He's tall dark and handsome, he has a beauty that I've seen only on a movie screen, but no screen character has ever made my heart beat out of time, made my palms sweat and my body feel weak. In that one quick glance I took it all in, before turning away again. “You should tell your dad Tam, this is getting out of hand. What if Shane hadn't come along? She was going to hit you I know it, and then I would've had to kick her skinny ass no matter what you say." I was in a bad place, at sixteen it wasn't cool to run home to mom and dad and tattle. But there were so many stories in the news these days about kids killing themselves because of bullying. Or worst yet, kids killing other kids in the most horrific ways. I didn't want to end up a statistic I just wanted to be left alone. “If it