I can't remember - c.h (slow updates) #wattys2017

Chloe

Chloe sits up in bed, hours before she has to get up but can't sleep. She sighs and gets up, getting into the shower and washing her hair. She gets out of the shower, drying and curling her hair.

She looks at her body in the full length mirror, looking at the bruises, scars and burns, the cuts and scratches she gave herself.

People think it's easy to be a cheerleader. You're popular, pretty and have great friends and a boyfriend. But it's not, that's just in school. At home it's a total different story.

Chloe has insomnia, her mother died when Chloe was twelve, ever since she's cut, her brother left home and her sister killed herself. Her dad beats her everyday and does drugs. 

Chloe can't leave home as she has no where to go. No one knows and no one can know.

As Chloe doesn't have cheer practice today she gets into some black skinny jeans and an oversized grey jumper. She pulls on her grey ugg boots and a grey beanie before covering the bruises on her face and bags under her eyes with foundation and concealer. After which she puts on some winged eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss after brushing her teeth.

Chloe slips on her glasses, not being bothered with her contacts today and grabs her books and bag. She runs downstairs and sees a note left.

Gone out, dad

Chloe sighs and looks over the food, deciding not to eat anything. It's not like she doesn't eat, she does. Just not all the time.

Her dad throws harsh comments at her sometimes and they get to Chloe. Another reason to cut.

The girls do notice how skinny she is though. She's a flyer of the cheerleading squad and the girls worry about how light she is.

Chloe grabs a grapefruit and puts it in her bag before grabbing her car keys and walking out to her small mini.

When she gets to school she walks to her locker and smiles when seeing Ashton at his. She walks over and taps his shoulder, pulling her jumper down creating sweater paws.

"Hey ash" She smiles "I had fun on Saturday"

"Me too" Ashton says "Um you look - different - good different, you look cute"

"Thanks" Chloe smiles "I just couldn't be bothered to wear my contacts"

"I mean your outfit" Ashton laughs "I never really see you out of your uniform"

"Oh, well thanks" Chloe smiles as the bell goes "see you later"

Chloe heads to science and sits down next to Michael.

"Hey Michael" Chloe smiles.

"Hey clo, how are you today?" Michael asks.

"Okay I guess" Chloe shrugs "How about you?"

"I'm good" He shrugs.

"Okay today class we will be looking at acids and alkalis" Mrs Brown says, handing out some neutraliser and acids and alkalis.

"Michael that's to much" Chloe laughs, taking the acid off him.

"I wonder if you could dye your hair with this" Michael says, looking at the red liquid.

"If you wanna burn your head off then go ahead" Chloe laughs "This is acid, it'll burn"

"Hmm" Michel sulks.

The bell rings and Chloe collects her books and heads to her locker, putting them in before heading to gym. She grabs her kit, the dark green skort and white and green sleeveless top and her roshe runs. She goes into a cubicle as she always does and gets into her kit, putting some concealer over her cuts and bruises on her arms and legs. She puts her hair into a ponytail and runs out into the gym and sees Ashton. She walks over and sits next to him, talking his shoulder.

"Hey" Ashton smiles "We're doing badminton today"

"be my partner?" Chloe asks.

"Wouldn't you want to go with Sam?" Ashton asks, pointing at Chloes boyfriend who's mucking around with his friends.

"No" Chloe says "come on" She pulls Ashton up and grabs two rackets and some shuttlecocks before running to a court and chucking Ashton a racket "I'm gonna serve, ready?"

"your serve can't be that good" Ashton laughs. Chloe raises an eyebrow and chucks the shuttlecock into the air, smacking it over the net.

"Wanna bet" Chloe smirks.

At the end of the game Chloe had won seventeen two, and those two points was because she was tying her lace and Ashton cheated.

She gets back into her normal clothes and adjusts her beanie and make up before meeting Dakota and Abi outside.

"We're going behind the bike sheds" Abi says.

Chloe was shocked. She knew Abi occasionally smoked but she hasn't seen her in about a month. Behind the bike sheds is where you go for a cheeky fag in school. Chloe shrugs and they sneak behind the bike sheds to be met with Michael, Luke and Ashton.

"Chloe?" Ashton asks. 

"Abi?" Luke asks.

"Crap" Abi mutters "I havnt got a light"

"Here" Luke says, leaning over and lighting the cigarette. Chloe coughs and fans in front of her face making Ashton laugh.

"It isn't that bad" Ashton chuckles "Take a drag of mine?"

"I'd rather not" Chloe sighs.

"Come on, one drag" Ashton says. Chloe sighs and takes Ashtons cigarette, looking at it before raising it to her lips and taking one drag, instantly coughing and choking. She passes it back as the boys laugh and Dakota passes her some water.

"Not for me" Chloe coughs.

"Hola seniors and senioritas" Calum says appearing.

"Hola Calum, como estas" Dakota says (Hello Calum how are you?)

"Estoy been y agradezco" Calum smiles (i'm good thank you and you"

"Excelente" Dakota laughs.

"Why oh why did I take Italian" Michael sighs.

"Should of taken french with us Mikey" Chloe laughs, pinching his cheeks.

"Biology, chemistry and psychics is enough" Michael teases.

"Um Chloe?" Ashton asks "What's on your wrists?"