Lost Inside

Chapter 4

          As Sarah removed spitballs from her hair, Eren leaned over and began to help. She heard him humming something in the back of his throat. Sarah recognized the song! It was one of her favorite songs. The song was "All Your Hate" by Black Veil Brides.                 The song had a pretty good meaning to it. It was about being yourself. When the chorus says "we learned from all your hate", it means that they learned to be themselves after their mistakes of trying not to be.
          Sarah was broken out of her thoughts about the song when a wad of paper was thrown at her. There was writing inside. She uncruppled the wad of paper. It said, "emo freak. no one wants you or your kind around here. - Caitlyn"
          A wad of paper was thrown at Eren too. It read the same thing, just different handwriting. It was from the guy named Blake, Erens main bully.
          More spitballs hit Sarah, then began to hit Eren too. They tried their best to ignore them and just wipe them off like they were nothing. They soon stopped hitting Eren. But they still hit Sarah, however. Mkre notes were thrown at her, too. They said a lot of hurtful things. They read things like "ur ugly", "go kill yourself", "go cut yourself to death", etc.
          Hardly anyone at this school even knew her. Why would they do things like this?
          Sarah, trying her best to hold back tears, waited for class to end.

          As soon as class ended, Sarah grabbed her things and ran out of the class.
          Going down the hallway, she blinked back tears for as long as she could, but didn't succeed. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She wiped her face as best as she could.
          Sarah ran into the closest girls bathroom. She went into the very last stall, slammed the door shut, and locked it shut.
          She pulled a razor from her pocket. She gentle placed the razor on her arm, the cold metal sending chills up her spine. Sarah began to press the blade into her skin until a thin red line began to appear. She did this over and over across her arms. The once white tile bathroom floor was now covered and tiny dots of red. She cried silent tears of agony. She had learned how to cry silently after being beat by her father for crying to loud (apparently).
          Sarah held her breath as she heard the sound of heels on tile enter the bathroom.
"Oooohhh, Sarah. Come out, come out. Now." came a familiar voice.
          Caitlyn.
          Sarah panicked, unsure what to do. Her hand moved up and, before she could stop herself, there was a click as she unlocked the stall door.
          The stall door slowly swung open.
"I knew you were in here," said Caitlyn.
          She noticed Sarah's arms. Then the stains on the floor.
          Sarah watched as Caitlyn licked her teeth.
"Had a little cutting incident, did we?" Caitlyn asked.
          Sarah did nothing. There was nothing she could do. She didn't trust Caitlyn. Not one bit.
"Come out here. I wanna talk to you." said the blonde.
          Sarah, with no other option, stepped out of the stall. She followed Caitlyn as she head to a bathroom mirror. It wasn't until now that Sarah noticed three of Caitlyn's friends there, watching them.
          Caitlyn propped her tiny pink purse on the sink and pulled out her lipstick.
"So," she spoke, applying multiple layers of bright red lipstick, "why are you here?"
Sarah wiped her eyes again. "I moved here after my house was robbed."
"Hm. Okay." Caitlyn nodded, shoving her lipstick in her purse. "I have another question."
"O-okay." Sarah stuttered, holding her still slightly bleeding arms to her chest.
"Why are you the way you are?" Caitlyn asked, messing with her hair again.
Sarah shrugged. "I d-don't k-know."
          Suddenly, Caitlyn whipped around and slapped Sarah, scratching her across the face.
          Sarah gasped in shock. She raised a hand to her burning cheek. Before she could react, Caitlyn swung her fist and punched Sarah in the stomach.
          Sarah crumpled to the floor, clutching her stomach.
"Stupid bitch." Caitlyn looked at her hand. "You made me break a nail. Get her girls."
          Caitlyn and her goons started kicking her all over. Sarah was in such unbearable pain. She couldn't make a sound. Not even a cry for help. No matter how hard she tried.
          One of the other girls began stabbing Sarah with a pencil, lead digging into her skin. Another girl started kicking her in the face. The third girl was digging her nails into Sarah's arms.
          Caitlyn grabbed Sarah by her hair and began to pull her up. She dragged Sarah over and bashed her head on one of the bathroom sinks. Hard. Caitlyn continued to bang Sarah's head on the sink, the floor, and the wall.
          Sarah's vision began to blur. That was when she saw a familiar figure run into the bathroom.
          Eren.
          He walked over, shoving past the girls. He gasped at the sight of Sarah's condition. Eren stepped over to Caitlyn and grabbed her by the shoulders. He yelled something in her face. Sarah couldn't tell what. Eren threw Caitlyn to the side, stumbling in her heels. She scowled before exiting the bathroom, her friends following after her.
          Eren got down by Sarah, flipping his black fringe out of his face, and sat her up. He picked her up in his arms and carried her out of the bathroom. Sarah's vision began to blur even more. Black spots started to appear in her sight. She continued to gasp for a proper breath of air. Her chest and stomach had practically caved in from all the kicks and punches she was given. Her wrists were bleeding, bruises were forming.
          Eren continued to speak to her. She hardly recognized what he was saying. To many blows to the head. The last thing she actually heard before she blacked out were three simple, yet unbelievable words leave Eren's mouth in a sort of echo-like, yet deaf-like kind of way.
"You'll be okay."