The Lucky One

Secret Gardens

˚₊‧꒰ა Kats POV ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

"Honey, we need to talk," she said softly

I look at her for a minute, she has tears falling from her eyes and onto my extra pillow she was laying her head on

"about what? are you okay?" I ask, sitting up to look at her

"Kat" she says sitting up to face me, "I saw the bruises on your neck," she said gently but firm

My stomach drops as I try to think of an excuse for the marks on me.

how did she see them? I've covered myself completely how did she see them

I start panicking slightly

she starts talking again but I can't hear her over my thoughts.

before she figures anything out I quickly recover and say

"I burnt myself with my curling iron on Friday and it kinda bruised some, I didn't want to tell you and have you worry"

she looks at me for a minute and I look back, seeing who will back out first

"sorry I didn't tell you" I say after about 30 seconds

she reaches over and moves my hair from my face, tucking it behind my ears before pulling my turtle neck down to show my bruises

"They don't look like burns"

"I put a bunch of ointment and stuff on them to make sure they didn't blister or anything"

she studies them for a minute before putting her hands back on her lap

"are you okay"

"yeah I'm okay" I say and give a smile, a fake one but still a smile

"okay" she says as she smiles back

she gives me a hug and kisses the top of my head

"I am going to go make dinner, anything specific you want?"

"no"

"okay" she says as she gets off my bed and leaves my room

holy shit

I want to tell her the truth but if I do she will get so sad. I don't want to cause her any more sadness, she has already had enough for one lifetime.

I sigh as I lay back down, anxious and desperate to leave the house to avoid dinner and any more awkward moments

Angel

"hey angel!! do you want to hang out?"

"heyyy yeah sure!! what time?"

"7:15?"

"ok!! where do u wanna go"

"we should go to the tunnels!!"

the tunnels are where most teenagers here hang out, it's a bit outside of the city and lots of parties happen there

"ok perfect!! I'll see u there ;)"

I put my phone away and get up to get ready

I throw on a long-sleeve, very baggy, shirt and some baggy jeans and sit to do my makeup

after about 20 minutes I finish and walk downstairs to tell my mom I am leaving

"hey mommmm" I say as I turn into the kitchen where she is cooking

"hey sweetieeeee" she says, mimicking my tone

"is it ok if I go to Ems house for a bit? her mom invited me to dinner"