Ariel's POV
"You missed your mommy?" Paige mocked and threw an eraser at the back of my head. I tried to ignore it but the tears fell from my eyes. They don't understand. "At least I have a mom" I snapped. I couldn't stop myself. After all the shit she put me through i'm not going to hold back. If she wants to start shit, let her. "What the fuck did you just say?" Paige raised her voice and grabbed my hair. Great, she's going to kill me. She pulled me and slammed my face into the locker. Why is there never any teachers around when she does this shit. "Paige i'm sorry" It hurts. "Shut your mouth" She does it again. "Please stop" I plead but she punches me in the gut. "Maybe you should just keep quiet next time" She growls and her fist connects with my jaw. I slid down the lockers and I choke on my blood. I want to go home. No, I need to go home. I need Nicole but with my luck, she's not here today.
I run out of the building, blood dripping off my face. I sit down by a tree. My whole body is shaking. What am I going to tell my mom? She's going to find out I get bullied then she's probably going to ask me about my self-harm. Oh god. I pull out my phone and call my mom. I'm not even sure if i'll be able to talk. "Hey" She sounds happy. Too bad.... "M-Mom" I choke out. More blood coming out of my mouth. This is honestly disgusting. "Oh my god baby whats wrong?" "I n-need you" That's all I can say. I don't have enough air to talk. "Are you at the school?" "Yes" I whisper very quietly i'm not even sure she heard. "I'll be there soon, ok?" The phone slipped from my hand but i'm too tired to grab it. Why am I bleeding so much? She didn't hit me that bad...
"Oh my god" I open my eyes and my moms kneeling beside me with tears rolling down her cheeks. "What happened?" She wiped the blood that was dripping off my chin. "I wanna go home" I whimper. I can't tell her what happened... But she's going to find out some how. She nods and puts my phone in her pocket, then she helps me stand up and walk me to the car. "Who did this to you?" She asks and starts the car. "It doesn't matter" I mumble and stare out the window. We stop at a red light and I can feel her eyes on me. "Sweetie yes it does" "Paige" "Paige?" She gasps. "You guys were friends-" I start laughing. "We were never friends! We were just forced to hang out together!" "Sorry" She whispers and continued driving. I feel bad for yelling at her. Why do I do that? Yell at her then feel so bad... "I love you" I say, hoping I make her feel better. She smiles. "I love you too" "I'm sorry" "For what?" "Yelling at you" "It's ok Ariel" She sighs and parks the car in the garage. I get out and I feel dizzy, like I could pass out. "Ariel are you ok?" My mom hold onto me so I don't fall over. "I don't feel good" "Lets get you laid down" She helps me inside and I immediately lay on the couch. "I'll be back" Mom says and runs to the bathroom, she comes back out with a wash cloth. "Does anything hurt?" "My face" "Will you tell me what happened?" "No" She frowns. "Please?" She begs and I sigh softly, she smiles. "Paige mocked me and I said something really mean and she beat me up" I shrugged. "What'd you say?" "N-Nothing" "Ariel tell me" "I said.." I looked away from her. "I said at least I have a mom" She gasps. "Ariel what the hell" She's mad. But if she only knew what Paige and Sierra do to me she'd understand. "Go to your room" Now she's going to tell my dad. Just great.
Demi's POV
I'm pissed. You do not say that to someone. Even if you hate them. It's not ok. I watch Ariel as she stands up and walks up the stairs. Should I even be this mad? She didn't tell me the whole story... She didn't tell me what Paige said to her before. I'll talk to her later I guess.
"Hey baby" Wilmer smiles and yawns.
"Hey" "What's wrong?" "I had to pick Ariel up from school" "What, why?" "She got beat up" I said nervously. "Seriously?" "Yes" I'm not telling him what she said because he'll be more mad than me. "Is she in her room?" I nod. He runs upstairs and comes back down minutes later, dragging Ariel along. "I didn't do anything" She whispered. "Get your shoes on" "But I didn't do anything!" He crossed his arms over his chest and just waited. "I don't want to go" She sobbed, shocking me and Wilmer. "Don't make me go back there" She fell to the ground and buried her face in her hands. Wilmer kneels down next to her. "We're just going to go talk Ariel... It's ok" "Please don't make me go" She pleaded. I feel my heart breaking as she cries. "Ariel sweetie it's ok" I help her up but she refuses to put her shoes on. Me and Wilmer look at each other and he gives up. "Me and your mom will go... You can stay here" She nods but she continues to cry. "Ariel?" I pull her over to me. "Yeah?" "What did Paige say to you?" "She was making fun of me because I missed you" "Thank you" I kissed the top of her head. "Mom i'm sorry" She hugged me and her shoulders start shaking. "It's ok sweetie" I rub her back. "We'll be back, ok?" She nods and wipes her tears.
Ariel's POV
Once they leave I run upstairs and lock myself in my bathroom. I dig in my cabinet and pull out my razor. I started doing it on my wrists and I can tell now that that was a horrible idea. My mom has already started questioning me on why I wear hoodies. So I stick to doing it on my stomach and thighs.
"Ariel open the door!" I jump and I gasp. My pants are in my room. Shit, what was I thinking? I'm screwed. Oh god. I didn't think they'd be home so soon. "Hold on!" I grab a pair of shorts from the basket. They're long enough to cover my cuts but they still show my fat legs. "Ariel what the hell" I open the door and my moms face paled. Oh god. "W-What?" She shook her head. "Take off your hoodie" "No, why?" My legs start shaking. "Do it" "Why?!" Her eyes widen. "Ariel I just-" "I don't do it! Just because you did it when you were my age doesn't mean I do!" Her eyes started to water. "I'm sorry..." She looked down. I just lied to her face and made her cry. God, why can't I just talk to her about it? She wouldn't be mad at me, she'd help me. But i'm not worth the trouble. And I really don't want this to be on the cover of magazines because they'd blame Demi and it would be a mess and it'd piss me off.
"Get out" I push my mom out of my room and she didn't argue, she shut my door behind her. I am so bipolar I can't with myself. Nothing makes sense to me anymore. I'm so confused with myself. I take off these shorts and put on sweatpants. Why am I so ugly? I can wear anything but i'm still ugly. I can wear makeup and i'd still look like shit. Why can't I be pretty like my mom? Or Paige and Sierra. They're all pretty... Even Nicole.
"Ariel?" I groan. "What?" I open my door and my dads standing there. He doesn't look mad, which is good. But he looks upset... "Can we talk?" "Yeah.." I open my door and let him in. He sits on my bed and I awkwardly stand there. "Is mom mad at me?" I ask him quietly and he looks down and sighs. "She's really upset. She wouldn't really say what you said but she did say that you brought up her past" He raised his eyebrows at me. "I did..." I said quietly. "Why?" "I don't know" I shrugged and played with a string that's hanging off the sleeve of my hoodie. "You know she's crying" He states and I frown. "She just sobbed to me for an hour Ariel. I don't know what you guys were talking about and I don't need to know but you better get your ass in there and apologize" I nod. "By the way. She has to leave next week for two weeks" My heart dropped. "What?! I thought she was done!" He sighed sadly. "She has to go to New York and she has shows there" I start crying and he frowns at me. She said she was done. She can't leave again. No, I need her. I need her here. I run out of my room and I frantically knock on her door. "Come in" Her voice is raspy and my heart breaks. I open the door and once I see her I start sobbing. God, i'm such a mess. "You said you were done!" I sob and she purses her lips. "Is that what you're worried about right now Ariel?!" She screams, it surprises me. She never screams at me. "Yes! I don't want you to leave!" She stands up and points her finger at me. "Obviously you do! You are such a bitch! You NEVER bring up my past in that way! It was disrespectful and it fucking hurt! I just wanted to know if you were ok! I'm sorry that I care about you!" She sobs. "I'm sorry-" "Get out. I just want to be alone" Her eyes were red and puffy. How can she even see out of them? "I want to talk to you!" "Ariel get out of my room" "I love you" I whisper and wait for her to reply but she doesn't and I start crying harder than ever. I feel so bad. She could of at least said she loved me but I guess I don't blame her for hating me. I treat her like shit. I run to my room and I see my dad go back into their room. I crawl in bed and grab a razor from under my bed. I don't use it... I chuck it at my wall. I then hear screaming and a door slam shut.... That's never good.
