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strength of ten teenage boys. Her tiny fists rained down on her bully, connecting with her face, head, and upper torso. Whitney cried for help from her friends, but they kept a wide berth, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire.
    Finally, Chase and a teacher were able to pull Daylen off of the crying and bloody girl, though she kept swinging in her delirium. Chase’s voice finally brought her out of her blind rage.
    “Day! Day, stop it! It’s me, Chase!” He shouted at her.
    The moment she realized what had happened she started to sob uncontrollably. Chase hugged her tightly and scowled at the girls that were trying to feign innocence. A couple of the bus drivers that had been waiting came over to explain to the teacher what they had seen. Then the teacher took them inside and called their parents. Chase waited with Daylen and held her hand in support, under the hateful stare of a bloody and bruised Whitney.
     
     
     
    Daylen subconsciously rubbed the scar on her chin. She’d had to get five stitches after they left the school with her mom. Chase, of course, had gone along with them to the emergency room, which had gotten him into huge trouble with his dad when he got home.
    In the end, Daylen had gotten a one-week suspension for fighting, but Whitney got two weeks for starting it. Two things happened after that day. First, no one, including Whitney, ever messed with her again. Second, everyone was too afraid to be her friend or piss off Whitney, so she also became a social pariah. Her only friends were Chase and Amy, which in the end, was fine with her.
    Whitney may have been afraid to confront her face to face since then, but she still gave her evil looks from afar and spread rumors about her, behind her back. As she looked across the room at the popular girl, Daylen was getting one of those evil looks, even now.
    “Attention! Attention everybody!” Miguel shouted out until everyone’s attention was focused on him. “Now it’s time for a game. A little game I like to call Spin the Bottle for Seven Minutes in Heaven!” He announced loudly.
    Everyone in the room cheered boisterously. Daylen cringed inwardly. You’ve got to be kidding me?! She prayed that she could stay in the corner unseen.
    She watched as a large circle was formed on the floor. Daylen looked on in agony as Whitney grabbed Chase’s hand and pulled him over to the circle. Even worse, she saw Miguel and Amy coming towards her with big smiles on their faces. She immediately started shaking her head no.
    “Oh, come on, Day! Let’s have some fun.” Amy coaxed. “When’s the next time we’ll be at a party like this with so many cute older boys?”
    “Go ahead. I’m not stopping you. I’ll just watch.” Daylen said firmly.
    Amy stepped closer to her so that she could whisper. “Maybe you’ll get a chance to kiss you know who.” Amy gave her a knowing look.
    At that moment, Daylen wished that she’d never told Amy that she had a crush on Chase. Before she could think too deeply about the fact that she wanted to choke Amy. Her traitor friend and Miguel grabbed both of her arms and pulled her towards the circle. She was completely humiliated and the game hadn’t even began. But she didn’t fight them because she didn’t want to cause a scene and embarrass herself further.
    As she sat between Amy and Miguel, Daylen looked around the circle. Many of the boys smiled brightly at her, which she figured wasn’t too bad of a sign. At least they didn’t look grossed out. Of course, Whitney was shooting daggers at her, but Daylen just rolled her eyes and then looked over at her best friend. Chase looked irritated. Daylen hoped that it wasn’t because of her.
    “Since I’m the hostess with the mostest, I’ll spin the bottle first!” Miguel shouted out. His declaration was met with eye rolls and exaggerated sighs.
    Miguel leaned forward and spun the empty beer bottle as hard as he could. It landed on one of the older girls that Daylen