Without You

2

You are beautiful in your own way.

What the hell does that even mean? if anyone ever says that to me I just think that they are calling me ugly in a nicer way.

I hated when my auntie called me that. 

I woke up in the morning hearing her loud voice. I wanted to go downstairs and yell at her, but I couldn't, because I remember who's with me.

I turn my head to see Azriel asleep next to me, his breathing comes out slow I push a strand of his black hair from his eyes and kiss his cheek.

"You're going to be okay," I whisper. he moves slightly in his sleep, so I get up and take a shower afterwards I go back to my room to find him still asleep, so I rummage through my drawers to find him something to wear. since we stay at each other's house a lot, we usually have some of each other's clothes. he came home with me last night he couldn't go home because he did not want his uncle to see him like this, he was barely conscious when I brought him here.

I gently nudge him awake.

"Azriel, wake up." he groans and turns over grabbing my pillow and putting it over his face. I sigh and I gently take it away from him.

"Azriel, we have school." his eyes shoot open, and he looks at me and I give him a small smile hoping he's not mad.

Memories from last night invade my mind and I blink them away.

"We have school." 

He sits up quickly and I take a step back. he notices my movements and scrunches his eyebrows in confusion. 

"What's going on?" he asks in a groggy voice. 

"It's morning," I state. "We have school."

He shakes his head and drops his head in his hands. "What did I do this time?" I bite my lip and contemplate on telling him the truth.

"It wasn't much."

He sighs. "So, I did a lot?"  I shake my head quickly. "No, you didn't, I just." I sigh. 

"Can you get dressed so we can go?"

"I feel like shit, do you really think I can go to school today?"

"I'm sorry, I ju-"

"I'm sorry," he cuts me off. "I didn't mean to yell."

"It's okay, I know you didn't."  I set his clothes next to him. "I'll be downstairs if you need me."

I walk out my bedroom and close the door behind me. I start walking into the kitchen when I hear my parents and aunts voice.

My older sister Ella sits next to my parent's drinking coffee while laughing at a joke my auntie said that probably wasn't funny. 

I walk into the kitchen, and they all give me sympathetic looks.

My mom stands up and pulls me into a hug followed by my dad and sister and next my auntie Cassidy. 

"Are you alright?" my mom asks.

"Yeah, we saw the video." Ella adds.

My eyebrows shoot up in confusion. "What video?" Ella quickly takes her phone out and pulls up a video. she shows me and I sigh.

It shows me and Azriel last night at the party, Azriel's yelling at me, and it looks like I'm about to cry, the caption says 'She can't take her boyfriend yelling at her' one of the blond guys recorded us last night.

I sigh and drop my head. 

"This is ridiculous," I mutter.

"Do you want me to kill him?" my auntie asks. "Because I will, make no mistake about th-" she stops talking and looks behind me.