Damaged//Ethan Dolan

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{Listen to Skinny Love by Birdy//River Flows In You by Yiruma}

Ethan's POV

I ran home and quickly edited the footage.

As i watched the clips, there had been one added from 2 hours ago.

It was a video of Rachel's face.

"Ethan, I'm sorry."

and then the screen went blank.

Tears filled my eyes.

What if she doesn't survive.

That's why I need to do this for her.

I got all the footage together and put it on a cd.

Since i'm also the editor for the school's online newspaper, i decided to do something that will probably get me kicked off the team.

The video began to upload and once it finished, I wrote something underneath.

"I think it's time to expose the real Melissa Peters. She not only harassed my best friend, but also other people in school. Everyone is too scared to confront teachers or the principal about it. No one deserves the things she has done. Rachel James ended up in the hospital because of her, and she is fighting for her life. This is real footage of Melissa bullying and harassing Rachel."

and just like that, with one click, it's all over.

I also decided to deliver the video personally to Melissa.

As i rang the doorbell and placed the cd on her doorstep, i ran away and hid behind a bush.

She walked out with her hair in a messy bun and sweatpants on, glancing from left to right to see if she could see who rang the doorbell.

She looked down, saw the cd and took it back inside with her.

I hope she finally realizes what she's done.

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Melissa's POV

As i was trying to edit my video, i heard the doorbell ring.

When i opened the door there was no one there, except for a cd on my doorstep with a note- Play Me.

I went back inside and put the cd into my laptop.

The first thing that it showed was Rachel smiling, and having a good time.

What the hell?

Why would someone give this to me?

I kept on watching, just for the fun of it.

Suddenly, i appeared on the screen.

It was a video of the time i pushed Rachel against the lockers and threatened her, only it was from her perspective.

I don't remember her filming it, or any of the other clips.

The next clip was the time my friends and I laughed at her in the bathroom when she was fixing her make up from crying.

"What a loser." we laughed our asses off.

As I went further and further into the video, I started to feel guilty.

But why was I feeling guilty? I didn't do anything wrong.

My phone suddenly got a twitter notification

and then another one

@mikaela.e: I can't believe Rachel is in the hospital bc of Melissa 😒

@kyle_anderson: ok but why did Melissa do this to Rachel?

@tana.m52: can Melissa just come out and explain herself pls.

@kyliek27: @melissapeters hope you saw what you did to Rachel.

Everyone thinks I'm the bad guy?

But wait-
Rachel's in the hospital?

I decided I should wait until the video ends to see what I should do, because what if it's something serious.

There were more clips of Rachel, her crying at home after coming from school, me torturing her, making fun of her, pushing her around.

As I watched the rest, a few tears slipped from my eyes.

I never realized what it actually looked like from her point of view.

At the end of the video it showed a smiling and happy Rachel, one I haven't seen since we used to be friends.

and then it hit me-

I'm the reason she hates herself.
The reason she cries.
The reason she hates going to school.
The reason she has no friends.

I go to Twitter to investigate what happened with her and why she's in the hospital.

oh my- she tried to kill herself.

I can't believe this.

Rachel tried to kill herself,
all because of me.

Did I push her that much over the edge?

I put her down because of what was going on in my own life.

Because my family hurt me, I hurt her.

I need to go see her so I could fix everything.

How could I be so blind?

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A/N
Next chapter will be the last💜
Thank you for reading. I know it's a short story but I love the concept. Please listen to the songs I suggest in the beginning bc they really fit the story.
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