Till Death Do Us Part

Chapter 2

I saw him crying. I saw my pale frail body laying on my bed. I felt much better now that I wasn't feeling any pain from my left wrist. I saw them take my body away and him holding all the paper flowers I had made. He held one of the shot glasses I had used in his hands as well.  Dad, I thought, don't cry over me. I'll be sure to visit. I left our old house that night. I didn't want to see dad crying his eyes out until he starts drinking, he was already an alcoholic. I walked around,  I could  haunt and torture all my exclassmates. I walked back to school. 'Closed', I'll come back tomorrow, I thought. I walked around the city. I looked into the mirror, no reflection. I went over to a yard sale nearby. Lots of people were there. It was a girl's house. The one popular girl in school. Brown curly hair and natually tan skin that glowed. Pretty and cocky like in movies. I remebered how she posted those images of me online. A girl in an empty locker room just to embarass someone. Aperently she was selling anything she could that was replaceable. Her phone started ringing.

"Hey, what's up?" She spoke into the phone, "no way... seriously?!... You're kidding... a slit wrist and pills. That's such a lame way to die. If she was gonna commit suicide it should have been flashy so it would've at least been post worthy. That's just lame."

  She was talking about me. I picked a glass vase and threw it at her. It shatter by her feet and she looked around.

"Alright who though that. You paying a tbousand buck for the damage you almost did to me so pay up," she demanded.

I picked up a brand name bag and lipstick from her pocket. On it I wrote, 'Next time I won't miss' where she would see no one was holding it. Everyone screamed and scattered. She screamed loudest. I threw the bag aside and left.  They're  all horrible until it all comes back to them, I thought, it's time for my own pay back. I found a nice spot to spend my time in a toy store. I made sure not to scare anyone univolved on purpose. If they left me alone I would leave them alone.

The sun rose and I didn't sleep all night. I wasn't tired either. I went to the school and walked as they celebrated my death. It made me mad that the non bullies didn't really care. I messed with them all day until school ended. Everyone was confused about why things were happening around the school. I wanted to gain more power, to start levetating objects and to go through walls.

I walked around the empty halls to my locker. A girl was there, paper flowers around my locker. She was crying her books on the floor as she sat on her knees. I don't get it. Why is she crying? I asked myself, She must have started geting bullied in my place.  I walked over to her. I noticed the crutches next to her. She was missing her left leg below her knee. I put me hand over were my left eye used to be.  She's missing part of her, I sat down next to her. She started to calm down after a while and put more of the paper flowers in the cracks and openings of my locker. She wiped her face and steadied her breathing.

"Why did you do it?" Her voice was horse, "Why'd you do it Max?"

  She knows my name. But i don't think I've met her before, I thought.

"Max I'm  begging you to tell me," She got teary again, "Don't just sit there staring. Answer me!"

  She can see me! I didn't know how to respond.

"H-how do you know I-I'm here?" I asked.

"I just can," She said, "Now answer me. Why did you leave? You broke my heart by doing that."

"I- I couldn't take them anymore," I said, "I thought that maybe I would be able to feel again if I lost what they were after. I thought the only tears that would be shed were my fathers."

"You don't remember me do you?" her eyes gave off a lonely glow, "Then again I was always in the shadows."

"Remeber?" I asked.

  I remembered eatting alone everyday. Hiding, and running. Taking hits because I didn't know what else to do. Then I remembered the note I got one day. It was torn in half. The only ledgable words were, 'My name is, love, and out.' All I thought if it was a prank. I noticed the piece of paper folded under her bracket.

"Is that the other half?" I asked.

"Yes... do you want it?" She asked.

"If it's okay with you," i said.

She handed it to me and I unfolded it. The words were, 'Lily, I, you, will you go, with me please?' It didn't take more than a second for me to put the whole letter together.

"My name is Lily, and I've like... no, loved you for a long time now. Will you please go out with me?" She repeated the letter to me.