My Bestfriends

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"Selenaaaaa......selenaaaaa......" I heard people whispering in sing song voice. "SELENA!" I was pushed off the bed and landed on the floor with a bump. I scrambled around on the floor, looking for my duvet and pillow and layed back down, my eyes heavy. "For fucks sake Selena get upppp you're so annoying" I felt my body being lifted and thrown over someone's shoulder; my Bestfriends shoulder....Luke Brooks. I dug my face into his back and tried to get back to sleep. As my bestfriend, he should know I am NOT a morning person. "Luke, let me sleep!" I moaned. "It's 11:30 already and I want to go get ice cream!" He complained. "I'm going back to sleep" I shrugged and closed my eyes, still hanging over Luke's shoulder like roadkill. "If that's how you wanna be!" He smirked and ran through my kitchen and stopped at the edge of my pool. "Luke! No....Luke please I love you don't do it please oh no" I begged but it was too late, I was already in the pool, now freezing. "You're such a bitch Luke!" I huffed, climbing out and hitting him playfully. He laughed and hugged me. "There, now I'm all wet too see?" He opened his arms. "But not wet enough!" I grinned and pushed him as hard as I could into the pool. "I'm gonna kill you Sel!" He screamed and scurried to the edge of the pool. I scrambled away, running towards my back door. I got there before him and locked it, mocking him as he stood outside cold and wet.

I took this opportunity to take a shower and get ready to meet the boys, assuming wewere like most days. Let me introduce my self. My name is Selena Burns and I am Bestfriends with the Brooks. I also live next door to them unfortunately. I ran upstairs and into my room, watching behind me to make sure Luke hadn't managed to get in. I slammed ,my bedroom door closed and sighed in relief. I turned round and walked right into something hard. "Aaaaaaagggghhhhhhhh what the?......" I screamed. I had ran into Luke. "How did you.....?" I asked, but then acknowledged the open window. "Oooohhhhhh....." I whispered. "I'm sorry Lukey" I hugged him, praying he would let go of his idea of revenge. He picked me up and threw me onto the bed, and started tickling me. "I've got you now!" He laughed. "No...Luke stop! Please Luke!" I cried out with laugher. "I've got to go in the shower!" I protested, wiggling around underneath him, thinking of an escape plan.

"I'll buy you your ice cream if you set me free?" I offered. "Hmmmmmm....okay!" Luke grinned cheekily and got off me. "You're so heavy you blob" I pushed him but quickly ran into my bathroom before he did anything else. I showered and blow dried my hair, applied a bit of makeup and straightened my hair, and put on a black, long sleeved crop top, denim shorts and my converse before meeting Luke downstairs. "Leggo!" I pointed towards the door. I turned to see Luke sitting on the sofa crying? "Luke....what's wrong!?" I asked concerned, wrapping my arms around him. He looked up, his blood-shot puffy eyes looking into mine. "Why didn't you tell me?" He croaked. "Tell you what?" I asked confused. He grabbed my arm and rolled up the sleeves to reveal lines covering it like wrapping paper. I looked away. "How did you find out?" I whispered. He held up a bloody towel I'd accidentally left in my downstairs bathroom. "Oh...." I looked down at my feet in shame. "Why didn't you tell me? I thought we were best friends..." He sniffed. "We are! I just didn't want you to know because I didn't want you looking at me like you are now...full of shame and embarrassment" I mumbled. "Embarrassment? Shame? Selena, you mean everything to me. I don't care about that. I just care about YOU. You're beautiful and amazing but why?" He asked.

"You're fans say I'm fat and I am! They're right! I'm nothing compared to these beautiful girls you see walking down the street! I can't take a pill without thinking about overdosing, I can't cross the street without thinking of jumping in front of a car, I can't shave without wanting to slit my wrists, I cant walk along high things without wanting to jump off! Every moment, every aspect, every vision of my life is changed by this depression and it's killing me. It's made me weak and vulnerable and these thoughts are winning"

I cried, bringing my knees up to my chin. "You're beautiful, and you're not fat! Please, don't starve yourself or harm yourself! If I hadn't found this, something bad could've happened and I could lose you, I can't bear to live a life without you Sel" Luke hugged me tight and drew little circles with his fingers on my back to soothe me. I calmed down and cleaned myself up and gave Luke another hug. "Let's go!" I ran to the door. "You haven't had breakfast" Luke asked concerned. "I'm not really hungry" I shrugged. "Sel" He looked at me like a parent would. "Okay mom" I stomped over to the fruit bowl and grabbed an apple. "Happy?!" I took a bite of it and walked out my house.