The Intern

chapter 7

"How could you have let this happen? I was drunk!" I cry to Tanner

"I don't know but I can clear this up!"

"No, stop. It's already out there and there's not anything you can do. I'm officially the school slut and partier." I sob

"Lauren," He begins

"Please, stop. You aren't being bothered with this."

That's when he yells. "I'm not being bothered with this?! People are telling me that my girlfriend is a slut! Asking me if I can share you! How do you think that fucking feels?"

I look up at him and my jaw is dropped. His eyes go from anger to sincere. "Babe,"

"I gotta go." I cry and go into the bathroom

I need to go home but of course I don't have my car keys. I can't find Hailey nor Kelly. My parents can't know about this.

Niall. I can call him. I quickly call his phone and he picks up after the fourth ring. "Hello?" he says

"Niall," I sob

"Lauren? What's the matter?" he asks

"Please, please come and get me. Don't tell my dad though. He can't know why." I cry

"What happened?" he asks

"I screwed up. At the party, I screwed up."

"I'll see you in 10 minutes." he says and cuts the line

I lock myself in the stall and I try to calm myself down but I can't. This is bad, oh god, this is bad.

I soon get a beep from my phone.

Niall: im here. do I need to come to the office?

Me: no

That's all I can type because my body is shaking. I hastily open the stall and walk down the hallway. Nobody's in the hall thank the lord. People would enjoy seeing me like this.

When I go to the front office and I quickly sign myself out and don't make eye contact with anybody. I basically run to the parking lot and try to find Niall's black Range Rover.

I soon see a figure standing in front of the car and it's him. I run to him and wrap my arms around him and cry. I cry my eyes out.

"C'mon babe, let's get in the car." he says and rubs my back

I nod and climb in the front seat. My crying has gone down.

"What's that in your hand?" he gestures towards the picture

There's no hiding it now. I lazily throw the picture in his lap. He picks it up and his eyes go wide. He probably thinks I'm a slut too.

I cry more. I'm ruined. I'm absolutely ruined. This is going to haunt me forever.

"I'm not going to tell your parents." he states

"Thank you."

"This is bad though. It wouldn't be so bad if your shirt was actually on."

"Stop! Don't remind me! You've been in high school so I bet this has happened to you before!" I mutter

"Well yes, but I care about you. I don't want to see you like this."

"You care about me? Oh please. You only care about the internship and getting laid." I scoff

He jerks the car on the side of the road.

"You think that's all I care about?!"

"Oh please, that's what I know!"

He reaches over and grabs my face. He kisses me harshly.

"I care about you."

_______________

"You gonna be okay?" Niall walks me to my bedroom

"Yeah, thanks." I weakly smile

I walk into my bedroom and plop down on my bed. My phone keeps on dinging. When I open it my Twitter is filled with hate.

Oh you know, just the regular nasty names but there's one. One that triggers.

'President of Student Council? Or President of whores? nobody wants u here !'

I throw my phone against the wall. It's probably cracked but whatever. When I lay my head back my phone buzzes and I groan.

Mom: I don't know if you knew but I left for the Chanel Fashion Show but I'll see you in a week! Love u!😘

Dad: I'll be at the office late tonight. Big case and I'm hanging out with bud of mine. Be safe and order a pizza. Love you Lauren.

I cry and cry. I haven't heard from any of my friends. What are they thinking? Do they think I'm a slut? Please no.

~Self Harm Part. If you are sensitive to this then wait till the next chapter is published~

I grab the razor and cut it deep into my skin. Blood comes out and I wince. More blood comes out. Another cut. There's four cuts on my arm and there's too much blood. Oh my.

I start to feel dizzy so I put the toliet seat down and sit there. My mouth agape. There's a knock on my door but I'm frozen. "Lauren, you there?" Niall calls out

"Lauren?"

I hear footsteps and when I look up Niall is staring at me.

"Oh my, my my. Lauren why'd you do this? There's so much blood. Oh jeez." he panics

"I-I"

He slips his arms around me and carries me down the hall. He goes pass Kyle's room and calls out. "Kyle! Come here! We need to help your sister!"

Kyle jumps up and walks out the door. "What happened?!" he screeches

"I'm going to carry her into my room. Go find a first aid kit. There has to be one!" Niall says and carries me down the hall

He leads me into the bedroom and sets me on the bathroom counter.

"This is bad. So bad." he panics

"I'm sorry." I whisper

He just nods and brings a towel to my wrist. He dabs it and I hear footsteps.
Kyle walks in with the first aid kit. Niall hastily opens it and grabs all the things he needs.

"I'm going to kill those bastards." he mutters

"Lauren, what happened?" Kyle asks

"The party, I-I" I stutter

"Sshh." Niall soothes me

"It's okay, Lauren. Everything will be okay." Kyle says

"No, that's where you're wrong." I whisper and feel my head getting dizzy