The second the tears ended I got to my feet and caught the first bus towards Landon's house. I ran the rest of the way and up his front steps, I needed to tell him the truth about my dad, after all he was the one that saw I was hurt first. I saw a women I assumed was his mom working on the garden in the front yard before I knocked. "Hi is Landon here?" I asked.
"Yes sweetheart he's up in his room, you can just let yourself in." She smiled. I nodded, I should probably do that instead of standing there awkwardly. I turned and ran inside. Hmm, Never been here before. No idea where his room is. I ran up the stairs and started checking rooms. I never knew he was rich, or that he had tons of rooms on the second floor. I had about given up when I didn't even bother to knock on the next door, I just pushed it open.
"Holy shit." I breathed as I saw him lift the blade from his wrist. I watched blood race out of his arm and towards the floor.
"Skylar-" He choked.
"You cut..." I breathed, my head spinning and my heart beating so hard and fast I thought it was going to explode.
"You don't get it!" He cried.
"I think I do. I think I finally do." I breathed. "You don't want to be in gangs do you? You were crying out for help and I didn't even realize it." I felt a tear run down my face.
"It's not your fault." He mumbled. "Skylar, you can't do anything, you can't get me out. I'm a gang leader, I watched them kill my brother." I closed my eyes. I heard him get up and clean his arm. "I just can't take it...." I suddenly had a feeling take over my heart. I didn't open my eyes before I ran into his arms.
"But I love you." I mumbled. I heard him let out a deep breath as his arms wrapped around me. "Please don't do anything stupid." I pleaded.
"I think that's a bit late." He weakly laughed.
"Stay for me?" I breathed.
"I'll try." He smiled. I gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "So why are you here?" He asked sitting on his bed.
"You saw my pain... I wanted to say thanks." I shrugged. His eyes became trained on the floor.
"Who did that to you?" He asked softly.
"My dad." My voice shaky as I admitted the truth. Without a word he pulled me into a hug. "I have to get going, my family's going to wonder where I am soon." He nodded and kissed me goodbye. For once when I walked down the street. I had a true smile on my face, I was only excited to see him tomorrow, maybe I'd offer to take the kids and he'd do the same, then we could get coffee or something. Time flew and soon I was walking through my yard. Everyone was on the porch watching me carefully. Jesse was standing by the car. "What's wrong?" I asked looking around.
"How long has it been since you last ate?" John stared at me, anger and sadness in his eyes.
"What?" I breathed, a lump forming in my throat.
"We've been ignoring your issue for too long, thinking... just sitting with you during meals and things would help you eat." Mom stared at me.
"They're sending you to a camp for anorexia." Harper sniffed, tears running down her face. "Sorry." I wanted to run and hug her, letting her know that this wasn't her fault, but Harry already wrapped his arms around her.
"Gang members, abuse, and anorexia. Setting the best example aren't you?" Jesse growled. The blood in my veins froze. Him.
"You're acting like it's all my fault? You think it's my fault my dad gets so mad that he wants to beat me? You think it's my fault that I noticed someone needed my help? YOU THINK IT'S MY FAULT THAT I HAD TO RAISE THESE OTHER TWO AND PUT MYSELF ON THE BACK BURNER? YOU THINK IT'S MY FAULT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CRY? YOU THINK IT'S MY FAULT THAT FOOD BECAME SO REPULSIVE, SO UNNECESSARY TO MY HAPPINESS THAT I FORGET TO MAKE MYSELF EAT EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE? THAT PEOPLE CHOSE TO REMIND ME HOW UN WANTED I REALLY AM?" I yelled at him, bursting into tears. His eyebrows furrowed at me. Everything was silent. "You don't even know how I'd kill to have problems like yours, or how I'd relive my life 7 times so one other person wouldn't have to."
I waited for someone to stop me, but no one did.
"You just want me gone, because your biggest problem is me." I wasn't going without a fight, I couldn't leave now, I had to be there to help Landon. He had to know I loved him and he had to know I'd help him get through everything. I knew if they took me, Landon and Kozac would never know why I disappeared, I didn't want them to think I had given up on them.
"You're going to this camp for two weeks," He started, "or however long it takes-"
"No I'm not." I shrugged. He looked at me with nothing but anger. "I'm over 18, a legal adult. You can't make me do anything."
"Skylar, please just go and get better." Harper sniffed. I looked over at her. She really thought they were doing this for my own good? I looked at her and John. They had really turned on me. Everything came crashing down in this moment.
"Give me a day, or two phone calls, and I'll leave without a fight." I compromised.
"You don't get to bargain." Jesse growled. He grabbed my wrist and basically threw me in the car.
"YOU DON'T GET IT!" I screamed one last time as my head slammed against something hard. I burst into tears. I looked to my mom for help. She was the one person who could save me, she had to, I was her daughter. She had been abused just like me, she couldn't cry just like me. She was me.
And she didn't come in the car.
Or say goodbye.
Because she knew this too.
Harry's POV
Rumors spread like wildfire in a small town. The first talk of the town was that Skylar was sent to an insane asylum, then that she was anorexic (the truth), then that she was pregnant with someone's kid, then that she was a gang member, and then that she hung out with gang members (the truth). I watched John angrily rip through Skylar's art table. "Everything alright?" I asked.
"They said she could call by now, why hasn't she called?" He growled to himself.
"She's probably mad." I shrugged.
"What do you mean by mad?" He spun to me.
"Angry." I corrected, her siblings were so sensitive lately.They just wanted her home. "Why is this driving you so crazy? She's getting help."
"Because everything she said was true." He breathed. "......None of this is her fault."
The next few days continued like this until the day Skylar came home. She wouldn't talk to any of us, she wouldn't look us in the eyes, she only looked one person in the eyes once. That was her mom who quickly excused herself. Then Skylar did too, running to her car and disappearing like always.
"She hates us." Harper sniffed. Looking up at John, who just ran his hand through his hair.
"I would too... I would too."
Skylar's POV
I tore up the lawn and through the door, running as fast as my feet could take me up to his room. I tried the door but the door was locked. I didn't have the time or energy, I had to know he was okay. I quickly broke the lock and ran in. "Landon?" I called. He was curled into a ball on his bed. "Oh thank god." I breathed. I walked over and tried to shake him awake, but he was cold as ice. "Landon... Landon come on wake up this isn't funny." I spat. Tears started running down my face. "LANDON WAKE UP!" I yelled, his family soon ran in... followed by the cops and paramedics.
But no matter how loud we screamed,
He wouldn't wake.
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AUTHORS NOTE:
hey potatos and zombie wattpadians
5 reads... yay (not) anyways.. im going to post like 5 chapters tonight probably more.. there might not be authors notes in them because im kinda tired of writing authors notes all the time when really no one reads them, even myself... anyways.. so thanks for being awesome ;)
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