Friends?

Thirteen

Taylor

Morning comes too early, but I know we have to go to school.
Most of my morning was a blur and Ash never left my side.
He walks me to my third period and hugs me before heading to the gym.

I wasn't paying much attention until I heard Mr.Dimas say we would be doing a partner sheet.
Oh great.. Why would I want to be partnered with anyone else in the room? Of course. The only class I have without Ash.
"Hey.. Be my partner?" Jynx asks.
Oh, why can't I just work alone..
"Er.. Okay.." I fidget with my lip rings.
"Cool." he smiles.

Mrs.Dimas hands out blank sheets of paper for us to draw ways to stay healthy and decorate it.
I start writing and doodling a little on our paper while messing with one of my lip rings.

"Doesn't that hurt?"
I look up to see Jynx looking curiously at me. "No.." I reply.
We work quietly for the rest of class and soon enough the bell rings.

"How was class?" Ash greets, whenever I had made my way over to the tree we always sit under.
"We had to do parter work." I tell him.
"Who'd you get stuck with this time?"
"Me."
I turn to see Jynx smirking and begin messing with my spider bites nervously.
"And how'd you two do?" Ash asks.
"100." Jynx replies.
"I don't see why the guys give you a hard time, you seem like a really sweet kid" he continues. turning to face me.
My cheeks heat up. "Uh.. T-thanks"
I finally manage.
Ash laughs.

"You hungry,  Taylor?" he asks.
I shake my head.
Ash hands me a bottle of water and makes up some lame excuse of having to go to the bathroom.

"Are you gonna be okay tonight?" he asks, once inside the school again.
"Yeah.. Ill be fine."
My Mum will be home tonight, so it is a choice if Ash stays or not.
He wants to of course, but I insisted on being okay alone.
"Stay safe, love" Ash hugs me goodbye.
I nod and hug him back.
Then turn to head home.

Jynx

I see Ash and Taylor hug as I walk from the school and decided to half-jog over to Taylor. "Hey." I say, making him jump a little.
"H-hi." he replies softly.
"Uh.. I was wondering.." I trail off.
"Would you maybe wanna come over to my place and hang out?" I ask, getting more to the point.
"My uh.. Mum wants me home tonight.. She's not been home, Im sorry.." he says.
"Oh, its fine. Maybe another time, then."
He nods.
"See you tomorrow then." I say, heading home.
I wonder why he's so shy.. I think, remembering how the boy from before had tripped him and called him a 'fag'

Taylor

Why would he want to hang out with me?
Is this just one of Jace's little games he got Jynx to play?
I am not going to be alone with him.

Once home, I an greeted with a hug from my Mother.
"Hey." I smile.
"Dinners almost ready." she says.
"Okay.. cool" I say, heading up to my room.
I can't not eat, then She'd be suspicious.

I say hello to Amanda and go back to my room to do my homework.
20 minutes pass when my Mum knocks twice on my door lightly and then opens it.
"Its finished." she says, smiling.
I finish writing and then follow her back to the kitchen.

I push my pasta around the bowl before finally eating some.
I finish most of it and immediately feel sick.
"Im gonna go shower.. Im tired" I tell her, putting away my dishes.
"Okay. Goodnight, hun" she replies.

I quickly go to my room and grab my phone and head to the bathroom.
I turn on the water loudly and go over to the toilet, lifting the lid.
I slide two fingers into my mouth and farther back, triggering my gag reflex and throw up into the toilet just as my phone begins to ring.
I cough and answer.

Taylor:"H-hello?"
Ash:"Hey,man. You okay? You sound sick"
Taylor:"Yeah Im fine."
Ash:"Okay. Just called to check on you"
Taylor:"T-thanks"
Ash:"See ya tomorrow"
Taylor:"Bye.."
Wow..That was a little close..

I take my phone case off of my phone and carefully pick up the tiny piece of metal.
I set it on the side of the bathtub and undress.
I step into the water and sit with my knees pulled into my chest.

I pick up the small razor blade and press it into my skin, near the ones I had made just days before, and drag it across my wrist.
A new line appears.
Warm, crimson red, and sticky to the touch.
I do this again and again, until there are seven new crimson lines.
I make another and then press the blade to my skin one last time, when there is a knock at the door, which makes me jump.
The blade slips to the side a little, making a jagged line across the other cuts.

I hear a muffled "Goodnight,Tay" Come from the other side of the door.
"Night, Mandy" I reply, shakily.
I dip my dripping wrist into the water and feel the familiar sting.
I sigh and finish my bath and head back to my room.
I bandage my arm back up and put on my pajamas.

The next morning, I meet Ash at his locker.
"You didn't make yourself sick did you?" he asks, for the five billionth time.
Finally I just stare at the floor and don't respond.
"Its okay.." he says, hugging me.
I sigh.
"Want to stay the night at my place?" he perks up.
"Okay, sure" I smile.

The rest of the day goes on agonizingly slow.
Ash and I walk to our individual houses after school.
He wanted to hang with his older brother for about an hour alone.
His Father is working all night.
"Where ya going?" Amanda giggles, as I put a My Chemical Romance shirt and purple skinny jeans into a gym bag.
"Im staying at Ash's."
"Oooo" She laughs.
"Have fun" she winks, and skips off.
"Have fun, darling" my Mother kisses my head. "See you soon." I reply, and began the walk to Ash's house.

"Hey." he smiles, meeting me in his driveway.
"Hi." I says.
"Want to go to the coffee shop?" he asks.
"Sure." I laugh.
Ash loves the coffee shop.
Its only 10 minutes away and not very busy so it is peaceful.

We both get some coffee and a sandwich.
We meet here quite a bit so I don't have to eat a lot at home.
Once we are finished, we head back to his place.
"Hey." Carter, Ash's older brother calls.
"Hi." we both say.
"Want to watch a movie?" Ash asks, as we walk to his room.
"Okay." I agree.
We decide on The Woman In Black and sit on his bed with the door closed and the lights off.
I am very jumpy.. Finally I cover my eyes.
I feel Ash pull me closer to him.
I blush but make no effort to stop him.

By the end of the movie, Carter walks in, making us both blush because we are cuddled up together.
"Goodnight, weirdos." he laughed and closed the door.
Ash shrugged and we get up, cutting off the movie.
"Ready for bed?" he asks.
"Sure." I say.

We both remove our shirts and change pants. Ash left and came back with a tube of neosporin and points to my wrist, looking at me.
He closes the door and walks over to me.
He looks at me and holds out his hand.
"I-Im fine.." I whisper, looking at the floor.
I gnaw on my bottom lip as he gently grabs my arm and begins unwrapping the bandage.
He freezes when he has reviled the fresh cuts.
He looks at me sadly but begins putting the cream on my arm.
"You should leave it off for tonight.." he says slowly.
I nod.

He leads me back over to his bed and we lay down in silence.
He begins tracing circles on my bare chest.
"You know.. I really wish you wouldn't do this to yourself.." he says, tracing a few old scars that scatter my stomach and chest.
"You're so perfect.. If only you could see" he kisses the scar above my heart.
I hug him closer to me and sleep follows not far behind.