Slowly Fading

A Mess

Chloe's POV

I enter school grounds with my head held high. Usually, my head is cowering, looking at the ground every second because I am just so awkward around people. Especially groups, even if I know the people and they just accidentally run into me, I curl up and act like it was the most awkward thing in the world and something is wrong with me.

Just me? Yeah? Welp, anyways... I walk into the school and it is dead silent. I know these things, I've read the fanfiction. I quickly retreat back into my car and wait. I am not getting caught up in whatever was about to happen.

I'm not so curious that I will sign my death contract, NOPE! Some book characters are so blind and they're just like, 'Oh my gosh, let's go see what is happening!' While I'm yelling at them, telling them to stay back.

I can't the boredom so I go down. Making sure I look all around me. I walk in the school and it isn't as quiet as before, that's a good sign. I continue looking around me, for specifically 3 people.

I'm a loner right now. I have no friends and I just lost another soul. Like I needed to lose anymore. The first couple of souls I lost by death, this one was by choice. I can't help to think that those could have been by choice as well. That I am just not loved enough to stick around.

Walking up to my locker, I realize why everything was so quiet. There they were. The pictures. I look at one, we were so happy. I threw them all away! I got rid of them. I told myself I couldn't think of them anymore, not then, not now, not ever again. I threw them away, I burned some, I made sure all the copies except one were destroyed. How did this happen.

"By fate or by choice? You're all alone." Says my locker. Nobody knew! I made sure I told nobody, I kaput some family photos lying around so people wouldn't suspect anything when they came over, it isn't like anyone did.

Nobody knew they left me. That they should still be here, that I am all alone, a loner. How did this happen, how did they find out. Somewhere between all of this I dropped all of my things. A crowd begins to form around me and murmurs fill the air.

"Who are they?" "What happened?" "Oh the ***** is going to cry!" Some made fun of me, some were confused, some seemed worried for me. I told myself I wouldn't cry in front of all these people. I will not give them the satisfaction.

The bell rings and everybody shuffles to class. I pick up my stuff and rush to an empty classroom. I make sure nobody is in here and lock the door. At that moment I let everything out. And. I. Was. A. Mess.

Matthew's POV

I was walking into school and see a crowd in the middle of the halls. I decide to go check it out and see the loner staring at her locker. "By fate or by choice? You're all alone." Read the locker. All of her books seem to be on the ground and her eyes stare wide eyed at the locker. Tears start to form in her eyes.

To make the situation seem worse, the girls just had to let out calls about "how the ***** is about to cry." Their words not mine. Right now, I am extremely confused. I turn to see Chase standing next to me.

He has an extremely worried expression on his face and is staring in confusion. He finally notices my presence and his eyes go wide.

"Yo, Matt, PLEASE tell me you had nothing to do with this." He says and I shake my head.

"I have no idea what this is, I walked into school, saw this and was completely shocked, that leads up to now." I tell him and he sighs in relief.

"Who would do this then?" He asks and I shake my head unknowingly. I know we aren't the best of friends but I don't think anybody deserves this. Nobody needs nor wants to have this done to them. It can destroy a life, let's hope she is strong enough.

The bell rings and everyone heads to class and Cloe seems to snap out of it. She looks both ways before entering the almost always empty classroom. I look at Chase and he nods. We need to help her.

I go up to the door and open it slightly. I can hear the sound of her crying, and for some reason, my heart feels like it's about to burst in sadness. I look at him and he nods. We both walk in but she doesn't notice. I don't think she would have. Until she looks up.

Her eyes widen and she composes herself. "May I help you?" She asks her voice breaking.

I shake my head and go to hug her. That seems like her breaking point and she start to cry silently into my shirt. I pay her head gently and hug her tighter. Chase is rubbing her back and she seems to calm down a bit.

She looks up at both of us. "I'm sorry about your shirt." She says to me. "I'm sorry you had to miss class because of me. You probably have other things to do then stay with me. Thank you, but I'm fine." Chase scoffs.

"Do you know what just happened, Cloe? That was serious, you seem like an EXTREMELY strong and brave person but we all have our breaking points and that was yours. We would choose to help you over anything else." He says and she looks at him in disbelief. Then she stares at me.

"I'm sorry again for ruining your shirt." She says and I chuckle a bit.

"My shirt isn't worth your tears."