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Chapter o3

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Two Months Later

Carter and I haven't exactly been on talking terms.

Yes, we did our projects together, but the farthest that we have gotten was a one or two sentence answer for a science question. And the stress building up has caused me to cut myself more and more.

~*~

Chemistry wasn't exactly a walk in a park. Last week I had cut myself again, so my scars were still practically fresh. Leaving class, Carter grabbed my arm and I winced in pain. I pulled back my wrist.

"Piper I--"

I turned around. "I have to go," I murmured and yanked my arm away.

At the end of the day, sighed with relief as the last bell rang. Putting my phone and books in my bag and pulling out my keys I looked up.

I was taken aback when I saw Carter leaning against my red Sedan.

I stared at my shoes. "Excuse me," I mumbled.

"What's your problem?" He fired loudly, tone sharp.

My head whipped up. "Me? What's my problem?"

"You keep shutting people, me, out." he stated. "You don't tell me, or anyone else, anything."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know I was obligated to tell you how my life is going!" My voice raising higher. "News flash, Carter, your just my lab partner. I met you, what, like a mont- two months ago? So why are you all of a sudden so interested in what I'm doing?"

"I saw your wrists, Piper." His voice seemed to have lowered and my eyes widened. "Is that what your negativity is doing to you?"

"My negativity?!" I shouted. What the hell? "Why don't you just leave me alone. This is none of your business."

Tears began to make its way down my cheeks.

"It doesn't even make any sense why you would cut yourself. I mean, you have a perfect life!"

He has to be kidding right now. The nerve! "You know what, stop. My life is far from perfect. You don't even know me."

I moved past Carter, opening the door.

"That's not what you said a month ago. You don't know what half of us go through, stop being such a brat."

I turned around and faced him, my blue eyes against his grey ones.

Tears streamed down my face. I glared at him.

"Maybe I'm so negative because I'm depressed," I screamed at him."Did you ever think about that?"

He stood there, his mouth slightly agape- with no response- and an unknown facial expression.

And then I slammed the car door shut.

~*~

That night, while I was eating dinner, A.K.A. throwing out the food into the trash can, Ryder came into the kitchen.

I quickly put the dish into the sink.

"What are you doing home?" I asked Ryder.

"Coach broke his leg and cancelled practice," He answered, taking out a Powerade from the fridge. "Mom and dad are working late so it looks like it's just you and me Pipes."

I cringe when he used my childhood nickname.

"Movie night?" He suggests.

I smile. Ryder and I haven't done something special in a long time.
"I'll get the popcorn."

"I get to pick the movie!" he shouts from the living room.

I shake my head and smile to myself at his child-like behavior. I miss this.

~*~

We ended up watching The Expendables and when the credits rolled I checked the time.

12:34

And my parents still aren't home. I sighed and rolled of the couch, face down onto the Persian carpet.

"Hey Ryder, I think I'm gonna sleep down here," I joked.

He chuckled. "Alright, munchkin, up you go."

He lifted me up.

"I'm only three minutes younger than you." I huffed.

"So, your still my baby sis." he pointed out.

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever."

"I miss us hanging out."

"Me too." I smiled and for the first time in a long time, it wasn't forced.

And when I closed my eyes that night, I slept like a baby, forgetting Carter, and my parents, and everything bad in my life.

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-xoxo meg