Unseen Scars

Chapter 4

Katie..
    I've been in the girls room crying for god knows how long. Tammy, Sydney, and Sierra have already left. I'm all bloody with so many broken bones that it's unbelievable I'm able to move. But I do. I grab my phone from my bag and look at the time. It's 1:30 in the afternoon. I missed lunch and my American government class. I need to pass that class if I want to graduate. And trust me if my school offered early graduation I would take it but they don't.
   I manage to stand up and look in the mirror. I don't look as bad as I thought. I have just a little bit of dryed blood on my face and a slight black eye. I quickly clean up the blood and put some make up I've my eye. I thank god that my nose isn't broken again. My doctor said last time that if it gets broken again then I'm going to have to get surgery to fix it. I untuck my black button up and school sweater to look at my rib cage. I can see the bruises starting to form. And I can see which ribs are broken thanks to starving myself all summer.
I bend down to grab something for the pain out of my bag. As I bend over I hiss in pain. I wasn't thinking about my ribs when I bent over. I should have squatted. But it's too late now, so I just continue on the course I've set for myself and bend over to grab the medication from my bag. Once I had the bottle in my hand I yanked the lid off and took a few of the pills inside. I leaned against the wall waiting to move again because each movement took so much energy right now that it's not funny.
Once I feel the pain start to subside I make myself look presentable and head to class. It's my only elective class I'm allowed to take, guitar. It used to be taught by Mrs. House but she moved to teaching elementary schools so she could spend more time with her 10 year old daughter. I got really close to her in the past three years that it feels like I lost a part of me when she left. But I'm excited to meet the new teacher. I hope that he is nice and if he's half the teacher Mrs. House was he will end up being my best friend.
I enter Mr. Riley's class a little late but it doesn't seem to matter because there are no other students in there. His head pops up to see who has just entered his classroom. When he sees it's a student he lets out a soft chuckle.
    " I assume you are Ms. Kathryn Lane"
    " I prefer Katie."
     "Alright Katie. May I ask why u are late to the first day of classes?"
      "It's a long story."
       "Well we got all class period."
      " I don't really want to talk about it." I replay evident pain in my voice. Then I go to step down front then door landing. As I take my step a sharp pain shoots through my ribs and I collapse onto the floor.