Unraveled Threads

Chapter 13: Unseen Wounds and Broken Bonds.

PART OF THIS STORY IS INSPIRED BY MY LOVELY FRIEND kelseyattwell !! so creds to her <3
I DID JS SKIP A WHOLE YEAR BUT YEA WTV I NEED THEM TO BE A BIT OLDER FOR THIS ONE

Novemeber 27th, 2001.

Reece has begun to heal, and finally be happy, thanks to Mia of course. Reece had a genuine smile. Being with Mia was the best thing that had ever happened to him. Meanwhile Mia was really struggling. She knew Reece was an amazing guy, he was sweet, and caring, but she just couldn't feel genuine love for him. She started thinking she was living a lie. The only reason she continue to be with Reece was to make him happy.
Similar to Mia, Autumn wasn't doing so well either. She felt hopeless. She would repeat Rogers words in her head all the time. "You are worthless. You are nothing. You will always be nothing." Is what he'd always tell her.
While Reece and Mia had found comfort in each other, Autumn hadn't yet.
She was getting really drained and tired. School was tiring, and home wasn't much better. Hearing Roger argue with Reece for the millionth time a day was really starting to grate on her.
As much as she knew Reece and Mia cared for her, she didn't want to bother them with her sad problems, they had just become actually happy.

⚠️ TW: $ELF HARM AND EATING DI$ORDER ⚠️

Feeling like she had no one to talk to, she resorted to harming herself. She'd take the blade of her sharpener, and slowly cut through her skin. The blood made her feel alive.

She was never one to be afraid of blood. In fact she watched horror movies just to see all the blood. The only blood that had ever scared and horrified her, was Reeces, on that night.

She wondered if anyone would ever notice.. if anyone would ever be a parental figure to her.

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Would anyone care? I can't tell Reece.. he's just become happy, I don't want to trouble him, and Mia is in pain as well probably. Father doesn't care in the slightest. I have no one.

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Meanwhile, over at Mia's, she was silently sobbing in to her pillow. She hated the way she looked, she relied on makeup. She'd wake up two hours before she needed to leave for school, just to wear makeup.

November 28th, 2001.

As she was doing her make up that morning, she began to feel terrible. She felt like collapsing on to the floor. Thoughts began to plague her head. She felt like nobody loved her. And she would replay the moment her father left over and over in her head.

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Does Reece even love me? He only confessed his feelings after I became popular, has he fallen in love with me, or my looks?

As I finished up my makeup, I realized how fake I was. This isn't me. Who is this in the mirror?
My thoughts were interrupted by my mothers voice; "Mia come eat breakfast darling!" I sat down at the table, staring at the amazing breakfast my mother had prepared. Unable to eat. "Everything okay darling?" She asked. "Yeah.. I'm just not hungry." I lied through my teeth.
I was hungry, I am hungry. I have been hungry, but I need to lose weight. I won't be as popular if I gain any more.
"Okay darling! Make sure to eat at school though!" She told me, as she went up to her room.
I leave the house, feeling extremely faint. We had been off from school for about a week, something about a bug infestation, and I hadn't eaten a proper meal that whole time. My mother is working two jobs.. she doesn't have time to really notice, and I do lie to her, so I can't blame her for not knowing.

I begin walking, I had left a bit earlier than usual, so I passed Reeces house, just as he was leaving. "Mia wait up!" He says. I turn around, and waited. He and Autumn catch up to me, and we begin walking together. Reece begins talking about something, but I feel so tired I can't focus. I feel so faint. I stop for a second, to hopefully re gain some strength. "Mia? You okay?" He asks. "Yeah I'm fine." Autumn looks skeptical.
We continue walking, and I notice.. Autumn has scars on her arm. Is she okay? My breathing gets faster. "Mia? Are you sure you're okay?" Reece asks. "I'm fine.." I respond. Autumn isn't buying it, then again she is the smart one.

November 29th, 2001.

The group were all planning to hang out at the park three hours after school. As I was finishing my makeup, I hear the phone ring downstairs. My mum answers, then says; "Mia darling it's for you!" Who on earth is calling me? "Coming!" I go down the stairs and pick up the phone, my mother goes back to the kitchen to continue cooking. I hear Reeces voice on the other line.. "Yes?" I ask. "Mia I'm sorry. It's over. Our relationship.. and friendship." He hangs up.

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Mia stands there frozen for a minute. Her breathing getting quicker. "Mia is everything okay?" Her mother smiles at her. Mia runs up to her room, and starts sobbing in to her pillow.

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"Dad me and Aut are gonna go hang out with Mia at the park." I say. Where's dad? I go up to his room, when I open the door, he's really mad. "You're such a disappointment. Out of all the girls you could've had.. Mia?!" My eyes widen. How does he know?! "You're going to call her right now. And tell her that you want to break up." He shouts. "No?! Why would I do that?!" I shout right back. "I don't want you hanging out with her either." What?! He just wants me to lose my best friend like that?! "No!" I shout. He stared at me, with that familiar threatening look on his face. I begin to remember all those times he's put me in so much pain.. "Fine.." I call Mias house on the phone..
"Hello?" I hear Mias mother, "Miss Roberts, is Mia there?" I ask.. hoping she isn't. "Yes, is this Reece?" Oh no.. I'm gonna break her heart. "Yes.." I can hear her call Mia in the background, "Yes?" I hear her say.. I take a deep breath. "Mia I'm sorry. It's over. Our relationship.. and friendship." I immediately hang up. I can't bare to hear her voice.
"That's what I thought." Dad says as he walks out. What have I done? I begin sobbing.

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This couldn't have some at a worse time for Mia. Just a day before she had been thinking if Reece loved her.. or her looks. And she found that he didn't. Mia began to sob in to her pillow. She cried all night, she hadn't just lost Reece as a boyfriend, but as a friend.. a best friend as well. She could get another boyfriend, but not one like Reece.

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"Mia my darling, what's wrong?" My mum says, as she sits next to me on my bed. "Reece just broke up with me! And he's not gonna be my best friend anymore either! I don't have anyone else!" I cried. "You'll always have me darling." She said.
That didn't really help though.