“GET HER!”one of them shouted.
“No No No" I screamed and one of the men put his hand on my mouth and nose.
“SHUT UP!”he yelled and tears came out from my eyes. I couldn't breath. I kept struggling until one of them spoke.
“She can't breath, Dagger.Be gentle"Instantly, I recognised the voice that spoke.It was Diggy from my school. I never used to talk to to him but he was one of the popular kids in school. “Well hello AVA,good to see you here. I'm sure you recognise me and don't think I would spare you because of that”.he said coming close to me and I stepped back a little.
“Awwn are you scared?”he said with a sly smile and lifted my chin while the dagger dude held my hands behind my back. “You should be" his expression changed to a serious one and my eyes widened.”Just looking at your face disgusts me" with that he used the weapon he had in his hand and hit me with it .I screamed and the guy behind me smacked me .I was irritated. I screamed again and Diggy strode forward and slapped me hard across the face.Tears sprung from my eyes.
“SHUT UP!”Diggy yelled “Demented cow”.Ava Ava Ava.Someone was shaking me but I couldn't tell who it was.
“Ava" I woke up and saw Reece’s face in front of me "Jeez Ava,you scared me.Are you okay?”I wasn't concentrating on what he was saying.The memories of the nightmare I just had, flooded my mind.Tears fell on their own accord and I shook.Reece saw this and he held me in a warm embrace.
“Shh,stop crying .It was just a dream,you're okay now”He said, wiping the tears from my eyes. His embrace made me stop shaking. I stopped crying and silence settled between us.
“Umm..So I'll be on my way. I just came to drop the medications-" He said ,getting up and I held his hand.
“Don't go….please” I said and he sat back down and we sat there silent for about twenty minutes before I spoke“It all started in middle school-"
“No no no Ava,you don't have to do this if you don't want to"Reece said and I shook my head.I trusted him enough to tell him.
“I want to.I’m so sorry for yesterday. I know, I should have told you. I should have trusted you enough to tell you. I'm sorry”I said and he didn't say anything so I took it as my cue to begin.
“So it all started in middle school. I loved food very much not just because of how good it looked but because my mum always told me it would make you healthy and strong.So I used to love eating and so did my dad.I looked more like my dad than I did,my mum. I was such a happy girl and I guess that's what spited people. I really don't know. It was like they intentionally wanted to see me suffer .They detested my smiles,grades,laughter and joy all together.
They targeted me,especially a girl named Sierra.She was skinny, tall, model-like and just beautiful.It was the day I walked into my school that the bullying begun.People adored her and followed everything she said and did”I looked at Reece to see that he was patiently listening to my every word, so I continued.
“I remember telling her that she was really skinny and pretty and I wanted to be like her and that was when I saw another side of her.She just hated the fact that I was joyful and didn't let anything bother me.She threatened to frustrate me until I wrote a suicide letter.She boldly said that all she wanted to do was to see me suffer and I was just beyond confused.I didn't know her from anywhere and who in their right mind enjoys seeing a person in pain?. I thought she was just bluffing until she started going into action.She played with my mind. Bullied me emotionally and physically until I couldn't take it anymore. She almost caused me several deaths but I didn't think much of them.One time she put a live fish in my food ,knowing that I was allergic and that landed me in the hospital for days, in a critical condition.
She tripped me down the stairs,locked me in an abandoned classroom several times,poured all sorts of things on me,unleashed her dog to attack me.Now that I think of the things she did they sound kind of creepy.The part that really got me was when she started bullying me emotionally. My dad and sister had gone.They had just disappeared, so I wasn't in a very good condition. She knew this, but kept bullying me ,each and every day. I never left school without crying. I started falling into depression slowly.i started having suicidal thoughts and attempted them. I stopped eating, which landed me in the hospital for weeks”My voice broke as I narrated the story.
" I almost got raped one night when I fell asleep in school ,crying over what she did to me.The memories hunted me both in my dream and in reality.She kept on picking on me, she kept telling me how fat and ugly I was.She insulted me,embarrassed me,beat and threatened me. My mother got me a therapist and a doctor who diagnosed me with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). The events came to me as nightmares. I couldn't sleep at night.But with her aid and David's support. I was able to get a little better until a month ago,when I met her on the way to the gym. The memories came back. The nightmares came back, The panic and anxieties came back.She didn't leave it there. She and her friends kept bothering me with texts reminding me of how ugly and fat I am.I couldn't take it anymore”.
Tears streamed from my eyes and and I started shaking as I told Reece the story. “I abused the anxiety pills because I wanted the memories!,everything!!, to go away.I cut myself everything night and started eating less" My voice rose as I remembered the events. I felt crazy . My mind was no longer with me. “I WASN'T TRYING TO KILL MYSELF REECE!,I just wanted to cut out the excess fat out of my body" I laughed crazilly as tears sprung from my eyes.”CAN YOU SEE IT?!!! THEY ARE HERE TO HUNT ME. I KEEP BEGGING THEM TO LEAVE ME ALONE,BUT THEY WON'T!!!”I laughed, pinching my skin and Reece took that as a cue to stop me from going on. “I'M NOT CRAZY REECE, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME, DON'T LEAVE ME”.I laughed and cried at the same time and Reece wrapped his arms around me.
“Shh Shh Shh, It's okay,I won't " he said holding me tight as he inspected the scars on my arms. His body tensed up and his breathing increased. ”I'm not going anywhere" .That was the last thing I heard before I slept off.
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THE COMEBACK :History Repeats Itself
Romantizm"My Lips became heavier, My cries became louder, My blades became sharper, My nights became shorter, My food became smaller, My bones became weaker , My life became harder, But he came and I reversed it all. And now I'm Stronger,Smarter,Wiser. My...
