Just Stay

"What the hell is this?" Zander snatched my wrist and pulls up the arm of my sleeve. "No don't!" I panic not wanting him to ever find out about this, but it's too late when I hear him hiss out.

"Why?" he whispers but when I don't answer he tilts my chin up, so I look in his eyes. "Why Ari?" Anger boils inside me and I yank my arm out of his grip.

"None of your fucking business!" I yell and I hate that we are drawing attention. "Just stay the hell away from me!" I rush past him not hearing the words he said. Maybe if I did things would have been completely different. Just one last time of self-harm and you can end it all. Would that be such a bad thing? Maybe finally all the hurt and pain will go away.

For someone who had everything she could ever want, loses it all and herself in a blink of an eye. Can she learn to cope, or does she give into temptation? Maybe...just maybe there is someone who will make her Just Stay.

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