but who would date a broken girl? | j.w.d

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we sat on his floor in silence for a while. then my phone rang. it was my dad. "h-hi dad" I say answering.
"where the fuck are you!?" he yells.
josh looked over at me. "i-I'm-"
"as soon as you come home your really getting it!" he screamed. josh looked so confused. he cannot find out about this! "o-okay" I looked away from josh.
"what was that!?" "okay!" I say louder.

"whoever you are, do not talk to cat like that!" josh took the phone from me while I sobbed into his arms.
"who are you!?" my dad exclaimed.
"I'm her friend! and I care about her!"
"I'm her father-" josh cut him off
"you sure don't act like one!" josh ended the call and put my phone on his bed. "your not going back home" he says. "he'll call the cops" I whisper.
"then we'll tell them what he does to you" josh knows ?? how could this be?
"h-how did you know?" I whispered.
"I saw your bruises. I heard screaming from your house. I was your brothers text. the phone call just now. it all adds up" he shrugged. "your smart" I say.

josh suggested we enjoyed our selves for a bit so we played wii for a while. I'd never played in my life but I was quite good at it. we played Mario kart, frogger, Mario party... josh had a lot of games. I got a bit bored and fell asleep on his lap.

josh pov
I looked at the beautiful girl, asleep on my lap. she was adorable. I can't believe what she goes through. abuse. bullying. depression. self harm. I decided to take her to my bed. I picked her up and then I noticed - she was too light. she didn't weigh a thing! she was really small. I carried her up to my room and decided to take her hoodie off to make her comfortable. as I removed it I saw scars and bruises. old ones. new ones. overlapping ones. all I saw on her was skin and bones. eating disorder.

I wanted to hug her. kiss her. baby her. treat her like a princess. cuddle her till she smiles. cry. she's a beautiful girl who doesn't deserve any of this. I caressed her cheeks gently. I desperately wanted to kiss her. but I couldn't. she didn't trust me just yet. I planted a small kiss on her forehead and tucked her into my bed. I saw her smile a bit as I ran a hand through her perfect brown hair.

I was now downstairs making her a snack when I heard screaming.
"JOSH" she cried out. I dropped the spoon and ran to her. she was screaming and crying and pulling at her hair, curled up into a tiny ball.
"MAKE THEM STOP!" she let out.
Voices. I held her in my arms as she screamed and cried into my chest.

cat pov
"MAKE THEM STOP!" I screamed as josh held me in his arms.

"Your worthless! Josh doesn't care! He's pretending!"

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I screamed.

"You shouldn't even be alive! You deserve to be dead!"

"I KNOW I KNOW!"

"Kill yourself! Nobody wants you alive!"

"STOP!"

"Make them stop!" I cried.
"I...um...i...like you" josh says nervously.

the voices faded. they were there. but my focus was josh. I looked into his mocha brown eyes. "y-you..." I didn't finish my sentence. I fell and my vision was black.