I ran upstairs to my room. I ran into my room and locked the door. I needed some time alone. I lay down on the floor and searched under my bed for my razors.
I found the box and opened it to see my little, sharp, shiny friends. A few cuts on my hips couldn’t hurt, right? Yeah of course it would hurt like hell. But I mean, I wouldn’t die because of it, right? I pulled down my pants and started dragging the razor over my thighs and hips. Blood streamed down my legs. I felt numb.
I took a shower and hissed as the water rushed down over my cuts and bruises. I dried myself. I dried my hair and then sat down on my bed. Three messages from Andy;
Are you home already? x
?
Ashley, is everything okay?
I bit my lip. Hell no it wasn’t okay. Not really… I texted back. Thirty seconds later I got a message from Andy again; oh my god baby what happened? I swallowed. My dad… I send back. I’d started crying again. Baby no…
I went off to the toilet to take pee. :( I texted back. And what are you doing right now? Andy texted, obviously worried. Peeing I texted back. ? . I explained. I’m at the toilet right now… dad’s passed out on the couch I send back.
Pack your stuff Andy texted. What? I texted back. Pack your stuff. I’m picking you up in fifteen minutes. You’re going to stay over at mine for this week. He said. But my dad… I have to make him food every evening… I texted back.
Fifteen. Minutes. It’s for your own good baby Andy texted back. I sighed and slowly walked the stairs. My ribs hurt like hell. So did my arms and legs. Everything hurt. I softly lay down at my bed. Crying, again. After five minutes I mentally counted from one till three and then sat up. I winced in pain, but forced myself to stay up and pack my bag. I put clothes in it, my notebooks, school books et cetera.
As he said, fifteen minutes later Andy stood in front of my house. He came in carefully without waking my dad up and then helped me moving my suitcases. I felt kinda bad when I left the house and started crying. Andy sat down at the corner of a street, pulled me in his lap and wrapped his arms around me.
It started raining softly. “Shh… it will be okay baby” he whispered and kissed my tears away. “My ribs hurt Andy” I sobbed. “Shh…” he whispered.
After the pain started to dull some we walked further to his house. When we came there his mum directly came over to me. “Oh dear, Ashley, are you okay?” She asked worried. I felt tears pricking behind my eyes again. “I’m okay” I said weakly. “Andy, let him take a shower and put on some clean clothes, okay? And Andy, you can make Ashley a bed, yeah?” she said. Andy nodded and took me upstairs.
“Here’s the bathroom, the towels are here, the shampoo is here and you’ve got your own clothes” he said. I nodded, almost crying again. “Baby” Andy said and hugged me softly, without hurting my ribs too much. “It will be okay sweetie, I’ll save you” he whispered. I bit my lip and nodded. “Good, if you’re going to take a shower, I’ll make you a bed, okay?” Andy said.
A/N:
sorry for the short chapter. School has started again and every grade/mark i get now is counting for my exams already s:
Next chapter will be longer :)
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Teen FictionAU | Ashley Purdy is sixteen years old. He's gay and gets bullied. His dad abuses him but when he meets Andy, his whole life turns around.