Our Darkest Secrets (Jyrus)

Excuses-Chapter 9

The sound of chiming birds in the early morning breeze, woke the sleeping Cyrus from his rough sleep. His eyes fluttered open, his body was aching, it was excruciating pain. The bruises on his back wouldn't stop pounding, & the fact that he fell asleep on a toilet didn't help since it was such an uncomfortable position, he walked out of the stall, looking at the clock in the bathroom, since his phone was dead. 7:42am, 58 minuets until school started. He needed a shower & some new clothes to change into, he knew there were showers in the changing rooms, but how was he supposed to get in? Some of the teachers will be in school at this time & the changing room door will likely be locked, this was risky, but he knew he had to do this.

Cyrus went to the bathroom door, & peeked his head left & right, no teachers. Silence. This was perfect, the changing rooms were not that far from here, even though he was fairly new to the school, it was pretty easy to work around. He tentatively creeped down the small hallways, shit, a teacher, luckily for Cyrus, the teacher was walking the other way, but if Cyrus made even a faint noise in these silent corridors, he would basically be fucked. He carried on down this hallway, YES! He thought to himself, the teacher didn't even look back at him & he was safe. One more right turn & the boys changing room will be there. He peeped his head around the corner again, the changing rooms where right in front of his eyes. No teachers. Leg it! He thought, he ran his way too the changing rooms & opened the door, "thank fuck it wasn't locked" Cyrus boasted to himself, he closed the door & locked it from the inside, he stripped naked & placed all of his clothes outside the shower, he grabbed all of his essentials like shampoo & body wash from his bag, than placed the bag on the shelf above the shower head. Placing the lotions on the shelf as well. Next to the white towels.

The warm water trickled down his body, & he started to sing to himself

"As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost, wake me up, when September ends...Summer has come & past, the innocent can never last. WAKE ME UP, WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS!" He silently sang to himself, forgetting the world, he applied the body wash around his body, & placed his 2 in 1 Shampoo & conditioner in his hair, & watched as the trickling water scrubbed away all of the lotions off of him.

Suddenly, a large crowd of people came rushing through the door, Cyrus quickly turned off the shower, & heard a familiar voice, "right guys, get ready for practice quickly!" Shit shit shit! He thought to himself, it was Jonah & his Space Otters team, at there before school practice.

"Hey, was it just me who heard someone singing Green Day when we came in?" One of the team mates asked

"Nope, I heard it too" a girl replied, it was Andi!

'Shitticus defficous I'm fucking dead'

Cyrus wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or cry at the situation

"I also heard a shower?" Andi asked

Oh fuck......

"Do you reckon there is someone here?" Jonah asked his team

"Maybe, I mean I can see a foot at the bottom of the shower so there must be" Andi replied

Fuck shit fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck shit shit fuck shit

"Erm...who are you?" Jonah asked, to Cyrus

Fuckkkkkkkkkjk

"Erm, it's Mr. Roberts! I'm the new history teacher!" Cyrus replied, trying to fake a really deep voice

"Ok...Mr. Roberts...how come your in a school shower?" Another random team mate asked

"Erm....the water has been cut off at home! I've just moved here you see & it's different from the water in....California! Yes, California! In Cali, we have specific water suppliers because we can only use so much since it's so hot over there!" At this point, Cyrus just wanted to keel over & die.

"Cyrus...we know it's you...what are you doing in the school shower?" Andi asked

"Oi you never you mind!" Cyrus replied, in his normal voice, finally

But Cyrus knew he couldn't step outside to the crowd, he couldn't let his bruises or his self harm marks show, he also knew that he had to fake his smile once again, which he usually did, but with everything constantly going down hill, it was hard.

"I'll wait for you guys to go to practice"

"Ok, right guys hurry up so Cyrus can get changed alone!" Jonah shouted

The Space Otters were rushing out onto the school field for practice, next to all the 'stronger kids' playing football.

Cyrus walked out of the shower, & locked the door once again. 'I wonder how they got in' he thought to himself

He inspected himself in the mirror once again, large circular, purple & black bruises where scattered across his back, his body, his arms, the large red, fresh cuts where displayed in a diagonal fashion, but overlapped onto eachother. All Cyrus wanted to do was to lock himself away, & stay away from everyone, but he knew that would never be an option since people will just constantly follow him around, which he hated, he liked being alone, he didn't want friends, but with Andi being so freakishly attached to him & Jonah kissing him, it was hard to get time alone. It was driving him insane.

He threw on some clothes, a long sleeved Nirvana hoodie & just some regular black jeans, with black converse, he looked ok but Cyrus wasn't even bothered about it. A window, he thought to himself, there was still 45 minuets til school started, so he slipped out of the window & walked to the park, he felt like ditching school again. He slowly dragged his feet over to the park, looking down at the floor, thinking to himself

Why did I have to be born with all these shitty powers? Why do I have to be different?

Why does nobody love, or accept me?

What did I ever do wrong?

These thoughts raced around inside of his mind, he arrived at the park & sat down behind a large birch tree, overlooking the clear river.

"Cyrus?" He heard his name being called out, it was Buffy

Shit

"Cyrus, Hey, what's up?"
"I'm good, you?" Cyrus said, plastering on his award winning fake smile
"Not to bad, how come your here alone?"
"I set off early so I thought I would just sit for a bit"
"Oh...cool, I mean I know we haven't really talked much so you can walk with me to school if you like?"
"Um. Yeah sure"
"Ok, cool!"

Buffy & Cyrus walked slowly to school, talking about life in general, Cyrus' life with his mother in Pennsylvania, & just random stuff. Buffy told Cyrus about her mum in the military, working overseas & has been deployed for the last 2 years, so they both missed family.

They finally arrived at school & both went there separate ways to there lockers, Cyrus' locker was next to Andi & Jonah's, but than Buffy's was on the floor underneath them.

"So...Cyrus, what were you doing in the showers in school this morning? You know you weren't even supposed to be here right? The only kids who are allowed are the ones in teams who practice with permission before school?" Jonah asked, Andi next to him

"Well the water ran out at home, we had some Plummer issues"
"I mean, you can go a day without a shower right?" Andi asked
"OH WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER?!" Cyrus shouted, storming past both Andi & Jonah who had there hands interlocked, running to his first class.
"Something big is up with him" andi stated.