Broken Memories

Hidden

"Lauren are you still breathing you've been hidden there for God knows how long.." Dinah trailed

Lauren quickly moved out of Dinah's grip sitting up and wiping her eyes being almost unbearably silent, she left the room without a word.

"Lauren?" Dinah called out confused and worried about the sudden movement and change of attitude

Lauren was in the bathroom considering her options, the door was locked. She had the opportunity, she had the blade in her hand.

"Lauren are you in there?" Dinah shook the door knob trying to open the door and Lauren rushed in panic to press the blade to her skin

She watched the blood pour out of each cut she made, fascinated, relieved.
She forgot where she was in that moment, oblivious to Dinah kicking at the door trying to open it

"Lauren stop!" Dinah finally broke the door in and tried to grab the blade from Lauren, but Lauren fought back.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" Lauren pushed Dinah away from her

"Why are you doing this?" Dinah gulped overwhelmed with sadness

"Why do you care?" Lauren rebutted putting the blade in her shoe

"Let me help you." Dinah said taking her hands to prepare to help Lauren to clean her wounds

"Get off Dinah! Just leave me alone!" Lauren stormed out ignoring the blood clearly seeping through her grey hoodie as she put it on

"Where are you going?" Dinah shouted down to Lauren

"To Camila's. Don't wait up for me!" Lauren shouted back

"Don't go Laur please!" Dinah sighed but she knew she was fighting a losing battle

"I'll see you tomorrow. Get some sleep in my room. Night Dinah!" Lauren shouted back in a completely, scarily normal voice before leaving the house

Lauren wasn't sure where she was going but apparently in the front of her mind she was heading for Camila's, and her feet soon took her outside her door.

Lauren knocked on the door aimlessly, she was still on an adrenaline high from her own incisions.

"Camz?" Lauren called out for her

"Lauren?" Camila called back in confusion, it was midnight.

Why was Lauren standing outside Camila's door in pitch black darkness? Was she crazy? Anything could have happened to her.

Camila opened the door immediately noticing the blood stains and gasped pulling Lauren inside by her hand

"What are you doing here?" Camila asked as she grabbed the first aid kit from her kitchen and watched as Lauren sat down numbly

"I don't know, you were the first person I thought of." Lauren replied honestly

"Where's Dinah?" Camila asked rolling up Lauren's sleeves biting her lip at the horrific mess her arms were

"She's at my house." She shrugged watching Camila clean her arms up

"Are you going back there tonight?" Camila asked nervously

"Should I?" Lauren asked looking up at Camila, for some reason she didn't want to leave.

Lauren wanted to be with Camila, Camila made her feel..safe? Was that the right word? She didn't know.

But she did know she definitely wanted to be around Camila. She really hoped that she could be.

"You can stay here tonight if you want, you're welcome to." Camila said rolling down Lauren's sleeves since she'd finished, now putting her things away.