This is me

James

Lily walked back home slowly. "Wait up Lily" A voice yelled. Lily turned around to see James spinting at her. "Sorry - continue - on" He said taking deep breaths. Lily continued walking looking at him questionably. People were pointing and laughing at her behind. James turned around and flipped the bird at them and laugh. "You should stop hanging around me" Lily said quietly. "Why?" James laughed. "Just trust me okay you don't want me on your side" Lily replied looking down at her sneakers. "Oh yeah? And how do you know what I want?" James cheekily questioned. "James I'm being serious, this isn't funny" Lily emphasised as James laughed. Lily kept walking and stayed silent. "Hey look I'm sorry, it's just I think it's ridcioulous you want me to go" James said grabbing Lily's forearm where Mark had thrown the bottle at her. Lily gasped and pulled away from him. James looked at her worried. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you I-" Lily started running from him, she sprinted her sneakers scuffing everytime they hit the path. She could hear James yelling behind her, but she kept sprinting. She started feeling dizzy so she stopped and leaned on a nearbye tree. Lily sucked deep breaths of air in trying to fill her burning lungs. Lily walked the rest of the way home taking her time. The door clicked as Lily unlocked it and their was a terrifying silence on the other side. Lily stepped through shutting the door behind her quietly. She crept up the stairs and closed her door waiting. She let go of the big breath she had been holding in. Lily zipped open her bag at sat her books on the floor. She slided her laptop out from underneath her bed and she already had an email:

Hey Lily,

I'm so sorry I don't know what happened but I didn't mean to hurt you I swear I didn't know your arm was injured. Is it okay? Please call me so we can talk I slipped my number in your science text book this morning.

Hope your okay,

James

Lily shut the lid of her laptop and contiued doing homework for what felt like hours. Her back started hurting so she went to the bathroom to clean it up.

Lily went downstairs to start dinner, but she couldn't see Mark anywhere. He must be out she smiled to herself. Lily raided the cuboards taking as much food as she could carry to her room. She than made herself a nice warm soup. Lily sat at the table alone and sipped her soup. She looked down the table at where her father used to sit and her mother on his right. A tear slid down her cheek as Lily remembered how they used to talk about their days with eachother and share their high's and low's. Lily brushed away her stray tear and washed her dishes.

The house was silent as Lily sat in her room alone. She had finished all her homework and she could do whatever she wanted. She opened up her laptop and saw the email from Rye pop up. She found her textbook and a small piece of scrapped paper dropped out. It had his number on it. Lily folded it up and placed it in her draw. She scrolled through the internet and checked her Facebook; she hadn't done it in ages. A notification popped up on her screen saying she had been tagged in a page. Lily clicked on the page it said: 'PLEASE KILL YOURSELF LILY!' Tears formed in Lily's eyes as she she read through the comments there were people agreeing with it posting photos of her they had taken at school. People were calling her homeless, a loser, a loner, ugly and people were liking it all and agreeing. Lily cried looking away from her laptop. She started hyperventilating and paced around her room. Had James commented? Lily searched the comments and at the very bottom she saw James Avles had commented. She clicked on his comment: 'Leave her alone, what did she do to you?' Lily cried as she read all the hate against James. It was her fault she was the reason he was getting all of her crap. She searched her draws for his number and dialed it into her phone. The phone rung three times and she heard James pick up. "Hi, this is James" "James? James? This is Lily I'm so sorry it's all my fault are you okay?!" Lily cried. "Lily, hey I'm okay I promise you I'm okay. I'm so sorry this is happening to you" James said. Lily cried quietly. "Are you okay, do you need help?" James asked. "James- I'm so sorry-" Lily cried. "It's okay Lily, I'm fine I promise you I don't care what they say" James replied. Lily breathed heavily trying to calm herself. "Are you alone?" James asked. "Yes" Lily said shakily. "Can I come over?" James asked. Lily's heart stopped. She didn't know when Mark would be back and it wasn't safe for James. "Lily?". "Ahh, um don't worry I'm fine I will see you tomorrow" Lily replied hanging up quickly before she could hear James' reply. Lily put her phone down and climbed into bed and cried herself to sleep.