Save me Mick

Part 9

TW: self harm
Lourdes POV
I called Danni and invited her over. Her shift had ended as had Jared's and Michaelas but Jared and Michaela were still busy. She knocked on the door and I opened it. She lifted her hand to wave and her sleeve fell down exposing bandages on her arms and cuts just below them. I gasped "Danni, what is that?" I asked her as she unsurely walked in and sat on the couch. I sat next to her. "I think you know" she whispered pulling her sleeve down over the bandages and cuts. I nodded and just let her lay her frail frame against my side. Self harm. "Does anyone else know? Is it because of what he did to you?" She took a deep breath in. "Yes Michaela found out yesterday and some woman named Saanvi who's apparently a friend of Michaelas did the stitches and bandages. I don't know but that's a reason yeah" I placed my hand on her back and tried my best to ignore her tensing up beneath my touch. "Love, I think you need help" I spoke gently. Danni's eyes widened. "No!" She shouted. "Ok, ok that's ok" I told her, slightly startled by the outburst. "I'm sorry." I heard just above a whisper. It didn't even sound like it came from the frail girl laying against me. "Is what's on your arm all of it?" I asked brushing her hair behind her ear. I felt her face heat up meaning she was embarrassed. "N-no" "does Michaela know that that's not all of it?" She shook her head. "Ok, can you show me what Michaela doesn't know about? I need to make sure nothings infected." She nodded and sat up. Slowly she lifted her shirt showing a scratched up and bruised stomach. I tried not to make my shock to obvious. I got up going to get first aid stuff to clean and bandage the wounds. I placed the different creams on the cuts and bruises, then I bandages the cuts. "Is there anything else?" I asked gently. "Y-yeah" I heard her mumble. "Alright love, where?" "My legs" I looked at Danni's outfit and saw she was wearing skinny jeans. "Ok, since your in jeans I can't clean them but do you think they are infected?" "N-no I don't know" Danni mumbled fidgeting with her sleeve. "I have to tell you that Jared will be home soon so if you would like we can go to your house so there's less of a chance of him accidentally finding out?" "No. Can we stop talking about this?" "Sure love" we sat there for a bit in silence. Why did this have to happen to Danni?
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Hey! I hope you guys like this chapter. I'm working on another book currently so updates may be a tad slow. Sorry for the short chapter.
-Brooke