The Cutter's Lover

1

I walked down the crowded hallway pulling down my sleeves so nobody saw my sliced wrists. I cut for reasons that nobody knew.

I approached my locker and saw a note taped to it.

>You useless whore, go die.<

Crumpling the note I tossed it in the bin. I averted my gaze when I saw Luke Meyers. Star quarterback of the school, good looks, has an amazing personality, insanely rich. Everybody loved him. Including me.

Eye contact was made daily between the two of us, and we'd stare for a while before my confidence would shatter and I'd look away.

His girlfriend, Amber, head cheerleader, shiny black hair, bright blue eyes, high cheek bones. She was gorgeous on the outside. On the inside, not so much.

I sighed and trudged to my class not looking forward to the day ahead of me. Walking into the classroom I headed to my usual seat in the front I the class. Usually I'd sit in the back, but I didn't really care anymore.

Taking out the needed materials and scribbled down the homework. Just because I was a cutter, didn't mean I was awful at school. I actually got pretty decent grades. My favorite was English.

I was able to express myself without being yelled at or judged and the English,teacher, Mr.Andrews, loved me for it.

"Hey Tori, the worthless shit." I heard Amber hiss. I tried to ignore her vulgar comment. She kept hissing profanities about how nobody loved me, about how I was never going to be pretty, and how I should just stop living.

"Amber, stop." I heard Luke say, hearing Amber scoff and shut up was an amazing feeling.

"I'm sorry about my girlfriend." I heard Luke whisper as he sat down in the seat next to me. I shook my head and looked away from his sparkling eyes. I heard him sigh.

"What's your name?" Knowing Luke he was generally curious about somethings. Yes, I knew this because he was in every single one of my classes.

"Tori." I told him. I saw Luke smile out of the corner of my eye, I couldn't help but smile a little.

"Do you play any sports, Tori?" Why was he still talking to me? I was a nobody. I internally sighed and went on with my work, meanwhile having a tiny conversation with Luke. He wasn't as bad as everyone deemed him to be.

Class ended, and to be honest, I was a little sad. Grabbing all of my stuff and trying to get out of class Amber thought it would be funny to dump all of my books on the floor.

I sighed at my usual torment and went along with my day. I made a mental note to cut five times. I know it's bad but it's like waving candy I front of a kid. It's my ultimate escape from life.

I sat at lunch by myself scribbling down stories and drawings into my notebook. Most of it were tattoos or dream catchers. I sighed and smiled at my brown and pink dream catcher.

"Is this seat taken?" A familiar husky voice asked, I turned ever so slowly to see Luke standing there with John and Trace his two best friends. I slowly shook my head no and all three of them sat down. I sat there awkwardly because I knew everyone was staring at me.

Another cut.

I mentally ticked on my list.

"Why are you sitting here?" I hissed, Luke was the most popular guy in the school, and well, I was the lamest. He shrugged and gave me a sly look. I rolled my eyes and stood up from the table, trying to make a clean get away.

"Why are you leaving princess?" Luke asked rather loudly, gaining everyone's attention.

"Because I don't want to sit with you." I tried to say, but my voice wavered. He smirked acting triumphant. His eyes betrayed him, he was begging me to stay. I turned to throw my trash away but someone decided to stick their foot out. And obviously I tripped.