Gothic Hearts part 3

Savanna had never been so happy before in her life. He liked her. He actually wanted to be friends. Ryan smiled.  "do you wanna go get lunch?" He asked. She looked at him. "I-I don't get free lunch. So I-I normally don't eat." He stood. "I'll share mine with you. You look hungry." He said.  She nodded and stood, going into the lunchroom with him. He got his lunch and shared it with her. After they we're done eating, he said "Do you want my phone number? Just so you could talk to me if you need to?" She nodded "O-okay." They took their phones out and he showed her his phone number, and she put it in her phone. "So, why don't you tell me more about yourself? What's your favorite color?" He asked. "B-blue, as you can probably tell by the tips of my bangs." She said. He smiled. "Mine is red. What's your favorite genre of music?"
"Rock. I listen to lots of bands. My favorite is Panic! At The Disco." She said.
"That's cool. They're my favorite band too. What's your favorite song?" He asked.
"Lots of them really, I can't choose between like, 12 or something." She said.
"My favorite song by them is Sarah Smiles." He said.
"Yeah, that's a good one. So is Lying Is The Most Fun." She said.
"And Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time." He said.
"Do you like Death Of A Bachelor?" She asked, excitement beginning to rise in her voice. He noticed that she had stopped stuttering, and smiled. "Yeah, I like that one too. And I noticed you stopped stuttering. That's good." He said.
"Yeah, I do it when I'm nervous. What's you're favorite music video?" She asked.
"I like the one to Emperor's New Clothes. It's so cool with the demon thingy thing!" He said, kind of flailing his arms a little.  She burst into uncontrollable laughter. "Thingy thing?" She giggled.
"Yeah, I say that when I'm exited and happy." He said, grinning.
"Emperor's New Clothes is my favorite video too." She said, still giggling a bit.
"Was it really that funny?" He asked, chuckling.
"Yeah. Especially with the way you moved your arms." She giggled. Suddenly, the bell rang to go to class. They both stood and got their things. "Well, I guess I'll see you later, Savanna." He said. "Yeah, see you later." She said and they went to class.

  A little while later, in the hallway, one of the boys tripped her, and she fell. They laughed "Oh no! I hope you didn't fall on a razor blade!" He laughed, teasing her. She was quickly surrounded by a bunch of other boys. "So what if she falls on a razor blade? She'd probably like it, the freaking Emo." He chuckled. Another one said "Yeah, maybe she's actually looking forward to this. Why don't we give her what she wants?" He chuckled. She was scared "P-please! D-don't hurt m-me!" She whined, trying to run. They grabbed her and yanked her back into the middle of the circle. They began tossing her around to each other and hitting her, kicking her, and slapping her. She yelped and screamed in pain. "P-please! P-please st-stop!" She begged them. They didn't stop, beating her to her knees and continuing to hurt her. They pulled her hair and kicked her in the face. She screamed and tried to fight back. She could be heard sobbing. "St-stop it!! ST-STOP IT P-PLEASE!!!" she screamed. Suddenly, someone yelled "Hey!!  The girl said to stop! Stop it now!" They stopped and looked at where the voice came from. It was Ryan. Savanna didn't notice,  she was doubled over with her face in her hands, sobbing. They chuckled. "Oh look, another Emo! Oh no I'm sooo scared! What's he gonna do, cut me?" They laughed. Ryan took a step towards them. "No, I'm gonna beat the s**t out of all of you if you don't leave her alone!" He said threateningly. "Make me!" One of them said, and hit her again. She yelped in pain and curled into a ball, shaking. Ryan growled and grabbed the boy by the shirt and slammed him up against the lockers. "I told you to stop. I warned you. You refused to listen to me. I'm going to give you one... more...  chance." He threw the boy on the ground and threateningly took a step towards the others, who all took a step back. "If I see you... any of you... hurt as much as a single hair on her head again... all of you will regret being born. Now get out of my sight!!" He shouted. All the boys scrambled away from them. Savanna was still curled up, whimpering in fear. He knelt beside her. "Savanna, look at me. Are you alright?" He said, rubbing her back. She slowly looked at him, her face all busted up and bleeding. He frowned, letting out a noise of sympathy. "You're bleeding. Let's get you to the nurse's office. Can you stand?" He asked. "I-I think s-so..." She stammered. He helped her up. She was shaking horribly. They had scared her pretty bad. "I won't let them hurt you again, I promise." He said, walking her to the nurse's office.

  She ended up being sent home, and her step father came to pick her up. She said goodbye to Ryan and left to the parking lot, getting into her step father's car. When she buckled up, he asked her "What did you do to get sent home, b****?!" She flinched. "I-I didn't d-do anything." She answered. He slapped her across the face. "Don't you f***ing DARE lie to me!! Who the f*** do you think you are?!!" He slapped her again. "And show some god d*** respect!!" She began crying. "I-I'm sorry, s-sir. B-but I-I didn't do anything... I-I sw-swear!" He raised a fist and she flinched, covering her face with her arms and crying. "Do you WANT to be beaten when we get home?!!" He shouted. She shook her head frantically. "N-no s-sir! P-please!" She begged, shaking. He turned the car on. "Then shut up!! You got sent some and it's your fault!! End of story!!" He said and drove her home. She felt horrible. They never listened to her. Especially him. Her mother was a walk in the park compared to him. Her mother just sat on the couch all day, drunk and high on drugs. Her step father, though, he was the real reason she was always scared to go home. There was always something that made him mad. And when he was mad, he always used his fists. He beat her almost every single day. No one ever noticed, though. She always made sure to hide the bruises with makeup. When they got home, he threw her inside and she fell. She cowered away from him as he stomped towards her. She began sobbing. "Oh my God, p-please!! P-please no!!  God no d-don't b-beat me!! D-don't beat m-me, p-please!!" She begged, trying to get away from him. He grabbed her hair and got in her face. "Maybe if you weren't such a f***ing disgrace, I wouldn't hurt you! Ever thought about that?!!!" He said, throwing her down and kneeling next to her. He held her down and began beating her. She cried and yelped in pain. She tried to grab his wrists, but he grabbed her wrists instead, holding them down with one hand and continuing to beat her with the other. She screamed and sobbed, struggling. "St-stop!! P-please!! ST-STOP!! ST-STOP B-BEATING M-ME!!! P-PLEASE!!!" She screamed. She squirmed out of his grip and cowered into the corner, curling up and hiding her face. He continued beating her and kicking her violently. When it was finally over, he yelled "Go to your d*** room! And don't come out at all!!  No dinner for you tonight!!!" She scrambled to her feet and fled to her bedroom, collapsing on the bed and sobbing. She was terrified. Her step father made dinner that night.