The Forgotten Minds

"Love Aeron"

I hear the hazey voice banging through the other side of the door, I can't make out what they're saying but I don't have time to care, I never do. I start to calm down a little more and my breathing begins to sink back down to a wonted level, and my heart stops running a marathon.

I can now see one person outside of the stall door, but the person were no longer talking but just standing there from what I can see (the gap under the stall door). I start to rise on my brittle legs and slowly walk over to the mirror in the bathroom to see a all-to-familiar sad panda face. 

My eyeliner and mascara created streams down my pale face, along with red puffy eyes that were practically swollen from the tears. I start to wash my face but only turning on the faucet slightly letting little water drip out so there is little to no noise.  

Once I was done washing off all the makeup I was welcomed with the ugly beast that is me, I hate looking at my make-up face let alone my natural face. I walk over to the stall door to open it and when I did I saw Summer pacing in the open area of the bathroom. 

"Aeron!" She raced over to me and tackled me as if she hadn't seen me in years "Oh my god I was so worried. I don't want you to cry over some stupid bitch" She spoke having her speech muffled in my hair. 

Once we split up the hug I saw Summer's eye's watering, she was crying for me which for some reason broke my heart. I don't want to see her cry. "Please don't cry Summer, I'm fine I promise. I just had another little......breakdown".

"Don't make false promises to me Aeron, I can tell when you're lying and I would have to be an idiot to know you are not fine". She had a stern face that transformed into a face of sadness. I went up to hug her and that's when I started crying all over again, but this time for someone other then me but for someone who was close to me.

"I hate seeing you hurt, I want to see your dorky smile that you had when you were younger. I want you to feel safe and protected when you're happy and know how to share that feeling with others so they can feel the same way. I want you to feel the same way I feel every time we link arms when we walk to school together or when you come over for a horror movie marathon and it ends in a massive popcorn fight. I want you to see yourself the way everyone else sees you-beautiful because you are. You so are and I mean it no matter what you say or any dick weed says, please Aeron....love Aeron" she spoke with almost every word cracking from the sobs she spilled out of her eyes.  I want to love Aeron too.

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We eventually calm down so were no longer sobbing messes sitting on the bathroom floor, I look at the time on my phone and it's only been ten minutes. It felt hours. I get up and link arms with Summer out of the bathroom stall and that's when I'm welcomed to a worried Charlie looking at me. "I'll give you guys some space" and with that Summer walked back over to the lunch room, Charlie was just looking at me.

"I know it sucks what you're going through right now, but lets both put on are game faces and go out there. I'll hold your hand the whole way because I don't want you to feel nervous or sad anymore". He kissed me on the forehead before grasping my hand to lead us out of the entrance of the bathroom.

We walk back over to the table and I notice that Mackenzie and the girl she was talking to were both gone, now it was just Luke, a girl with brown hair and this guy in my fourth period. "We forced Mackenzie to leave and her friend just followed, if you want to go sit with Summer you can. I don't want to pressure you to do anything" he whispered. "I'll sit with you guys, it's ok". I wanted to be strong and I wanted to step out of my comfort zone which is something I never do for obvious reasons.

We sat down at the lunch table but this time I was sitting on the end of it with Charlie in between me and Luke. "I'm so sorry about Mackenzie, she can be a real bitch sometimes, I can't believe you were friends I mean you're so nice" Luke said leaning over so he can see me. "It's o-ok, I c-can deal w-with it and um t-thank you". He probably just pities me, that's why he gave me a compliment.

"You don't have to sit with us if you don't want to...I'll understand if you want to go sit somewhere else" He continued to lean over so he could my face. "I-It's fine, I-I w-want to s-sit with y-you guys, y-your not l-like Mackenzie". 

"Good, I didn't want you to think we're all mean, she just likes talking to us to us. We don't want to be rude to her but she kind of crossed the line there, I don't think such a pretty girl  like you deserves to be treated like tha-" "Alright I'll move" Charlie interrupted in a stern voice. He got up and sat on the other side of me so I was in between them instead. "Y-you didn't h-have to m-move". I looked at him, his face was riddled with frustration.

"You obviously want to talk to Luke so I'll move so you guys can  play catch up". I don't know why he was mad, he wasn't being mean he was being nice to me. Was it something I did?  W-what's wrong? P-please don't be mad".

"Why are you stuttering around me? You don't stutter when you talk to me" I was afraid he was mad at me, when I get like that it just makes me more nervous and I stutter. "I d-don't want you t-to be m-mad at me".

"No no no, I'm not mad at you or Luke it's just....I don't know. I didn't mean to scare you, and plus it's good that you're making more friends, I promise I'm not angry at you ok?" I nodded, he grabbed my hand and held it under the table so no one could see. "Hey Luke, how about you tell her about that party you're having on Friday?"

"Oh yeah, were having a party at my place on Friday, it starts right after school....you can come if you want" I nodded again but then quickly remembered that my car broke down yesterday, shit, I guess I can't come. "I-I can't actually"

"Why? If you don't mind me asking?"

"M-My car b-broke down y-yesterday so I won't h-have a way to g-get there, thanks f-for the o-offer though". Charlie sounded as if he was about to say something but before he could Luke spoke. "I can drive you if you'd like, I'll drive you so instead of you walking home on Friday we'll just go straight to my house". 

"S-sure". I was unaware of what I had coming.

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