The only fault in our story

Chapter 2: Cherilyn

After all the chaos in the beginning of the class, the class seemed to settle calmly after a few minutes.

As I walk in the cafeteria for lunch, I see Shizel and her friends there. I glance around and grace seems to have noticed me 'cause she asked me to join her and her other friends.

I was walking towards the table when I heard Shizel say something about me. Oh that girl is asking for it. "I beg your pardon Shizel?".

"What? You angry little cry baby. You're Mrs.Reese's daughter of course every teacher would love you right? Oh are you about to cry?",

"why'd I cry over some petty girl like you?", she was an attention seeker too. But not of good kind.
"Oh you should, Cheriè.", the taunt was evident. Shizel was jealous of Elias being friendly to me
"Just because Elias refused to sleep with yo-" Interrupted. I was interrupted horribly.
"Shizel, sit down.", that voice. Elias. Why would he step in? It makes no sense.

"Elias, it's fine. Shizel, you know how that saying goes? 'Barking dogs never bite', keep barking sweetheart, and oh do something productive instead of eating someones potential children. Sperms contain glucose by the way, no wonder why you've been gaining weight. And also, my previous school didn't have my mom as the teacher, yet I was the scorer." A wink and the end of Shizel's nasty mouth.

I hadn't even sat yet, and Grace started "Wasn't that a bit harsh?".
"I wanted to be nice, I couldn't help it." I smiled at her. She is a sweetheart.
"Grace, I needed to ask you som-" I was cut short, again! But this time, by a fighting scene in the cafeteria.
Oh god why is everything so chaotic today itself.

Elias. Elias fighting some boy.
"Why are they even fighting, poor guy", a sigh involuntarily left my mouth. "Do I help them?", I asked Grace.

"Will you be alright?" She was worried.
"I mean I do taekwondo" i said.

"Hey, are you alright cheriè?", Cheriè. It's Elias. Can I trust him? Once for all.
"Elias." I called whimpering. "Cheriè, are you crying?", shit. "Elias, I need help. Can you get me a hoodie or somthing?", "open the door cheriè.", I quickly wash my wrists and open the door. I felt so weak and tired because of the panic attack. "Elias, I need to change my clothes, go out please.", I said holding his hoodie that he took off so that I could wear it. "Cheriè, you look like you will collapse right here. Let me change your clothes, I swear I won't try anything. Please cheriè."
I gulped hard knowing about my wrist. I nodded. "Now cheriè, please hand me that hoodie, I'll change your clothes alright?" He said. I nodded. He took off my coat, and then my shirt. He saw my wrist but had no reaction. Was it because he didn't want to cause anymore burden to me? It's messed up. He put my bloodstained clothes in his bag and put the hoodie one me.

"Cheriè, who hurt you? Give me the name cheriè. I'll make sure they pay for it.", oh he didn't see the cuts. "Cheriè, who hurt you?", he asked again. "Elias, calm down."
"No cheriè, tell me, I need names." Woah. It's my first day where am I stuck?
"I did it myself Elias. It was the only distraction to the emotional pain, I was experiencing." I don't know why, but it is way more comfortable talking to him.
"And what caused the pain cheriè?" "You." I didn't want to say that. But he was indeed fighting, right?
"Cheriè, I don't understand." Ofcourse he wouldn't. "Earlier, when you were fighting with someone, the grunts the hits, the screams, it all reminded me of when I was a child, Elias. My parents, they used to fight alot. My dad came home drunk and fought with my mom, he used to beat her up and threaten to kill her. It was a traumatic event for me, he used to say 'Cherilyn, we are just playing.' and continue tracing a knife on her stomach. I remembered everything and then. And then had a panic attack, I was in so much emotional pain, I used the sharpener to free me from the distress." Tears were slipping out of my eyes as I tell him the truth.

"Cheriè, they don't deserve you. You are too lovely for this world." He said while hugging me. I hugged him back. We stayed like that for a while and he kissed my forehead. The day has been rough and tough.

Everyone wanted the person that she would show to the world. But he wanted the person she didn't show to other's.