*ANNA'S POV*
Eli came back in and sat next to me. "What is it?"
"The reason I cut. I want to tell you." He nodded.
"Go ahead. I'm listening." I took a deep breath.
"So, I was never the perfect child. Never the pretty one, the smart one, the talented one. I was always the mistake. The flawed one. The one nobody wanted. My parents and siblings made sure I never forgot that. When I was 14, I met Alex. And at first, he was so sweet and kind and caring. I liked him from the start. But when we actually started dating, things got bad. At first, it was just insults. He called me bad names, told me I was worthless. But I stayed because he was the first person who actually seemed to want me. It was a month before he progressed to threats and three before he hit me. It wasn't even painful, just a light slap. But he'd hit me. And I stayed. Of course, me staying showed him that he could hit me whenever he wanted and as hard as he wanted. I could've left. I should've left. But I was naïve. I knew ny this point that he didn't care, didn't love me, and most likely never had. But I stayed because he wanted me. Even though it was just as a thing to hurt when he got bored, he still wanted me. Eventually, I turned to cutting. The first time I did it, he was threatening to kill me, and I locked myself in the bathroom. I found a blade and before I'd even realized what I was doing, I had cut. Only once, and very shallow, but it felt... right. It hurt, but that pain has acted as a reminder of the pain my family and Alex said I caused them simply because I existed. I deserve it." I softly kissed Anna, getting ready to tell her all the ways she didn't deserve this. Any of this.
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When Worlds Collide
Teen FictionThe bad boy of the school, Eli Bradbury, has always been seen as a player and a delinquent. He juggles girls like clowns juggle pins. Enter Anna Murphy, the transfer student from Ireland. She suffers from depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies, an...
