To heal a broken heart

Chapter 12

~Jayden's POV~

"Oh, Jayden, what are you doin- Oh my god, what happened?!", our school's nurse Mrs. Mitchel greets me, looking at Holly in shock.

"She fell and went unconscious in PE", I explain hurriedly. She nods and indicates me to lay her down on the bed near the wall.

"They filmed it, so if it helps you...", I add bitterly. She furrows her eyebrows at that, but nods anyways.

"Poor thing, she looks so exhausted", she mumbles while doing her examination stuff. I just nod and lean back against the opposite wall. I kinda like Mrs. Mitchel, she's a friendly and caring person, not judging people easily. She patched me up countless times before whenever I got into a fight.

"These bruises aren't from the fall", her voice suddenly interrupts my thoughts. Confused I look over to her. Mrs. Mitchel is washing Holly's face with a wet cloth, revealing dark bruises on her face she obviously hid with makeup before.

My eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.

"What the fuck?! Where do these come from?!"

"You tell me, I don't know. They look like they're varying in age. Some seem to be fresh, some are at least a few days old", she mumbles deeply in thought.

"What the fuck, when did this happen? Why didn't I notice?!", I murmur to myself. She always seemed so carefree, just her eyes sometimes showed some other emotion, but obviously she had been very careful about showing her true feelings. Even I didn't notice and I kinda watch her whenever I'm near her. Granted, that's not very often.

"Well, I trust you to not tell anyone about this, Jayden. This is very personal and I don't want to hear students talking about it, do I make myself clear?", Mrs. Mitchel starts lecturing me, not knowing that it's very much unnecessary.

"I won't, don't worry", I mumble in answer, still thinking about how my supposedly innocent angel got so badly bruised. Both of her cute, chubby cheeks are covered in purple and blue. Due to the fall she has scratches across her face, some still bleeding a bit, but Mrs. Mitchel is quick to stop them.

"Please wait in the front, I want to examine her further", Mrs. Mitchel tells me with a shooing motion of her hand.

I nod and follow her order. Two minutes later I sit in some chair next to the examination room and nervously fiddle with the phone I stole that stupid girl from my class.

Wait.

I quickly open it and proceed to send the video to myself, deleting my number and the chat history. That bitch won't find anything. Afterwards I delete the video from her phone as well.

Ten minutes and a lot of nervously raking my hands through my hair later Mrs. Mitchel finally opens the door again.

"She's resting now. Jayden, I tell you this, because I trust you and you brought her here. She has bruises all over her body! I never saw someone coming to school in such a state", she utters worriedly. My eyes widen at her words, then my jaw clenches hardly.

"I'll find out who did that, I fucking promise."

"Language! But yeah, please do that. She looks like a cute girl and nobody deserves something like that anyways", she nods.

"Can I see her now?"

She nods again and lets me come in. My face falls when I see Holly's bare skin. It truly looks painful and I know how much a bruise can hurt.

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, I gently take her hand in mine. It's small, cute and chubby and fits with mine perfectly. Still, I notice how cold she is.