A.S.S.A 16 [Editing]

Chapter 11

Baby, I'm not afraid to die.

Nina and Damien were walking to school together, she glanced at him, he looked deep in thought and every now and then he'd chuckle, It was weird.

"D-damien?" She coyly called out and he turned to face her.

"Are you okay? you look like a lot is on your mind" she said

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"You know, you can talk to me about anything, right?" She said and he nodded.

Nina had been in love with Damien since they were little kids. One day, when Nina was still very little, a child with white hair showed up in front of her house, the boy was carrying a little boy who looked around her age on his shoulder. Her aunt took pity on them and decided to be their guardian, they've been together ever since.

"Would, would you l-like to, like, m-maybe g-go, out t-to the movies, this Saturday?" She whispered. Damien turned to face her and she quickly used her curls to cover her face.

"I'd be busy this Saturday, sorry" he simply said and her heart sank

"Okay"

What was she thinking? Damien didn't like to go out, he was anti social, she ought to know him better than that now.

They arrived at their school, it wasn't a highschool and it wasn't a college, it was like something in between.

"We have different classes, so see you later" Nina said and they both went their separate ways.

"Hey fatty" a familiar voice said from behind her and pushed her to the floor, she looked up and saw Nyx standing above her with a smile.

"I'm not in the mood to play with you Nyx, I have to get to class" Nina said and picked herself up from the ground.

"Awwwn, is fatty having a bad day" Mia, Nyx's friend said taunting her.
Nina was in no way fat, she was just thicker than the average girl, but she was beautiful and radiated elegance. She tried to walk away from them but they pulled her by the hair and dragged her to a corner.

"Let me go!" she cried in pain

"You know, you really piss me off, how can a fatty like you be hanging out with Damien, when he wouldn't even look at me!!" Nyx exclaimed pulling hard at  Nina's hair, Nina cried out again and tears threatened to fall.

"Nyx, I think you're pulling her hair too hard" Mia stated worriedly

"As if!" Nyx spat and tugged at Nina's hair harder, she only let go when she saw blood dripping from her scalp.

"Is that blood!" Mia exclaimed

"Serves you right, fatty, stay away from Damien" Nyx said looking a bit regretful and both of them walked away. Nina went into the girls restroom to rinse off the blood and tears involuntarily fell from her eyes.

It had always been like this, since kindergarten, she'd been getting bullied, for different reasons, either because of her race, her hair, weight, the fact she was born out of wedlock, there was always a reason why people didn't like her. That's why Damien would never love you. She thought to herself and began to cry uncontrollably.

Blood was still dripping from her scalp. "What am I going to do?" She sobbed. She went to her bag and pulled out a scissors and cut off the hair where Nyx had brutally removed from her scalp. The difference was obvious so she wore a jacket over her hair and decided it was best for her to just go home.