text: It all started with a match, one thing lead to another and I met the love of my life or so I thought. I was only 17, I always thought I was to young to be burnt alive, how could someone tell me they love me then set the place I live on fire. You think you know someone until something like this happens, lets actually start from the very beginning, I'm Delilah Grace, as you know I am 17, now this boy I'm talking about his name is Jackson, he is 18, when I first met him he was the kindest guy I have ever met. I met Jack when I was 15. We hit it of immediately, he asked me out the day after we met and of course I said yes because every girl wanted him and he wanted me, it was magical for the first year but after that he became very controlling, he even started physically abusing me, I was 16 I was scared to even tell anyone, I thought I loved him, I didn't find out I didn't love him until I met Dustin, I met Dustin the day I turned 17 he was the new boy next door, we started hanging out often! When Jack found out, that night I thought I was going to die, he beat me so bad that I couldn't walk for an entire week! I still stayed quiet because I was terrified of that man! I would hide the bruises with makeup so my parents couldn't tell because if my dad found out he would probably have put him in the hospital or worse six feet down. The day that dustin found out that jack was hitting on me I'll never forget, I seen a hurt but pissed look in Dustin's eyes. I was a bit confused because dustin was my best friend. "I'm going to beat the living heck out of him!" Dustin Yelled clumping up his fist "Dustin, stop he can't know that I told you or things might get even worse." I told him putting my hand over his shoulder "You deserve so much better, he shouldn't be laying his hands on you, if I see him hitting you I'm saying something and you can't stop me Delilah." He told me shaking his head I sighed and shaked my head, I looked over my shoulder and seen jack and my eyes widen. "U-Uh dustin, maybe you should leave." I said pushing him towards the window He looks back and sees Jack his eyes darken and his jaw tightens. He walks over to Jack and grabs his collar. "Woah, man let's not do this!" Jack laughed Dustin just hits him in the mouth multiple times "dustin stop!" I yelled Dustin gets up wipes his hands off and walks to his house before walking into his house he looks back and yells. "Touch her one more time I dare you!" Jack laughs and walks back into my room, dustin goes in his house "So you told him!" Jack yells balling his fist up "He's my best friend." I answered flinching He hits me in the mouth knocking me down, he starts to kick me in the stomach until I pass out, last thing I remember was him laughing. When I finally woke up, I was no longer in the floor, I wasn't even in my house. I look over and tried to move but I couldn't. I look over to my arms and legs, I was tied up. "Jack! What are you doing, where am I?" I cried "You had to be punished, for telling that fag about me." He laughed climbing near me "please I'm sorry! Please let me go jack." I cried He just laughed and started kissing me, I cried as I felt his body on mine. You can just guess on what happened next. He untied me, and threw a new pair of clothes at me "Come on, let's get you home now. Hopefully that taught you a lesson." He told me driving me back to my house. He drops me off and I limp inside with tears in myself. "Honey, are you okay?" My mom said walking up to me I nod as I walk upstairs and lock my door I walk over to my bed and lay down and just let it all out. See my story hasn't always been the best but it didn't get any better the day that jack decided he didn't want me anymore, lets actually go on from that day! I woke up just another day, it was Saturday which meant no school, I just laid back and relaxed. Jack knocks on my door. "What do you want?" I asked "I don't want you anymore." He told me holding up the match. "What are you doing?!" I screamed "I told you I don't want you, and I can't leave you alive or you will tell everyone what I did to me and get me arrested." He told me pulling out a lighter "Please, jack I won't tell anyone I promise! Don't do this please" I cried out He pulls out his phone and starts recording "Say bye to everyone you want to I'll give you five minutes." He said "I-if your watching this, it means I'm gone, it means the guy who record this decided to do something stupid. Mama remember I love you, daddy know that you have always been my first best friend! Dustin, oh where do I start? You have made me smile so bright, I love you more than words will ever know, I mean I love you more than a friend, please don't blame yourself because it won't be your fault, and lastly I wanna say something to the guy who ruined my life, jack you thought you will get away with this but know that will not be the case, I will haunt you everyday all day until the day you die!" I cried out screaming and flipping him off. He turns off the camera and lights a match and drops it on the floor, he then takes a gas jug and pours it all over the floor and lighting the rest of matches and dropping them in the gasoline, the fire starts and goes a big boom, I feel it get hot and I lay on my bed with tears in my eyes, I feel it touch my skin and I guess it got into my lungs because I just close my eyes and I can't open them back up. I feel someone pick me up and run. ~6 months later~ Hey guys! Didn't I tell you that it doesn't get better, well that's a lie! It gets better but give it time, because if you don't give it time then it won't. So I do have scars from that day, but if it wasn't for Dustin then I wouldn't be alive today, he ran into the fire and saved me I am so grateful for this boy, he asked me out last month, of course I told him yes because I loved him! We are starting our own family, I am currently 6 weeks pregnant with our child! So please be careful and get to know the guy you date so you don't turn out like me!