Adopted by o2l: Me and Her

Chapter 18

Avril's POV

I couldn't do anything, I was too in shock to. "No." Elliot said under her breath. I did the only thing I could do. I grabbed Elliot's hand and we ran. Through the doors, down the street until we knew we lost them. We ran into an alleyway and held Elliot close. "It's okay. Its gonna be okay." I cooed. She just kept on crying. "I don't wanna go back. I won't." she whimpered. "We have to, I'm sorry." Just then Connor appeared at the front of the alley and said, "We better get going, you guys have a week until you have to... um... leave." Just thinking about leaving him and the other guys made me depressed.

As soon as we got home I ran up to the bathroom. I violently opened my drawer and took out that one little razor that I kept. I knew I would need it again. I made four clean slits, two on each wrist. 2 for being sent away, 2 for letting them take me away. When I was little my parents abused me. They didn't hurt a hair on little Elliot's head. They didn't take it so easy on me. I have bruises, scars and haunting memories to remind me. I looked at myself in the mirror, what I've become. How far I've come from that. "The war is won before its begun. Release the doves. Surrender love. The war is won before it's begun. Release the doves. Surrender love." I sang from The Pheonix by Fall Out Boy. I always sang when I was sad or depressed, usually alone in the bathroom. I looked down at my blood drenched arm. Crap, I forgot to wash it off! I cleaned off the blood and the razor. I put everything away and ran to my room. I put on a white sweatshirt to hide my fresh cuts. I couldn't stop thinking about the day when they would have to take me away. With that horrible thought in my head, I fell into a deep sleep.

---dream---

I walked up to the edge of a cliff. I admired the view, so beautiful. I saw the sun set behind a mountain. "I wish I could stay here forever." I said taking in my surroundings. "You can😏." someone said evilly. I looked behind me and saw my parents with devious smiles wiped across their faces. They walked up to me and beat me until I couldn't stand. When they were finished with me they kicked me off the cliff. "Goodbye world." I said as I fell to my to my death.

---end dream---

I woke up in a cold sweat. I was hot so I took off my sweatshirt. I fixed my hair up and just checked myself out. I plopped down on the bed and wonder how I'm gonna survive without the boys.