The Boarding School

-15-

Arianna and I were just hanging out in the bedroom before bed. Life at this school is pretty boring. We're just sitting on my bed, listening to music alone. We were listening to the song When she cries  nightcore version. It almost made me cry, my eyes were getting watery, Arianna smiles softly at me and rubs the back of my shoulder, and she comforts me. I'm starting to really like Arianna. I think we're becoming great friends. But Alison  and her friends walks into the room and steps right up in front of us.
"Your supposed to stay away from me" I growl.
"I'm supposed to, but there's no teachers" she snickers.
"I'm warning you to get away" I start to snarl.
"Maddie....?" Arianna says slowly, probably telling me to stop before something happens.
"Start walking" I warn. I hope I remembered my pills, I forget if I took them.
"I'm not going anywhere, we have business to take care of" She sneers.
"Leave now...." I growl, my rage growing.
"Nope," she smiles and grabs my hair, pulling my head back and spitting in my face. Her friends laugh. Arianna just stares. I wipe my face and yell in her face. I twist around and grab both her hands and throw her against the wall, holding her hands against it so she can't move. I knee her in the abdomen and she spits out blood.
"I was warning you, now I suggest you stay away from me before you get seriously hurt. Stay away" I growl, warning her. She fidgets and struggles out of my grip and grabs my ankles, pulling them hard and I hit the floor hard. I whine. She holds my hands down by her knees while punching me over and over. I scream and kick. Everyone in the room just stood and watched, they didn't try to stop us. I roll to the side and jump on top of her, knocking her to the floor, then holding the back of her head and pushing her face, making her smack into the floor.
"Guys stop!" Arianna screams, just standing there freaking out. She crawls away, her nose bleeding and crooked, I grab  her and pull her up and throw her against the wall again, putting my arm against her throat, putting pressure against her trachea, choking her. She chokes and spits, trying to breathe. Everyone else in the room screams, one running to get someone. I keep choking her, a teacher runs in and pulls me away from her and rushes me right to Ms. Perison's office. Alison drops to the floor, trying to catch her breath, her voice scratchy and quiet, she holds her neck, trying to breath again, drooling on the floor and crying.
The teacher pushes my shoulders and sitting me down in a seat across from Ms. Persion. The teacher all distressed.
"What happened this time?!" Ms. Perison shouts. I start bursting out crying. I didn't mean to hurt Alison! I don't know what happened!
"Maddie was choking Alison!" The teacher accuses. I cry harder, I'm losing my mind it seems.
"I...." I couldn't even talk.
"How did this happen?" She screams at me. I cry harder, I'm crying so hard I can barely even breathe.
"I..." continuing to cry, barely talking.
"Maddie tell me what you did and why" she says seriously. The other teacher is still standing behind me.
"I..." I can't even talk.
"Maddie, calm down and tell me why you did that. I start to hyper-ventilate and I get really scared.
"Maddie breathe!" Tell me whats going on!" She shouts. I look over on her desk. I grab a water bottle that was on it and gulp it down. Ms. Perison just stares at me. I take a breath then cry again.
"Maddie?" She says quietly. I take a few deep breaths.
"She... She attacked me..." I say slowly, my breathing still fast and deep.  
"What do you mean?"
"She came after me."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"Why did you choke her?"
"I was scared and angry, she came at me first" I start crying again.
"You're tired" she says.
"I am."
"You don't sleep or eat much."
"How do you know?"
"Maddie, eating and sleeping is an important part of learning."
"I'm really homesick" I complain.
"So? You need to sleep and eat, Maddie, you need to have a healthy lifestyle and you need to be happy to learn" Ms Perison says. I slowly nod, looking down.
"You HAVE to stay away from Alison" she says sternly.
"I tried! Alison was the one who came up to me! I was telling her to go away, she wouldn't leave me alone!" I shout.
"Okay, but choking her was definitely not okay. Don't ever do that again" She says seriously.
"I know... It was an accident... I'm so sorry" I say in sorrow.
She sighs, "alright, just please stop getting in trouble, stop fighting with the other girls, eat more and try to sleep better. Anyways, its bed time. You should go to bed now" Ms. Perison says. I nod and stand up, leaving her office and going back to the bedroom. Most of the other girls were in bed. Alison is in the opposite bedroom, so I don't have to worry about that anyways. I lay down on my bed, and pull out my iPod, I go on facebook, and chat with my brother Alex.
"Alex, I don't like it here" I type to him.
"Have you asked Dad to let you go home?" He replies.
"I tried a coupe days ago, he wouldn't listen" I type.
"That's odd. Dad would do anything for you, I know it" He replies on chat.
"I know, but he wants me to stay a little longer" I type.
"Try to stay a few days, then if you still don't like it there, try to call Dad again" He sends.
"Alex..... I did something bad today..." I type and sigh.
"What happened Maddie?" he types.
"I choked a girl.... She was being really mean to me"
"It's okay Maddie, it was self-defense, but don't do it again"
"Okay"
"I gotta go now Maddie, we can talk later. Remember, whenever you need anything, come to me"
"Okay, thanks Alex"
Then I turn off my iPod. I'm really glad to have Alex. He's the best brother ever. Most brothers are pretty mean and annoying, but Alex is really nice to me, I can talk to him about anything, I can even tell him secrets and he won't judge me. I just love him.
Arianna looks up at me,
"You okay?" She asks. I slowly nod. She nods then tries to go to sleep. I sigh and cuddle my blanket and fall asleep.