Stars Align (Book 2 of 4) (Scomiche)

Stars Align

This is a prequel story to One Night, another story of mine. Some of the references are from the flashbacks in my other story, just incase you're confused :)

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Mitch POV:

The smell of the rain in the air made me sleepy, but I couldn't stop now. I had to walk home or I'd be stranded in the middle of my little town of Arlington. Paramore played on my iPod loudly drowning out any noise around me. I didn't feel like hearing people yell out their car windows at me like they usually did. If I ignored it, it couldn't hurt me. At least I could say that about something in my life.

At this point, I didn't even care if Keith Marquez and his friends jumped me. He could do whatever he wanted because either way he was going to get me at some point this week. Ever since this summer they did nothing but bully me relentlessly. My life was becoming darker and dimmer, and at this point I was convinced there wasn't a thing in the world that could stop it. I finally turned onto the road I lived on, Bliss Road, which was an oxymoron seeing as it was a dead end street where I lived with my damaged parents and sister. I was the most damaged of all, but they didn't know that. They were too busy to care. Not their fault...they were just trying to save our house from being taken away.

Lauren, my older sister, had just moved away to college earlier that month leaving me completely alone. Thankfully I had my best friends, but they were damaged in their own ways as well. I couldn't always rely on them, unfortunately.

I walked in through my side door to an empty home. The only noise was the clock ticking on the wall. When I was little my Dad would have whatever sports game was going on that night on the TV blasting. My Mom would be making dinner and arguing with my sister, which I had always found hilarious. Lauren would be helping me with my homework or playing with me in my room. The house had been so full of life and now it was a graveyard of memories.

I threw my purple sweatshirt on my bay window as I entered my bedroom. My stomach churned nervously and goose bumps danced across my lower back. I had to go back to school tomorrow, and after the first week I had, I couldn't bare it. I sat down on my bed and took a deep breath. My eyes filled up with tears as I thought about how Keith and his friends would surely find me tomorrow and beat me up as they had done all last week. I sniffled and wiped my nose on my arm. I felt small and defenseless around them. There was nothing I could do.

I picked up my laptop and turned it on. Maybe listening to some music could calm me down...

AIM opened automatically and immediately Jamie Johnston, my friend Ally's older brother who had a relentless crush on me, IMed me. I rolled my eyes in disgust. The message only read "Hey". I closed it out.

None of my friends were online, so I minimized the window and went into my music. I started some deadmau5 and then got up to change my clothes. I changed into PJ bottoms and took a minute to look in the mirror. My ribs showed through my skin. I had barely eaten since the summer because every time I did I got sick. I traced my fingers over the bones and sighed. It could be worse.

The ding of an IM broke me out of my trance. I threw on a white t-shirt and plopped down on my stomach on the bed. I took an audible breath in when I saw Scott's name on my screen. I rubbed my eyes and took another look. Nope. Still there!

"Oh my god." I said out loud.

Scott Hoying (scotthoying): Hey!

Scott had saved my butt from Keith on the first day of school, come over to me at lunch to make sure I was okay, and then gave me his number incase Keith bothered me again, but he was a cool kid. He had a gorgeous girlfriend and close rich friends. What could he want with someone like me?