Demi POV
All it took was one step.
One step and all the pain would be gone.
One step and all the hatred would stop.
One step and i could be free.
One step and i would be forgotten.
I squeezed my eyes tight and let the final tears in my eyes fall into the ocean below. This was it. This was the end of my miserable life. A shaky breath filled my lungs as i took one last look at the deep blue below me.
A bright light flashed from behind me, making my heart stop and my body freeze.
"D-Demi?" the familiar voice asked. The sound of the voice made my skin crawl.
"Demi." the voice said again, sounding scared. "Please don't do this. I-I know i've been absolutely awful to you but i never meant for this to happen. Please, just come down."
I stared blankly at the view ahead of me. "If you don't want to watch me do this Lauren, just go home."
"Are you serious?" she screamed. "I'm not going to sit here and watch you kill yourself!"
"Then leave!" i yelled back, turning round to face her. She was crying.
"Jesus Christ!" i roared, "What gives you the right to be upset by this at all?! YOU, are part of the reason i'm doing this! Just answer me this one question, okay? What did i do to make you hate me so much?"
"I don't hate you" she said quietly.
"Bullshit." i said "If you don't hate me then there is no-"
"I'm in love with you."
My mouth gaped open as i tried to form a sentence. I couldn't believe this.
"W-What? But-"
"I said I'M FUCKING IN LOVE WITH YOU! I did all of that horrible stuff to you so i would stop feeling like this! I hate it and i want it to go away! I thought that if i made your life miserable this feeling would stop but it didn't and i got mad. I was mad at you for making me feel like this, so i kept tormenting you. I tried to kiss Nick Jonas because i saw the way you looked at each other and got jealous. I tried to get you expelled so i wouldn't have to feel this way everyday. I'm sorry and you've got to believe me. I NEVER for this to happen"
She was breathless and had tears in her eyes. I still wasn't ready to forgive her for what she's done to me, and i might never, but at least i have closure to why she was tormenting me.
"I think you should go" i whispered as i looked back down at the water.
"Look i don't care what you think of me and i don't care that you don't feel the same way, but i am NOT letting you jump." she growled.
"Try and stop me" i said standing on the metal platform, getting ready to fall. I felt her hands grip around my waist as she pulled me off the platform. I tried to wriggle out of her grasp but she wouldn't budge.
"Noooo! Let me go!" i screamed with tears flooding from my eyes as another car pulled up in front of us. "I want to die, please just let me do it"
I collapsed on the ground in a heap. The tears didn't stop coming out my eyes. I couldn't stop and i was beginning to hyperventilate.
The other driver that stopped rushed over to me and picked me up. I was too tired and broken to even try to escape the man's arms.
He put me in the front seat of his car and raced off. I was still sobbing uncontrollably but could see Lauren's car following behind us. I didn't know where he was taking me but every few minutes he would say to me "It's gonna be okay".
I had no idea how long i had been in the car for but the next thing i knew we were at the hospital. He looked at me as i cowered in the corner. I hated hospitals and there was no way he was gonna get me in.
"Please just come in" he asked politely, "I promise you'll get better."
"I won't get better!" i screamed "I don't want to get better!"
Lauren came over to the car and tried to get me out but i wasn't moving. "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" i yelled at her.
She ran off into the hospital and came back with two paramedics who somehow managed to get me out. "Why the hell am i even at the fucking hospital?! I'm not injured"
The paramedic looked at me as we entered the hospital. "You may not need help physically, but you need help mentally"
"I don't want your fucking help!" i yelled earning stares from others in the hospital lobby.
"Have you called her aunt yet?" Lauren asked.
"Yes we-"
"Excuse me?! Where the fuck did you get her number from?" i asked glaring at her.
"I got it from Sarah after i told her what happened."
"Why the fuck are you telling people about this?! Everyone's going to know about this now thanks to to you! I-"
"I told her not to tell anyone" she said cutting me off.
"She'll be here soon" the paramedic said.
"What's going to happen to her?" Lauren asked.
"We'll do a psych evaluation and then depending on the results we'll recommened what we think is the best plan for her"
They took me to a room and i was given a bed, next to a girl who was now sleeping. Lauren and the man were told that they weren't allowed into the room since they weren't family so they left. There was nothing left for them to do. "You'll have to stay here over night" the paramedic explained, "There will be supervision at all times so if you try anything the nurse will be there to stop you."
The anger i felt inside me was gone. All that was left was shame and guilt. Where did i go wrong in my life? I have family and friends who i've just dropped a bombshell on with my selfishness. I've probably ruined everything good in my life right now and there is no way i will get any of that back.
