Something To Lose

She moved closer to the door, the one leading into the bathroom. She lifted a cold, shaky hand and placed it on the door handle. She took a slow, quivering breath and turned it, opening the door. She took a step inside, and shut the door behind her. She stood there, infront of the mirror, for a minute, hell it could have been 5 seconds, but to her, time rushed by.
She slowly moved her head, to look in the mirror. What she saw there broke her heart. And then the tears began to fall. Because in front of her stood a girl who, to her, was fat, and ugly, and pathetic. Someone who deserved to be as lonely as she is.
But truth be told, she was skinny, almost too skinny. But she was gorgeous. Beautiful actually. She was as smart as she was funny. And she was loved by so many. But she couldn’t see it. And yes, it is true that she was lonely, but that was all her own doing. She pushed guys away, In fear that they would leave anyway.
She had been like that since her dad left, which was forever. She didn’t understand that not all guys were like that. She couldn’t comprehend the fact that some guys, will stay. She has a fear of them, not directly. But of them wanting to know her. Because shes not someone they could quite possibly like, and could definitely never love. Because she was scarred and burned. She was torn and ripped. She was dark, and they were bright. Because she was cold, and they were warm.
Besides, who could love a girl, with scars bigger than her heart?

But when a new kid, Aiden Walker, moves into town, a boy with black hair, and blue eyes as deep as the ocean, but as dark as the rain clouds that often settle over Washington, will Riley Carter still be afraid?
You only know fear when you have something to lose.