[ hailey chantel hilton ]
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"i have a very dark past..." anita said, causing loren to look at her.
"as if youre the only one" loren say.
"im offended" i reply, sighing. i crossed my arms on the table as i lay my head on it.
its been exactly 7 months since that incident. ever since then, i stopped partying. i stopped drinking. i stopped every bad habits i have (excluding leaving the toilet seat up hehe). i stopped everything thats going to tear my mom apart. ive changed.
i still dont know who saved me that day..
i sighed and gave them a silent treatment. i stood up and left the room and happened to bump into someone.
i looked up and it was,
joey.
he didnt seem to even notice i was there. or maybe he pretended like he didnt see me...
he just walked past me, leaving me a cold shoulder.
i went inside the girls' toilet, rolling up my sleeves as i walked in an empty stall. i examined all the shits ive done to myself. cutting, as if it'll help me.
but i stopped.
bc i knew that loren, jace, aiden... and my mom will be watching me from everywhere.
"i know youre here, hails" a familiar voice spoke as she walked in the toilet.
i slowly and gently rolled my hoodie down. i closed the toilet seat and sat down, quietly.
"look, im here for you, okay? i wont let anyone hurt you" her words echoes in my head, causing me to tear up. warm tears rolls down my cheeks one by one.
i stood up as she started to say more comforting words. i ran out from my stall and wrapped myself around her.
"its okay, im here okay? im here, always" she say.
"i love you" she spoke.
"i love you too..."
"loren..."
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i was soak and wet of tears.
loren and i walked down the halls after we hear the bell, which means its reccess. the hallway was filled with whispers and all eyes were mostly on us.
i opened my locker and grabbed a fresh hoodie and started to walk back to the toilet as i closed my locker.
"hey lets pull the fire alarm or maybe spray the toilet walls" a girl say, mimicking the old me.
loren stopped dead on her tracks and turned her head at them which caused them to stay quiet and cause tension between them.
"surely you dumbasses wont be that brave to pull a fire alarm" she roasted.
they stayed quiet and loren just went up to me, guiding me to the toilet, stopping and roasting anyone who dares to even speak a damn word abt me.
"thank you" i say quietly. she only nodded and kept an eye on me.
after i changed into a new fresh hoodie, i walked out from the toilet with loren and met my bestfriend,
jace.
"HAILSSS" he yelled as he saw me, waving like crzy. others stared at him and me like crazy.
he hugged me like we havent seen each other for centuries. i didnt hug back but just smiled. aiden, his bestfriend, then walked up to us since jace left him, for me.
"wanna hang out after school?" jace ask.
"duh" loren says, agreeing. "of course" aiden reply. we walked through the halls to the canteen.
"what abt you, hails?" jace ask again.
"i think i'll pass" i say, wrapping the wet hoodie on my left side arm.
they frown but didnt bother to say anything. they might think 'ive been thru enough'.
whats my relation with jace? hes.... hes just..
jace and i are the complete opposite, i mean by opposite as in his reputation and i. hes the captain of football and im just... a dorky girl whos always emotional. we've known each other since we're basically babies. i know most things abt him and i know things that he's never told anyone else before. whats more lovable abt him is..
he'd do anything for me. obviously him, lor and aiden are the only ones who knows abt that night. ppl started to treat me differently since i used to be 'popular' and call me bunch of bad shits directly but hes just always there... not always like he used to though. but atleast hes there.
if one day hes gonna move on and find a better bestfriend, id let him. he deserves someone who isnt emotional like me. he just deserves better, you know? i just dont want him to change and see me as a nobody because..
thats not the jace i know.
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a/n: boring chapter lol.
