Broken (Finished)

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(A/n) Just wanna say that it gets kinda graphic towards the end. So if you can't handle that, just read everything but the end part.

Okay.

Enjoy

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Chapter 23

Jade's pov

~ six hours later ~


I was getting ready to close up shop when I heard a 'ding'

"Sorry. We're about to close." I say to the person. "Please! I've been looking all day for this one character and I believe your store has it." The person persists.

I look up to be greeted by the most beautiful pair of crystal blue eyes I've ever seen. I stand there as I stare into the gorgeous irises. He has beautiful copper hair that frames his face perfectly.

The boy shifts his weight uneasily from one foot to the other, snapping me out of my trance.

"I promise I won't be long." The boy says. "Okay, fine." I say, huffing. "You got ten minutes, tops." I say as I go behind the counter to count today's earnings.

$134.53

"Not bad for my first day." I mutter to myself as I put the money back in the register.

The boy soon finds what he's looking for and I smile when he brings it to the counter. It's one of the many different colored dango plushies we sell.

"I have every color but this one." He says as he points to the baby pink dango with little blushie spots on it's face.

"It matches your hair." He laughs and I giggle. "I guess it does." I reply. "So how much will it be?" He finally asks. I pause for a second while I check what the register says.

"6.35, but just give me two dollars and I'll pay the rest for you." I say with a smile. "Nah, you don't have to do that." He says.

"It's just $4.35. Trust me, I'll be fine." I say. "Thanks..." He says, waiting for my name.

"Jade." I answer. "And you are?" I ask.

"Justin." He smiles. He has such a nice smile....

"Nice to meet you, Justin. Enjoy your new dango." I say, trying to suppress the blush forming on my cheeks.

"Thanks. Here's the money." He says with a wink before he hurries out of the store. At first I'm confused by his actions, but then I look at the money. In between the two dollar bills was a folded scrap of paper.

"Call me." Was written on the inside of the paper with ten digits following it.

I read the paper over and over again. I almost wanted to run up to him and ask him if he accidentally put it in there or if it was meant for somebody else, but I didn't.

I felt a smile creep up on my lips as I read the paper one last time and shoved it in my pocket. I took the tips out of the jar and counted them.

$20.34

"Wow.. People are a lot more generous than I thought." I said to myself. I decided not to take any, but to just put it all in the register.

'I hope Caleb is proud of me for working so hard while he was gone.' I think to myself as I go to the back office to change my shirt. It was really cute and just my style, but it was really irritating my armpits and I just had to change it.

I slipped off the adorable t-shirt and dug through my bag, trying to find my All Time Low tee.

I couldn't find it at first so I went to my phone and looked through my playlist of All Time Low songs. I finally found "if these sheets were the states" and played it.

I turned it up pretty loud because people can't really hear through the door when it was closed.

I look through my bag once again as I sing along to Alex's beautiful voice. I pull out a few You Me At Six shirts, some Pierce The Veil, and finally I got to my All Time Low shirt.

"Thank you Jesus!" I say to myself as I stand up to slide it on. The song had ended and I forgot that I had put it on repeat. So, still without putting on my shirt, I went over to my phone and played "Do It For Baltimore."


'Mayday situation overload.'

'I'm restless, obsessed with your future.'

'But all my worries, they don't bother you.'

'Collected, you render me useless.'

'But I carry on.'


I sing to myself as I start to put my arms through the sleeves of my shirt.

Just as I was about to slide it over my head, I hear the door behind me open.

"MY EYES!" I hear Caleb shriek and I see him cover his eyes. I guess he didn't realize there was a display behind him, because he smacked right into it.

I'm laughing my ass off at this point, but I slide the shirt over my head and go over to help him up.

I tug on his arm but he keeps his hands glued to his eyes.

"Are you fully clothed?!" He asks me.

"Yes! Now get your ass up and help me pick up all this stuff." I laugh as he slowly gets up. I was laughing, but inside I felt a little hurt.

Did I really look that bad?

I shook off the thought as best as I could and started picking up the small pikachu plushies. The store went completely silent as nobody said anything.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have acted like that." Caleb finally spoke. "It's okay." I say quietly. He stopped picking things up and looked directly at me.

"No, it's not. I know what it feels like when you have low self esteem, and somebody comes around and makes it even worse. I haven't know you for a long time, but I can tell that you've been through some shit, and you've learned how to be strong on your own." He says.

I couldn't tell if he saw my scars when I wasn't paying attention, or If It was just easy to tell I had a rough past.

"How many days clean are you?" He asks, once again breaking the silence. I look up to him with shock, silently asking how he knew.

"You're bracelet slipped up. I didn't say anything at first because I thought I was just imagining things." He says, bending down to pick up the last pikachu and putting it on the shelf.

I seriously need less revealing bracelets.

"So how many days?" He asked once again. "Only five..." I say shamefully.

"You shouldn't be ashamed. Those scars show that, yeah, times got tough, but you made it through. Every single one of those hold a story, a reason, all of them are special and beautiful." He says.

I'm taken back by his words.

"I used to." He says. "I thought there was no other way. Six suicide attempts, all failed. But I got through it. And I know you can too." He says with a smile as he goes to hug me.

At first I'm taken back by the gesture, it was warm and cozy, but so foreign to me. I try my best to return the hug, but I feel him tense up.

"I was wondering." He says slowly as he shifts his weight from one for to the other. Do all guys do that? "Yeah?" I ask, waiting for him to continue.

"Do you wanna, maybe, probably, possibly, go out sometime?" Asks nervously.

I sigh.

I did want to go out with him, but I just got out of a relationship, and I was really scared.

"I just got out of a bad relationship." I whisper, tears forming in my eyes as I think of what Leo did to me.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." He says as he comes over to me. He tries to comfort me but I gently push him away. " I would really like to go out with you sometime, but I just need a little time." I say to him.

He nods, seeming a little hurt but understanding. "Thanks." I say to him, wiping away the tears. "But I gotta get ho-back to my apartment." I quickly correct myself.

Was I really about to say 'home'?

Leo kicked me out, I have no home now.

"I know.. It's getting late though. I can drive you." He offers. "I'll be fine. But thanks, maybe another time." I say as I leave the store.

"Bye." He waves as I walk out.

The air is cold and the sky is dark as I walk out of the doors. I check the time on my phone and see that it's 9:38.

"Well, at least here i don't get the shit beat out of me if I'm late." I mumble, remembering my father, the one person I haven't thought about this past month.

I know that from the mall it takes me about thirty minutes to get back to my apartment, so I decide to take a short-cut.

I walk along the side of a park and then reach a section of tall brick buildings. I was passing an alleyway when I felt somebody grab me. I try to scream but the person, I'm guessing a man by their strength, had their hand over my mouth in a matter of seconds. I kick and squirm but it's no use.

I'm trapped.

I can see that the man is tall and strong, mildly handsome, but menacing.

"What do you want?" I manage to muffle. He comes closer to my ear, making me uncomfortable.

"You." He breathes. I begin to panic. I was a virgin and I damn well wasn't losing it to him. "Leave me alone!" I scream.

"Help! Hel-" I'm cut off by a hard slap on my cheek. "Shut up!" He grunts as he takes out some duct-tape and ties my hands behind my back. Then he takes a strip and puts it over my mouth. I try screaming, but it's not working.

He laughs darkly as he starts to pull up my shirt. My eyes begin to pour out tears. I shake my head furiously as he pulls down my jeans. I try to scream so maybe a by-passer will hear, but no one does.

He unzips his pants and my tears only increase.

This is it. There's no way I'm escaping. I make a small prayer to god so that maybe he will help, but I'm sure it won't. My belief in him has been very slim lately.

Before I could further continue my thoughts, he thrusts himself into me, making me scream from pain.

'He's tearing me apart!' I think to myself in panic.

He seems to enjoy my pain, so I try to suppress the screams, but he goes deeper and harder when I do.

'I feel like I'm going to die!' I think to myself as I continue to cry.

I'm crying the entire time until he finally finishes and leaves me there, half naked, tied up, and feeling empty.


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I know. I know.

Some of you hate me now.

Sorry .-.


Okay so this was a lot longer than I had planned, but I wanted to make up for the time I didn't write.

And it was A LOT more graphic than I planned.

So I need to know who gets Jade, Justin or Caleb? Comment who you would like her to be with, if she's with anybody.

But that's all for now my little cinnamon sugar covered doughnut babehs!

Byeeeeeeeee

•Catlin•