The Red Project

The Angel

I have a really good friend named Jared we've known each other since we were babies, he's practically my brother he's 6months older than me and never lets me forget it, he has sandy blonde hair with brown eyes, he is quite beautiful, he definitely gets it from his mum, his dad was a dropkick like mine so we have something in common. Mum said that Jared, his mum and Jay Jared’s friend was coming round very soon. Mum started yelling at me for finding a detention slip, I started to yell back when she slapped me across the face leaving a handprint, she then said "clean yourself, cover that up and behave" as the doorbell rang I went into the bathroom, I got a tingling on my arm, I was desperate I looked around "shit I left my box in my room, I grabbed a fresh shaver and used the tweezers and ripped the blades out, not caring to disinfect it this time I took a deep breath and ran it over my wrist, once....twice...three times. The blood gushed out when I started to feel dizzy I used my hands to steady myself one hand on the bench and one on the bath, my legs turn to jelly, I sat on the ledge in the bath, when the door knob turned it was Jay! He looked mortified, I froze, he continued in, closing the door and locking it, he grabbed gauze pads and tried to stop the bleeding, he looked better than ever, I’d only met him one other time and he was one of the nicest boys I’d ever met,  he's perfection in the strangest of ways, his eyes are like the ocean and when you look into them, it's like you’re lost at sea, his voice is deep and soft, he's only 16 but he's so mature. he sat against the wall facing me he just sat there, he had a loose black singlet on, black skinny jeans and red vans on, he startled fiddling with his band bracelets, "I’m sorry" I said

"It's okay" he said tears started to roll as jay leaned over and wiped it away, there was a knock at the door. "Hey man are you guys okay?" Jared asked

"yeah man, we're just talking" Jay answered

"alright well mum and Karen are going out, and i'm  getting maccas, do you want anything" Jared asked

"yeah, yeah, the ussual" Jay answered 

we heard the front door close, Jay stood up, grabbed my hands and led me to the kitchen, we both sat on the bench, it was silent as Jay poured the glasses of cordial he handed it to me, then i asked, "how did you know what to do? why didn't you run? why did you stay?"he looked at me, then down at his bracelets, he then said "i've been through it"...