Mako's Last Black-Tailed Mermaid

Saving Each Other

Kayla's POV

Gosh! I hate myself so much right now! I made my friend lie to his own brother to protect my secret.

I'm so pathetic! Why am I even still alive?

Poor Josh. He was only trying to help me. And now he has cuts and bruises on his face. And what for? So I could minimise the amount of people that care about me?

I am honestly the worst person alive. Nobody should ever have to go through what he went through, for me.

I tore them apart.

I ran away from them, because I was weak. I couldn't own up to what I did, and so I ran.

That's all I ever do.

But maybe that's what's best for everybody. For me.

I dig my face into my hands. I can't believe I let it go to far. Josh should never have done that for me.

Not after how much he's had to deal with.

I let a single tear spill down my warm cheek.

One tear turns into two.

Two turns into three.

And before too long, there is an endless stream of tears, falling from my eyes.

I'm so mad at myself. But I cannot live in self pity. I have to make things right with Hayden. But how could I do that without revealing to him that I'm suicidal and that I selfharm?

It's not going to be easy, but I don't think I could live, knowing that I split Josh and Hayden up.

I stand up, suddenly feeling a wave of overwhelming sickness. I fall to the ground, clutching my stomach.

Oh no.

I try my hardest to get back up, but the pain is excruciating.

What is happening?

I scream in pain, to nobody in particular. I just hope that somebody would hear me and know what to do.

I see a girl about my age, walking along the beach.

"Hey! Hey! Can you please help me? I don't know what's wrong, but I'm in pain!" I call out to her.

She jerks her head towards me and runs my way.

I sigh in relief and try to sit up.

"Hey. What's wrong? Where are you feeling the pain?" She asked.

I close my eyes and clench my fist and bit my lip to avoid yelling some things I shouldn't.

"Umm. I can feel it in my stomach." I tell her.

She nods her head at me, while looking rather worried.

"Okay, I'm going to get you to try and stand up. Can you please do that for me? Or at least try?" She asked.

I nodded at her, as it was getting harder and harder to respond.

"Okay, here we go. I'm lifting you up now." She says, while putting my arm around her shoulder in a supportive way.

I cry in pain as she pulls me up.

"I'm sorry, I can't do it." I say as she puts me gently back into the ground.

I closed my eyes as I bathed in my agony.

"Okay, I'm going to go get some help. Will you be okay here on your own?" She asked me.

"Yes, I'll be fine." I said, not opening my eyes for a second.

And just like that, I saw her running away, trying to find some help.