My Hero[Discontinued]

Chapter 18

  "Maggie... What have you been doing?"  

"Isn't it obvious?"

"But why are you cutting?"

I shrug. "Adam. I've been trying to stop, really, but I can't. After I left, for Louisiana, I started cutting, because of Jason, but also because I felt like I was worthless."

"Here, let's go to your place. We really need to talk about this." I nod, still crying. I get out and go to the passenger side. I let Adam get out, then I get in. He starts the car and goes to my apartment. When we finally get there, I stopped crying, not because I wanted to, but because there weren't any more tears left to cry. I lead Adam up to my door and unlock it. We walk in, I lock the door behind me, and sit down on the couch. Adam goes to the kitchen, gets a mug out of my cabinet, and starts the kettle, filled with water. He grabs a tea bag from the box next to the stove.

                                                             -time skip to when tea's done-

Adam cleans up and walks over to me with my favorite mug(below(It's a Runescape mug)) filled with English tea.

I take a sip and I'm finally ready to talk. "Adam, you have to know you're not the reason I cut. It's mom, dad," I pause for a second. "Myself."

"Maggie. You know I used to cut. They're visible. Just know that-" I can't hear anything else he's saying because I'm more focused on who else is in my apartment. I sniff the air and smell a cologne I recognize. Jason. I set my mug on the coffee table and get up. Adam looks confused, so I mouth to him, shh, someone's here.

I walk to my bedroom and see him sitting at my desk. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, just reading somethin', sweetheart."

As he turns back around, I grab my pocket knife from the top of the dresser and put it in my pocket. He turns back around and shows me my....journal.  "Put that the FUCK down, Jason!" Shit. I turn around and lock the door, that way Adam can't come in.

Adam bangs on the door and yells, "Let me in, Maggie!"

"Jason. Put that the fuck down, please." He flips to a page, and I know exactly which page.

"'I start to like Max more and more every day, now.'" Adam stopped banging on the door. "'I can't stop smiling when he's around. I can't believe I feel like this, though. I've never felt like this about any guy, ever!' Wow, you didn't write like this about me."

"That's because you treated me like shit, Jason. I don't want someone like you, or someone who gives me everything I want. You would know this if you ever fucking listened to me you dumb shit!"

"You know, when you were born, the police arrested your dad, the doctor slapped your mom, animal control euthanized your brother, and A&E made a documentary that saved your life."

At this point, Adam hit the door, really hard, and slid down, crying. "Leave my fucking family out of this." I pause. "You should just shut up, Jason. You'll never be the fucking man your mother was." I said, smiling. 

He got up and walked over to me, grabbing my throat. "Shut up little princess, or you'll never get what you want."

"I never do anyway, and I never want to." I grab my knife out of my pocket and stab his chest, hitting the heart. His hand let go quickly and he hit the floor, bleeding. I quickly unlock the door and open it, to Adam standing at it. We didn't say anything, so he just hugged me. 

"What the fuck happened?"

"I-I killed him, Adam...." He lifted his head and looked towards my room, probably looking at the dead body.

"It's okay, Mag, it was just self-defense, right?" I nod. "C'mon, let's go call the cops." We walk to the living room, I'm still in shock and Adam's calling the police.