Note from writer: The story obviously takes place after Ana has left Christian in the first book. Enjoy, and please do review and critique.

Unbreakable Love

Chapter one: Scars

My baby blue top hangs from my shoulders and reveals my collar bones as if I am a size zero mannequin dressed in an extra large shirt. I have not eaten in what must be a week. I feel as though I have lost all track of time since I left Escala and Christian. That man possessed my world and now I have a hole left in me that I cannot fill no matter how hard I try, but granted I would still try my hardest to fill that void one way or another.

When Jose's show had came up I decided I would still go; even though I no longer had Christian to go with me, I still needed to support Jose. He had always been there for me in the past, and I wanted to be there for him. To be honest I just didn't want to lose some of the only friends I had. I couldn't ask Kate to go with me out of fear she would bring Elliot, so I would go alone. I had showed up at last minute and spent the entire rest of the night getting drunk with him. Since the night of the show Jose hadn't left my side.

Kate calls everyday to see how I am, and I usually try to brush her off so that I don't need to see her. I would not want for her to see how disheveled I have become and report back to Elliot who would in turn report back to Christian.

"Ana, I need to talk to you, I'm getting worried." She breathes into the phone.

"I'm fine Kate, really, I just need time to get over everything." I try to sound convincing, but I know Kate knows me to well to just dismiss me and let me go.

"Let's get together for drinks, just you and I; you can even bring Jose along", she pauses sounding tired, "just let me talk to you and let me know you really are okay, I am your best friend Ana."

" Just you and I, and Jose...nobody else please Kate."

I have not seen Kate as I have been staying at Jose's most nights in an attempt to stay the furthest away from Christians fucked up world. Seeing her is not going to go well I assume, seeing as Jose has been looking at me as if I am a wounded bird lately.

Jose and I pull up to the bar a little after eight. I scan the parking lot as if I am a paranoid crack head. There is no sign of Elliot's car. There is no need to search the parking lot for any of fifty's cars, he has too many.

"Ana, you look, horrible." Kate says as Jose and I sit down at the dim lit table to greet her.

"Well thank you Kate", I laugh and signal to the waitress to bring me a beer. Thankfully she knows what I drink seeing as I frequent this bar almost every day now, that is if I am not drinking at Jose's.

We decide to have some fun and get drunk. Kate asks me to join her in the bathroom as all girls go pee in pairs. Being at this bar again, and being drunk like I was after our graduation makes me nervous. Washing our hands in the sink we are talking and laughing like we used to, until I roll up my sleeves so that they don't get wet from the water.

"What are those?" She demands.

I stammer and don't quite know how to answer her, but instead pull my sleeves down to cover the marks on my body. I run out of the bathroom and out into the parking lot of the bar to catch my breath. She is going to call Christian. I know she will.

She follows me outside as I borrow a cigarette from a man sitting on the curb.

"Ana! What is wrong with you?" She won't stop yelling and it is hurting my head. She reaches for my arm and I pull away.

"Don't touch me Kate, this has nothing to do with you!" I am screaming and crying, unable to catch my breath. As I swing my arm away from Kate and back up from her in an effort to protect myself from her eyes a hand comes down from behind me and grabs my arm spinning me towards them, and effectively snaps the cigarette in my hand in half.

"But it does have to do with me..."

I look up into his eyes. The man I have been trying so hard to avoid is standing in front of me. His eyes are piercing into mine, searching for answers.

"I'm sorry Ana I had to."

Kate that traitor.