Scars to your beautiful

Ch1 The accident

Mom and dad were sleeping in their room. Its about 11:00 at night and the only reason I'm even up is because I have my math final tomorrow. Who even actually uses anything besides basic math anyway? Ill give you a hint, not me.

'Ding ding'

I cant concentrate, my stupid phone wont stop dinging. I look up from my studying and glance at my phone to see what was so important.
   
  Bri: hey A were all going to this awesome bonfire at the old run down church,wanna come? Your boyfriend will be there.

I thought about it. A bonfire seems fun and I really wanted to go. But I should stay and study.

Come to think of it though, I've been so stressed out lately And this is exactly the thing I need to help myself chill out. I decided ill go, I mean come on, what could go wrong?

Aria: hey Bri, ill be there

After texting my best friend I put on my body hugging jeans paired with a cute shirt and my heels hoping to maybe impress Damon a little. Then I quietly snuck out of the house undetected. Wouldn't be the first time.

The old church was only about a 10 minute walk from my house so I made it there fairly quick. When I got there they already had the fire going. I immediately spotted Bri and my boyfriend Damon near the fire

"Hey guys" I walked up to them and sat down. " shouldn't we, I don't know,have the fire outside? We don't want anything accidents happening "

" relax babe" Damon said while pulling me into his chest so I was leaning against him. "Nothings gonna happen"

"Ok" I agreed after a minute of thinking. We sat there and talked for what only felt like a few minutes. All of a sudden Bri checked her phone.

"Shit its getting late and I don't want my parents finding out I'm gone. Im gonna get going guys"
" ok Bri, be safe" I told her while pulling her into a hug.

By that point almost everyone else was getting up to leave also.
Damon was the last to stand up.
" I think I'm gonna head back to. I have practice tomorrow and I don't wanna be too tired"

"Ok. I think I'm gonna stay here just a little while longer" I told him.
" ok just don't stay here too late" he kissed me goodbye and I was left to myself. The only sound being the crackling of the fire.

I sat for a while, and at some point into the night, I fell asleep. I awoke to a start only to see flames spreading all around the church. The old wood walls must hAve caught on fire while I was asleep. I desperately rushed for the door only to get stopped by flames blocking my path.

I looked for any means of escape but could find none. I was trapped and had no way out. The flames were growing bigger and spreading even faster now. My phone was lost somewhere beneath the fire so there was no calling for help, I was on my own.

Sweat stuck to my head and ran down my cheek. The smoke was taking ahold of my lungs and I could barley breathe. All of a sudden Im falling to the floor and the then all I see is black.

"Aria" I hear a voice call. " Aria, can you hear me?" I open my eyes to find myself staring at the face of a doctor. Im at the hospital? What happened? Thats when everything came rushing back. The bonfire, the flames, the smoke.

"Aria, how do u feel sweetie"
" I feel like I just almost died from a fire, thats how I feel." I told the doctor. I mean whAt a stupid question. Like, how does he think I feel? Like rainbows and unicorns?

" Well, it looks like your gonna be ok. Although there are some, life lasting effects from this situation"
" life lasting. Like what, asthma?"
"No. Aria, I'm so sorry" he handed me a small mirror. No. No no no no NO! THIS COULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO ME. I burst into tears.

"Ill give you some time alone, your mom is in the cafeteria when your ready to see her, shes been up with you all night." he said. Then he left the room, closing the door behind him.Whats gonna happen to me? How will everyone else react? Oh god! WHAT AM I GONNA DO?

(A few weeks later)
Im going back to school for the first time since my accident. Everyone knows what happened but they haven't seen me yet. My mom gave me a ride to school today. For "moral support " she told me. Yeah like thats gonna help.
" have a good day sweetie and remember I love you"

"Love you too mom" I slammed the car door and started walking to the school. When I walked inside everyones eyes were on me. Im used to the Attention considering I'm one of the most popular people at the school. But this was different. Some looked at me with pity, others with disgust.

I saw all my friends and my boyfriend where they usually stand near the lockers. I walked up to them. "Hey guys"

"Omg why are you talking to us?" Bri asked. " what are you talking about?" I asked her " you guys are my friends"
" haha no sweetie we were your friends. Then that happened" she explained while referring to my face.
" what! You cant do that to me!" How dare she think she can do this to me. After everything I've done for her. I made her popular, without me she would be nothing.

"Yes, we can. Why don't you try hanging out with the science nerds? I bet they'll find your face, interesting to experiment with" she told me with a smirk on her face.

I saw Damon near the back of the group" Damon, pleAse"
"Damon, please" Bri mocked while laughing at me. " Im sorry Aria but...we're over" he had no emotions on his face when he said that but one. Pure amusement.

" please don't do this to me" I begged a tear streaming down my face. "sorry Aria, we already have. Bye." With that they all left me to fight my battle on my own. And alone is how I stayed.