Our Destiny: Written in Stone (Zodiacs)

Our Pasts

Virgo's POV

''I'm falling in love again. With a girl. And I already know it's gonna end with me getting heartbroken.'' 

I sighed and gave Pisces a glass of water as Scorpio hugged the poor girl tighter. ''It won't, trust me. Not everyone is the same.'' Scorpio whispered, softly. Pisces shook her head and took the glass of water. ''Yes they are. Everyone says that. It hurts.. So much..'' she said, her voice cracking as she drank the water slowly. ''A little more please.'' she said to me. I nodded filling up the glass again. She looked at everyone.

''Guys... You should probably go back to sleep.. I'll be f-'' 

''Nope.'' Aries interrupted, shaking her head. ''You're a member of this... Family. And families always help you.'' 

''NO THEY DONT!'' I yelled. Everyone looked at m ''You seem kind of... sensitive about this, Virgo. I noticed it from the very starting. You okay?'' Scorpio asked, still clutching Pisces hand. The last sentence. It had been asked so many times, it almost felt like a statement. ''I'm fine..'' I whispered. Cancer walked up to me, and grabbed my hand. ''You're not Virgo. Your eyes are giving you away.'' I looked away. ''Let's do something.'' Aqua said, smiling softly as she sat next to Pisces. ''Let's share our pasts. Every one of us. Be honest and tell everything.''

''But, no sharing with someone else. This stays between the 12 of us.'' Capricorn added. ''Sit down in a circle everyone. Sit with the people you're comfy with. Be comfy and safe.'' Aries said, settling down on the ground. Libra and Leo sat  on either side of her. I sat near Cancer and Saggi. Saggi and Leo sat together and Aqua settled down near Cancer and Gemini. Pisces sat with Scorpio while Capricorn sat with Taurus. The others shoved a little, sitting near the people they were comfy with. Finally when we all settled down, Aqua smiled. ''I'll start. After me, I choose... Pisces. Put on some soulful music.'' Capricorn got up and turned on some playlist, then she sat down in her place. 

''Well..'' Aqua said, taking a deep breathe, ''I was 16 when I had one of my worsts break ups. I was in love with this guy. He wasn't perfect or anything but he was sweet and nice to me. I loved him. A lot. But um...He cheated on me. He got abusive. He said...I wasn't enough. I was shocked. All my life, I had been supported, never told I wasn't enough. And then it hit me. I felt like I was never enough and everyone lied to me. I was foolish enough to believe him. I was blind. And because I thought so, I felt sad. Heartbroken. I had to look for something to release all that sadness, all that anger. I tried everything. Tried writing my feelings, talking to people, even tried going to a therapist. But, I felt like everyone was judging me. I felt everyone hated me. Even my therapist. To...release all my emotions.......I started cutting. My wrists. My thighs. Wherever I could, whenever I could.'' Aqua paused and lifted her shorts a little so that we could the scars on her inner thigh. Gemini gently caressed the scars. Aqua nodded and then continued. ''One day, my best friend caught me cutting my arm. I was.. stupid? Yeah, I was stupid, at least that's what I thought then, now I know she was there at the right moment and saved my life. Anyways, she caught me cutting my arm in the school bathroom. I was being bullied and I couldn't take it. She arrived in the bathroom, calling my name and when she caught me cutting, she pushed me aside, threw away the blade and had me pinned to a wall. She made me wash my wound and bandage it and probably thought I was going to die.'' Aqua completed, with a slight smile. ''This was a week before my birthday. For my birthday, my very same best friend, gifted me a book and a membership. Specifically, the book was the fault in our stars and the membership was of Netflix. I thought of throwing it away but my mom forced me to read it. Glad she did too. I fell in love. Again. But not with some boy, but that book. And all the shows on Netflix. I fell in love with these perfect fictional characters in their not-so-perfect worlds. I fell in love with their werewolf forms, their vampire forms, their appearances, their personalities. And I fell in love with those conspiracy theories. It was something to think about. Were there any aliens? Is Area 51 a hoax? Is the Bermuda Triangle ruled by aliens? It helped me divert my mind from all that sadness and bullying. I was living to read these stories. I was living to live these stories. To solve the mysteries.'' Aqua took a deep breathe. ''I found my escape in these books. And I would love to be a photographer. To look around and observe the environment. Click pictures and discover their hidden meanings! That would be perfect for me.'' Aqua said, completing the story with a grin on her face. ''Wow..'' I whispered. Gemini held Aqua's hand tightly and she leaned against him. 

Pisces straightened up and grabbed Scorpio's hand. ''Support me.'' she whispered to the surprised blonde. ''Um.. My story's a lot similar to Aqua's. But I didn't stop cutting because of what she said. Books.. Well I don't really like books. I like to.. help people.'' Pisces paused to roll up her sleeves and show a few straight lines across her veins. ''When I turned out to be pansexual and my boyfriend left me, my parents thought it was all my fault. My parent's were very religious and they disowned me the day I told them I was pansexual. They thought it was my fault that my boyfriend left me, who they liked very much, and that's because I was pansexual. I had to live in the streets for a few days. I was depressed because I thought no one would support me. My parents asked me questions that hurt me, made me feel worthless and called me things that had me scarred for life. I finally started working at a store, gathered enough money to rent an apartment and moved  in with my friend. My friend was there to support me all the time. She helped me recover and be strong. But...One evening, during a scuffle with a few homophobic racists, she was stabbed repeatedly by a man who fled the scene immediately. I lodged a complaint as I luckily had seen the man's face and managed to run away. He was proven guilty and jailed. My friend died in the hospital. My only support...It had left me too... But she had told me to be strong and help others before...um, leaving. And I did. I decided that I wouldn't let anyone feel left out. Like I was. I would help people. I would love to be a therapist. To help people. To help with their experiences and lives. And save lives too. Save people from doing suicide.. I'm afraid of falling in love again. I'm afraid of people hating me because of the person I choose. I'm afraid that...if I fall in love, I'll end up in the same position. Suicidal because I had given all my love to a person who didn't deserve it.'' Pisces completed and blinked her eyes rapidly, in a bid to stop crying. 

Scorpio hugged her, almost squeezing her. ''I.. I want call on Taurus please.'' Pisces said, looking at the brunette.

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1364 words. I didn't actually cry when I wrote this but, I felt really sad. It's sad to know how many people actually face this in real life. Whoever is facing anything like this, please stay strong. Please hang in there. You'll somehow get out of it. It'll be better. I know it sounds hard and almost fake, but trust me, you'll be okay. It will take time but you'll be okay.  I updated Pisces's picture cuz I thought that Pisces deserves to be more beautiful. And when we reach 700 reads, I'll be doing a QnA. So stay tuned!!

-Diva