She approached the huge building, backpack slung over her shoulder, head hung low as she walked into the building. She knew Till went to school here, and she really didn't want to be near him. Maybe she could just run away... No, it would break Kane and her dad if she did that. And she couldn't bare hurting them. She loved them too much.

From the corner of her eye, she saw him, flirting with a tall skinny blond girl with perfectly tan skin and perfectly shaped body. God why was she mad. Maybe because she knew he would hurt that girl too, or maybe, no... No way was she jealous! She hated him from the bottom of her heart. She turned to walk away, when a hand grabbed her wrist.

She dropped her things and turned to face the strong grip. Of course! "Til, you're hurting me..." He just stared at her, something in his eyes she hadn't seen since the hospital. "Til, let go... Please..." She was fighting tears, pure fear lingering in her eyes, her heart beating a mile a minute.

"Did you get my gift sweetie pie?"

"I'm not your sweetie pie. You lost that privilege. And don't you ever send me stuff like that again. Now let go of me, or I swear, Kane will have your ass over his TV."

"Fiesty..." He gripped her wrist tighter. Tears started to escape her eyes at the pain. Suddenly a senior in the quarterback uniform came up to them.

"Yo Til, you alright man?"

"Yeah, just talking to this hoe..."

The kid punched Til in the face and got down to his level. "Don't ever let me catch you putting your hands on any woman. Your uncle would have your head if he knew what you just said. And your dad would have beat you strait. Catch my drift?" Til nodded, hand covering his bloody nose. The kid looked around for Xandra, and spotted her. He ran up to her and stopped her. "Hey, you okay? You know Til?"

"Unfortunately..." She cried. "He's my ex. He left me after I got shot... Look, I appreciate what you did, really I do... But I have to get to class..." Before he could ask her name she ran off.

The day went by quickly, but all she could think of, was what could have happened if that quarterback wasn't there... She was walking toward the stairs, the halls were empty, except for the shadow fallowing her, the one that kept ducking behind lockers and sliding into rooms. Suddenly that shadow pushed her down the stairs. She tumbled down the stairs, her body moving in ways it shouldn't. She felt a snap in her ankle. She screamed, and tried to stop her final hit to the floor, but instaid broke her wrist too. The principle rushed over, saw her on the floor, and Til smiling at the top of the stairs. School security already had Til in a restraint. They had no choice, he kept threatening to kill her.

She sat on a hospital bed, her wrist and hand had a special brace on it, as did her foot. It worked just like a cast, but was less troublesome. Chris and Luke ran through the door. Chris ran to her side. "Xandra, what happened?"

"Dad..." She cried and hugged him.

"Xandra, Til is going to spend some time in jail. He's being charged as an adult for attemptive murder and assult. I made no arguments. I'm so sorry... I can't believe he ended up this way..."

Kane ran through the door not seconds later. "Where is he? I'm gonna beat his face in..." Kane looked to Luke. "The hell are you doing here?"

"Supporting Xandra, and giving up on my nephew. I don't raise monsters. He tried to kill her, he confessed, and I came to assure Xandra she's safe."

Xandra started sobbing. Her tears burned the scrape on her chin. Kane held her close, being careful not to hurt her. "Dad, I want to be home schooled. I can't go back. Everyone will know what happened..."

"Xandra, if that's what you want, then that's what will happen."

The doctor came in, and looked at Xandra. "Well, Miss Young you are a lucky girl. You have a severe concussion from the fall, a broken foot and a broken wrist. Not to mention all of the bruising. You'll be in a lot of pain. I'm going to prescribe..."

"No, I didn't take anything when I was shot, I'm not taking anything now."

"Miss Young, you'll be in a lot of pain..."

"I'll manage..."

"Baby girl..."

"No Kane... Drugs is what got my parents killed. They found the guys partner. Said my parents owed them thousands upon thousands. Addiction killed my parents. I'm ninety-five percent more likely to get addicted because of my genetics. I'm not risking it."

"Xandra, you didn't tell me they found the second killer..."

"Dad, I just wanted to forget... I wanted to be normal, hell, at least not the freak who lost her parents and keeps being half-killed..."

Kane touched a hand to her cheek. "Xandra, don't ever call yourself a freak... You're perfect, you just have a shit run with life. But there's a lot of good too.you have your dad, and me, and Luke's taking your side over his nephews... People love you. You're not a freak..." Kane and Xandra touched foreheads and she cried as he held her close.