"I see through those silent lies of yours, Liv."
𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, the girl who's known to be mute in school. No one knows why though, and she doesn't want anyone to know either. Only her best friend and this certain boy want to know why. S...
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I slap my phone a million times, turning off the alarm as usual. I rub my eyes with my fists, now regretting staying up very late to finish reading a book.
It's Monday again already, I can't tell if I'm thankful or not. Dad's been easy again the last couple days, letting my body rest and heal a bit-it's still nowhere near healed fully though. Everything still hurts to the point I don't want to go to school.
After Friday when I skipped with Adrian-dad didn't find out which I expected but I was still scared-my body was sore as hell. Going to a diner, then the cliff even if it brought bad memories back, then a movie theater was nice though too. I've only thanked Adrian for the nice day a million times since.
Nothing really happened over the weekend as always. I talked to Divine a lot as usual, texted at least, same with Adrian. It's weird having another friend now, I'm not used to it. We've gotten to know each other some more, but not any big stuff.
I get out of bed, take a shower, and get ready for school. I look in the mirror, seeing the black eye that's barely healed. Unlike my jaw, it's not turning into the ugly colors of yellow and green-thankfully. I just hope the black eye starts turning those colors too soon.
I grab my bag and the book from last night to return to the school library, also taking my phone off the charger. I slip on my beat up sneakers I've been wearing for years now before finally going downstairs. I stop at the last step, getting dizzy.
I haven't eaten anything since Friday except for a piece of bread I took when making dad dinner one night. I need something to eat. I slip into the kitchen, cursing in my head when the pantry door creaks. I quickly grab a couple granola bars before rushing to the front door in case dad heard the creaks.
I head out the door and start my walk to school, answering Divine's text of already asking if I'll be at school today. I had told her Friday I just wasn't in the mood for school.
When I finally get to school my feet are already killing me and the school day hasn't even started. I go to the bathroom real quick, fixing the bandage wrap around my ribs. It's helping a little, barely actually. I know they had to have been broken after how hard dad kicked me. After that, I go to math.
Math is boring, even as Ashton sits with me but he's quiet the whole time as usual. I worry when I walk into art, Mrs. Scarlett immediately searching my face. I know it's about the black eye.
"Oh, Olivia. What happened?" Concern laces her tone. I shake my head. "Nothing?" She doesn't believe me at all. I hate the black eye still being so bad that the makeup doesn't cover it all. "Is...is something going-" I shake my head again before she even finishes her sentence, walking over to my desk.
She doesn't have a chance to try and talk to me again as other kids come into class, the bell ringing and her having to start today's lesson. Something on shading today.
