She (THEY 1/3) completed

Chapter 25

I open my laptop and turn it on.

I probably should study right now, but I have much more important things to do.

Just like hack into first government website I can think of and find out if they're searching for mutants.

I'm not sure why am I doing this, but it's probably just curiosity.

And no matter how much I try, there's nothing.

Even using my powers.

So give up on that, and try to hack into next interesting website I find.

And so on, till Neil suddenly burst thought my doors.

I'm lucky that I didn't use my powers.

I glare at him, but he just smiled.

-"Call Mateo, we are going out!!" He shouts, and I groan, covering my ears.

-"What do you mean out?" I ask and furrow my brows.

-"Double date!" Laina excitedly says, walking in my room and dropping on my bed.

-"Double date? I'm not even dating Mateo, how's that a double date?" I add, not managing to hide the skepticism in my voice.

-"Oh, come on! You could date him." She says, and stares at me with a serious expression.

However, her expression changes to a grin, when Neil sits besides her, dropping an arm around her shoulders.

I just wince.

-"I can't. We're just friends." I say and spin around in my chair.

-"Then get out of the friend zone and try, Sim! You're never gonna know how it could be, if you don't try." Neil says, giving me a concerned look.

-"Funny you say that." I skeptically snickered.

-"Stop it, Sim." Neil ELEPHANT says.

-"No, you stop it." I ELEPHANT say.

-"Sim! You should at least try." Laina pleads.

-"Drop it." I finally snap, and walk to my bathroom.

I lock the doors and lean into the sink.

What am I doing?

I'm just ELEPHANT relationships.

I let out a tear slip out, and fall down in the sink, lighting with electricity.

I can't take it anymore.

I lean into the wall and slide down, hugging my knees and trying to stop my tears. But soon my tears become sobs.

And I place a hand over my mouth, trying to stop the sounds, what I successfully do, for a while.

But I know I'm too weak to actually kill myself.

I just can't.

And I promised to keep my family safe.

I also promised to keep my friends safe.

It's not really successful, but I have to do it.

I can't hurt my family and friends because I'm selfish.

I get up from my seat and walk over to sink, staring at myself in the mirror, and cleaning my face.

I make sure I don't look like I just cried, I walk over to the bathroom door and smile when I open them.

Laina is sitting on the bed and carefully staring at Neil, who stands up looking concerned at me.

-"Sorry for what I said. So should we go out?" I ask, faking my excitement.

-"Are you sure?" Neil asks, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion.

Lainas eyes never leave Neil, this entire time.

-"Yeah. Should I call Mateo?" I ask, still faking my smile, hoping he would believe it.

And he did.

So I called Mateo.

-"Hey pretty-"I start, smiling, but he soon cuts me off.

-"Can't talk right now, I'm sorry." And with that he hung up. I frown but still turn to Neil, smiling.

-"He's not coming with us." I say, and see now Laina frowning.

-"Lets just go." Neil says and slips in the middle of me and Laina, trowing an arm around my shoulders.

I chuckle as we walk to his car, and take the back seat, relaxing in it. I look trough the window as we drive somewhere in the city, passing a lot of restaurants.

I was playing on the carpet in living room, when my parents came in. -"Simone!" My mother shouted at me, not even trying to hide her anger. I stood up, facing my parents, with a fading smile.

They just get home from drinking in the bar, I could practically smell the alcohol coming from them. My mother picked up a bottle and threw at me.

The loud crack sounded throughout the apartment, causing me to shrink, and fall on the ground again. The bottle didn't hit me, it hit ground, right below where i was standing, causing pain in my knees, right where I hit them.

My mother came forward and slapped me, and i started to scream. -"Mom! Please stop! You're hurting me!" My mother slapped me again, on the other chin, with all force she had, leaving red mark.

I snap out of my thoughts, turning them to our current location.

-"Sim, are you fine with it?" Someone asked, making me frown.

-"What?" I asked, looking at Neil.

-"Were going shopping." Laina said, getting my attention.

I tried not to wince, and I succeeded. Or so I thought. -"Don't make that face, it'll be fun." She said, pouting.

-"That doesn't help." I answered, but got out of car anyway, trying not to drift back to my dark thoughts and memories.

I didn't like shopping at all. It always reminded me of moments before my parents died, when they would ignore my need for new clothes, letting me live in the same ones for weeks.

I closed my eyes and let my breath out, trying to forget.

I didn't want to remember any of that.

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