A Cinderella story

chapter 4

Now that Scott no longer walked me to my classes, I was vulnerable again. I got beat in the middle of the hallway, everyone watching and laughing. I fell to the ground barely able to breathe, bleeding and on the verge of blacking out, when I saw him. Standing in the corner watching. Watching, but not intervening. I reached my arm out to him. I blacked out as he bit his lip nd walked away. When I woke up I was home. Someone was putting a fresh ice pack on my face. I flinched as the coldness hit my skin. "Shh. Its alright" they said. The voice was familiar but I couldn't remember whose voice it was. I opened my eyes and Scott was leaning over me. I sat up quickly and got dizzy. I shook my head to clear the dizziness and got out of bed. He grabbed my arm. I pulled away and ran to my bathroom. He knocked on the door. "Are you okay elle?" He said. I didn't answer. I was sitting in the tub crying when the door opened. He kneeled beside the tub and sighed. "I'm sorry." He said quietly. "Don't apologize. I don't want to hear it. Because you actually believed them. You should have known I would never say that!" I said. "Well you never said you didn't say it." Scott was fidgeting. "Because I was in shock! I was in shock that you trusted them more than you trusted me! I was in shock that in a matter of minutes you thought you weren't good enough for me! I'm sorry if I couldn't get enough oxygen to my brain to get out words!" I yelled sitting up. He didn't say anything. "Just go home. I don't feel well and this is making things worse." I whispered. He stood and walked away. I collapsed into the tub and began sobbing. My breaths quickly turned to gasps for air and I felt the overwhelming sadness rush over me. I picked up a blade and cut until I passed out. The next day I put on my hoodie and walked to school alone. When I got to my locker I lifted my sleeve to see how the cuts were doing. Some where still bleeding but most had stopped. I looked up and saw Scott staring open mouthed at me. I quickly pulled my sleeve down and slammed my locker shut. I looked back at him as I ran to class. The whole period Scott stared at me. The bell rang and I quickly gathered my things and ran out the door. He ran after me. "Hey stop. Stop running!" He said grabbing my shoulder. "God! Get out of my life already. All your doing is hurting me! You don't even trust me!" I started sobbing and ran to the bathroom. I collapsed against a wall and pulled the blade out again. I cut open all my previous scabs and pulled my sleeve down. I checked myself out in the office and started walking home. I made a mistake. I need Scott. I love Scott.