It Was Always You

Chapter 1

Ashley's POV

Pain

It's the only thing I feel as I slowly drag the small blade across my wrist

1..

2..

3..

4..

'Too many and my mom will get suspicious' I think.

I put the blade back in my small jewelry box with the rest of them. I carefully wash my cuts and wrap my wrist up. I pull my sleeve down over my wrist and walk out of the bathroom. I walk into my bedroom and lay down on my bed, pulling out my phone. There's an Instagram notification.

// anonymous // has requested to follow you

I open Instagram and immediately accept the follow request. The account owner likes my recent photo; a picture of my scars on my wrist. She immediately comments on it and I slowly read it.

"Stay strong. I know I don't know you, but I can tell you're an amazing person. You're absolutely gorgeous (I saw your selfie.. XD ) and I'm sure you're really nice. Please, stay strong. I understand what you're going through. I'm going through the same thing. But you'll get through this eventually. Maybe not any time soon, but you will. Keep smiling, even if it's fake. Enjoy the good days while you have them. Remember, you can't have a rainbow without a little rain..
~ Hope ~
P.S. DM me sometime so we can chat..love you, girly.
Stay Beautiful"

Tears stream down my cheeks as I finish reading the comment.

"Thank you, Hope," I whisper, smiling.

I immediately send her a DM.

"Hope,
Thank you for the comment. It meant a lot to me. In fact..I don't think I've smiled this much in a long time. If you have Kik, mine is x_beautiful.wreck_x // My actual Kik is that, so if any of you ever need to talk, Kik me <3 // Thanks again for the comment..
Yours truly,
Ashley <3"

About 3 second after I send it, she opens it and replies.

"No problem, girly! I'm only telling the truth ;) And yeah, I'll totally Kik you! Stay strong <3"

I smile and turn of my phone, waiting for her to Kik me. A few minutes pass and I close my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

2 Hours Later..

I wake up to my phone buzzing every 10 seconds. I slowly sit up and yawn, rubbing my eyes. I look at my phone to find 13 missed messages from Hope.

"Ashley??? Are you okay???"

"ASHLEY, WHERE ARE YOU??"

"My god, girl..please respond. I'm freaking out!!"

I immediately reply.

"Hey hey hey..calm down. I'm okay. I just fell asleep. God, I'm so sorry.. I didn't mean to scare you."

"Oh, okay.. Heh.. Sorry. Didn't mean to freak out on you. I get scared like that easily. My bad.. But I'm glad you're okay." ~ Hope

"Yea, everything's fine. I didn't get much sleep last night so I'm exhausted..thanks for checking up on me, though. I appreciate it." ~ Me

"Ya, no problem. Well..look. I gotta go. My father is pissed at me and I know how this is going to end..if you've got time, meet me at Central Parkway at 1:30. Tell me if you can go." ~ Hope

"Yea, I'll totally come! My parents are at work so I'll be able to go." ~ Me

"Great! See you then!" ~ Hope

"See you!" ~ Me

And right then, I knew things were going to get better.

// A.N.
A little rusty, I know.. I'm just starting to write stories. But I'm hoping to start progressing and getting better. I really hope you guys like it. Stay beautiful, lovelies <3 //