Dawn & Brandon (Welcome to the Dollhouse)

Changes

Waking up in the middle of the night I heard my parents and missy talking in the livingroom. I got up and went down to see what they were doing. Mom asked what happened while they were gone and I just told her I studied and cleaned... not entirely a lie. She nodded and told me to get ready for bed. I headed back upstairs and heard my phone going off again... I still hadn't opened the messages. I put my passcode in and clicked on them. Liz asking how I was, and Brandon had messaged 

We need to talk.
where are you?!
I'm coming over.
So your not home either?
Where the fuck are you?
Answer me!
Are you with someone else?

 
I messaged him back... No, were not doing this anymore. You hurt me. And if you hurt me again I will have you arrested. I will always love you. but we're toxic. It wasn't meant to be. This is hurting us both... it's time. you need to stay out of my life. Goodbye Brandon.

I woke up and switched my alarm off. Quickly getting dressed and putting makeup on. I couldn't face my family this morning so I went out the back door and headed to school. Liz met me at the doors and we headed to class. Time passed by faster than I thought it would, on break we went to the library and I told her what had happened. She held me and I realized I had been crying the whole time. She begged me to tell someone but I couldn't. I didn't want him to get hurt. I love him Liz. I hate him. I don't know what I want... I don't know what he wants from me I don't understand him. I don't know what the fuck to do. When the bell rang I headed to my last class and sat in the back, I hoped he wasn't in school today... but when I saw him my heat skipped a beat... he had dark circles under his eyes, bruises on his face and knuckles, dried blood on his lips, he sat on the opposite side of the room and kept to himself. I tried to focus on the class work but all I could think is what happened... had he got into a fight ... with the neighbourhood group? His brother? His dad... kids from school? I didn't know what to think... did he start it... was he okay... I needed to know. The bell rang and I tried to talk to him but he was gone and I was stuck behind a bunch of kids who were walking very slowly. I pushed my way through them and grabbed my stuff from my locker quickly looking for his locker. He was already gone so I ran to the back doors and looked around before heading to the pond, when I got there I saw him, but he wasn't alone, he was with a girl from school, but I didn't stay long enough to see who she was, I ran home as fast as I could hoping they hadn't noticed me. My heart hurt, my head was spinning, I couldn't go inside. How could he be so fucking cruel. I actually thought he loved me and was just too fucked up. he never actually cared about me. I messaged Liz to meet me at the store, she texted back and told me there was a bunch of kids talking about going to cookies. Would ethan be there? no i cant ask that... 

We both started running when we saw eachother, racing to the doors, i got there first, so i got to use the arcade game before her. 

So what happened?

He had bruises all over him, so i went after him. He was with a girl, at the spot i showed him, that was our spot and he brought someone else there.

She pulled me into a hug. Im sorry dawn. 

I thought he cared about me,thats why i put up with all the bullshit.

Hes pathetic. If i see him ill fucking kill him

Yeah cause you could beat him in a fight

we both laughed as she said shed hire someone 

But seriously dawn this is a good thing, now you can be with ethan

liz i dont even know if he actually likes me

come on, he asks about you all the time, clearly he likes what he sees, besides, hes probably gonna be there, lets go

we werent invited

so what, we didnt get to go to the last one, so this is like a make up one

I hesitated, but she pulled me along with her.