"Kellin!" I called after him, only it came out as a horse whisper.
I got up and ran after him, until I felt a jagged rip. Four of my IVs caught on the the bed frame and tore a large gash in my skin. I stood motionless just staring at the blood rushing out of my cuts. I began to feel lightheaded as the few drops turned into a bloody puddle at my feet. I slid down onto the floor and wept into the concrete tiles of the hospital. A nurse came in and saw me crying, she gasped and fell to the floor and passed out completely. I wondered why she was so startled and then I looked down, my entire hospital gown was splattered with blood, my eye makeup was four inches too low on my eyes, and my lightheadedness caused murderous smile to appear on my face.
I laughed, grabbed my bag and ran down twenty flights of stairs to the hospital exit. I wasn't allowed to leave, and normal Kay would be scared silly knowing she was bleeding out, but me, the real me knew better. It was my time. Heavy sheets of rain poured over California as I snuck onto the crowded streets and out of the hospital. I saw Jed standing there on the street corner laughing with some street vender. Anger erupted from me remembering what he put me through. I remembered the glaze over his eye when he called me worthless. I remembered how he used my pain against me, telling me I was just another depressed emo, as if I was picked out of someone's recycling bin. I remembered how many days I cried over him, waiting for him to tell me he didn't mean a word he said, but he never did. I was ready to finish the mess of a girl he left to her own devices when he broke her heart.
I grabbed a pair of nail clippers out of my bag and lunged at him wildly. Spit and curse words hurled at his face. He laughed astounded as if I was crazy to even pretend like I even knew him. His friends backed away seeing my rage. I tried again to hit Jed, only this time I was successful. He cried out in pain and trembled like a baby. I smiled.
Until I had realized what I'd truly done.
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Broke Summers (Kellin Quinn)
FanfictionKay's finally living her dream summer, complete with tan lines, freshly dyed hair, and matching vans. While on a class trip to California she get's lost in her own world, still struggling with re-occurring pain and depression, that is until she meet...
