Her Last Resort

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Her last resort part 51

As she entered the room she realized that she had skipped lunch somehow. Her stomach was grumbling and she could feel her body screaming for nutrition. She made her way towards the large dining area from earlier, noting the many glares and looks of worry following her as she did nothing but make her way down a hallway. She chuckled, didn’t take them long to start fearing her, she figured it’d take more than beating up a rude asshat. It did however, not matter much to her as she wanted nothing more than for it to continue that way, so that she wouldn’t have to be bothered by being approached by more strangers wishing to take advantage of her usually gullible nature. She regretted never having learned the signs of a corrupted human back when she started on skt. Perry High School. She sighed as she entered the dining hall only to find Lou staring at her equally as much as everyone else. He however was fidgety and seemed as if he was raring to talk to her until Claire glared at him and he visibly shivered before he sank into his seat as she walked past. She didn’t have the patience to deal with him at that point in time, and so she made her way to the counter where they supplied food. She grabbed a tray and found a table in the corner of the room with no one sitting and situated herself there, glaring at the crowd around her to make them stop staring. Everyone continued doing their own thing after that. Claire found it amusing that all she had to do to control a supposedly rowdy crowd was beat up a single lowlife and glare at the surrounding people. She figured she was gonna like staying at the prison. She smiled to herself as she carefully ate her food. After that she left her tray at the designated counter and made her way back to her cell with her entourage in tow. The days after followed a similar pattern. The only difference being that she didn’t have to beat up any more lowlifes and she started allowing Lou to follow her around. Eventually the prison decided to trust her to be able to walk around without dumb and dumber following her which was a relief, not having to be followed around by two grown men that honestly just made her look like a discount mafia boss. Not the good kind mind you. Everyone but Lou kept steering clear of her even without the escort with her which was a plus. The prison building slowly started feeling more like home than her own “home” and people didn’t expect much from her there either. It was as if she had finally gotten the life she had hoped for when she originally started on that school. Then one day, a certain newsflash had interrupted the prison television. As if introducing a newcomer to the prisoners.

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I once again apologize for not updating the story. I know I said it would be infrequent but I still feel bad. My psyche has gone to shit so I just hope I’ll get the break I need to write some more hehe. Anyway hope you guys enjoy the teaser of a new character hehe. He’s gonna be fun XD

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Her last resort part 50

Entering the front entrance of the school, the people in the hallway instantly turned heads as the unlikely pair came through the door. The eyes of the students continued to follow them as they made their way towards the classroom. It bothered Claire to get all that unnecessary attention, but she figured it was just a part of being the new kid in school, especially one that transferred in the middle of the year. It’s not as if she wanted to transfer schools to begin with, but once she turned out to be the one with the highest test scores in the entire school, her father had off handedly said,

“This school has nothing more to teach you and we don’t want your abilities dulling so I’ll have you transfer to a more prestigious school. Hopefully then you’ll be able to keep honing your skills” While he waited in line on the phone.

Walking down the unnecessarily long hallway with a million strangers staring at her was definitely not worth “honing” her “skills” for. Claire audibly sighed and looked up at Liza that somehow still kept talking despite the attention she was drawing to herself. Claire figured she was very self confident and strong willed, either that or she was just dumb enough to not notice them. As they arrived at the classroom door Liza yelled into the room,

“omg girls you gotta hear this!” As she ran towards a group of chatty girls.

“What’s up girl?” An especially skinny girl with chestnut colored hair had answered as Liza came over.

“You won’t believe how nice the new girl is! She’s such a great listener!” She said as she made a hand movement calling Claire to her. The girls in the group looked at each other with raised eyebrows before smiling at her.

“Well then I’ll make sure to get to know our new classmate” the girl from before said with what Claire at the time didn’t realize, was a devious smile. Claire had slowly made her way to them as she felt the eyes of her new classmates following her every move. She stopped next to Liza that threw her arm around the small frame that was Claire.

“Well aren’t you cute-” the girl said with that same smile”-name’s Jane and you’re the new girl? Claire was it?” Claire nodded not really wanting to continue talking to those people and yearning to sit down in her new seat in the corner of the room, with her earphones and no feeling of pressure from those talking to her. She had enough pressure at home. She lifted Liza’s arm off her shoulders and bowed slightly before uncomfortably going to sit down. While she enjoyed having people to talk to she’d rather not spend all the time she could spend storing up energy for when she had to deal with her dad again. Jane instantly looked offended and opened her mouth in disbelief. Apparently it was against the law of the school to just ignore her royal highness Jane.

Claire opened her eyes only to see complete darkness surrounding her. It must’ve turned evening time while she slept, odd she didn’t remember turning off the lights. The idea of someone coming into her room as she slept made her shiver for a second before she sat up and relit the lamp. She checked the timer on her MP3 player that she somehow must’ve turned off in her sleep. Seemed she had slept for a couple of hours, she must’ve been more comfortable within the prison than she had realized. She got out of bed and walked over to the door to check if her dear escort was around. Peeking through the barrel window in the door she saw the two of them standing where they had been when Lou was in her cell.

“Hello gentlemen-“ she started, trying to get their attention “-it seems it’s turning dinner time and I’d love to get out of my cell to have a look at getting something to eat if you don’t mind” they nodded at each other as they unlocked the door and let out the small girl.

“Why, thank you” She said as she smiled deviously up at them.

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Thank you for reading along until now. Hope you’ll continue to enjoy Claire’s journey through trauma and the like. Here’s to another 50!

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Her last resort part 49

His smile reminded Claire of Liza, which automatically made her grit her teeth. She had thought she’d be free from seeing such a smile ever again once the bullet made contact with Liza. She took a deep breath before she knocked on the door behind her with a casual movement of her wrist.

“Good sirs it appears my dearest guest is done here. Can you let him out?” She said as she smiled at Lou with cold eyes.

“Wait why already?! I still have more questions for you!” Were the words that exited his mouth as the door opened behind her.

“While that might be the case I’d rather save it for another time. I’m not going anywhere after all” she smiled as the two guards took the hint and grabbed hold of him and brought him out of the room.

“Come on buddy, you all have separate cells for a reason.” Said one of the guards as Lou complained and tried to get away. Claire waved at him as he was dragged out the door. She heard it lock as she flopped onto her bed. She let out a heavy sigh. She had really tired herself out talking with Lou. She needed a break from dealing with people. She grabbed her MP3 player and put on the playlist she had often used to relax back home, letting herself float away. The melodic sound of instruments lulling her to sleep.

“Claire?!” The high pitched out of breath voice behind Claire couldn’t be anyone other than the oddball that she had met the day before. Claire turned around and her dark brown eyes made contact with the blonde girl’s bright blue eyes.

“I didn’t know you were the type to arrive this early!” Yelled Liza as she partly ran towards her. Claire made a confirming noise as she nodded at the girl gasping for air.

“I didn’t expect the same of you however” she said as Liza finished getting her breath.

“How cruel~” She said in a joking tone as they both started walking towards the school building. They chatted (more like Liza chatted), Liza laughed and Claire had enjoyed the rare company as they walked to the classroom. She still had t gotten used to the new school, it was tough transferring halfway through the school year. But it wasn’t as if she missed her old school particularly. She didn’t really have any friends nor were the teachers especially good, but she disliked having to get used to new things as well as all the attention in got her being the only new face in the hallway. She did find Liza’s approachable and friendly attitude refreshing in some weird way. It wasn’t as if she wanted to answer her to begin with so letting her continue talking had more to do with Claire not wanting to talk than Liza talking too much.

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I hope I’m making it somewhat obvious when it switches between current time and flash backs. Sorry if it’s hard to tell.

I’m also sorry about not updating for a while. I’ve been feeling unwell so I’ve been focusing on just doing schoolwork for a while. But I’m back now I think! I should be able to update again next Friday and get back into the rhythm!

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Her last resort part 48

The story made sense, he wasn’t a fighter in any sense of the word, and hacking seemed logical in his case. Claire was satisfied with his explanation. She nodded to herself as she stood up and slowly walked back and forth between two specific points on the floor. Thinking. Was there any good reason for her to actually teach him how to fight? Gaining an ally wasn’t a bad idea, however she wasn’t even sure she would be able to teach him anything. With her being watched, it would definitely make it hard to make it happen. She could always just let him watch her train and mimic it on his own accord. Then the guards shouldn’t have any reason to stop him. However, being with this boy could mean that the bullies would come back. Her thoughts ran in circles as her body did the same. Lou looked at her with a worried look as she kept walking back and forth. He wasn’t sure whether she had accepted his story or if she thought he was lying and wanted to think of a punishment. She kept walking back and forth til she eventually got dizzy and stopped. She suddenly looked him in the eyes, whereas he started blushing. She sighed, she was convinced he wasn’t gonna be able to learn anything from her but having a friend could definitely prove useful.

“Okay! I’ve decided.” She suddenly said just low enough for it to only sound like a mumble through the door. Lou stiffened. She moved closer to him so as to not have to talk loud enough for the guards to hear her.

“I’ll take you on as an apprentice-“ Lou was about to celebrate as the small hands of the renowned killer placed themselves upon his lips.

“Shush, or the guards will hear you” She said with a cheeky smile. He nodded.

“Either way it won’t be easy, especially since they seem to be keeping an eye on me You’ll technically have to train yourself” he looked confused as she removed her hands from his face.

“How so?”

“If they’re always watching me, they definitely wouldn’t want me to train more supposed ‘killers’.” She said as she looked at the guards through the bars on the door. Lou was about to complain but was interrupted by her,

“Now, IM aware that you wouldn’t kill anyone, but they have no way of being sure. They worry a lot.” She chuckled to herself. “So you have to train yourself. What I mean by that is. You have to watch me carefully when I work out and copy me.” She started her plan as he listened closely. He nodded,

“Okay I’ve got i-”

“But!-“ Claire suddenly interrupted “-I can’t do it slowly, you’re gonna have to follow along at my pace. Because if I do it slowly they will be able to tell that I’m helping you.” She looked him in the eyes.

“If you can’t follow then that’s just that, you were the one who decided to ask for MY help so you’re the one putting yourself out there.” He nodded,

“Yeah I know what I signed up for. Thank you” Claire raised her brow.

“Thank me for what?”

“I mean, you didn’t, HAVE to help me, so I’m thankful” he smiled brightly at her.

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It’s finally back! I even left off at a cliffhanger XD sorry to do that to you XD hope you enjoy this new part!

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Her last resort part 47

He shook his head violently,

“I am the only child of Craig Parath the CEO of Parath corporation of law”

Claire widened her eyes in slight surprise. Of all things she had imagined, She definitely hadn’t expected him to be the son of a multimillionaire law corporate. Thinking about it she really should’ve figured something like that when she heard his last name earlier that morning.

“I see, that just means you’re in even more danger being here than I thought. Also if your dad owns a law corporation wouldn’t he easily have been able to prevent you from being sent to prison?” Claire stated the obvious.

“Did you want to hear my story or not?” He sounded slightly miffed as he avoided her question. Claire lifted her hands to show she meant no offense and let him continue talking.

“I had always figured I’d be the one to inherit my fathers firm once I got older. Therefore I worked hard to get good grades and act presentable in front of others.” He paused.

“But?” Claire urged for him to continue his sentence.

“But he never agreed to that. So when I told my father about my future plans he shook his head at me. And told me to rethink my plans. He said that he didn’t wish for me to be a part of his work.” Lou stared at his feet as his voice saddened with each passing word.

“Oh? So he wanted to keep his supposed family life and work separate? That sounds logical, however I do not see what about that would get you sent to prison.”

“Well.” Lou awkwardly answered, “I kinda.. got frustrated by his decision to take away the one goal I had… and.. uhm.. I.” The more he talked, the more he stuttered. Claire waited patiently for him to finish his sentence seeing as the way he stuttered amused her. He blushed slightly as he tried to explain what he had done.

“I.. well I.. kinda decided to prove to him he was wrong about not letting me be part of it.. and I, kinda decided to hack into the database of the biggest competitor we had.” Claire lifted a brow,

“I’m pretty sure, Just ‘trying’ wouldn’t get you sent to prison” she said in a knowing tone.

“Ugh you know what I meant!” Was his annoyed response as he rolled his eyes. She couldn’t help but chuckle, the look on his face was precious.

“And so you got caught in the act and sent to prison?” She tried to clarify.

“Not exactly! Once I got the information I felt I needed, I broke my computer and threw it away. For a week I tried to figure out a way to tell my father of my big feat. But before I got the chance to do it the police came knocking on our door.” Lou clinched his fists.

“My father was disappointed in me. He said he could never justify going to such lengths to ruin someone. Especially someone he had competed with since childhood…” he fell quiet. It seemed he was done explaining himself.

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Her last resort part 46

Claire took a step away from the stuttering mess that Lou had become.

“Huh?” He was surprised that she stepped away, probably unaware of the actual reason why she did that. Claire smiled at him and nodded in agreement with her own decision.

“You, my dear friend, are screwed”

“Huh?!-” The boy answered in confusion,

“How do you know that when you haven’t even tried training me?!” He was seemingly annoyed that he didn’t understand. Claire sighed,

“But I do know-“ she sat back down onto her bed.

“You didn’t pull away or try to escape in a situation where I aggressively tried to come on to you.” Claire explained as she stared at the ceiling.

“No way.” He softly murmured to himself as he plopped onto the chair.

“That would have been all it took for someone to take advantage of you” Claire looked at him with a weak look in her eyes.

“They lure you in with kind words and make you feel special, only to use you and throw you away.” Lou was visibly shaken by her words.

“That can’t be how everyone is, right?” Claire shook her head,

“You’re right, some just force you to indulge them from the get go”

“That’s not what I meant!” Lou yelled as he forcefully got up from the chair again. Claire stared at him in shock.

“There are more people out there, that don’t just get involved with you to use you! I’m sure of it!” His intensity kept Claire in a state of surprise for a good second before her eyes became cold.

“Either way, I won’t teach you how to fight before I know how you got in here.” She changed the subject. Sitting on her bed and staring at her feet she felt weak and vulnerable, she refused to let the conversation continue in such a direction. Lou seemed worried for her and his pity made her even more unhappy with the situation. He took the hint and sat back down with a sigh.

“I guess there’s no way around telling you then”

“I’m happy you understand” Claire smiled at him with the same dead eyes as earlier, making him shiver once more.

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Her last resort part 45

He hesitantly entered the room as the door was closed behind him. The sound made him jump but he continued making his way towards her.

“There seems to be a chair over there-“ Claire pointed to one of the room’s four corners where a small wooden chair was situated.

“-bring it over here so we can talk properly” she said as she sat down on her bed. Her eyes followed his movements as he awkwardly went to pick up the chair, that apparently was much heavier than he expected. She watched as he fought to carry the chair to her. She couldn’t help but chuckle at how hard he had to work to lift a simple chair. He looked embarrassed as he placed the chair down and sat about half a meter’s distance from her. Quite close for him knowing her as a murderer.

“W-What did you wanna talk about?” The boy hesitantly asked as he looked up at her, like a lost puppy. Claire sighed, this boy was a lost cause from the beginning.

“Answer me this-“ He stiffened as her eyes met his when she started talking

“-how did you end up in here?” He paused for a second, analyzing what she had just said.

“Why would you like to know?”

“Oh? You’re asking the questions now are you?” She said in a teasing tone

“Well it’s just that you remind me of the old me” he looked confused,

“Someone that always follows the rules, someone that does whatever they’re told. No matter how illogical it is” she made sure to sustain eye contact to see if she had judged him correctly. Her intense stare made him shiver. She sighed and leaned against the wall of her bed,

“Other than that I’m just curious how someone as scrawny and cute as you ended up in a place like this.” Lou turned bright red,

“I’m not cute!” He said in protest as he almost knocked over the chair with the force he got up. Claire was shocked for a second at how intensely he disliked hearing the truth. However it didn’t take long before she bust out laughing.

“Don’t laugh! I’m serious!” He said with a pout, continually proving how much of a lie that was. Claire stopped laughing and got up from the bed. She placed herself right in front of the smaller boy and looked into his eyes with a gentle softness to her face.

“I am too serious” she said in a soft whisper as she leaned in close enough to feel his breath on her cheek. The boy was shaking furiously but made no attempt to escape as he stuttered through a mix of “you’re kidding” and “please no”. Claire then smiled widely.

“You’re even more cute when your face is bright red” she chuckled as she kept their bodies as close as possible without touching. His face became even redder and Claire reached her conclusion. This boy was screwed.

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Her last resort part 44

It seemed like he understood what she wanted and looked at the ground. Probably ashamed of something. Maybe he felt like he had breached her privacy, or maybe he was just embarrassed to be told off in the first place. Either way he was awkwardly staring at his toes and Claire made her way back to her bed,

“Why are you even in this prison?” Were the words that exited her mouth as she made contact with the bed. She really was curious about it though. The smaller boy fell quiet as the words echoed around her partly empty cell. Claire peered up for a second only to find that he jumped away from the bars followed by the words,

“Hey! What are you doing?!” Claire recognized the voice as being one of the men that escorted her earlier. For a bit she was just laid there listening to Lou stammering and panicking as the two men tried to drag him away from her bars. Sighing heavily she got up from her position, in no hurry to clear up the situation taking place by her cell door. She knocked on the door and said,

“That’s enough guys-“ she sounded about as tired as she was and made eye contact with the man that so rudely told off her unexpected guest.

“-Lou here was waiting for the two of you to return so that he and I could have a little talk about what happened earlier” referring to the situation where he asked her to teach him to fight as well as the beaten down bully. The man that had taken a fast hold of Lou’s arm quickly released and stepped back. Lou rubbed his red wrist and took a step backwards as well.

“Thank you miss wright” he said in a nauseatingly formal manner. Claire just nodded, not sure whether or not he could see it, didn’t really bother her.

“May I request you unlock the door so I can have a more civilized conversation with my fellow prisoner?” Claire mimicked the formal manner of speech that Lou had just used, mocking him while still looking cool and composed. The two men looked at each other and conversed about whether or not it was a good idea. Ultimately landing on “how much harm could she do?” only to then unlock the door and let the scrawny boy known as Lou into the lions den.

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I’m actually pretty happy with the upcoming scene! Please look forward to next week! Thanks for all your support!

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Her last resort part 43

Claire opened her eyes as she heard a knock on her cell door through the soothing music her mother used to play while cooking, that had overtaken the other song. What a melancholic tune it was. She sat up and rubbed her eyes awake before pausing the song and stuffing the MP3 player in her pocket. She heard another knock followed by the sound of a voice,

“It’s me! Lou from earlier” he quietly yelled through the bars of the door. How long had passed for him to already be at her door? As if by force of habit she looked at her wrist, only to find an empty spot of skin where her watch should’ve been. She sighed as she checked the time display on her MP3 player. It seemed that barely an hour and a half should’ve passed since she saw him last. She had kinda figured she’d have to deal with this in the evening, so she had time to prepare something for his supposed “training”. However, there he was. Ready to be taught how to fight. She sighed as she went up to the door.

“Why are you whispering?” Claire asked him as she folded her arms over cross.

“Uh, I uhm, w-wasn’t this supposed to be a secret to the guards, I-I figured I’d better stay quiet so they wouldn’t suspect me of anything” Lou stuttered as he looked around to make sure no one was looking or listening in. Claire placed her head in her hand and sighed heavily.

“It’s in the middle of the day, people are everywhere and my cell is locked until my escort finish eating lunch.” She said with a tired voice, some of the fatigue of the day before still in her.

“So there is no way I can help you train until then”. The statement made the smaller boy blush a little. Which suddenly made Claire understand why his body was in danger within the prison perimeter. Looking small and cute in a place such as that definitely could be dangerous. In more ways than one. Even if it was a juvenile prison, that definitely didn’t guarantee that no one acted the same as Elijah. Just thinking of his name made her shiver. Lou looked at her with a mix of confusion and worry in his eyes.

“What seems to be the matter?” He asked through the high placed bars of her cell door. Claire shook her head to make him take a hint and never ask that ever again.

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Sorry abort not updating earlier today but I was busy being tired as shit. Which in turn means my brain didn’t work and I forgot about updating once again. Well at least it did come out today. My head is overrun by noise as of right now so I don’t think I’m doing Claire’s love of music justice. I can’t handle noise and she can’t live without it. Really just makes me want to go find a quiet place and rest for a while. I think I’ll do that once I’m finally home from hell, aka. School.

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Today has been rough. Please excuse my complaining.

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Her last resort part 42

“Ah shoot! Daddy’s already here! I’ll see you in class!” She said as she started running towards the black car that had pulled up behind them. Claire had figured that that would be the end of their interactions and was lifting her earphones to her ears when Liza suddenly turned around while yelling.

“Can I have your phone number?! Then we can talk some more later!” She reached her phone to Claire who then input the number to the phone she had been given just that week. She was a bit worried she wouldn’t be able to keep up with her texting speeds if she wrote even half as fast as she talked. Liza smiled brightly before turning to run towards the car with a surprisingly angry blonde man waiting very impatiently for her to get a move on. As she got in, he glared at Claire before driving away. The situation had ended before she had even known and she had no idea how to feel about it. She looked at her watch only to find that she had been absentmindedly listening to her talk for an hour. Her free time was over and back home she went. She exited the park and made her way around the lake close to her home while listening to some relaxing classical music. As she looked at the trees reflecting in the crystal clear water, the gentle breeze made the walk back seem kinda surreal. She felt as if she was entering a portal to a different world just to get home. As she reached her front door, she noticed one of her new classmates walking by with a girl under his arm. He was making a facial expression Claire couldn’t really decipher, before the two of them turned a corner and exited her field of view. She spaced out looking in the direction they had gone, before her front door suddenly opened.

“Jesus Christ child don’t take up the doorway” were the words of her father as he hurried on his way to the garage.

“Sorry father” Claire said as she entered her home. She took off her shoes and jacket and placed them at their specified spots. She heard the sound of dishes being done and guessed that her mother was at home.

“Mother I’m back” Claire said as she turned the corner to the kitchen.

“Mhm” was the reaction from her mother as she was hurriedly finishing up the dishes.

“I’m leaving for work now honey please make sure you eat the leftovers from yesterday for your lunch and leave the spaghetti I prepared till dinner time.” She said to Claire as she put on her shoes and jacket.

“Both me and your father are working late so do make sure to get your homework done for tomorrow.” She kissed Claire on the cheek and left in a rush.

“have a nice day” were the words that exited Claire’s mouth as the door closed in her face.

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Her last resort part 41

“Hey! You’re Claire right? Since you don’t seem busy do you wanna hang out with me for a bit? I have to wait for my dad to arrive so that I can get to my doctors appointment! And like, my dads really slow and-” And so she continued as Claire was surprised by how much the girl could talk. she couldn’t see why she should refuse her offer to hang out however, so she smiled awkwardly at her and nodded lightly. The girl lit up like a Christmas tree, before plopping down next to Claire on the bench she was sat on.

“Names Liza! Nice to meet you properly!” She said as she reached out her hand for Claire to grab it. Claire awkwardly did so and then quickly let go again. She wasn’t really a fan of physical contact but knew it would be rude to not at least comply with it on her first meeting with someone. She was however confused about what she meant by ‘properly’.

“Uhm, I don’t wanna be rude but what do you mean properly?” Claire awkwardly said as she bowed her head a bit. Liza laughed, not an insulting laugh but a reaction to Claire’s awkward question.

“I figured you didn’t recognize me haha, I’m one of your new classmates! So I saw your introduction in the class! It was so cute!” She said with a bright smile, as Claire stared at her in confusion.

“Cute? Me?” Claire said with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah! It was really cute!” Liza said with enthusiasm.

“What was?” Claire asked again.

“Your handwriting!” She said with a light giggle,

“When you wrote your name on the blackboard! It was a thousand times cuter than mine will ever be haha” She continued as Claire started itching to go back to her music. Her first introduction to her new class was pretty normal so she definitely couldn’t see where Liza saw the cuteness. However listening to someone speaking so excitedly about something so trivial wasn’t the worst thing in the world. It was a somewhat nice feeling to her. She smiled slightly as she continued letting the blond girl in front of her speak for however long she wanted.

“Oh! But then Jane was like, I don’t wanna take part in something so childish, like what gives her the right to say something like that?! Oh! Jane is one of the girls in class, just stay away from her she has a habit of being so rude and lik-“ suddenly she was interrupted by a loud honk which Claire presumed was from the horn of her fathers car.

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Almost forgot to update 😅

Btw can you spot the unintentional pun I made XD cuz I just saw it as I was about to post and laughed at myself for a hot second XD

Anyway I hope ya enjoy!

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Her last resort part 40

She sat up and picked up what she quickly realized was her MP3 player. She turned it on to make sure it really was hers. Sure enough, there were her many playlists. All of them were there, even the one she had labeled “for that fateful day” which she would have figured someone might’ve deleted to stop her from ‘getting any ideas’. Claire gently kissed the rectangular electronic device in her hands. Music had always been her escape from the torture she was put through. She was so happy to have her MP3 player back, so she had a way to properly relax. She got out of her bed and walked up to the door of her cell to see if the two guards had really left. When she confirmed that thought, she sat back down and put in her earbuds with a wide smile on her face. She put on the playlist she had made for happy days, the first song was one Claire remembered clearly from the day when she thought she had made her first friend. She remembered how she had been listening to its upbeat melody and singing along to herself at a park bench. The weather was great and she enjoyed the heat of the sun on her face as she listened to the joyful chirping of the birds in the trees above her. It had been one of the days where she had finished all her chores and was allowed to do whatever she wanted. That exact bench was her favorite place to go in times like those. However for the first time since she found that spot, someone called out to her. She had only just transferred to her school a couple of weeks earlier, so she wasn’t sure if the blonde female running towards her with a wide smile on her lips was one of her new classmates or not. Claire just quietly watched her casually run towards her at a surprisingly relaxed pace for someone yelling after a stranger. Or maybe she wasn’t a stranger? Claire was still unsure of whether she knew this girl or not. She stopped half a meters distance from Claire’s feet with a light puff of air eluding from her mouth as she started up a conversation.

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Part 40 is here! Yay! Look forward to hearing the stories of those she killed!

I realize it’s a bit short but I’ve been working on the newer parts while being stressed out about school so I didn’t have much time on my hands.

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Her last resort part 39

Claire was quicker than the other two at getting dressed so when she left through the door she felt their eyes on her. Standing in the open doorway, she said,

“Even if I told you who he was. You wouldn’t have to worry about it, since he’s one of the people I killed” she smiled over her shoulder, looking at them with sly eyes.

“Which one of them, is up to you to figure out” she chuckled as the door closed behind her and she was faced with her escort that were slightly slacking off by the side of the door waiting for her to exit. She just realized how odd it was that they hadn’t chosen a female escort to follow her around in these kind of situations. Maybe they figured they didn’t need to worry THAT much about her. Or maybe it seemed to them more fair to let her have SOME privacy. Either way Claire was happy about it. The two men hurriedly composed themselves. Blushing slightly as she chuckled at them.

“Where to now good sirs?” She asked the two men with a smile. They looked at each other and raised their shoulders and arms in a way that telegraphed to each other that neither of them had a plan for the day. Seemed like the prison was a lot more free than she had figured. The prisoners were just walking around the halls with no escort. Then again they probably hadn’t had the experience of killing someone. She chuckled again,

“Well then I guess I’ll go to my cell if there is nothing else I need to know” the two men nodded and let her walk the way there herself, Staying close behind her. She was good at memorizing so the way to her cell wasn’t difficult to recall. She casually strolled down the hall, smiling at all the people that glared at her on the way. As she reached her cell, she had been exploring her new home for almost 3 hours and felt herself needing a break from people. Her escort closed the door behind her and locked it with a sigh of relief. She smiled to herself as she plopped down onto the thin mattress of the cell. She then stared at the ceiling with a blank expression.

“It probably wasn’t the best decision to cause a commotion like the one in the dinning hall, just the day after arriving” Claire thought to herself as she let her eyes calmly followed the cracks in the ceiling as a way to entertain herself.

“There wasn’t much else I could’ve done in that situation though. It was either that or I would have suffered permanent damage in and around my neck” she justified to herself as she noticed a blinking light on her bedside table.

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Almost 40 parts into this story! It’s the longest story I have ever written!

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Her last resort part 38

“Not only that! I hear she got raped!” The girl next to Claire said with a tone in her voice that just screamed the word ‘scandalous’. Claire was surprised that the police department were okay with sharing that fact. Then again they probably didn’t share his name and told them some bullshit about him being unknown.

“No way! Was he ever caught? do you know Elise?” Carrie (?) Answered, sounding really intense about it. Probably more worried for her own safety in case he’d ever target her, than anything else.

“even if that was a thing he wanted to do he isn’t able to anymore”, Claire thought to herself with a quiet giggle escaping her lips. She heard the squeaky sound of the doors opening as the two girls exited the showers while continuing their conversation as loudly as before.

“Nah, that’s the thing! No one knows who he is, supposedly she wasn’t clear about it during the interrogation” Elise(?) had answered as Claire finished her shower. She stood at the door to her stall and finally decided to step into their conversation by sighing loudly as she opened the door,

“Of course they wouldn’t share his identity!-“ Claire stepped out in front of the two girls that turned out to be in the middle of putting their clothes on. They were both shocked to see her face, their expressions told her that they recognized who she was. They looked slightly scared as they continued putting on their clothes in silence.

“-I told them exactly who did it” Claire said as she locked eyes with the one she presumed was Elise. There was a slight pause,

“Then who did it?” Elise asked Claire with a slightly shaking voice but a growing interest.

“Elise?!” Carrie yelled, in fear of what Claire might do to her friend. Elise however ignored her and awaited Claire’s answer. She was wisibly shaking, however her curiosity far exceeded her fear. Claire’s eyes turned cold and glassy. It was as if she was looking right through the two girls in front of her.

“Wouldn’t you like to know” she said as her mouth moved into an unenthusiastic smile. The two girls were unable to say anything as Claire made her way to her assigned locker and pulled out the clean uniform from within. They had followed her movements with their eyes as she moved. Claire then glared at them with the same cold dead eyes as before. Even a murderer needs privacy. The two girls looked away and got dressed in silence.

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Her last resort part 37

The guards led her to a door with a female bathroom sign and explained to her that there were two bathrooms in the facility for the prisoners. One for males and one for females. Either way Claire didn’t care much, all she wanted in that moment was to take a shower. She politely told them to wait there and smiled as she walked through the door to hear the sound of two girls having a conversation. She vaguely listened to their conversation as she made her way to her labeled locker. To look for some shower supplies. As she opened the locker with her name label on it, she saw all her bathroom supplies from her old home. She figured the police were the ones to get it for her, seeing as her parents had probably either been in shock or had hateful feelings towards her. They didn’t seem likely to help her out. It saddened her a bit to think that her mother might dislike her now. Her father was expected, her mother however still had a place in the scarred heart of Claire. Even though she often pretended to be sad to get what she wanted, she was still a very supportive mother. If it wasn’t for her, Claire would have been much colder in the past. She would probably have been a small, female version of her father. She shook her head to get the thought out. She then made her way towards the shower stalls, the two female voices from before seemed to still be talking but Claire chose to ignore them. She had already dealt with enough drama for one morning. As she entered the stalls she heard one of the voices mention her name,

“Hey Carrie did you hear about the new girl that arrived yesterday?” The girl in the stall apparently right next to Claire said, hoping to start some gossip. She was a bit late on that one seeing as Claire had just knocked one of their buddies to the ground.

“I heard! She supposedly killed 3 of her classmates!” the girl on the opposite side of the hall of shower boxes had answered. Sounding strangely confident for being wrong.

“It was 6 people but I guess no ones counting” Claire mumbled to herself as she turned on the shower and enjoyed the blissful feeling of being clean. As she felt her black hair getting wet she noticed how long it had gotten. The thought of whether or not she was gonna be able to get a haircut for the next 6 years bothered her. Especially since she didn’t enjoy long hair, it was too much of a hassle to keep up, just like the red hair color she had for a short bit. She wasn’t entirely aware of the rules of her new home yet so it worried her a bit.

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Her last resort part 36

Claire smiled and leaned her head over his small shoulder and whispered to him,

“I am honored you’d be willing to have me as your teacher, however I think the two gents behind me will prove to be in the way of that.-“ she said as she brought him I’m for a hug to throw off the guards. “-I accept you as a student” she whispered as their bodies came into contact with each other, “-however I have a few questions for you before that so let’s meet up later. You should be aware of my cell number?” He nodded his head “good. Now, when I let go of you, you need to look disappointed to get them off the case” she could feel him nod once more as she forced their bodies apart and smiled at him deviously “I’m sorry” she said to start the pre planned role play she had set up. He did as she asked of him, albeit with a strange grimace that almost made her laugh out loud.

“I respect your decision, I will however keep in contact with you in case you change your mind!” He said with an intense look in his dark brown eyes. Even Claire was surprised by what he had said, she did however figure that it was the best thing he could come up with on the spot that didn’t sound like he’d give up so easily. Claire smiled,

“Do whatever you like” she said as she turned on her heels and motioned for her escort to continue showing her the way. They took her hint and continued walking towards the back end of the long hallway. Claire felt Lou looking at her as she left him standing there, with an oddly satisfied expression on his face. She still couldn’t understand why he’d even slightly want to be near her, it was illogical to her. A murderer comes to the prison you happen to be held captive in and beats up someone larger than herself to the point of fainting. And his reaction was to ask to be taught by her? It just didn’t make sense to her.

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This part is shorter cuz I’ve been sick the last couple of days. Sorry, hope you enjoy it nonetheless 😊

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Her last resort part 35

The two men quickly snapped out of it as they noticed that she was talking to them. Claire then repeated her earlier sentence to reaffirm that they knew what she had said,

“Wherever might the showers be?” Slightly changing it to simplify it for their spaced out brains. The both of them blushed awkwardly and started leading her towards the exit of the room.

As they reached the door Claire noticed Lou hurrying out of his seat to follow her. She was partway down the hallway before he caught up to her.

“Miss wright!” She turned to look at him as his hand hit her shoulder. He was horribly out of breath for someone who had only ran 5 or 6 meters to get to her. Her escort were panicking, thinking that she’d do the same to him as she did to that bully. Which wasn’t completely out of the question if he crossed the line or started annoying her. However he was safe for now, since she was curious what he wanted with her.

“C-ca-can-” Was all he could get out between his breaths. He gulped and got up into an upright position,

“Can you teach me how to fight back?!” He said with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. Claire was taken aback. Of all the things she had expected him to say that was definitely further down the list.

“Why would you want to learn that from me? I am a murderer and nowhere near a master in the art of fighting” she said, mostly because she was truly curious why he’d chosen her of all people to teach her. Even after having heard the story about her in the news, he still approached her about something like that.

He froze when she reminded him of the person she was, thought about it for a minute, and when Claire was about to interrupt him to get to the shower she so desperately needed, he interrupted her instead.

“I-I, I am okay with that! I-I’ve always been the weak bullied kid. Because I was smart and knew a lot about computers. I-I, I need to learn how to fight! And since you just beat up one of the shit heads that normally beat me up I figure you’re the best option” Claire just looked at him as he explained himself. It was starting to bother her that she didn’t know why he was in jail. She was curious beyond all else. She figured if she accepted him as an apprentice, the two men behind her would have a thing or two to say. However she had an easy solution to that.