Scared Half To Death!
Katherine Burbidge
3:25pm the clock read as I walked through the bus terminal. I was meeting Mike there at 4:15; I had about 45 minutes to kill when I saw Amanda and Jackie standing outside having a smoke. So I decided Id go join them. I got up from where I had just sat down and went outside. “Hey” Jackie and Amanda both said as I walked up. “What ya doing?” asked Jackie. I told her that I was waiting for Mike and he should be here in about a half an hour now. Jackie was very happy to hear this. Since Mike was her cousin and she hadn’t seen him in a while they decided to wait with me.
“So why are you waiting for Mike?” one of them asked me, “well I see Mike most mornings here, and this morning as I was getting on my bus to go to school Mike handed me a letter asking me out. So were going to meet here at 4:15 then I can answer him.” “You’re going to be dating my cousin? That’s awesome.”
“What’s awesome?” Dez yelled as him and his sister Penny walk us to up. So I repeated what I had just told Amanda and Jackie to Penny and Dez. As we were all standing there talking I noticed that these girls kept looking at me. I didn’t know who they were so I didn’t think anything of it. Just as I flicked my cigarette away I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was one of the girls who were looking at me. “ Katie right?” I shock my head yes. “Can I talk to you for a second?” she asked me. I shock my head yes again told my friends Id be right back and followed the girl. “Why the fuck have you been talking shit about me?” she demanded to know. “What the hell are you talking about? I don’t even know who you are.” I replied. “ Don’t play dumb with me. I know you have been telling people that me and brad are sleeping together.”
“You and brad? Brad who?”
“You know who I’m talking about, and don’t deny it either.” she basically yelled at me.
“Honestly I have no idea what you’re talking about, I know brad but I never said anything about you and him. I have never seen you before today so how could I have talked shit about a person I never met till today.” I said and walked away.
“I was watching you talk to her what was that all about?” Penny asked. So I explained what had just happened. Penny said if I just stayed with her, she wouldn’t let anyone touch me and since I still had 5 minutes to wait till Mike got there I decided to stay rather then get on my bus and leave. “Don’t look now Katie but that girls coming back this way and she has 3 other girls with her now.” Amanda warned me. Just stay with me Penny said. “Come here again” the one I had talked to before said as she walked up to us with her friends. “ No” I said. I don’t think she liked that too much, because she started yelling at me right away in front of everybody. So I bitched back I knew I had done nothing wrong. I didn’t even know these girls. But these girls just wouldn’t give up, “screw this.” Penny said as she dragged me inside. Dez, Amanda, and Jackie all followed, the other girls stayed outside. I was happy I thought that was that. We decided to go upstairs and wait for Mike. I just wanted to get away from those girls I didn’t want them to come back and start yelling at me again. We went upstairs and found a bench to sit on. Not even 20 seconds after I sat down the same 4 girls appeared again. Don’t these people give up I thought to myself. They came up to me and started again about why I said stuff about the one girl. Again I told her I didn’t know what she was talking about and if she could please leave me alone. Then they started on this whole fighting thing. “No. No I’m not fighting you, for one I Don’t know you and two I Don’t have a reason to.” not only that but I cant fight. I wasn’t about to tell them that thou, then they’d jump me for sure knowing I cant fight. 4:22 my watch said as I looked down at it. Where the hell is Mike I wondered. He was late, and I knew if Mike was there nothing would happen to me, since Mike was well know downtown. Nobody would touch him or his girlfriend. But Mike was not there yet and I wouldn’t be his girlfriend until he got there. So I decided to run. All of a sudden the girls were gone I didn’t know where they had took off to, I didn’t care where they took off to. They were gone now was my chance to leave. “Lets go out the side and towards city hall.” Amanda said “me, Amanda and Jackie still have to cash our checks so you and Dez might as well come with us.”
“ I really don’t care what we do just as long as we get out of here.” I said to her.
Mike still hadn’t shown up, but I had taken enough of those girls shit and was not waiting anymore for him. So down the escalator and out the door we went toward city hall. I don’t know how those girls knew we left but there
they were right behind us. “Oh what now they are going to follow me?” I said when I noticed they were there. “In here” Dez said pointing to a little sports bar. Dez and I went in while Amanda Penny and Jackie stayed outside trying to talk some sense into those girls. After about 10 minutes standing inside I knew they were not leaving until I came outside. I called Jackie in, told her that we were going to look for a back door and to meet us out there with Penny and Amanda. “Do you have a back door these girls are following my friend?” I heard Dez ask someone who worked there. He pointed to a door and we left. They weren’t there yet and I was not about to wait for them to get there so I told Dez we had to go and we’d meet up with them later. Off we went running down the street of downtown Kitchener trying to find a place to hide. As we turned onto a little back ally we meet up with Amanda Penny and Jackie again. As Penny lit up a cigarette Dez noticed that the girls who were following me had found us and were coming this way. And that behind us was a cop walking down the street the other way. I decided we’d be best off going the same way the cop was. I was not about to be a rat and tell the office about the girls, I knew I’d get it twice as hard if I did. But I thought just to be around him would make them stop. But I was wrong that didn’t stop them it just made them madder. When we turned the corner we started to run trying to lose them. This had been going on for about 2 hours now and I was getting tired of running all I wanted to do was go home. Penny Amanda and Jackie still hadn’t cashed their check and the banks were getting ready to close. We all thought that we had lost them for sure this time. So they went and cashed there checks while Dez and me stayed inside some office building, thinking I would be safe there I didn’t mind waiting there. So Dez and I took a seat on the floor to wait. I was shaking by this time and scared half to death. About 5 minutes passed and in walked one of those girls.
“Will you come outside with me?” she asked nicely. I was surprised that she had asked so nice but I was not giving into her being nice “ No, I’m staying right here.” I protested. After 5 or 6 minutes pleading with her I gave in and went outside, what else was I to do? I couldn’t sit in there forever, she told me they knew what school I went to and that if I didn’t go now they would just get me at school. I stood up with Dez at my side standing as close to him as I could. The girl grabbed me by the coat and dragged me outside. “Lets go for a little walk” the other 3 kept saying when we got outside.
“Why so you guys can jump me somewhere? No I don’t think so.”
The girl who had stared this whole thing was determined to fight me. “Well are you going to fight me then? Just you and me one on one. I promise” “I’m not fucking stupid as soon as I lay a hand on you your friends are going to jump in.” witch I knew would happen, nobody fights one on one now. “Come on guys just leave her alone now you scared her half to death isn’t that enough?” Dez said trying to plead with them. “ No I wont be satisfied until we fight”
“Well I’m sorry but there won’t be a fight I’m not fighting.”
“Lets go for a walk then, come on, lets go” the one said as she grabbed me by the arm and dragged me into some parking lot right beside the building I was just sitting in 10 minutes earlier. But this time I was so scared and shaken up I didn’t know what to do. I just wanted all this to be over, I wanted to go home where I knew Id be safe. “If you fight me now I promise you no one else will jump in it will just be you and me.” the one said again. I just shock my head no. Dez tried to get them to stop again. But again no luck. “ Hey I like your coat, its really nice.” the one girl who’s name I learned was Stephanie from the talking. “Can I have it? Take it off!” I didn’t know weather or not I should I didn’t want to, it was my favorite coat. But I was scared and I didn’t know what these girls would do if I didn’t. So I took it off and handed it over. “What size are your feet?” she then asked oh god there going to make me go home naked or something I though. I herd about things like that happening around here before. “They look like they would fit. Take them off Ill trade you.” so off those went to I handed her mine and she then took off hers put mine on and gave me Hers to wear. I don’t know how she got them off they were 2 or 3 too big for me. So mine had to be too small for her. But I was scared shitless so I just kept my mouth shut.
“I like your necklace” the other started in on me. “Take them off I want them!” she demanded me. I did what I was told, there was 4 of them and one of me, sure Dez was there but I knew Dez was a guy and he couldn’t really do anything to stop them. I was not going to ask him to fight these girls for me so he could go to jail on assault to a female charge. It was not worth it. That’s when the one who had started all this bull shit in the first place wanted me to go around the corner with her. I really didn’t want to. But what other choice did I have I couldn’t run I was surrounded by them. When we turned the corned she told me I had three choices “you can fight me now, let me punch you in the face twice or I’ll go to your school on Monday.” “I’m not fighting you.” I told her again for the millionth time. And that’s when BAM right in the face she punched me. I was stunned. I knew it coming but I still couldn’t believe this was happening to me. I started crying right away, it hurt really hurt. I turned around to run away and BAM one of the other girls had punched me in the face as well. That one hurt about twice as hard as the first did. All of a sudden everything went black I felt myself fall back. I couldn’t see anything I had no idea what was going on around me, but I could hear them yelling “lets go lets go, lets get out of here.” I caught my balance and was able to stand up.
“Where did they go?” I asked Dez “oh they took off. I’m so sorry this happened Katie, I don’t know what to say or do. Do you want to wear my hat?” I don’t know what wearing his hat was all about but I said ok and took it off his head. We headed back towards the building we were to meet Penny, Amanda and Jackie at. I didn’t really care about meeting them I just wanted to get to a bathroom and clean up I could feel blood running all down my face. As we walked up the stairs toward the entrance of the building we saw Penny, Amanda and Jackie. When they saw what I looked like they came running. “Oh my god I’m so sorry we should have never left you here. I’m so sorry.” they all kept saying I asked Jackie for a smoke I really needed one now, she didn’t have any one her but said if I went to her grandmas with her witch was right around the corner she could get me one. We said goodbye to Amanda, Dez and Penny and started off to her grandmas. she was shocked when we got there at what had happened to me, she kept me to call the cops, but I didn’t want to. I was scared if I rated on these girls they would find me and get me again but this time harder and I didn’t want nor need that. I told her I was fine I just needed to go home and call my mom who was at work and probably worried sick about me not being able to get a hold of her. Of all the days not to have me cell phone I chose today when I need it most. I knew when I told my mom she would more then likely call the police. So Jackie and her grandma walked me to my bus stop and I finally got to go home. I called my mom right away to tell her what happened. I talked to my mom for a bit trying to explain what had just happened to me but I was still shaken up quit a bit and covered in blood. I got off the phone with her to clean up. After that was done phoned my friends Andrea and Lea Ann to tell them what had happened to me. as soon as I had hung up the phone with Lea Ann the police showed up. They wanted everything that had blood on it, the girl’s shoes for evidence. I tried to explain that I didn’t want to press any charges on these girls, the officer then told me that it was not up to me, I had no say in the matter and if I could please fill out a statement now. I didn’t like hearing that I had no say in the matter, I’m the one who got beat up here.
I started to fill out a statement but my doorbell kept ringing every five minutes or so. everyone had heard (I don’t know how I only told two people) what had happened to me and were coming by to see if I was okay and to find out who they were so we could get revenge. it got to the point were the officers told me I couldn’t answer the door anymore it was taking to long just to get a statement out of me. I had to look at a bunch of pictures and try to identify some of the girls. I didn’t recognize any of them though. when that was finally done the police left. and I was home alone, the doorbell stopped ringing it hadn’t rang in a while. and I was feeling really scared even though I knew I was in my own home no one could get in I was safe now. I just kept going over what had happened to me tonight, and what might happen when they know the cops know.
