One Fight Changes It All

The First Hit

!!!WARNING!!!WARNING!!! SELF HARM IN THIS CHAPTER!!!

Dear Diary,

So right now, I'm in the library because I couldn't find Payton at lunch sooo, I came to the only other place I feel safe. The only people in the library are the usuals, basically the unpopular kids. Wait, never mind. Rachel just came in the library! If you don't remember Rachel WAS my best friend since kindergarten until, she told every single person in the school that my mom had cancer. She new it was a topic I wasn't comfortable with people knowing. After, I found out she told everyone, I ended our friendship. She obviously wanted to end it too. Rachel is the "popular" girl, people say that Payton should have dated her but I knew he would never do that to me because he loved me. He helped me when I was scared or stressed, which was most of the time. Oh god, Rachel is coming over now! brb. Okay, she sat down right in front of me for like 20 minutes and just talked on the phone. I may have listened but, it didn't sound serious. She was talking to a guy, the guy kinda sounded like Payton but, Payton would never talk to her, right? Well they were talking about "getting to know each other better" tonight but, like I don't need to know this. Seriously, GROSS! Okay, well lunch is over so I will write a little later.

xoxo Mabel

Mabel's next class was Algebra, she had it will Payton. Because of Mabel's anxiety she was sort of worried because of the whole guy sounding like Payton. When Mabel entered Room 221, she went straight to Payton. He was talking to his friends, like usual. When she walked up to him she was panicking and Payton could see it.

"Hey Babe, what's wrong?" Payton asked worried.

"Pl-Please tell me you love m-me." Mabel stuttered.

Payton began to feel scared. "What? Why would you-" He was quickly stopped. "JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME!" Mabel yelled, causing the whole class to look over their way.

"Babe, let's go somewhere private." Payton said not wanting to cause even more of a scene.

"Why won't you just say you love me?!" Mabel said beginning to feel her eyes burn. Payton couldn't answer because he didn't know. This caused Mabel to go crazy but, not in the way you think. She slowly backed away, pulling her hood up and headed to her seat. Payton knew he messed up bad this time.

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[After School]

Mabel walked home instead of getting a ride from Payton. He knew he messed up bad and he may have just broken the person he did love. When Mabel got home she went straight to her room, wanting the whole world to disappear. Dylan soon got home from basketball practice unaware of what happened. Him and Mabel usually go for a run after he gets back from practice but, today was different. When Dylan looked for Mabel, he found the bathroom door cracked open and heard Mabel crying. When Dylan opened the door he saw Mabel holding a razor blade to her arm preparing to cut and next to her a broken razor. He immediately ran to her and stopped her. He soon began to cry, realizing that someone had hurt his little sister so bad that she almost ended it all. After about 45 minutes of just sitting on the bathroom floor, he asked her what had happened. Mabel slowly told Dylan what happened, while trying not to cry more. As soon as Mabel finished, Dylan got up quickly. "Wh-What are you d-doing?" Mabel asked wearily. "I'm going to beat his ass!" Dylan said clenching his jaw. Mabel quickly nodded. Dylan was pissed that, the person he trusted with his little sisters heart, broke it. Before he left he called their nanny, GiGi, she had watched them when their parents were out of town or when their mom had chemo. Dylan wanted to make sure Mabel wouldn't do anything she regretted. As soon as GiGi got there, Dylan ran next door. Dylan was preparing to see blood. Payton quickly answered the door, shocked Dylan was there. "Hey Bro. Wha-" Dylan stopped him by punching him in the face. Payton fell to the ground. Dylan soon got on top of him and began punching him over and over again. Payton didn't fight back because he knew what he did and why he was getting punched. Dylan soon became even angrier, thinking of seeing his little sister crying alone, in the bathroom, BECAUSE OF HIM. "YOU ASSHOLE!" "SHE ALMOST KILLED HERSELF!!" "ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!" "ARE YOU PROUD?!" "YOU BROKE HER!!" Dylan began yelling at Payton rather than hitting. Payton took it because he knew it was his fault. He knew this would happen. She would snap and so did Payton. "ITS NOT MY FAULT SHES UNSTABLE!" "SHE IS SO MUCH WORK!!YOU DONT EVEN KNOW!" Dylan became infuriated, he began punching him again. He began to punch him before each word. "YOU" "HAVE" "NO" "IDEA" "WHAT" "SHE" "WENT" "THROUGH" Dylan stood up, placing his foot on Payton's chest, making him unable to stand up. "If I ever see you near my little sister again-" Dylan stopped, thinking of what he would have seen if he came home a little later. "I WILL KILL YOU!! YOU HEAR ME?! KILL YOU!" Payton slowly nodded, not realizing how much he was bleeding. Dylan removed his foot and walked out of the door to see Mabel. Mabel had witnessed all of it. Dylan thought of all the things Mabel was going to say but, he soon felt a small pair of arms wrap around him. Mabel ran into his arms, holding him tight. "Th-Thank You. I-I love you." Mabel slowly whispered.
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Hey loves, sorry that this chapter was a little dark. I hope you enjoyed it. If any of you are struggling with self harm please contact me. I am here at all hours💛
~G