Lisa screamed out in pain but it did nothing. His hand hit her harder every time. The beating seemed endless. Finally, when all his rage subsided, she watched her blonde-haired, blue-eyed “boyfriend” leave the room and go watch the North Carolina game. Lisa laid there on the apartment floor, numb in pain.

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“Hey!!!! LOOK OUT......HEY!!!!!” Lisa screamed right before the she was knocked down onto the hot pavement at full force. She caught the glimpse of a dark-haired man on roller blades unsteadily roll down the sidewalk and collide into a bush.

“OH Shit, shit, are you all right!?!!” She turned, looked up, and saw an attractive guy run over to her with his arms stretched out to help her up. “Oh Shit, Chris, get some control over those suckers or stay off the road!!! Friends don’t let friends skate like they’re drunk!!!!” he hollered to the runaway skater. 3 other guys cracked up from way up top of the hill. Lisa was still a little bit shaken but managed a giggle to show that there was no hard feelings. She placed her hands into his tight grip and jumped up.

“Thanks....my hero,” Lisa joked to the red haired, blue eyed messiah :)

“Hey, when he gets his sorry ass outta that bush I’ll really make him feel sorry!” he said, flexing to show off his biceps. He glanced down at the arms connecting the hands he was still holding. He saw the bruises covering her wrists, even though it was obvious she tried to cover them up. “Hey, looks like you fell into a couple of bushes yourself,” he said, calling attention to her arms.

“Yeah.....well, um.......I, uh, slipped of the chair, yeah, ouch, haha.....” she fibbed.

He knew something suspicious was up but figured he didn’t have the right to pry into the life of someone he literally picked off the street.

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not to sound corny or anything but MEANWHILE:

Jake stormed through the apartment door. Damn, he had a bad day and, as proven many times before, Lisa would get the worst of it from him. He tore around all the rooms, screaming for her to get out there and make him a drink before the North Carolina game started. She never showed. His blue eyes flashed w/ rage. He ran out of the apartment to go look for her. Finding her to teach another lesson was the only thought going through his head as he ran to the park where he knew she’d be.

Jake reached the park and started running down the bike path. He looked down over the hill and saw Lisa chatting it up with some thug. He fiercely ran down over to them. Dammit, she was going to pay for this, he thought.

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“Well, I’m Justin, at your service and I will personally make sure Chris gets it for you.”

“I’m Lisa, oh please make don’t hurt him too bad, it was just an accident.... Just give him a friendly lil’ kick where it counts from me, “ she said, smiling.

“Hey-I gotta tight idea,” Justin said, “we should.....” He was cut off by a shout.

Both Lisa and Justin looked up when they heard the man come running down the hill but only Lisa truly knew what was going to go on. “Please, thanks for the help, I, um, I really, really better get going....” Justin noticed the fear in her eyes and made the connection of it w/ the approaching man.

“Hey,” he said sounding very concerned and frightened, grabbing her arm, “What’s going on, what’s wrong?”

Jake saw Justin grab Lisa by the arm and approached by launching Justin down to the ground hard.

“Hey man, hands off. No touch. She’s my fat bitch, got it? Yeah, thought so, don’t forget it, asshole.” Jake said. He grabbed Lisa’s arm hard and started to drag her off, cursing to her. His rage was apparent.

The three guys on top of the hill saw the scene and started booking it over their way. Justin bounced up and watched Lisa and Jake walk off. The rest of the boys started to approach Justin. They were still far away.

“Hey, man, are you all right?” one of them yelled up to Justin.

“Yeah, just a little scare; nothing more than what you did to her, Chris, “ he yelled back and laughed nervously. “But I gotz the feeling that she ain’t gonna be all right.” He began walking up the path after those two.

“Justin, man, get back here? Where you going!?” one of the group yelled out.

“I just ain’t feelin’ right about that, man, yo, sumpthins up, just check ‘em out!” He called back. Jake was practically towing Lisa up the hill.

As he was coming up the hill, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man hit Lisa and she dropped to the ground. Justin shouted and took off, grabbing for his cell phone. The rest of the boys began to run, except for Chris, who couldn’t get back up the hill if his life depended on it.

Justin had already called the police by the time he got up to them. He saw Lisa down on the ground, shielding her face from Jake’s blows. He jumped in front of Lisa, shielding her from him.

Jake took a swing at Justin, hitting him in his jaw and sending him down to the ground. “Look, you pansy ass, motha fucker, I told you to stay outta my business, now, look what happened when you made it yours, pretty boy! And you are gonna pay twice as much as that bitch!” Jake glared down at him. Lisa was unconscience from the blow to her head. Justin scooted back on all fours, wincing in pain. Jake reached down and pulled Justin up by his shirt collar. He held him in front of his face. Jake kicked Justin in the gut and threw him back down again. Jake still wasn’t satisfied of Justin’s “punishment” and reached down to do it all over again. Jake’s fist was behind his neck and just about to head towards Justin’s sweet face when JC, Justin’s friend, grabbed it. Jake dropped Justin and spun around into JC’s face. JC’s strong arms grabbed Jake and he kneed him in the crotch. Jake fell down to the ground. Justin’s 2 other friends came over the hill with two officers.

One officer looked at Justin and Lisa and then called for an ambulance. Jake was arrested and was being taken in. The officer questioned each one of Justin’s friends while an ambulance loaded up Justin and Lisa. The boys explained that Justin was just protecting the girl because Jake had hit her. The officer said thanks and that he would still need to get Justin’s side of the story and that they were being taken into Neveredy Memorial Hospital. Justin had minor injuries but Lisa was seriously hurt.

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