Nowhere Safe Page #6

Hey look, there she is!

So embarassing...

Should have stayed home...

Watch out.

Did you see her last night?

How embarassing.

Loser.

Hey Ashley.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

I saw the video of what

happened the other day.

I'm so sorry, I...

Your're a ho you know that?

Would you just

leave me alone?

How could you be so mean

to my cousin?

I wasn't. And I'm willing to

bet that you know that.

Yeah, but that's just

our secret.

Hey!

Next time you

insult my family

you better be ready to

face me. Got it?

Mel said it took her a couple of

months to run you out of town...

I'm betting I can do it

in a matter of days.

Nice locker!

So I wanted the pink ones...

I can't believe you

trashed my locker!

I don't know what you're

talking about.

Oh, drop the act.

It wasn't me.

Okay, fine, then you had

someone do it for you.

Maybe, maybe not.

You'll never know.

Why are you doing this to me?

Do I need a reason?

Now get out of here.

Yeah, girl fight!

Get off of me!

Stop it! That is enough!

I expect better behavior than

this from the both of you.

You are the last two girls I

would expect to be fighting.

She vandalized my locker!

I would never do

something like that!

She probably

did it herself.

Have you seen what she did at

her old school to get attention.

Oh stop it!

Look at all the mean

things she was saying.

That's a lie.

Mrs. Tanner, I've

grown up here. You know me.

Does this sound like me?

Ashley, I know you're new here and

your mother was sketchy on your history,

but at my school we don't stand idly

by while one student hurts another.

I didn't start this.

Oh please, you did it before!

Ashley!

What's going on here?

Max, did you see where

Ashley went?

Yeah, she went that way.

Thanks!

Wait, what's going on?

Ashley?

I'm done. I can't do

this anymore.

I spoke to Mrs. Tanner.

It's going to be okay.

Did she believe you?

See? It's just happening

all over again.

Why? Why is this

happening to me?

I don't know. But we're

going to fight this.

Why mom? There's no point.

Nobody believes me,

it doesn't matter

what I say.

And you know none of this would

have happened if it weren't for you.

Ashley, that's not fair.

No, mom. You're the one

that was always saying

what a good student I was,

and praising me.

No wonder they came after me.

You know if it wasn't you it

was going to be somebody else

You know how many times

I've wished that?

I bet you do.

Now you're dating

Mr. Carlisle...

are you trying to make

this worse for me?

We're not dating.

It sure looks like you are.

Look, Ashley,

if you want to blame me, fine.

I'm okay with that.

But better yet blame the girls

that are at fault here.

Blame Alana and Mel,

and now Carrie.

If it makes you feel any

better blame everybody who

never believed the truth.

I'm sure there's plenty

of blame to go around.

But whatever you do,

do not give them the satisfaction

of tearing us apart too.

I'm sorry.

Hey...

Ashley...

You know, maybe we shouldn't

have run before.

We gave them exactly what

they wanted.

I'm just so tired of it all.

I know... I know.

I don't know what to do.

Well whatever you do,

whatever you decide,

if you stay or go,

fight or run,

we're going to do it

together, okay?

Okay.

I love you mom.

I love you too.

It's okay.

Celebrations and balls were

early versions of pageants.

My mother, aunts and sisters

all followed tradition

to be beautiful winners.

I'm sure I'll follow

in their footsteps and

become another winner

in beauty pageant history.

Thank-you Kylie. That

was interesting.

Hey Nick,

you wanna go see a movie

later tonight?

No.

Nick.

What?

Have you seen Ashley?

No, and I don't want to.

I can't believe you

think she'd do that.

And you don't.

I know her better than that.

I don't buy it.

Okay, well you're

the only one.

Look, man, I saw it, I saw

what she wrote online.

Just because you heard something new

about her doesn't mean that it's true.

Well it doesn't mean

that it's not.

Does any of it even sound like

the Ashley that you know?

Okay look, she was pretending.

Why? I mean obviously people hated

her for the crap that was written.

If it was her why wouldn't

she take it down?

I don't know.

My guess is that it

was a fake account.

Okay, look, whatever.

You remember that rumor you

started about me?

How I put Principal Tanner on

the FBI's most wanted list?

Yeah. So?

What spread faster? That rumor or

me trying to say I didn't do it?

Just give her the benefit

of the doubt.

It is important. It helps me to

know what you don't know...

...what we need to focus on.

If you don't know how to do the

whole problem...

just do the bits you know

how to do.

Can I help you?

Um, yeah, is Ashley here?

She wasn't feeling up to

school today.

Is she here?

Did she answer?

No.

Then no.

Okay look, I just want

to talk to her.

Yeah...

Look... I was stupid.

Okay, I heard some things about

you and I just...

I assumed they were true.

But, I don't know what happened

to you before you moved here.

But, if I'm going to hear

it from anyone

I'd rather it be you.

Well you sure seemed like you

knew everything at the party.

I was stupid.

You can be mad at me.

I mean, obviously you are.

But, if it helps,

throw it at me.

Feel better?

No.

There's only one thing I can

think of that'll help.

Telling everybody off?

Do you really think

that they'd care?

Maybe. I mean, I did.

When you called me out

on being, well, me.

I just... I've got to leave

this place behind.

Thinking of moving?

I want to.

I don't know.

Stay.

Please?

You've no idea what I'm going

to face if I stay.

I'll be right here with you.

You said it yourself - you

don't even know what happened.

That doesn't matter.

I know you.

Mine went farther.

Hey.

Hi.

I didn't know you play.

Oh, I don't.

I just figured my life is pretty

much a country song anyway.

So, might as well learn.

Well... I brought you your

missing homework assignments.

Gee, thanks.

You're welcome.

Oh, and your video presentation

is due in history tomorrow.

Oh my gosh, I haven't

even started on that.

Well, would

you like some help?

Hey Max... yeah it's Nick.

So I was wondering if you could

help us with something?

Yeah, yeah. We're over at

Ashley's. Okay.

He said he'd be right over.

Okay.

I think this could work.

Yeah, it's perfect.

I guess you're innocent.

Come on... Ahh.

Max, this is great!

Oh, thanks.

You sure you can

pull this off?

Hacking into the school

network is cake.

Hey. You ready?

I think so.

Don't worry. You're

going to be great.

Okay, let's do this.

All right.

Continuing with our video

presentations

History in your life...

Ashley.

Thank-you.

Hi, my name is Ashley Johnson.

Not Evans...

I changed my name

when I moved here.

And I'll get to why later.

But the event in history that

I want to talk about

happened in many

parts of the world.

It happened over three

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