It's bleeding. It won't stop bleeding. This is what I wanted. This is how I want things to end. It's actually happening. I won't have to deal with the people at school anymore. I won't have to feel the pain of my father's hand any longer. No more suffering. No more.. Anything.
*8 Months Earlier*
"Get your ass up." My mother says waking me out of my slumber. I lean up and look at her. She looks disgusting as always. Dad makes her dress like a stripper as eye candy. It's gross. I can't stand to look at her anymore. "I'm awake." I say to her and swing my legs over the bed. She walks away, thankfully. I don't want to deal with her this morning.
I walk to the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror to see what bruises I have to cover up today. There's one on my upper jaw and a gash above my left eyebrow. I received that one from hitting the coffee table in the living room when my father pushed me. I sigh and continue to look for more. I look at my arms, covered. I'll also have to wear bracelets to cover the cuts on my wrists. This is comletely normal for me. The whole "hiding everything from everyone" thing. No one should know my problems. No one would care anyhow. Not a soul. So I just hide it.
I sigh and leave the bathroom after I am content with the covering job that I have done. I change my shirt and put on some jeans, then my shoes. Besides trying to cover the cuts and bruises, I don't take that long to get ready, of that I am glad. I take my books in my hands, holding them close to my chest and walk out of my door, closing it behind me. Which won't do any good. My little brother will probably go in and destory my room while I'm gone. Bless his soul. My dad and mother don't send him to school half of the time. The only reason he hasn't been taken away is because my dad "knows someone." I shake my head and walk down the stairs.
"I'm leaving." I softly say to my father as I am a few steps away from the front door. "And I will see you after school." he spits. I nod and walk out the door, slowly bringing the door together behind me. I take a deep breath, pulling my hood over my head and walk on.
No bus for me. Not anymore. After Sydney, a very popular girl, ruined that for me. But, I don't want to remember that, ever. I shrug off the memory and keep walking.
After a while I get to the school. The rush of the teens in the parking lot with their cars annoying me. None of them know what a hard life is. They don't have to want for nothing and yet they still ask for anything and everything that they can squeeze out of their parents. Sickening, really. I get a few stares, this is normal. The outcast who no one knows, such a weirdo. I laugh to myself. "You are weird." my inner thought says.
The halls aren't that crowded, everyone is still outside gossiping. I'm glad, more alone time for me. I get to my locker and put in the combination. Throwing some books in, I take some books out. Science first. This isn't such a bad class, Mr. Keen is my favorite teacher. He's the only one that asks if I am okay. He knows I am not, but he always asks anyway. I go to a corner and wait until it's almost time to go to class.
The bell rings and I to go to my class room. I'm the first in the room and Mr. Keen notices me immediately. "How are you today miss Whinston?" he asks politely. "The same." I softly reply. "I was afraid of that." He sighs. "I worry about you, August. I do. I have a surprise for you, I really hope that you will like it." He adds. Wait, what? A surprise? What could he mean? "Um, Mr. Keen, what do you mean." I ask. He smiles. "You'll see." He finishes as the first of the students start to come in. I turn and reluctantly take my seat in the back of the class, hopefully I will go unnoticed today.
"Today," Mr. Keen begins, "we are going to go over the things that make up prokaryotic, animal and plant cells. For example mitochondria, ribosomes, etc." He walks towards the door. "And also, we have a new student. "A Mr. Kellin Bowstick, will be joining us." His hands gesture to the door as a very attractive boy walks in. My breath hitches in my throat just by looking at him. He is moderately tall, black hair, greenish blue eyes. The "perfect" looking boy. "Too bad he could never like you." My inner thoughts say. I cough and look down, agreeing with the thought. "Hey guys." Kellin says. I look up and look around at the girls. Of course, they are all already falling for him. Gross. I've decided I no longer like him. "Mr. Bowstick will be with us for a while, I trust that everyone will treat him nicely. Kellin, why don't you take a seat in the back next to August." He says and points to me. I freeze and my breathing stops. Everyone looks at me, the girls giving death stares. "No, no, no. This isn't happening." I think to myself and start to breathe again. I look up and see him walking towards me. His gorgeous eyes, looking at me. I can't give in to his good looks. Stay strong.
"Hello, I'm Kellin." he says, smiling as he sits down. I clear my throat. "August, obviously." I say, trying to avoid eye contact. He smiles. "You know I really like your name. August is my favorite time of year." Don't look at him, don't look at him. I think he can tell I'm trying to avoid eye contact. "I don't bite you know. You can look at me." He says. I look up at him and give him a half smile. He seems content with that and he turns to face the front of the class as Mr. Keen starts his lesson.
One minute until the bell. I've had to sit and endure every ones stares. Everyone including his. Every few minutes, he would glance over and look at me. Of course, me being me, didn't look back. I'm so awkward.
The bell rings and I wait for the whole class to leave. I always do this so I don't have to deal with anyone else. But, I notice soon that I made a bad choice. "Hey August." Mr. Keen says and I turn to face him. "Your surprise was Kellin." He says and lets that sink in. Kellin? His surprise to me was Kellin? Seriously? " I know, I know. It's just that I know you don't have much friends, if any at all and like I said, I worry about you. So when I heard that there was going to be a new boy in your grade, I figured why not let you show him around." This cannot be happening right now. "I suggested to the principal and the counselor that they put him in all of your classes and have you show him around. They were happy to agree since they know you have a bit of trouble with making friends." He finishes.
"So what you are saying is, you are making me be friends with someone and making me show them around when you know good and well how shy I am." I pause. "I can't do this." I start to walk away when my arm is grabbed my a strong hand. "August, I am a nice person. And you seem like a nice person, I would really like for you to show me around. And if you would like to be my friend, considering I have no friends either, I would like that." Kellin says sincerely. But, I can't let anyone get too close to me. No one.
"August, I really don't want to do this to you, but this is a grade. If you do not become his friend, your grade will drop dramatically and you will likely fail my class." Can he do this? "I am pairing you two up to make a model of a plant cell. You do excellent in my class, so I assume you will do well. I want you two to work, after school on this project and I want proof that you are working together on it. A picture, something. I don't care I just want it done. I'm sorry, August I know you are not happy about this, but you and I both know that you need this." I want to cry. I don't want this. But, I cannot cry here, I have to stay calm. "Fine." I barely get the word out. "Your house not mine. I will show you around. But, don't think you'll get close to me." I whisper the last part, hoping Mr. Keen wouldn't hear. As I walk out of the room I can head my teacher say "She'll come around, don't worry." But, he is wrong. So wrong.
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Hey guys! So this is the first chapter. I don't know if you'll like it or not, but I hope so. c: I felt like writing a Kellin story, so here it is! Please, please, please, leave me your thoughts and tell me if I should continue. I have 2 more chapters already finished, I might post them if you like it! I do warn you that this story will have some intense parts, so if you're young, or just don't like things like that, I suggest you skip over those parts. :3 Thank you for reading! <3 ~also the first person to comment gets the next chapter dedicated to them ^.^~
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Save Me. (Kellin Quinn fan fiction)
Teen FictionAugust has a pretty tough life. Between being beat at home and having no friends at school, things are hard. When she gets to class and her teacher forces her to befriend a new student named Kellin for a grade, she's not happy about it. Even though...