Asteroid

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Jaiden

"Jaiden"

"What do you want?"  I asked Aria

"I never got to say I'm sorry... for everything, I know what your mom did to you and I wasn't any better, I hurt you and maybe I destroyed you and I'm sorry"

...

"Please say something"

"I don't think I ever apologized for hurting you too, I admit I was abusive and a really shitty girlfriend, let alone a shitty person and I didn't understand how you could love someone like me"

"I did a lot of petty things as well, I figured we were made for each other"

"After we broke up I got better"

"Then where are you at right now, you look like you haven't slept Jaiden, I've never seen you like this what's going on?"

"Everything I can't stay here Aria, if I do I'm gonna do something to myself"

"Where are you going to go?"

"Far, I need a fresh start"

"Do it, you out of all people deserve to get out of here.

"That's the plan"

"What about Darcy?"

"What about Darcy? She's no longer in love with me, another reason why I should go"

"What?-

"I'm done talking about this I'm gonna go"

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"I can't call her, I don't want to interact with her until I leave," I told Billie and Cassidy.

"She told us that her sister said she wasn't going to take you in," Billie said.

"I'm not going with my mom's sister I'm going with my dad's sister."

"Look at least call her and let her know that you're doing alright"

"She doesn't care about me okay? The only reason she'd get on the phone with me is to threaten me to go home"

"Why'd you leave home in the first place?"

"My mom's abusive, Darcy couldn't stand to see me in the same house as her so that's why I'm here, that's also why I called my aunt and asked her if I can live with her"

"I'm so sorry Jaiden, if you don't mind me asking how does she abuse you?"

"...You know my mom says all the time that she wants me dead, most of the abuse is just words, but when she's drunk she goes too far, it used to just be when she saw me she would smack me across my face for no reason or punch me in my nose, kick me, but now...

I began to breakdown in tears, I don't usually cry in front of people, but talking about my mom only brought me so much pain.

"Jaiden I know exactly what you're going through, my mom disowned me for being a lesbian and disowned my father for supporting me, made a whole new life and family, I have a brother out there somewhere and I know he knows nothing about me, families suck, but you're so strong Jaiden and I'm glad you're here, we'll help you with anything," Cassidy said to me.