I pulled up the hood of my winter sweater over my head. He hated my scars even I did, at least something we hated in common except for each other. I hated my life living with someone who knew nothing than reminding me how my parents didn't love me, how I belong to him as an object he bought for pleasure and how he was the only one I had....that we had. We both were abandoned and he was possessive and his love is painful.

"Little lamb, let's go. Don't you want to go to school anymore or what?" His usual angry and deafening voice got into my princess sized room. That pet name that I hated so much, I hated my name and pet name more than life itself. The very Genesis of my problems.

"C.... coming." I stuttered as I picked my bag from the bed and ran downstairs to meet him. His gaze followed my movement down the stairs with somewhat jealousy and anger. Yeah right, like every time.

"Is there anything wrong?" I couldn't stop myself from asking him after seeing the displeasure in his eyes.

"Come here." he said with a gentle but strong voice. My legs wobbled forward towards him as my breaths stopped short making my heart skip numerous beats.

He pulled me towards himself into a tight bear hug with no thoughts of letting me go. I could feel his lips on my hair and him taking a sniff of my scent, his favorite strawberry milk scent that I had.

" Don't you dare let anyone touch you or else you will get homeschooled for the next year. Eat well and tell me if anyone dares bully you, okay?"

I nodded to his words backing away from his embrace with small steps. He got the signal and he groaned in frustration before he pulled me out and straight into the car like I was some doll. I was a doll to everyone I met not a human who could feel. I live like repunzel but suffered more worse than Snow White ever did. My life was a rollercoaster of emotions which leaves nothing but pain and regret, I was better of not being born or dead than here with him more than anything else.

I took a look at the man driving with utter concentration with the side of my eyes, I let out a slow sigh from my lips. I was fed up with this. The car stopped abruptly in front of a big highschool, I couldn't remember the last time I was here. I dropped out and was homeschooled by him for two years. Now, i was back.

"Remember what I told you and the butler will come for you in the evening. Now, get out." I nodded politely with a forced smile. I packed my things and ran out of the car before he changed his mind and turned the car around. I watched his car leave with great relief and happiness, now I was free from him for a few hours at least. I couldn't be more happier right now.

"Freedom at last." I screamed at myself in my head in joy. Little did I know, things were about to get from worse to impossibly unbearable. I walked into the school and straight to my class, that devil's words were Ringing in my mind like an alarm bell. He doesn't bluff, he would get me back as soon as I did something he didn't like or disobeyed his orders. Like a good little lamb.

"Isn't that Abby? Where has she been for such a long time? Why did she come back?" I could hear the whispers around me. Except for my awful and terrible private life, I had a terrible school life as well. I didn't have any friends, obviously didn't have good grades, the legendary zero queen and mummy who kept her face covered always, rumored to be more uglier than a pig.

"Idiots...they don't know anything." I sighed in my mind as I ignored them and continued walking into my class. The class fell quiet as soon as I walked in.

Glares..Stares..dirty looks

Yeah as usual.

I bowed to the class before I went to sit at the back of the class room like I always did. I could feel all eyes on my body boring holes into my very spirit. I was hopeless even away from that dungeon I called home. Things weren't any different here either than it was a home.

Why does it have to be me?

Why not someone else?

I was better off not being with any of them.

Moments later, a gush of wind blew into the classroom, I almost forgot about the troublesome four. My biggest and worst school bullies in the whole school. I was the easiest target for the school bullies especially in the winter like now but the troublesome four were unique in bullying. They bullied me physically, mentally and socially- oh sorry I didn't have a social life.

"Our repunzel is back. Missed us, didn't you, little kitty?" The gang leader, Leo said as he got to my seat. The rest gave me a knowing smile and playful winks.

Did they miss their easy Target?

"You didn't come to school for two years but we kept your space empty for you. Where have you being, vamp? School has been boring without you." Hayden said as he sat beside me, I felt his hand on my head gently caressing it like a kitten. That fake sympathy that I hated the most. I could just sigh and look out the window.

"Vamp, where did you go for two years?" Leo asked as he pulled me by the chin to look him in the eyes. His huge palm pulled down my black mask down my face in such a way they could only see my face. They were the first to see my face apart from that bastard and my family who abandoned me for money. They were the next and they were also assholes.

"Answer me. Where did you go to?" Hayden the most toxic and angry one of them silently yelled at me sending chills down my spine.

"I was sick.....I needed time to recover." I replied with my usual silent and soft voice shaken with fear. Tears subconsciously streamed down my eyes as I replied. The fact that that bastard hit me to the point I was in a coma for a few months made me broken inside. I never felt happy or loved in my whole life. What was the use of living anyways?

Leo grabbed my hand after he pulled up my mask out of the class. The others followed me with my bag and my other stuffs, my eyes were clouded with held back tears as my little and frail body trembled vigorously. I wiped my eyes to myself in the Janitor's closet, it was big enough to contain all five of us.

" Take off your hoodie. I want to see your face." Leo said as he tugged on my hoodie. I just took in a deep and long breath as I pulled down my zipper and the hoodie came off unceremoniously. My long thick black waist length hair fell down my back and some over my face. My legs wobbled as I cried and wept in silence.

"Why me? Why can't it be someone else" I wept in mind as the tears kept on falling down without any intention to stop. I felt a pair of strong arms pulling me into a tight bear hug.

"Stupid vamp" I heard Hayden's deep but comfortable voice whispering to me. Another hand was patting my back, another one on my head and the another caressing my hair down to its length.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" I said out of impulse. I heard a stifled laughter and there was an ocean of laughter afterwards. I raised my head from Hayden's strong chest to meet them all looking down at me.

"How can we let our little vamp be sad when she just came back to us? Just count it as a welcome gift." Ace said with his usual playfulness and cute smile

Yeah right, welcome gift!

I never expected good thing from this four . Not on earth or even in heaven after death.

"You can still hug me and cry if you still want. Our little adventure starts tomorrow, enjoy today." Hayden's hot breath blew on my neck as he spoke from behind me offering a hug. I hugged him and my tears started falling again. I was broken for years, now that I was given an opportunity to vent it all out I wasn't going to hold back.

"Why...Why does it have to be me? I hate my life, it sucks being me. I wish I will die and forget all this shit. Don't I deserve to be happy?" I screamed in pain. These were the questions locked down in my heart for years now without anyone to answer them. The darkness I have been living in for years without redemption, I poured it all out on Hayden's strong chest.

"Ssh, don't cry." Alex the usual quiet one whispered into my ear gently. Now that he spoke this was the very first time he has ever spoke to me. He just ignored me and stayed away from me but now he was touching my hair and whispering to me on his own Accord is weird even for me.

After a few more moments of crying on Hayden's chest, I stopped. All the pain was let out finally and I felt lighter. I rose from his chest to meet them all staring at me with unreadable faces.

"Are you hungry, little vamp?" Ace asked with a cute bright smile. I nodded to him silently and he pulled me towards his body. We both sat on the floor along with the others forming a circle around me with me in the middle.

"What do you want to eat? Don't be shy, vamp. It's my treat." Leo spoke with a smile. Unlikely for a guy like him. This was getting weird by the minute.

I told them what I wanted to eat and Leo went to get it for me leaving the other three sitting around me. I looked at each of them on after the other carefully to be sure no good spirit possessed them. I was sure their medicine might have been mixed up.

I felt a head cross over my waist pulling me closer to his body, it was Alex. He moved towards his chest making my back rest on him. Before I could even say a word, he spoke

"Just sit still, try to calm down. Feel the music." With those word been said he placed headphones on my ears, he was a music freak always losing himself to the keys, lyrics ad rhythm that the song was emitting. He could feel it all

He picked a song and I listened to it, I didn't know when I lost my self to the music forgetting everything

Alex was usually silent and observing from the side lines. He was also there when I was sad even if he wouldn't say a word but his silence was comfortable and reassuring, he might not say much but he always knew what was going on with me and the ways to keep me busy to keep me from thinking about the problem I was facing.

"Alex, can I ask you a question?" the words just came out of my mouth like a reflex. I peeled off the headphones from my ears and faced him. To my surprise, he flashed his cute two dimple smile at me with a nod. He was also crazy today.

"Okay, why are always silent and nonchalant about everything?" I asked him and he just smiled. He patted my head gently and held my hands in his.

"I'm not nonchalant but I am a monster. Anything that comes out of this mouth of mine is a curse, people hate me so I just lock it up. Do you understand now?"

I nodded in understanding, I didn't really understand all what he was saying but he must have gone through hell ad back to lock himself up like that. His silence is his safe havens. I knew how that felt but for me, my silence will just kill me and get me nothing than pain.

"You are really cute." he spouted out of the blue catching me off guard. Where was all this coming from?

As we were chatting away, the guys came back with bags filled with food. My eyes sparkled with glitters and stars as I saw the amount of food in front of me from junk food to fast food and many more type of foods that I didn't even know the name. I just remembered that I didn't even have breakfast that monster was in a rush and forgot to feed me. He didn't even give a hoot about me, he just cared about himself and no one else.

The thought of him made my tummy turn and churn in away that I didn't know was possible.

"Eat up, little vamp. We bought this all for you, eat till you jump." Leo chimed as he brought everything he bought out of the bag and placed it right in front of me. I could see stars and beauty in the food. My love for food skyrocket and I was chewing down the food without the care of the world. The food was sweet and delicious, It was only matter of seconds till I forgot about them and started eating out my sorrows.

"Slow down, vamp. You might die before you get to taste all the food, you might choke." Ace laughed.

I just laughed sarcastically and continued eating. They just watched me eat, I just ate without a care.

By the time we left the closet, it was already recess, time flies by faster than I thought. They made sure I was fed, happy and smiling, for the first time in my life, I was happy and satisfied even my strength was back and my smile was too.

"Little vamp, we are giving you a bonus. We will be feeding you often, we can't let you fall sick." Hayden said as he helped me carry my bag back to the class. The other three nodded in agreement to his words, these three were a handful.

"Thank you, guys. " I said with appreciation and sere gratitude. For once in my life, I felt like someone did care about me even if it was just for a day. I planned on savouring this moment to its fullest with those four

We walked back to class, all eyes settled on us as soon as we opened the door and stepped in. Thankfully, I was putting on my hoodie and mask so no one could see the smile on my face, and Alex's headphones was still on me as well. I really love his playlist. I could feel those envious and hateful glares that was flashing at me as I walked to my seat with Ace holding my right hand and Alex on the left with his arm around my shoulder in a protective manner.

"Sit." Hayden said as he pulled out my seat for me,I sat and as usual Hayden sat next to me with Leo at the front and the other two, Alex and Ace at the back. They were a pair of plain crazy. I could only wish the time and day would stand still for me and let me savour this feeling, this moment till my fill but of course that was impossible.

That was just the cruel damn fact about the world. It does give a hoot about anyone