recovery ✧ h. grier

03

jasmine coleman

After the bell rang I started walking home like I usually do. Yep, I walk home alone. Megan would walk with me , but she lives in the opposite direction so what kind of sense would that make.

I put in my earphones and then put my playlist on shuffle, and started walking.

This is a wasteland, my only retreat

With heaven above you, there's hell over me

The water is rusted, the air is unclean.

And there for a second I feel free

This is a wasteland, my only retreat

I continued walking down the street with the occasional cars driving by. As I started humming along to Pierce the Veil my earphones were yanked right out of my ears.

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" I yelled not even seeing who the person was.

"Woah, someone's a little feisty, isn't she." The boy with the bluest of eyes stated.

"Have you ever heard when someone has earphones in don't bother them."

"No, I can't say I have." He then smiled and nudged me playfully.

"What are you doing anyway, you never walk straight home?" I then put one earphone back in.

"I don't know I just didn't feel like hanging out with my friends." He stated while shrugging his shoulders.

"Oh you mean the ones who bullied me for like 2 years?" I said smiling sarcastically.

Hayes then walked right in front of me and looked me in the eyes. Oh my gosh his eyes, were like hypnotizing.

"I said I was sorry, and I mean it, I guess I was just hanging with the wrong crowd, but they are my friends."

"Correction, you still are hanging with the wrong crowd." I continued to walk.

We then continued to walk in silence so I put my other earphone back in.

When we finally started to reach our homes since we were neighbors we went our separate ways.

"Wait! Jasmine!"

"Yes Benjamin," I started laughing

"Aren't we going to my house? Remember you said you would!"

"Oh was that today I totally forgot," I started walking to my porch.

"Yes that was today and you said it yourself!" He then lifted me up and threw me over his shoulders and continued to cross my lawn to his house.

We walked through the door, and Hayes yelled, "Mom I'm home and I brought my friend!"

Oh so now we're considered "friends" , it's not like I got bullied by him everyday and wanted to kill myself , yea we are "friends".

"Hayes you can put me down now."

"Oh yea right." He then crouched down and let me on my feet.

"Hi, I'm Hayes' mom but you can call me-" she stopped mid sentence. It was funny because she thought I was a "new friend".

"Oh my gosh Jasmine! It's been so long! I've missed you sweetie! How have you been? "

What was I going to say. "Oh I've been great! Your son and his friends have bullied me since the last time you've seen me. I tried committing suicide this one time because of it, but I haven't been better!"

"Oh I've been fine Mrs. Elizabeth."

Hayes just stared at me in a sign of saying he knows that I'm lying.

"Okay well you kids have fun! I'm going out soon with Skylynn because she has a play date, so make sure the doors are fully locked!" She said while walking away.

"Would you rather talk about the project in my room, or the basement?"

" I don't really care, to be completely honest." I said laughing and walking to the basement.

"Basement it is then, I'm surprised you still no where it is."

"Hayes it hasn't been that long, plus I've known you for like ever. Getting lost in your house would just be plain embarrassing."

I opened the door and started walking down the steps. I almost tripped and slipped down the stairs, but of course even how cliché it is, Hayes was right there to catch me. I started looking around the room when my eyes landed on something.

"Um Hayes, what is that?" I pointed to the table, and looked up at him.

"Oh, um that, that's...."

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