Just One Favour

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I've been in a boot for a week and a half now and today is the day of my friends party.

Annie is still at our house, but I swear she hasn't come out of her room in a week and a half. She hasn't talked to me, or even made eye contact with me. I don't even know if she wants to be my fake girlfriend for the night.

I get out of bed and eat some breakfast. The boot on my ankle is really annoying but I only have a few days left with it on.

"Mum, I'm going to my friends party tonight, I won't be out too long and I'm pretty sure Annie is coming", I explain to my mum.
"As long as your home by 12, that's fine, and you and Annie!! I thought you guys hated each other", she chuckles.
"Well we are just friends and I needed to take a girl to this party so I was like why not take that bitch", I chuckle.
"Brennan!!!!", she screams.
"Sorry mum", I laugh.

I put my plate in the sink and head back towards my room to get changed.
I see Katie walking into the kitchen on my way back.

"Where's Annie?", I ask Katie.
She shrugs her shoulders", You know as much as I do".

That's weird. Why has no one gone to check on her? Do they not even care about her?

I head downstairs and decide to take matters into my own hands. As I reach the basement I see that her door is closed.

I slowly open it to reveal her laying in bed fast asleep. On her bedside table I can see medicine. Lots and lots of medicine. Is she sick?

I pull back the covers to wake her up. But she doesn't wake up.

There's blood on her sheets. I frantically try to find where the blood is coming from. She starts to move around and wake up. That's when I saw it.

She is cutting herself.

She is depressed.