Chapter 9

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I hear a car pull up outside and stand up on wobbly legs one by one, and head over to the sink. I quickly search into the cabinet behind the mirror and grab some peroxide and bandages. but before I do anything I look at my wrists, two on the right and three on the left, some go I across healed scars and others on fresh skin. I sigh and take the peroxide, take a deep breath, and pour the liquid on each cut, then wrap them bandages. I look over at the small puddles of blood left where I was sitting and grab a towel to clean it. then throw the towel in my still for bath tub to get the fresh red out of it. after about ten minutes I finally get most of the blood out, leaving the water a pinkish color, so I drain it. I grab my phone to send a little tweet to the loves when I hear someone coming up the stairs and panic, I look down and see my sleeves have are stained red so I pull it off as fast as I can and throw it under my bed, I turn the bathroom light off, then run to my bed and get under the covers.

"Where'd Jai and Alexa go" a voice that sounds like my mom's says

"I don't know, I tested them but they haven't answered" Another voice comes

"Well I'm going to go make sure your grandfather's getting in bed, you check on your sister" then footsteps go down the stairs until I can't hear them anymore.

my door opens and my brother walks in he comes and sits on my bed next to me "I know your awake, you tweeted just a minute ago"

"Damn Twitter so addicting....." I say

Frankie laughs "Ariana, what's wrong"

"Nothing" I reply and turn my face towards him

"I know somethings bothering you" he places his hand freezing hand on my bear back and I jump "sorry" he laughs and moves it to the part of my back thats covered by the blanket

"I don't want to talk about it" I reply and look him in the eyes

he nods "okay, I'll be down the hall if you need me" he kisses the back of my head and closes the door behind him.

see, that's what I mean, I don't deserve my family....

I open my eyes to see light blue eyes staring at me and almost fall out of my bed "holy crap Liz what are you doing?!"

her face lifts into a beaming smile "Waking you up" she laughs "did it work?"

I nod my head holding onto my chest, scared my heart was going to beat out of it

"good" she plops unto the bed next to me "dear Jesus why are your eyes so red?" She exclaims

"I-I don't know" I stutter

Liz looks straight into my bloodshot eyes, then she goes for my arm "Liz stop!" I yell and jerk away it away but she grabs it and pulls it towards her. she stares at the bloody bandages for a minute and then looks back at me with teary.eyes so blue they're almost white "oh God Ariana...."

"I'm sorry...." I choke out with tears starting to fall

she embraces me in a hug and I fall into her arms "why would you do this to yourself" he voice sounds like she's trying to hold back her tears, like she's trying to stay for me.

"I don't know" I sob out and she wraps her arms around me tighter

"please tell me" I can feel a tear fall from her face and onto my hair

"I saw Jai with Alexa" I cry

Then Liz jumps off the bed "JAI AND ALEXA?!" She screeches out

"shhhhh, please, I don't want anyone to know" I whisper

"why?!" She starts pacing back and forth "I'll kill those bitches"

"Liz don't"

"and give me one good reason why I shouldn't end they're miserable lives!" I can't help but be amused a little bit by how much Liz reminds me of Jade at the moment

"for me" I reply

"Ari...." she stops pacing and sits by me again. she grabs my

left wrist carefully and un-does th bandages to reveal three

cuts, some longer and some deeper "they did this to you" she looks me in the eyes with a serious gaze. I close my eyes and look away

she wraps it back up. "get dressed, were going out"

I cock my head to the side "where?"

Liz shrugs and goes Into my dresser, mom must've unpacked for me while I was asleep. she pulls out short shorts and a sleeveless floral blouse. "Put these on, I'll be waiting downstairs" then she takes off down the hallway. I laugh and slip out of bed to put the clothes on

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