HIDE

Chapter One

November 2, 2020-

Good morning Diary. How are you? I'm OK. I just woke up and I probably should get out of bed before Aeris comes in here and yells at me. She does the job of keeping the house in check...She does well for being the youngest out of all of us. We've been living with each other for about four years now and none of us are dead yet. It's currently 7:15, so I gotta get dressed.

Kayla sighed and pushed her weighed down body off the worn mattress. When it came to apparel, she grabbed the first set of clothes that met her pupils. A few seconds after she brought the bottom of her shirt over her pale torso Aeris came barging in with a Mega Phone. "Hey! Oh...You're awake. Well, I guess there's a first time for everything..." She walked out of the room and Kayla chuckled to herself, amused at her friends surprise.

Grasping her phone off he nightstand, she walked sluggishly down to her open kitchen, which was occupied with three teenage girls and multiple boxes of uncooked food. Aniza, Kira, and Aeris were just sitting at the bar on their phones. "Uh, morning guys. What's for breakfast?"

"Pancakes," Aniza said as she scrolled through twitter, "It's your turn to cook."

Kayla nodded and started cooking up breakfast for everyone. After multiple smoke alarms going off and burn marks along Kayla's fingers, breakfast was finally ready and they were all sat down to eat.

"Oh my fuck!" Kira gasped as she looked at the alluring pictures that covered her phone.

"Hey! Don't swear!" Aeris scolded with a glare that filled her hazel eyes.

"What is it?" Kayla asked as she slowly took a bite of her pancakes.

"Michael's post on Instagram," Kira breathed, not daring to divert her eyes from her screen.

I grabbed my phone and went to his profile to see his post that was posted five minutes ago. I observed the photo. Michael had dark blue hair, no shirt, and a flower crown. I have to say he looked hella good.

"Damn Daniel," Aeris said as she looked at her phone. I'm assuming she was looking at the same photo Kira and I were.

Aniza rolled her eyes and scrolled through Wattpad. I honestly can't believe she still reads fanfiction... "That's so 2016 Aeris..."

"Shut up."

"Shit. It's time for us to go." Kira said, standing up and throwing all our plates in the sink.

"Kira! Watch your mouth!" Aeris once again scolded.

"Shut up. I do what I want. I'm punk rock."

"No you're not," I laughed as we all grabbed our bags.

"Ya. Just because you wear a Green Day shirt doesn't make you punk rock," Aeris laughed.

"You have pink hair!" I whisper-yelled. A glare from the pink haired one was sent my way.

"I'm dyeing it tonight, shut up. I didn't mean for it to be pink!"

We all laughed as we made our way to the school. Our house was pretty close so it didn't take us that long. It literally only took like five minutes.

We walked through the front door of the school, a deep sigh escaping my mouth. I honestly really hated school. Other than music and language arts. Those classes I loved.

BING BING BING

"Well... I'll see you guys later." I waved as I waked off to my first class which was science.

I walked through the tall wooden door and sat at the desk with my partner, Amaya. She look really upset, which was odd because she's one of the happiest people I know.

"Hey Amaya, are you alright?" I asked as I took out my notebook and pencil. I began writing down my bellwork as I waited for her reply.

"I-I'm fine," I looked at her again. Her eyes were baggy and dark. Her hair was a mess. She looks like she hasn't slept in a couple days.

"Are you sure? You don't look so good..." I pointed out.

She shrugged and began doing her bellwork.

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The end of the school came which I was thankful for. The four of us are currently laying on the couch with pizza and having a 5sos keek marathon. I loved watching these. It brought me back to when I was 13 and spending an hour every night to memorize every word in the aussie rap.

Wow. They were so young back then.. They haven't changed much since 2018, but I'm not complaining. Calum Hood is still hot and so are the other boys. But over the years they have gotten much more serious. Not only with their music, but with literally everything.

None of the 5sos fam saw it coming...

They still are a huge part of my life; all of our lives actually. Especially when everything turned to crap for us.

All of us were broken...so we moved in together to help each other get better.

Our stories are all different but none more destroying than the other.

Aeris witnessed a man kill her family... she was the only one to survive. She constantly blames herself even though she was young and coudn't do anything to stop it. In her room she keeps pictures of her family members to feel like they still are a part of her life. Maybe that's why she is so mother like... She doesn't want to loose us like she lost her real family. It's not fair to her. She lost her childhood...

Kira was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and depression. She was kicked out when she was little because her family couldn't handle her mood swings... She would self harm herself... She stopped after she moved in with us and we found her on the bathroom floor covered in blood. We took her to the hospital and she promised to the the three of us she would stop, or try at least. I check her wrists every week to make sure she's clean. She's been clean for two years now.

Aniza got her heart broken by the love of her life and was bullied online and at school. She was called many names I don't even want to say myself. One day she was done with everyone's shit... She went on a rampage and tried killing everyone who made fun of her.. We pulled her off of a girl who she was about to stab and now we have to keep her away from sharp objects...

I myself have issues...When I was young my mother left to another country and my father was abusive. My brother was a drug addict. One day my father beat me to the point where he thought I was dead, but I was only knocked out. He threw my body in a trash bag and took me to the woods, where I was thrown in the stream. The police found me and I was taken to the hospital while my father and brother were being thrown in prison. Now, I am paranoid around men and I have schizophrenia. I don't see how... but that's what my friends tell me. I'm also partly blind in my left eye, due to the beating.

We all watched the keeks and laughed at Michael pretending to be a glow worm.

"I really miss when they were like this; all goofy and happy." Aniza sighed. It was true. We haven't seen then have a genuine smile in two - almost three years.

"Ya..." I frowned, "I wonder-" I was cut off by the sound of the house phone ringing. Kira hopped up off the couch and quickly picked up the phone.

"Hello?" She spoke into the phone. I could hear the faint voice of a man with a deep, serious voice. My heart beat quickened as I watched Kira intently.

Her facial expression was confused, but quickly turned to anger. Aeris gasped and ran over to the phone to take it away from her. Aniza got up and took Kira out to the backyard to calm her down.

"Hello. I'm sorry about that. What were you saying?" I watched Aeris and held a pillow to my chest. "What? Oh my god!" She gasped. "H-How?"

There was another minute of murmuring from the other line before she placed the phone down and gave me a look of sorrow. "K-Kayla... I have really bad news..."

I gave my other friend, Alex, a wierd look before sending the same look to Aeris. "What is it?"

A couple tears fell down her face as she let out a shaky breathe. "Amaya... s-she was murdered..."