Elastic Heart

Chapter 1 || When The Cup Is Too Full

I heard laughter and shouts but I couldn't make out the exact person who was producing them. The room was too filled with people that hated me.

Their reason was so intangible but that is what high school is about isn't it?

I struggled to get out of the room but the jocks that were guarding the door were stronger and they kept me in there.

I heard various words shouted at me:
Slut!

Bitch!

Whore!

Stupid ass bitch!

Die and do us all a favour would you!

I was used to it. It was so painful to think that I was used to it but it was the truth.

Out of the crowd the 'queen bee' of my school and also the secondary cause of what was going on came out looking as perfect as always.

Long blonde hair, a slim body that made her look fragile but she wasn't. Her face was caked with make up, as always.

Her name is Carolyn. She despised me for something I didn't even do. She was the reason the whole school is against me.

"So you're still here little bitch. I guess I have to teach you a lesson that you'll never forget then," she said with a fake innocent voice and shrugged, smirking evilly.

Why was she speaking like this to me you ask?

One word, four letters: Jake.

He was the reason these girls would kill me in this school. Who ever said high school girls were all talk and no work has clearly never gone to Lion Gates High School.

Jake looked at me with compassion.

Come help me, I wanted to scream out but I only said it in my head.

He just crossed his hand attempting to look cool with his hands around a girl that couldn't dress like she was at a public place instead of at a strip club.

Carolyn was not only the queen bee but a very influential one at that. She had her minions which sadly even encomprised of boys too.

"You really thought that Jake over here cared about you?... ", she laughed a pure villain laugh, "...he doesn't. He even told us that you forced yourself on him. I always knew you to be a slut Jade. Now you're going to pay", she said with a deadly serious voice.

She called three of her girls and two boys to beat me. "No don't do this Carolyn, it was really wasn't like that", I tried to explain but I didn't get far because I felt a hand on my cheeks and a painful aftermath of the slap.

"Shut up bitch no one is believing you're lies", she spat out and then turned to her friends and motioned then forward to beat me.

It started and I tried to defend my self but it was like they were playing volleyball and right now I was the ball.

I looked at Jake silently begging him to help but his once compassionate eyes were frozen cold and they continued to beat me.

To add to it when Carolyn told them to stop I was at the verge of unconsciousness. I was spitting out blood and my face was swollen so as almost every part of my body.

Carolyn called Jake near to me and told him to finish beating me.

I thought our love will prevail that he would tell them to stop that this was not right but this was high school.

This was were everyone wants to be popular no matter the cost.

He kicked my stomach hard and I fell unconscious.

*****

I liked the darkness.

It was calm it was peaceful. It was like all my troubles faded away. I wanted to say there a while longer but something was still grabbing unto me and I woke up.

The first thing I noticed was white every where. White tiles, white cloth, white bed white walls and the smell of medicines.

It didn't take a genius to know that I was at the hospital.

I couldn't afford this, I thought and as I was about to leave the doctor came in.

"Hello Jade, I'm Dr. Ross. You need to lie down you lost a lot of blood". I felt dizzy so I complied and lied back on the semi soft bed.

I was just about to tell him that I didn't have money to pay for the hospital bill when he said, "You were beaten pretty bad. Witnesses say that they saw you get jumped on you're way to school, is that true?".

Of course they would lie. No one wants to stain their beautiful record. I should have denied it but I didn't want to be seen as a freak outside of school to so I just nodded.

"Well I have given you a few pints of blood but you need to lie down and rest and after eat. You're still not fully well. You were out for two days and you're wounds have almost healed. Lucky for you, you had minor injuries except one on your left side where almost all you're blood gushed out". Damn those bitches high heel.

I was shocked to hear that I was asleep for two days straight. That would have been cool if my soul could see my body like in the movies.

Focus.

"Umm, excuse me doctor but who paid my bills". I said before he left. He turned to me and smiled and said, "Your new family".

*****

Apparently my new family were actually my aunt, my mum's sister and her husband.

They didn't have any child and when they heard about my mum's state of health, they offered to take care of my brother and I.

My brother being the strong headed boy he is, didn't want to be taken care of and since he was actually of legal age, they couldnt force him.

I decided to stick around with my brother but when the cup gets full, you need to get a new one.

My brother was my guardian before they offered to take his place. He didn't try to help me when he saw how Carolyn treated me every single day of high school. He didn't care about me.

None of them did.

When they came into my hospital room, the female ran to me and hugged the day life out of me.

Can't she understand that when someone is covered in bandages they should not be hugged like this?

The male thankfully pulled her of me softly and they stood by the bed. "Oh honey I'm so sorry we weren't here sooner". She gushed out with concern and guilt.

I understood what she meant and I told her that it is okay and I was not bothered but there was a question that I had to know the answer. "Are you guys living here?".

The male replied obviously relieved that I didn't put up and argument in whether I will live with them. "No sweet heart, we are living somewhere a bit far from here".

That brought a smile to my face.

I didn't need to live in a house all alone.

I didn't need to fend for my self anymore.

I didn't want Carolyn and her little group to think that I had surrendered. I would get ready for them later, right now is my turn to live a life that I could tell someone about.

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