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Mandy's father came to pick up Malachi, she doesn't know how long he'll stay there but he wasn't happy to leave

"please emmy i don't wanna go" he cries holding onto Mandy's hips

"i know big guy, but it's only for a couple of weeks. it's not forever i promise" she smiles to the young boy giving him a tight hug

"can i talk to boo tom and toby before i go?" he asks and Mandy looks at him sadly

"how about I give dad their number and you can facetime them when you get there?" she counters and he hesitantly nods.

Giving him one last hug, she buckles him into her dad's Mercedes and closes the door.walking to the driver's side window, she lets out a sigh.

"Why don't you come live with me pumpkin?" he asks, staring wearily at the run-down house.

"i'm almost done with high school, plus i wouldn't want to bother Julia and the girls" she shrugs before smiling to her dad

"thanks old man" she giggles at the end of her sentence and her dad's eyes go wide

"did Madeline Justine Connor just giggle?" he raises an eyebrow and Mandy rolls her eyes

"yes, i tend to do that sometimes" she mutters before remembering something

"oh! let me put Tommy, Toby and Ranboos number in your phone, that way he can talk to them" she looks over at his phone and he hands it to her

"and who are these people?" he asks and mandy smiles

"my fr- some old friends of mine who still talk to malachi" she catches herself and hands him back his phone

"wasn't that tommy kid the one you had a crush on?" he asks and Mandy rolls her eyes

"had. past tense." she says sternly and her dad nods

"understandable. we better get on the road soon" he looks at the clock on the dash screen and smiles sadly at Mandy

"love you kiddo" he smiles at her and nods to her dad

"you too dad" she gives him a tight smile and steps away from the car running a hand through her hair.

she walks back up the rickety front steps and opens the screen door. The living room was messy so she picked it up a little and walked into her room, falling to her bed and passing out.

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Waking up is the hard part of the morning. but she was out of bed when she realized it was friday, meaning she only had 3 classes today courtesy of her dual credit she applied for her sophomore year.

she brushes her hair letting the pink highlights see the light of day for once and smokes out her eyeliner. after that she quickly grabs a pair of jeans and a Baltimore Ravens jersey.

too straight. she grimaced as she looks in the mirror

after switching the jeans for black ripped ones, and throwing a black and grey flannel over the jersey she quickly snatches the car keys and her cigarettes and walks out of the house

Normally, she would walk to school but the 8 inches of snow on the ground made her happy with her choice as she opened the car door and set off.

walking through the halls with a confident stride, she heads over to her locker where a newspaper was taped

furrowing her eyebrows she slowly walks to her locker, only then did she realize the disgusted glares she was getting. shooting some back she snatches the news paper off of her locker and reads

High school girl files false rape allegations on her starring quarterback boyfriend

her mouth parts as she reads the headline over and over. as she reads one word keeps lingering

false

with gritted teeth, she slams the newspaper against the locker and charges full stance into the gym, throwing her bag to the side she makes her way to the guys locker room fuming with rage.

kicking the door open, all the guys jump and try to cover themselves up

"don't flatter yourselves" she scowls as she makes her way through the locker room spotting a familiar head of hair

"the fuck are you doing in here" he bites his eyes gone icy

"fake?" she spat, crossing her arms, she felt her eyes sting but she didn't want to cry here.

"what?" he asks, narrowing his eyes

"you're gonna sit here and tell everyone that you raping me in the staff bathroom is fake?" her voice goes lower as her postures stiffens

his mouth opens but she quickly shuts him down

"you're gonna sit here and laugh and joke about you raping a girl who had too much alcohol which you gave me might i add." she chuckles bitterly

"it wasn't rape, you liked it" he scoffed. her eyes blazed as her face turned red in anger.

everything went black as her hands rolled into fists.

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