” Edward took Kelly’s hand and directed it to his back, letting her feel a long, large scar along his back “That was given to me by an uncle. I had some family troubles and me and my sister were forced to live with our uncle and aunt. They wanted to treat us like property of theirs, like slaves, but I didn’t take shit and I protected my sister. That is only one of the marks of their abuse. I was lucky to come live with Caddie’s family, their family has known theirs forever, but my dad didn’t manage to file the custody papers for Cecilia in time. She’s still with them. I also used to feel weak. But wallowing in self-pity is never going to take you anywhere. If you faltered you work hard, you strengthen yourself so that you can perform better later. For now I can’t do a thing for my sister, but soon I will. Until then I can still think about her, but I can’t let that interfere with my life right now. If I can’t deal with my life right now, how can I be able to help me younger sister deal with hers when she comes here?”

Kelly leaned softly into Edward’s chest, hugging him from both comfort and empathy for the feeling of powerlessness, because she understood how he feels. Edward softly slips his hand into her shirt, feeling her scar “This here isn’t Hideous. It’s a part of your past, and your past is the thing that made you into who you are today. A beautiful and smart woman, a great friend of Caddie’s and the second best juvenile Tae Kwon Do practitioner of the state.” “Do you really mean that? Am I beautiful, even with this… thing?” Kelly asks honestly while holding his hand over her scar. “You are beautiful because you are you, and you are you because of your past. This scar is a part of your past, and it is a part of you. It is beautiful because it is part of you” Edward says with a smile before being surprised by a kiss from her. She pushes him backwards over the rim of the bathtub, falling with him into it. Edward lightly pushes her away “Kelly, you’re shaken. You don’t want to do this, not with me.” “I DO want to do this, and I want to do it with you. You made me feel beautiful with your words, now make me feel beautiful with your actions. Please!” The urgency in her voice and the look in her eyes were so intense that Edward had no other way to respond than in kind. He started kissing her softly, getting both his body and hers out of the tub, making their way to the living room couch before falling backwards onto it with her, their lips still locked in a loving kiss, their arms wrapped around each other in a sweet embrace as they changed positions so that Edward was on top. Kelly lifted her own shirt over her head, revealing a white lacy bra underneath. Edward starts slowly kissing his way down her neck as she opens strips of her own shorts, then kissing down the canyon between her bra-covered breasts, down her bellybutton and then stopping on her scar, kissing it softly. Kelly removes her own bra as Edward takes off his torn shirt, revealing his toned body to her with a gasp of both surprise and sympathy. She saw the many marks and scars over his chest, and with her hand felt the ones on his back. She mimicked him, kissing his various scars along his front, her hands caressing his back as he stripped himself of his own pants and boxers. Edward lowers his mouth to one of her breasts, nipping at the fleshy mound before inhaling the hardened nipple, softly sucking on it as his hand found it’s way into her panties, softly caressing her moist folds and her now erect nub, causing her to arch her back as she released a soft gasp, her juices flowing freely . He then took his hand out of her panties, tugging them down her longs before positioning his hard member to her entrance. As he pressed his cockhead against the tight opening of her cunt she quickly mumbled out “Take it easy, it’s my first time.” Edward could not believe her words “You’re a virgin?” Kelly nods softly “I never found anyone who made me feel pretty enough to let them have sex with me” She says meekly. Edward smiles at her, kissing her before saying “Thank you” as he pushed forward, his head entering her tight, previously unused opening. His cockhead slips in as she bucks herself against him in a hurry, letting out a pained groin as her cherry gets popped. “Are you okay?” “I’m fine, it just hurts a bit, take it slow” Edward pushed his length to the base, just letting it stay still as she accommodated his size before slowly pulling back and then driving in, her slight grunts of pain turning into moans of pleasure as her hole gets slicker and slicker. Soon Edward was driving full speed into Kelly, their joint efforts eliciting sounds of pleasure from both. Kelly felt herself nearing an orgasm, and it was a big one. Edward also felt himself close, debating on whether or not he should pull out. His dilemma was answered for him when Kelly wrapped her legs around his waist as she let out a long, loud moan, her pink walls of flesh contracting around Edward, causing him to explode inside of her, painting her innermost place in white.

Kelly sank further into the couch, Edward just marveling at her beautiful post-orgasmic face “So, how was your first time?” “It was great. I had a great partner.” “Thanks for the complement girl but that was all you.” Kelly slowly pushed Edward off, plugging her hole with her own panties as she made her way to the bathroom to clean herself. Edward did the same, washing Kelly’s juices off of his prick before putting his clothes back on and checking on his phone. 6 missed calls from Caddie and 2 from Lisa. “Damn.” “What’s wrong?” Kelly asked as she got dressed “I’m late. Got some missed calls from home” “Oh I’m sorry that’s my fault” “Don’t be, I had a great time” “I could still drive you home” Edward shrugged “That wouldn’t hurt.” Kelly went down the street, taking a right then going ahead for two blocks before taking another right. Soon she was in front of the Anthony household. As Edward opened the door, Kelly called out “Hey Ed” As Edward turned around he finds himself suddenly being kissed by Kelly before she shoved him out of the car, the last words he hears from her being “Don’t think this changes things between us”.

Edward shakes his head with a chuckle, making his way to the door to have it opened for him, Caddie being directly in front of him “Why are you so late? Cameron texted me, she said Kelly was waiting for you, then she left, and when she returned Kelly was no longer there! She tried texting her but none of the texts got answered! Don’t tell me you went ahead and fought each other!?” “Do I look like I have any missing teeth?” Edward asks with a smirk as Caddie sighs “Then why did Kelly come drop you off?” “We had a talk about her aggressiveness and we solved things between us. We’re on good terms now. So, how did the meet go?” “It was boring as all hell. It’s the fifth time we were petitioned for a change on our uniforms. We told them the same thing, aside from the fact that our current uniforms are great, they’re school-issued and their change would require a signed petition from all members of the club to be presented to the student council. And the people petitioning it at the same, week after week. The same three girls in a club of 20. Nobody else ever signs the damn thing and they never give up!” “Sounds like you had a tough time” Edward says while walking past the doorway and spotting Lucas doing homework on the living room “Oh in the name of the almighty it’s a miracle! Luke is doing his homework!” Edward says as Lucas ignores that, his attention actually on his paper. Edward goes upstairs to his room, getting his towel before stepping into the bathroom for a shower. He removed the gauze before washing off the sweat and blood. He walks out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist, once again bumping into Lisa. Jesus, it feels as if she watches him to know when he’s about to shower! ‘ Wait… Is she looking at my… Nah, must be my imagination’ Edward thought before stepping aside and walking to his room with a mumbled “Excuse me”.

He towels himself dry and dresses up in a pair of boxer shorts and a white tank top, once again wrapping his wounded arm in gauze before doing his homework. Afterwards he surfs the internet for a while, going on Facebook and updating his status to “Try to fuck with me and I’ll fuck you up, and maybe even fuck you.” Then, after a tiring day he falls back onto his bed a 6 PM and falls asleep.

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Like before, please leave your criticism and feedback on the coments. All acts depicted here are done by people over the age of consent. All similarities between the characters depicted and real people are all purely coincidental.

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Edward slowly rose from his slumber early the next day, his body tired from his nightly activities. He looked at his bedside clock which read 05:30. His muscles ached from his thorough workout with Caddie, yet he had things to do. He got his feet under him, putting on his sweatpants and jacket. Still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes he tip-toed his way downstairs, sneakers in hand, trying to be as quiet as possible. Nobody else was up as he made his way outside and locked the door behind him.

It was dark and cold outside. He stretched as a warm up for his exercise, running down a few blocks for a good while. When he finished his workout the sun was already up, and he was drenched in sweat. He made his way back home, finding Amber ready for work in the kitchen, drinking her coffee. “Looks like someone here gets up even earlier than me” Amber said between sips. She had a look that said she was curious, but about what Edward couldn’t say. “Yeah, guess so. My dad got me used to waking up early for exercise. By the way Amber, you look really happy today. Something good happened?” Edward said while knowing the answer, recalling what he heard last night from her and her James’ bedroom “Oh, nothing special”. Edward got himself what he went into the kitchen for, a drink of water, before going upstairs and taking a cold shower. He got his things ready for school and went back downstairs to get some breakfast, finding James preparing it. Soon Caddie and Lucas joined the world of the living, making their way downstairs still in their sleep attire. “Morning” Caddie greeted after a yawn “Good morning” was the response of everybody else in the room. “Jesus Ed, how can you wake up so early and be so energetic when you slept so late last night?” Amber was surprised by this question. “How would you know at what time Ed went to bed?” “Oh, she asked me to help with her homework. She’s always postponing it and then ends up doing it at the last second.” Caddie had almost blown things, but Edward’s argument sated Amber’s curiosity before she kissed her family goodbye and headed off to work. After eating breakfast, James took the three of them to school.

The three made their way inside, Edward immediately splitting off from Lucas and Caddie to his first period class. He walked up to Hanna’s desk to talk, a few minutes still before the bell rung “Had a fun date?” “That wasn’t a date. That was just a coincidental meeting with a classmate at a bookstore. And then an asshole barged in.” Hanna said with a hint of irritation, obviously displeased. “Oh come on, you have to admit that it was a great plan! Plus, remember, you’re taking one for the whole school” “I’m taking? That was a one-time thing only. Don’t expect me to do that ever again. Do you know how hard it is to stay there minute after minute talking to someone with half your brain power who’s constantly trying to undress you with his eyes?” “Oh, the woes of a lovely maiden!” Edward said with a chuckle, but before Hannah could respond the bell rung and the teacher entered the classroom. Edward just winked at her before taking his seat behind her. In the middle of class he feels a tug on his shirt, turning around to see it was Joshua doing it “Hey dude, wanted to thank you for that thing yesterday.” “Oh, don’t thank me yet. I still remember what you tried to do yesterday, and don’t think I did that because I’m afraid of you, or because you earned it or something like that. You owe me, and I’m going to collect. Also, you got one free shot in. Next time you try something like that you’ll be unable to use that throwing arm of yours” Edward whispered to a now very stunned Joshua before turning back on his seat and paying attention to the class.

Lunch came around and Edward quickly made his way out of the classroom, before Hannah or Joshua could reach him. He dropped by his locker, placing some things inside before he made his way to the cafeteria, getting himself a tray and his lunch. “Note to self, pack lunch from school” he mumbled lowly before walking toward the tables, looking for an empty one for him to sit on. Instead he finds himself being waved at by Caddie from a table with some girls on it, presumably for him to sit with them. He made his way to the table with a shrug, what did he have to lose? He sat down next to Caddie, giving a polite nod to the other girls before being introduced. “Girls” Caddie started “This is my friend, Edward. Edward, this is Cameron” She said while referring to a cute, graceful-looking brunette, “Kelly” she said while motioning over to an athletically-built tomboyish dark-skinned girl, “And Debra” she finished by introducing a petite blonde girl “Cameron is in the Gymnastics club, Kelly is the best one of the Tae Kwon Do club and Debra is in the track club, like me”. Edward politely greeted each of the girls, but before he could say or do anything a large shadow came over his figure. “Is this the guy?” Came from a deep voice that felt more like the echo of an explosion in a cave “Yeah, it’s him” Came from a familiar voice, it was the leader of the Punk Brigade. A large hand fell onto Edward’s shoulder heavily, the girls sitting with him appearing to be unnerved or scared while Edward just turned his face to see who the hand belonged to. Behind him was a solid wall of meat in the form of 6 feet tall, 240 pounds of wide punk, with a shaved head and more ear piercings than there are needles in a hospital. “My brother here says you were disrespectful to him yesterday, isn’t that right?” “Oh, that spineless piece of shit bully was your brother?” Edward said with an exaggerated surprise in his voice “Yeah, I guess someone like that would see me defending myself as disrespect. The thing is, I have no intention of apologizing to him. I should apologize to the mashed potatoes that were forced to touch him instead. Now if you’d please let go of me, I have some pleasant ladies to talk to.”

The younger brother seemed to be full of poorly-contained anger, about mad enough to burst a vein, and the older brother squeezed his grip on Edward’s shoulder, shaking. The punk brigade’s boss seemed to be pleased with the fact that his brother appeared to be as angry as him, but he was taken by surprise when he heard his brother let out a loud laugh. He laughed for a solid 5 minutes, almost turning blue from the lack of air before he managed to calm down “I like you man, standing your ground and stating your opinion even when Shit seems to be against you. Somehow I feel like a guy like you wouldn’t disrespect someone out of the blue on his first day, so how about telling me what happened?” “Well, I don’t have much to say really. I got lunch, sat down at an empty table and your boy here” Edward said while nodding in the direction of the punk kid “Decided that the table I was on was his. Thing is, nobody from his group was even remotely close to the table, and they didn’t seem preoccupied enough to occupy ‘their’ table during lunch. But if he was so intent of having the table I was sitting on, I let him have it. I even went ahead and gave him my lunch too.” “Oh that’s all that happened? He told me he cornered you after school with some guys and tried to threaten him. Name’s Evan by the way” Evan said before turning over to his younger brother “And I don’t peg this guy here to be the type to threaten people, so I guess what he said was true. What about you stop wasting my time?” he said to his younger brother before shaking Ed’s hand “Sorry for the inconvenience man” “But bro, he disrespected me in front of the cafeteria! Your own brother! Aren’t you going to do anything?” “Look here Timmy” Evan started as Edward just smirked at the punk’s name “It seems to me you tried to intimidate him in public, and he responded in kind. Shit’s even. And even if you felt offended, deal with your own shit. Don’t call someone else to fight for you”. After this Evan made his way out of the cafeteria, and while most people were still focused on ‘Timmy’ and Edward, Edward himself turned back to his table to eat, but before he could the bell rung for his next class. He got up frustrated, making his way to his locker and bumping into Arturo using his own “Hey man, I saw that display on the Cafeteria. That guy was huge; if it were me I’d be shitting myself” “He’s only a person, like me. I have no reason to be scared of him.” “But what if he wanted to beat you up?” “Then I’d fight him. Simple. Look man, I gotta go” Edward says before closing his locker and making his way to class.

Not ten minutes into his Chemistry class Hannah turns back from her seat at him and whispers “Are you crazy? Why’re you messing with Evan and those punk guys? Don’t you have your plate full enough as is?” “I’m not crazy, and I didn’t mess with anyone. I had a pleasant conversation with Evan during lunch and that’s all” “You’re looking crazier and crazier to me” “Don’t worry, it’s not just you, it’s an effect I have on people. They either see me as crazy or dumb. I’d say I’m relaxed. I simply don’t have the time to care about things like rationality and such” Edward answered before Hannah turned back forward, turning her attention back to class. Meanwhile behind Edward, Joshua was thinking hard. ‘What did Edward mean when he said he’d collect? And he sounded really serious when he threatened me. What should I do?’. He spent a few more minutes pondering this before Edward turned to him and said “You promised you’d give me a school tour. We’re doing it after this class.” He said it in a tone that left no chance to question his call. Plus, he had him in his hand. One bad word of his and his dreams of Hanna were shattered. He just nodded before Edward turned back forward. The bell finally rung after a long, boring class. Edward got up from his seat, walking up to Hannah’s desk and saying out loud enough for the entire class to hear “Joshua’s a really good guy, he’s gonna give me a tour of the school right now”, statement which was met with whispering from all sides of the classroom. Edward made his way to his locker, Joshua not far behind, and put all of his things inside. He ended up bumping into Arturo again “Hey man” he started before noticing that Joshua was going their way, quickly excusing himself before walking off “Sorry dude gotta go”. Edward just shrugged before he turned to Joshua “Dude, tour.” ”Oh, yeah, where should we start?” “I don’t know yet, that’s why I need a tour” “Oh.” Joshua quickly took Edward around the school, taking him out to the football field and to explore the grounds before taking him to the gym and then back to the cafeteria.

As they made their way to the cafeteria people started whispering amongst themselves. Edward told Joshua that he didn’t need him to lead him around any further before going for lunch, hopefully getting a chance to eat it this time. He spotted Caddie’s group, making his way to their table before sitting down and introducing himself “Once again, ladies, my name is Edward. I’m something along the lines of Caddie’s cousin”. After this Edward could feel the questions on the minds of the three girls, but the one who spoke up first was Debra “That was brave, the way you talked to Evan. You just told his brother off in front of him like that, weren’t you afraid of him? Not even a bit?” “Why would I be?” “Well, because he’s huge. He looks like he could just wrap his hands around someone’s head and just…” She got interrupted by Kelly “Woah Debbs, too Graphical. Anyways, there’s no reason to be afraid of him. If it were me I’d just kick his ass for coming at me like that” “Are you sure?” Edward asked with a smile, being met by a bang on the table top by the feisty girl “Hell yeah I’m sure! He’s just a big guy, but big guys can feel pain too”. “Typical Kelly” started Cameron “Thinks that violence is the answer to everything.” “What do you mean by that? Are you calling me a brute?” Kelly asked hotly before Edward just said between bites “No, she called you impulsive” “Now YOU are calling me things! What gives you the right? I should just kick your ass right now!” “What’s stopping you? How about we go out to the football field and we see what you can do?” Edward says calmly, causing her to get even further angered and to stand up “Fine! See you there after school!” before stomping off.

“Uh-oh” came from Debra. “What’s wrong?” Edward asked curiously “I haven’t seen her this angry since Allison Stone made out with her now ex-boyfriend” “And why is that a problem?” “Let’s just say that her Ex ended that relationship with a few less teeth.” Caddie spoke up “Are you crazy? Did you just challenge one of my best friends to a fight?” “Not really, she challenged me. And why is that a problem?” “She’s the best in her Tae Kwon Do club and at her Gym. She’s got the silver in the state Tae Kwon Do championship!” “Cool, that’s a great for her.” “You don’t get it, do you? She’s gonna kick your ass, whether you want it or not!” “I wouldn’t be so sure” Edward said before getting up from the table and disposing of his plastic tray, making his way back to class before the bell rung. On the way he finds himself flanked by the football club once again, his thoughts going back to Joshua. He doesn’t even resist and just goes on with them as he’s escorted into the bathroom with the thought of dealing with Joshua, but instead he finds himself face to face with somebody else once inside. Two of the guys from the football club go outside to watch the door, leaving only the ringleader, one of the guys he saw yesterday when Joshua did the exact same thing, and two other burly, massive guys worthy of their place in the football club on a physical point of view. “I remember you from yesterday, you’re one of Joshua’s cronies!” Edward spoke out before a fist flew his way, but he had already gotten punched for free on the face the previous day, so he had no intention of getting punched again. Instead, he sidestepped to the left before speaking “If you wanted to fight me why not just wait for after school?” “No, I don’t want to fight you. I’m here to give you a warning. Don’t think you’re in the clear just because you made friends with Evan, Josh is still the king of the school” He said before walking off “Wait” Edward spoke out “What’s your name.” “Tyler, why do you want to know? Want to know the name of the guy who’ll fuck you up if you take a wrong step?” “No, I want to know the name of the obnoxious piece of shit I will make sure I destroy” Edward said out loud, getting some snickers from the footballer trio in response.

Edward looked at his own face in the bathroom mirror. “It’s no good” he said to himself “I’m too riled up to just spend the rest of the day calm. I need to blow off this buildup.” He had a bad habit of getting overly excited over fights, losing focus on things that weren’t right in front of him. He was tapping his foot on the ground, calming himself down before the bell rung so he could sit still in class. He washed his face repeatedly, drying it off with some paper towels before exiting the bathroom, seemingly back to his regular, relaxed attitude. He made his way into the classroom, walking straight past Hannah and sitting down at his desk as the bell rung and the Psychology teacher walked into the classroom. It was such a massive coincidence how many subjects he and Hannah had in common, and Joshua as well. ‘Joshua probably just copied Hannah’s schedule to have all his classes with her’ Edward thought as the class progressed. He then suddenly turns over to Joshua, mouthing ‘later’ while giving him the most menacing, involuntary leer. Joshua felt tempted to respond in kind, but Hannah was right there and he knew he couldn’t just snap at Edward in front of her, begrudgingly nodding his consent instead. Edward struggled to keep calm, doing his best not to tap his foot during class before he couldn’t take it anymore. He raised his hand and feigned sickness “Professor, I’m not feeling so well. May I go to the nurse’s office?” “I guess you can, you really don’t look very good” said the 30-something woman teaching the subject. Joshua surprised everybody by raising his hand and offering to accompany him there “Well he’s new to the school and doesn’t know it very well Ms. Sanchez. Plus, we don’t know what might happen to him alone. What if he collapses midway?” “I guess that makes sense, help him to the Office Joshua”.

They made their way outside the classroom, walking along an empty hall before Edward suddenly pushes Joshua against a wall, gripping his neck hard and pinning him to it “I told you that any more bullshit and I’d collect. Now why did you feel the need to send your cronies to me? To make sure I understand you’re still the top dog? Is that it?” Edward asked in a hushed tone with a little bit more than anger to it. It was pure rage, stemming from years of repression, added to his small adrenalin rush earlier in the bathroom, from his encounter with Joshua’s crew. Only a bit after this did he remember that Joshua needed air to talk, loosening the grip on his throat “What do you mean?” “Acting dumb? Tyler and your other friends went after me in the bathroom today, and I intend to make him pay. Now all I need to know is why you sent them. I thought you asked me to forget about yesterday and tried to make amends. What changed?” “Nothing man, I never told Tyler to do anything. I haven’t met anybody from the football club today, they knew I was supposed to be giving you a tour. The only reason I didn’t finish the tour this break is because Ashley from the cheerleading club asked for my help!” Edward let go of Joshua’s neck, who desperately gulped in air. He was so surprised by Ed’s action that he didn’t even have the time to wonder about how he lifted someone more than 30 pounds heavier than him onto a wall with a single hand. All he thought now was that Edward was more than just talk, he was dangerous. He was more intent than ever to never have Edward collect his dues from him.

They made the rest of the way to the nurse’s office in silence. Joshua’s was a stunned, scared silence, thinking about what would have happened the previous day had Edward decided to fight back in the bathroom, and Edward’s was a silence of deep thought. He wanted to know how it so happened that Joshua got needed conveniently when it would leave him alone for picking, why Tyler went after him, and most important of all, how would he make him pay. They reached the nurse’s office with Edward saying something about a stomach ache and a head ache to the nurse before being placed on one of the stretchers. For someone that vigorous he managed quite a sick man act, Joshua thought. As Joshua made his way back to the classroom, Edward kept thinking. What step would he take now? Would it be prudent to go after Tyler now? No, messing with the big bully group right now wouldn’t do him any good. First he needs to deal with Joshua. Plus, he’s far too angry to plan carefully enough about it. For now he should just deal with the smaller problems. ‘Timmy’? No, Timmy is not currently a problem. He’s only a problem if he comes after him. Not Timmy, but Kelly. He had to deal with Kelly, but not through violence. He wouldn’t raise his hand against a woman, his parents taught him better than that. But he had to deal with it anyway. He spent the rest of his time meditating and calming down, trying to think about a way to deal with Kelly. By the time the final bell rung he was calm enough. He got up from the stretcher, thanked the nurse for his supposed treatment that had him magically feel all better and tried to make his way to the football field, where he had said he would show up.

At the football field Kelly was waiting with Cameron. She was ready to break Edward’s rude face, while Cameron tried her best to calm her friend down. Caddie and Debra had also wanted to talk her out of it, but they had a meeting of the track club to attend, as the captain and vice-captain respectively. Kelly waited for minutes on end all the while Cameron tried to talk her out of it and convince her to just talk it out. She was under the bleachers’ shadows, Cameron sitting on top of one of them when the punk brigade with Timothy himself made their way towards them. Kelly just ignored them, knowing she had nothing to do with them until she noticed they were more than yesterday, six punk guys surrounded her out of view for most people. She worriedly looked up to check up on Cameron, but luckily she had given up on persuading her and decided to go away or something of the sort. “What the fuck do you want, Timmy?” Kelly asked while crossing her arms over her chest, apparently not afraid of them “DO NOT CALL ME TIMMY! MY NAME IS BOSH! And you’re one of the bitches that was with that cunt Edward today, aren’t you? Where’s he?” “Don’t know. And even if I did, why would I tell you anything?” “Oh, you’re gonna tell us. And if you don’t, then one of your friends will. We’ll just have to go after them. But, we can still have our fun with you” Bosh said while stepping up forward. Kelly swiftly and skillfully raised her leg up to his eye level, outer part of the foot stretched out, inner part tucked in “Wanna bet?”

Bosh stepped back and just started to chuckle “We know who you are miss Silver medal. And we know something else about you” He says before pulling a small black square from his pocket, pressing it to reveal a butterfly knife. At the sight of the knife Kelly lowers her foot, shaking and backing herself up into the wall “You’re pretty familiar with one of these, right? In fact, it’s the thing that drove you to start training Tae Kwon Do with such intensity, right? You should have the scar to prove it…” He started while slowly walking over to her, lifting the hem of her shirt to show a small scar from a knife on her lower abdomen. By then all she could do was try to recoil further, but she was already against the wall. She fought back her repressed memories and the need to cry as best as she could, she wouldn’t let any asshole see her crying. Then she felt the cold blade touch her stomach and she began hyperventilating. Panic settled in as memories of a stab came back.

Just as Bosh was about to press the tip of the knife against her face Edward’s voice sounds out “Sorry to crash this party, but I was supposed to be her date, Timmy.” Edward called out, trying to shift his attention to him. His taunt works as the punk leader turns to him and walks towards him shouting “MY NAME IS BOSH!” “Sounds more like Spineless to me. Bringing six people to intimidate one little girl into going out with you? Not cool man. Why not just get the guts to ask her out?” “Oh, the girl. You came just in time. After we whoop your ass we’ll tie you down and make you watch as we take turns with her” By then Edward had already clenched his fist, his heart beating slightly faster as he reminded himself of Tyler and his gang in the bathroom earlier. He started slowly walking towards the six punks, his sight of the helpless Kelly just angering him further. He felt his anger slowly filling him up, swallowing his being. Soon he couldn’t hear anything but his own beating heart as Bosh got up to his punks. By the time Bosh had given them the order to go after him, it was already too late. He had already gotten into the zone. He didn’t feel rage anymore, he just felt glad to be fighting. He loved the feel of his blood pumping, the adrenalin in his system, the possibility of getting hurt, the feel of the bones of his opponents giving away under the strength of his fists. As the first two tried punching him one after the other he just evaded the punches, asking himself why he was fighting somebody so slow. He in response kicked one of their knees, causing him to go down with a loud pop signaling the fact that he dislocated the knee, hitting the other one with an open palm strike to the bridge of the nose with a snap, blood rushing down his face as he layed there with a broken nose before he was out with a light kick to the face. Before they had the time to react, Edward broke into a sprint, tackling the third one into a wall head-first causing him to fall unconscious, leg-sweeping another one before kicking him in the ribs with a sickening crack, causing him to grunt in pain and then headbutting the last one on the mouth, breaking some teeth before he punched him hard in the face, causing him to pass out.

Bosh and Kelly looked at the scene surprised and afraid. Afraid of the ‘thing’ that was making Edward fight like this. It was as if he breathed this, the field of battle, the destruction of his enemies, it was all natural. “What’s wrong, Timmy?” Edward taunted him. Bosh was stupid enough to fall for the taunt, rushing Edward and sliding the small blade downwards, Edward barely stepping back to avoid it but not managing completely, a thin, red line forming on his arm, some blood going down and getting on his tee. He flashed a demented smile as if he was happy about this, as if he was bored up until now. Bosh was ready to call it quits now, he was sure this kid was crazy. He had nothing else to lose, so he once again rushed Edward and this time tried to jab at his face with the knife. Edward shifted his body to the side lightly, the knife passing alongside his face as he stepped forward, hooking his arm over his opponent’s elbow and using his hand to force his forearm to the side, causing Bosh to drop his knife before he slid around his own gravity center, one of his hands on Bosh’s forearm still and the other on the shoulder of his tee as he threw him over his shoulder, slamming his body onto the concrete floor. He calmed down with a deep breath, making his way to Kelly after making sure Bosh was down “Are you okay?” Kelly nodded softly, lowering her shirt back over her stomach after her initial surprise “What was that?” “That what?” “Y’know, that.” She says while pointing at the fallen punks. Edward just shrugs “I don’t know what you mean” “You could do all that and you were going to fight me? I would’ve been screwed” “I wasn’t going to fight you. At best I’d take a few hits, but my parents raised me better than to hit a lady” “Good to know I guess” Kelly said as she made her way to her car in the school’s parking lot “Hey Edward, got a ride?” “Nah, I guess I’m legging it home” “Get on, I owe you this one.” Edward climbs into Kelly’s car before she peels away from the lot, making her way down the road. On the way Edward calls an ambulance for the downed thugs on the football field, claiming to have witnessed a turf war between rival groups. “Wait, shouldn’t you call one for yourself for that?” Kelly asks while pointing at his arm wound “Nah” Edward answers before ripping some of his shirt’s sleeve off and wrapping it around his wound “Dad taught me how to treat wounds” He starts, before then saying on a lower, sadder tone “He taught me a lot of things.”

Kelly takes a left turn a few blocks away from Edward’s, causing him to get confused “What’re you doing? Where are you taking me?” “Don’t worry, I’m taking you some place with a first aid kit” She says before pulling over in front of a Tae Kwon Do dojo, which happened to be closed. She parks her car and directs him to the back door in, going up a set of stairs into a tidy, spacious apartment, with many medals and certificates on shelves around the place, all of them in Tae Kwon Do. She pulls him into the bathroom, getting some painkillers and a first aid kit from the bathroom cabinet. She disinfects his wound before wrapping some gauze around it and tying it into a knot to keep it in place over the wound before having him pop the painkillers “Why did you have me pop painkillers?” “Because after the adrenalin rush passes you start feeling the toll of the fight on your body. It happens to me all the time in tournaments. During the fight you don’t feel much of the hits you take, but your body will remind you of them afterwards” “I have two questions for you, Kelly.” “What are they?” “First of all, where did you learn to treat wounds, and second, if you’re so good at Tae Kwon Do, why didn’t you kick Bosh’s ass? Or you could at least have run. For state silver you have to have a crazy physical conditioning” Kelly looks down to her torso, rubbing it softly over her shirt “The answer to the first question is that I taught myself how to. The answer to the second… It’s kind of a long story. Are you sure you want to hear it?” Edward simply nodded in response.

“Well, it was a few years ago. I was in 7th grade when it happened. I got out of school, and instead of going straight home like my father told me to I decided to hang out with these ‘bad girls’ because they were ‘cool’. They took us to some bad parts. They were pressuring me to do bad things. They wanted me to drink with them to be cool like them, but I ran off without them.” Kelly seemed to be more and more distressed with each passing second, but she decided to keep telling the story either way “I was being robbed. This guy attacked me with a butterfly knife, but I had nothing to give him, so he stabbed me in rage and left me there bleeding out.” By now tears were rolling down her face, but she forced herself to continue telling her story “I… I don’t remember much after that. I felt really warm, and then really cold. Then I woke up inside a hospital room. They told me I fell into a two year coma. When I came to I already had this hideous scar” she says with a light sob before lightly lifting her shirt, showing Edward the mark of the knife’s entry. “That’s why you froze when he showed the knife. That’s why you’re only a junior and not graduated yet… That’s why you’re so aggressive. You’re simply trying to defend yourself.” “I’m weak. I learnt martial arts because of that, to protect myself against things like that, but I still couldn’t do a damn thing, and now I’m crying like this in front of you. I’m pitiful” Edward took Kelly’s hand and directed it to his back, letting her feel a long, large scar along his back “That was given to me by an uncle. I had some family troubles and me and my sister were forced to live with our uncle and aunt. They wanted to treat us like property of theirs, like slaves, but I didn’t take shit and I protected my sister. That is only one of the marks of their abuse. I was lucky to come live with Caddie’s family, their family has known theirs forever, but my dad didn’t manage to file the custody papers for Cecilia in time. She’s still with them. I also used to feel weak. But wallowing in self-pity is never going to take you anywhere. If you faltered you work hard, you strengthen yourself so that you can perform better later. For now I can’t do a thing for my sister, but soon I will. Until then I can still think about her, but I can’t let that interfere with my life right now. If I can’t deal with my life right now, how can I be able to help me younger sister deal with hers when she comes here?”

Kelly leaned softly into Edward’s chest, hugging him from both comfort and empathy for the feeling of powerlessness, because she understood how he feels. Edward softly slips his hand into her shirt, feeling her scar “This here isn’t Hideous. It’s a part of your past, and your past is the thing that made you into who you are today. A beautiful and smart woman, a great friend of Caddie’s and the second best juvenile Tae Kwon Do practitioner of the state.” “Do you really mean that? Am I beautiful, even with this… thing?” Kelly asks honestly while holding his hand over her scar. “You are beautiful because you are you, and you are you because of your past. This scar is a part of your past, and it is a part of you. It is beautiful because it is part of you” Edward says with a smile before being surprised by a kiss from her. She pushes him backwards over the rim of the bathtub, falling with him into it. Edward lightly pushes her away “Kelly, you’re shaken. You don’t want to do this, not with me.” “I DO want to do this, and I want to do it with you. You made me feel beautiful with your words, now make me feel beautiful with your actions. Please!” The urgency in her voice and the look in her eyes were so intense that Edward had no other way to respond than in kind. He started kissing her softly, getting both his body and hers out of the tub, making their way to the living room couch before falling backwards onto it with her, their lips still locked in a loving kiss, their arms wrapped around each other in a sweet embrace as they changed positions so that Edward was on top. Kelly lifted her own shirt over her head, revealing a white lacy bra underneath. Edward starts slowly kissing his way down her neck as she opens strips of her own shorts, then kissing down the canyon between her bra-covered breasts, down her bellybutton and then stopping on her scar, kissing it softly. Kelly removes her own bra as Edward takes off his torn shirt, revealing his toned body to her with a gasp of both surprise and sympathy. She saw the many marks and scars over his chest, and with her hand felt the ones on his back. She mimicked him, kissing his various scars along his front, her hands caressing his back as he stripped himself of his own pants and boxers. Edward lowers his mouth to one of her breasts, nipping at the fleshy mound before inhaling the hardened nipple, softly sucking on it as his hand found it’s way into her panties, softly caressing her moist folds and her now erect nub, causing her to arch her back as she released a soft gasp, her juices flowing freely . He then took his hand out of her panties, tugging them down her longs before positioning his hard member to her entrance. As he pressed his cockhead against the tight opening of her cunt she quickly mumbled out “Take it easy, it’s my first time.” Edward could not believe her words “You’re a virgin?” Kelly nods softly “I never found anyone who made me feel pretty enough to let them have sex with me” She says meekly. Edward smiles at her, kissing her before saying “Thank you” as he pushed forward, his head entering her tight, previously unused opening. His cockhead slips in as she bucks herself against him in a hurry, letting out a pained groin as her cherry gets popped. “Are you okay?” “I’m fine, it just hurts a bit, take it slow” Edward pushed his length to the base, just letting it stay still as she accommodated his size before slowly pulling back and then driving in, her slight grunts of pain turning into moans of pleasure as her hole gets slicker and slicker. Soon Edward was driving full speed into Kelly, their joint efforts eliciting sounds of pleasure from both. Kelly felt herself nearing an orgasm, and it was a big one. Edward also felt himself close, debating on whether or not he should pull out. His dilemma was answered for him when Kelly wrapped her legs around his waist as she let out a long, loud moan, her pink walls of flesh contracting around Edward, causing him to explode inside of her, painting her innermost place in white.

Kelly sank further into the couch, Edward just marveling at her beautiful post-orgasmic face “So, how was your first time?” “It was great. I had a great partner.” “Thanks for the complement girl but that was all you.” Kelly slowly pushed Edward off, plugging her hole with her own panties as she made her way to the bathroom to clean herself. Edward did the same, washing Kelly’s juices off of his prick before putting his clothes back on and checking on his phone. 6 missed calls from Caddie and 2 from Lisa. “Damn.” “What’s wrong?” Kelly asked as she got dressed “I’m late. Got some missed calls from home” “Oh I’m sorry that’s my fault” “Don’t be, I had a great time” “I could still drive you home” Edward shrugged “That wouldn’t hurt.” Kelly went down the street, taking a right then going ahead for two blocks before taking another right. Soon she was in front of the Anthony household. As Edward opened the door, Kelly called out “Hey Ed” As Edward turned around he finds himself suddenly being kissed by Kelly before she shoved him out of the car, the last words he hears from her being “Don’t think this changes things between us”.

Edward shakes his head with a chuckle, making his way to the door to have it opened for him, Caddie being directly in front of him “Why are you so late? Cameron texted me, she said Kelly was waiting for you, then she left, and when she returned Kelly was no longer there! She tried texting her but none of the texts got answered! Don’t tell me you went ahead and fought each other!?” “Do I look like I have any missing teeth?” Edward asks with a smirk as Caddie sighs “Then why did Kelly come drop you off?” “We had a talk about her aggressiveness and we solved things between us. We’re on good terms now. So, how did the meet go?” “It was boring as all hell. It’s the fifth time we were petitioned for a change on our uniforms. We told them the same thing, aside from the fact that our current uniforms are great, they’re school-issued and their change would require a signed petition from all members of the club to be presented to the student council. And the people petitioning it at the same, week after week. The same three girls in a club of 20. Nobody else ever signs the damn thing and they never give up!” “Sounds like you had a tough time” Edward says while walking past the doorway and spotting Lucas doing homework on the living room “Oh in the name of the almighty it’s a miracle! Luke is doing his homework!” Edward says as Lucas ignores that, his attention actually on his paper. Edward goes upstairs to his room, getting his towel before stepping into the bathroom for a shower. He removed the gauze before washing off the sweat and blood. He walks out of the bathroom with only a towel around his waist, once again bumping into Lisa. Jesus, it feels as if she watches him to know when he’s about to shower! ‘ Wait… Is she looking at my… Nah, must be my imagination’ Edward thought before stepping aside and walking to his room with a mumbled “Excuse me”.

He towels himself dry and dresses up in a pair of boxer shorts and a white tank top, once again wrapping his wounded arm in gauze before doing his homework. Afterwards he surfs the internet for a while, going on Facebook and updating his status to “Try to fuck with me and I’ll fuck you up, and maybe even fuck you.” Then, after a tiring day he falls back onto his bed a 6 PM and falls asleep.

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