I woke up at around 3am and looked over to see Hailey wasn't there. I started to freak out but then I remembered that I could track her location from her socials because they were always on.
I pulled it up and my heart rate picked up. She was almost at the Olivet Bridge. I quickly threw on shoes and got my car keys and sped off towards the bridge.
It wasn't far and so when I got there she had just reached the bridge and I saw her climb onto the ledge as I got out and ran towards her.
" Hailey don't!" I yelled and she turned back to look at me and I could see how broken she was.
" You shouldn't be here." Hailey said.
" C'mon Hailey, please just get down and let me help you." I said as I inched closer towards her.
" I'm sorry Meridy. I can't live with what I did, please go." She said.
" No, I won't leave you. Just take my hand please." I said and I got close enough for her to reach and she hesitated but to my relief, took my hand. I instantly pulled her down and into a hug.
She was completely breaking down and her tears were soaking my shoulder but I didn't care. I just held her tight until she moved minutes later and looked into my eyes.
" I'm sorry." She said at such a level I could barely hear her.
" It's okay. Let's go back to my place okay and get you cleaned up." I said remaining calm as I saw blood dripping down her body and knew she had hurt herself.
" Okay." She said.
I helped her into my car and drove us back to my apartment. When we got back I led her to the bathroom and had her sit on top of the toilet lid.
I flicked the light on and saw she was pretty bloody.
" Hailey, where'd you cut yourself?" I asked calmly.
She pointed to her arm and her thighs.
" Okay, it's okay. I'm gonna help you alright. Can I take these off?" I asked gesturing to her shorts and her sweater.
" Yeah." She said, so I helped her get them off and then looked at her wounds.
I couldn't really see how bad they were so I wet a washcloth and gently cleaned her skin until I could see just the cuts.
" Okay, so one of these is not great compared to the others so we are gonna use these." I said and got out my box of steristrips to sorta close the cut better.
I put them on the worst one on her thigh and the others I cleaned and bandaged as I regularly would.
" Okay, all done. Stay here. I'm going to get you some clean clothes and I'll wash yours okay." I said.
" Thank you." She said.
I nodded and grabbed her the clothes. She changed as I turned the other way to give her privacy and I put her clothes in the sink with hot water and soap to soak while I got her back to bed.
" Okay, you think you can try to get some more sleep?" I asked.
" I'll try." She said, so I followed her back to my bed and helped her in pulling the covers over her after.
" You want more melatonin?" I asked and she nodded so I gave her some more.
" Hailey. I need you to stop feeling guilty because it's okay. I'm telling you that you don't need to. Please, try, for me." I said.
" Okay." She said.
I sat at the end of the bed until she fell asleep and then went to go wash her clothes.
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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...