Broken

| 14 | The Witch and Her Sidekick

I walk into my first class and Noah and Quinn are waiting for me. They just won't give up will they? I don't think I'll ever understand what gives another person pleasure in hurting someone else. You've got to be really screwed up in the brain to be that way.

"Aw. I see we're resorting back to long sleeves." says Quinn, and I pull them further down to the palm of my hands.

"It's because you're cutting again." she says with a small laugh. I hate this school. It's full of rotten witches like her.

"You are so pathetic, you know that? You mope around like some baby because you finally realized that your buddy never even liked you, and you go and cut yourself. It really takes a loser to do that."

I feel the tears coming, but I refuse to let them out today. Not today. I've been crying every single day, and I just don't want to do it anymore. I blink them away and force myself to go sit down in my seat.

"Always remember that you're a loser, Grace. You'll never be anything more than that."

Noah laughs and wraps an arm around her as they go to their seat. They make a great couple.

A match made in hell.

~*~

The day went by slowly and now I'm finally home.

I crawl under the covers of my bed and hug my bear tight. After everything that I've been through, this bear is the only thing that I have left to comfort me. It's the only thing I have left of Tyler. This is beyond sad. A bear is the only thing I have left of a relationship that never happened.

I keep replaying that night over and over again in my head, and there's a million different ways I could've handled that. I should've ran after him and explained myself. I didn't mean I never wanted to be friends with him, as in I don't like him at all. I meant I never wanted to be just friends with him. I guess he took it the other way, and now I'm here all alone again replaying every moment I've ever had with him on repeat.

I feel like some pathetic, lovesick puppy. I am such an idiot. How stupid can I possibly get? I ruined the one thing that ever gave me hope. The one thing that ever gave me comfort. There's no one to blame but myself.

I jump when my phone rings and I answer it a little too quickly.

"Hello?"

"Grace, it's Lindsey." I mentally slap myself for thinking that it was Tyler. I was praying it would be him.

"Is everything ok?"

"I just had to ask if you were going to the spring formal."

I hate school dances. Correction. I loathe school dances. It's just full of a bunch of people who like to show off their boyfriends and girlfriends to make us single people feel jealous.

"I don't even have a date."

"Yeah you do. We're all going as a group. Me, you, Haley, Parker, and Aaron. You have to come. It won't be the same without you."

"I don't know.."

"You have to go. If you don't, then I won't stop harassing you until you say yes."

"Fine. I'll go, but that doesn't mean I'll have any fun."

"You will. You have to get out of your bubble at some point, and going to a dance is the perfect way to do so."

"Sure. Sounds like a great time." I say sarcastically and I can hear her laugh on the other end.

"Well, I'll see you at school. Bye, Grace!" she says and the line goes dead.

The dance is this Friday night and I'm cursing out Lindsey for making me go. The dances are just another way to make me feel insecure. Another way to make me realize that everyone around me knows what they're doing and once again, Grace Jackson is left clueless. Like always.

~*~

I walk into school wanting to simply disappear. Another day of hell. I can't wait for this summer. I'll finally be away from school.

I head to my locker and start to put my things away but my attention is caught by Tyler as he's standing at Emma's locker. They're laughing and talking just like he used to do with me. Maybe I wasn't so special to him after all. Maybe I was just one of his flings the whole time, but I was just too blind to notice.

I shut my locker door and hurry off to class, only to be faced with more shit this morning.

What a surprise. Noah and Quinn are here once again. Their comments don't even get to me anymore because I'm just used to it by now. Of course they hurt, but I don't waist any tears over them anymore. I have enough shit on my mind, and the last thing I need is for them to be added to the list.

I sit down in my seat avoiding looking at them all together. Hopefully, today they will just leave me alone.

"Hey loser."

I spoke too soon.

"I heard Tyler was going to the dance with Emma. How does that make you feel, Grace?" asks Quinn and I ignore her completely.

"Aw, baby, I think she's trying to ignore us." says Noah with a wild smirk on his face. It looks no where near as good as Tyler's smirks.

Quinn squats down to meet my eyes.

"Listen here, bitch. We're never going to leave you alone. Not until you go kill yourself."

Ok, that one hurt, I'm not gonna lie, but I'm so done by now. I keep quiet and try to still ignore them, but just like always, this rotten bitch wants to see me crack.

"No one likes you here, Grace. Go hang yourself or something, so no one has to deal with you anymore."

I can't do it. I tried to be strong, but I just can't do this today. I grab my stuff and head towards the door with their laughter ringing in my ears.

I can't be at school. Not today. I wish I could say not ever, but we all know that's just not realistic.

~*~

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