Chapter 3: Blink


     Jenn blinked at her sister. "Is that even possible? I thought they
were disbanded."

     Bobby snorted. "Apparently not."

     "I feel so guilty," Brooke sighed.

     At that moment, their parents rushed in. "Are you kids okay? The
city is swarmed with Team Rocket members!"

     "We're fine," Jenn answered casually, sure that she could beat them
again.

     Bobby looked strangely at his sister. "I told you something weird
was going to happen."

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     The day passed quickly after that. There was nobody on the street
except the gangsters that Jenn had conquered before. She couldn't wait
to go to school the next day.

     It also passed quickly. She had a blast with Taylor, Alexis,
Sierra, Brittani, Amanda and Cole. 

     "Hey Sam?" Jenn asked her ex-boyfriend. The hallways were empty,
well, naturally, it was after school hours.

     "Yeah, Jenn? What's up?" She was so at ease with Sam, but yet, they
were at odds with each other. 

     "Do you know what the homework is for English?" 

     "We don't have any." 

  "Okay. Than-" She was poked in the back then. "Hey, Taylor." 

     "Done socializing?" he asked coldly. "Screw this, let's go." She
let him drag her off towards his house. He was quite bitter, and said
nothing on the way home. Once they got in his room, it was quite
different. 

    "Wasn't that your ex-boyfriend that you were talking to?" he asked
her. Jenn felt like she was being interrogated in prison. 

     "Yeah, he sits next to me in English," she said quietly, wondering
what this was leading up to. 

     "Bet you have fun with that," he said nastily. 

     "No, actually-" she was cut off with a swift smack on the face.
Jenn was beyond shock. That was NOT what she expected to happen. 

     "Don't argue with me, bitch." He pushed her back then, and she hit
the wall. Jenn wanted to cry out, but she didn't think anyone would hear
her. Taylor's neighbors weren't home, and neither was his mom. His dad
had left them when he was three. 
    
      "What the hell are you doing?" she screamed. She prepared to walk
out the door, but Taylor grabbed her by her hair. It felt like a million
hot needles were being stuck into her head at once. He threw her on the
floor and then kicked her in the stomach. She hit her head on his wooden
floor. He kicked her again. And again. And again. 

     "STOP!" Jenn screamed and she began to cry. "Stop... Please stop
it! STOP!" I felt the kicks hard. I just wanted to die right then.

     "You're not going to tell anybody, are you?" he whispered after he
had finished kicking her. He was sitting casually on his bed, and she
sat scrunched up in pain on the wooden floor.

     Jenn shook her head. She would never forget this as long as she
lived.

Her dream boyfriend had gotten worse than a nightmare.

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sorry that was so short.