I heard her cries from down the hall as I shut the front door behind me.
" Baby what's wrong?" I yelled to her.
She didn't answer me so I threw down my bag and ran to where it sounded like she was, the bathroom.
When I reached the open doorway I saw her with a blade to her arm just waiting to add another bloody mark to the many that already lingered there. In my peripheral I saw pills scattered across the tile.
" Go away!" She scream cried in agony when she saw my face.
" Baby I can't do that. It's okay though, it's gonna be okay. I just need you to give that to me okay, can you do that for me love?" I asked gently as I inched closer to her.
" Noooo." She bellowed. " I can't, I just can't do this."
" Yes you can babe , just drop it okay, you don't even have to pass it to me, just let go." I said and got closer once more.
She looked up at me with her deeply broken glance and dropped it. I quickly swooped in and moved the blade, throwing it out into the hall. I pulled her in and she broke down even more.
" Thank you baby, I'm so proud of you." I said with her face still buried in my chest.
" I'm so sorry." She cried out.
" It's okay love, I'm not mad at you." I reassured her.
" No, I'm sorry, I took a bunch of those pills ." She rambled panicked.
" Oh god, okay , how long ago?" I asked frantic.
" Like 10 minutes or so." She said .
" Okay love, well you gotta throw them up now okay . I'm gonna help you and it's probably gonna hurt so I'm sorry." I said and before she had a chance to even process my words I had moved her with her head over the toilet and I had my fingers down her throat.
She started to throw up and I held her hair and rubbed her back soothingly until she told me that the amount in the toilet was the amount she took.
I turned her around and gently wiped her face with some toilet paper . I pulled her into my chest again and she layed there completely exhausted.
" I'm so proud of you for telling me baby, you did so good getting everything out. I'm so sorry I hurt you." I said while rubbing her back comfortingly.
" I'm okay, you didn't hurt me." She whispered out.
" That's good. We have a lot of talking to do my love but for now I'm just going to take care of these cuts and then you can sleep . Does that sound okay angel?" I asked sitting her up and looking in her eyes as I spoke.
" Yes." She said softly.
" Okay , is this the only place?" I asked pointing to her arm.
She nodded .
" Okay, good ." I said " I'm just going to clean the cuts up now and then bandage everything ."
Once I had wrapped the gauze around the still slightly stinging cuts , I helped her off the floor.
" Let's get you to bed , you need to rest." I said and guided her to bed.
I rubbed her head and back until she was out and then went to clean up the bathroom so she wouldn't have to relive everything when she woke up.
I made some tea and got back into the bed with her . I hadn't even processed a thing yet but I couldn't bear to in the moment, so I just sipped on my tea while my other hand interlocked with hers .
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Depression/ anxiety one shots
Short StoryShort little stories about topics revolving around depression and /or anxiety . TW FOR MOST. This symbol (⚠️ ) , is on the possibly triggering stories . Please don't read if you think it could harm you. I mean it guys, I don't want anyone getting hu...
