i had just walked out of the school's front doors, it was around an hour after school normally ends,

but since the theatre students had to stay for auditions and I was one of the last ones it took longer for me to wait.

then, as I was almost at the bike racks completely alone,

i heard someone yelling after me

richie?

'hey there slut'

nope

it was bowers and his gang

i picked up my pace but they caught up with me

'heard about you and tozier's little situation' he laughed

'so what' I mumbled under my breath

'talking back to me? oh, victoria; I see how you think this is. you think that you're better than me; well you ain't and now we're gonna put you back in your place, slut'

he brought his hand up and punched me in the face making me stumble backwards

once I was back on my feet, he kicked both of my shins and then the other guys kicked my back and knees

i was still standing up, but I knew I couldn't take much more

then, he brought out his knife

'henry, please no'

'as if we would ever ever listen to you' he laughed a maniacal, messed up laugh

he took the knife up to my face and cut both sides of my neck right underneath my jawline

i felt the blood trickle down my neck and onto my yellow shirt

he then took his free hand and squeezed my left wrist, whilst bringing it up next to my neck

he took the bloody knife and cut my left wrist open up, and then my right

'that'll teach you' he muttered and then ran off with his gang

then, it all hit me

i fell to the ground and hit my head on the concrete

tears flowed out of my eyes from the pain spreading across my whole body

oh god,

i'm about to faint

i could feel it

with all the blood pouring out of me, and the world starting to spin, I felt as if there was no hope

then, I heard a muted yell after me

'victoria?'

'VICTORIA?!'

it was richie

i opened my eyes, and there he was

the boy of my dreams, picking me up in his arms, trying to help me stand so he could help me

'oh my god you're drenched in blood! who the hell did this to you?!'

even though a lot of what I saw was blurry, I could see the helplessness in his eyes

he cared

he cared about me

'b-b-b-b-bowers d-d-did this-s-s'

then, his sad eyes switched to anger, and then sad again

'oh, well fuck him' he whispered, probably not wanting for me to hear him say it

then, half of my eyesight blurred and turned black

and that's when I realised,

that I was actually going to faint in richie tozier's arms

my eyes fluttered open as I woke up

did I faint?

what happened?

i felt bandage over my neck, forehead, and my arms

then, it all came back to me

'vic' I could here a small whisper next to me, and I turned my head

it was richie

i was at richie's house

in richie's room

with richie sitting next to me

in richie's bed

'holy shit'

'what happened vic?' richie asked worryingly while he put his hand over my hand that was laying down on the bed

i looked at him and saw those beautiful eyes, half-covered with those beautiful dark curls that i've missed so much,'I guess I thought that i'd never talk to you again, let alone you actually care about me'

he looked at me with his dark brown eyes,'no matter what has happened and what will happen between us, i'd never stop caring about you. never'

i gave him a weak smile,'does steve know i'm here?'

he gave me a look, like right in-between 'I love you so much' and 'are you okay, because i'm so worried about you',

'um, my mom called him and told him what happened to you, and that you're gonna stay here for the night since we live closer to school and that you shouldn't move around that much'

'oh,' I said

at least he didn't get angry... I think

'you don't have to if you don't want to!' richie quickly said, obviously saddened about my reaction to spending the night

'no, no, no. it's not that; it's just that it's nice to finally be with you again'

he gave me a smile, and then held my hand tighter, which, by the way, he had slowly been moving his hand from my shoulder to my hand

i tightened our grip, even though it stung a little

his hand was so warm, but mine was ice cold

'victoria, wake up' I could hear a whisper through my ear

it was richie

i looked at the clock on the wall, it was about 12:30pm

'hm' I asked him while stretching out

i felt a lot better than yesterday

'victoria, my mom already left, and school started a couple of hours ago, but I didn't want to wake you up; so if you want to stay here and skip with me, we can'

i smiled,'definitely'

we got up out of richie's bed and I went into his bathroom, brushed a hand through my hair, and washed my face with a little splash of water whilst making sure nothing hit my neck

my wrists were okay, but my neck hurt a little bit

once I got out of the bathroom, richie had already made us lunch,'aw, rich; thank you so much!'

he smiled and blushed a little bit

'anything for you, hot stuff'

hot stuff

'how cute' I said while biting into the food

after lunch, richie asked me if we could go down to the meadows on his bike, and I said yes

'are you ready to go?' he asked me

i held onto him tight and nodded

he started peddling towards the meadows, which was about 5 minutes away from his house on a bike

when we got there, we started walking towards the middle

'let's lay down' richie said

he got down on the field, and put his hands underneath his head for support

then, I got down with him and rested my head on his stomach while holding his hand

he used his other had and started playing with my hair

i missed this

i missed us

but he only came to my 'rescue' because he knew he couldn't just leave me there

there isn't and shouldn't be anything between us anymore

i repositioned my head so I could see his face

he was looking up at the sky, completely fazed out in his own world

i wonder what he's thinking about

'richie,' I whispered

he didn't respond

'just know, that you'll always be...' I paused, he still wasn't listening

'you make my heart happy and I love you'

he didn't hear it

and i'm glad he didn't

it would've messed everything up

after a few minutes of pure silence, richie looked at me with sorrow in his eyes

'victoria, I have to tell you something..' he paused, waiting for what I was going to say/do

'yes, richie?'

he went quiet again, and then quickly blurted out

'i'm moving away for the next two and a half years'

it was then,

i could hear the sound of my heart being ripped up into pieces

'oh' was all I could say

nothing else came to mind

not any 'what', or 'why', or 'please don't'

just a stupid simple 'oh'

i sat up, trying to process what he had said,'oh.'

that's all I could freaking say

WAS OH!

i covered my face with my hand after actually thinking about what he had said

'no' I said

it was a step up from 'oh',

but not at all

'no, richie'

water filled my once dry eyes, as richie put a hand on my back to comfort me but didn't even say anything

i turned around and laid him down whilst hugging him,

i was in his arms and started crying more and more

looking up, I could see that my crying had made him sad too

he was crying, too

'please don't cry, victoria'

'but-but-' I couldn't finish and started crying even more just of the thought of me not seeing richie for almost three years

i felt bad that now I had made his shirt wet in my tears,

which made me cry even more

then richie started crying even more

which made me cry more, seeing him upset

so, there lay two teenagers

lying in the middle of an abandoned field,

crying into each others arms,

but little did they know,

how much was in store for those two kids