Forsake

15

6th of November, 8:30 AM.

NYC, NY. Aria's house.

☠ Aria's PoV ☠

I wake up to the sound of my alarm. Ugh, I forgot I have school. Since I'm already late, I'm skipping, as usual. I look around and see that I'm still on the floor, surrounded by blades. I clean my mess up and walk towards the bathroom. I brush my teeth, take a shower, cover up my scars, and walk downstairs.

I look outside the window and I see Oli with Nat. They have the first period free. I head to the kitchen to drink tea. I love tea. As usual, Casper and Chester come running to the kitchen. I look for cat food. We ran out, great..

I pull on my hoodie and walk outside, hoping Oli won't notice me. "Aria! Hey!" I hear Nat say, but I keep my head down and pretend I didn't hear or see her. I walk until I reach 7-11.

*

"That would be fifteen dollars." The cashier mumbled after scanning the items. "But, the cat food is $7 dollars. And the chips had a "special offer" thingy." I reply. "Yes, 2 bags of chips for only $3. And the Monster Energy drink is $5." He says pointing at the drink. "That's, that's not mine." Though I wish it was. I look behind me to see Andy and CC. Oh great.

"Hey Aria!" CC says cheerfully. "Hey CC!" I smile back at him, trying to ignore Andy. He turns around to face me. "A-Aria.." He seems shocked. I turn to the cashier. "Here's $10. That's all I have. They'll pay for the drink." I say as I take my stuff, including the drink, and point at Andy and CC. "Thank you" I mouth.

*

I'm back home. I feed these little demons and sit in the living room, eating chips and drinking. The doorbell rings, oh God I hope it's not him. I look out the window to see a tall woman, red-haired, blue eyes, freckles.

I open the door and smile. "Aria?" She asks and I nod. "I'm Ava, Ava Wilson. Your aunt." She smiles widely. Woah what? "Aria Foster, your niece, I guess." I say trying to be friendly, I then invite her inside. Oli's sitting on his doorstep, "Who's that?" He mouths, "My aunt." I mouth as I signal him to come.

Ava sits in the living room and waits for me. "What the hell? You have an aunt?" Oli whisper-shouts. "I don't know man. She showed up randomly." I whisper-shout back. "Okay okay, let's observe her before approaching her." He whispers, we hide behind a wall and watch her. "She seems.. Normal.." I say to Oli.

"Guys, you know I can hear and see you, right?" Ava says. "Crap." Oli and I both say. "I gotta go, school." He waves and mouths "Good luck".

"Um hi." I say to Ava. "Hello. Are your foster parents here?" She asks.

"Um no. I don't live with them. Are you sure you're my aunt?"

"Yes, Aria, I'm sure. I finally found you, after all these years.. I was in Australia, looking for you, but then they told me you moved to New York after you got adopted."

"Where are my parents?"

"Well, they're not here. They're gone. They died in a car accident."

She starts talking about how my parents were, what they liked and stuff. We're also getting to know each other, turns out that my name's Arielle, Aria's the nickname.

"Okay so, Arielle, who was that guy? Is he your boyfriend?" She asks. "That's Oliver, Oliver Sykes, I call him Oli. And no, he's my childhood friend. He lives across the street." I reply.

"So.. Do you like him?" I've been asked this question a lot of times, but this is the first time I think about it. Do I? "I uh, I--" The doorbell rings, thank God.

I open the door, Andy. CC's behind him, waving. "Hi CC!" I smile at him. "Aria." Andy says but I look at CC instead. "Aria, please. Look at me." He keeps on saying that until I look. "Yes?" I reply.

"Aria, please. I need you to listen to me. I need to explain what happened." He says. "What if I don't want to listen?"

"Well, then, I won't leave until you do." He crosses his arms and I look at Ava. She walks up to him. "Hello! I know who you are. Andy and CC from Black Veil Brides, right? Yeah anyways, I'm Ava, Aria's aunt. So if you're bothering her, I'm gonna haunt you down and make your life a living hell." She says smiling. I love this girl.

Andy looks at me then at her, then at CC and back at me. "I see the resemblance." He jokes. I turn to Ava, "It's okay, just give me 10 minutes max. Until then, enjoy your time with CC." I walk outside with Andy.

It's 12:55 PM now and it's cloudy. "Okay, Aria. Juliet is my ex. She somehow knows who you are. I didn't mean what I said, I only said it so she'd leave me alone. She whispered something in my ear, she told me that if I don't say what I said, she'd hurt you or some shit like that. Look, it's complicated, okay? All I know now that she's gone."

"I can handle her. You shouldn't have said those things, even if you were trying to "protect" me. Words cut deep, you know?"

"I realize that now. I'm sorry. I am. Aria, I love you." Did he just? I open my mouth to speak but nothing comes out.

"Hey! Get away from her!" Oli then comes. Oh great. "Dude, chill. I'm just talking to her." Andy says. "Guys, guys please." I say trying to stop them from fighting, but they start punching each other anyway. "CC! Ava! Get your asses over here!" I yell and they come.

"Okay, Aria, step aside. I don't want you to get hurt." CC says as he gets in the middle of them, but it doesn't work, they both punch him and he passes out. "We need to get him inside." Ava says and I help her get CC inside, Ava takes care of him and I run back to Andy and Oli.

I've got no choice but to get in the middle. "Guys, stop! Now!" I yell but they won't listen. Andy grabs my arm and so does Oli. "Leave her, she's mine!" Oli yells. "I grabbed her first, you leave her!" Andy yells back. "Well, I loved her first!" Oli yells.

"Guys! I'm in the middle so first, you're ripping my arms off. Second, don't yell you bastards, I don't want to be deaf." I yell at them.

They rip both sleeves off, showing my scars. Oh great, undress me now. They both stop. "A-Aria.." Andy says as he holds back tears. I look at both of them and say, "Now you stop?"

I run back inside, leaving the door open. I run up the stairs and head towards my room and lock the door, then go to the bathroom and lock the door. I sit in the bathtub. I pull my knees to my chest and wrap my arms.

"Aria! Open up!" I hear Oli and Andy yell, but I don't answer.

This is all my fault.

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dangg man this is so intense. I wrote this while listening to Linkin Park :')

Btwww. Chester's a female and Casper's a male (duh). I miss them ;-;

So I was listening to All Time Low's "Therapy" and I cried my eyes out. thanks a lot Alex. </3

Twitter: @SempiternalYo

out~