The sound of my breathing brought me back. Why was it so loud? Shit. I can feel it, it's that feeling again. What happened? My teeth are clenched and I can feel the angry throbs in my knuckles.

Everything is dark. Why can't I see? Oh, my eyes are closed.

Why?

My breathing is returning back to normal, a sting begins to make itself known on my palms. I open my eyes and look down at my hands.

My knuckles are white. Why am I-

I look up and notice eyes, so many eyes, all eyes staring at me, staring at me in terror.

Why? Why do they look so scared? I turn my head both sides, there's a few people.

Where am I?

What did I do?

What happened?

I look back down to my hands but before that I notice someone face down on the floor in front of me. On her left is a guy holding his nose and on the right is another girl clutching her stomach.

Did I do that?

I look from my enclosed fists back to three who lay before me. The two on the side don't seem as bad as the girl in the middle. Even with her face to the floor and her hair covering it I can still tell it's covered in blood. I take a step forward to check if she's okay but am stopped when I feel a tug on my arm.

"Please, please I just wanna go home." The blonde girl sobs, pulling me towards her and our exit. I let her lead me.

This girl, she's young, I know her. Oh right. It's Lauren. Lauren my neighbour. Lauren who is always smiling. She's only 2 years younger than me. I'm the only one who knows about her. The only one she can talk to about her sexuality. The one with experience.

Why is she upset?

She stops in front of a blue Nissan pulsar, parked in an awkward angle across the driveway, she gets in and waits for me.

Right, this is mine. My blue beast. I came to pick Lauren up from her girlfriend's house. But…

I slide into the driver seat and take a look at my passenger, her hair is in a mess and her eyes are full of tears, I continue examining her when I notice her shirt is ripped, her buttons…

I remember now.