Sometimes You Have to Try.

"Why would you even do that to me? I fell in love with you! And you still left! You left me when I needed you the most, and I had no one! So don't you dare, not even for a second, think you can judge what I do to myself when you're the goddamned cause for it!" My breath was coming in short pants, and I sank against the wall, the pain in my chest spreading, draining me of energy.

"Go," I said quietly, tracing one of the scratches on my wrist, itching to cut. "Just leave me alone."

"Allie..."

"NO! Get the hell out of my room!"

I broke down into tears once the door opened and closed behind him.

***
Allie is a normal, average girl. She's pretty, smart, fit but she's harboring a dark secret that is crushing her slowly. With every new, fake smile her friends believe her, not worrying about her at all.

She knows that it's better off this way, she's trying to convince herself that she's not worth worrying about anyway. That is until she met Trysten Whylok.

He's the new, tall, dark newbie at school with a few secrets of his own and he's hellbent on uncovering the dank depths of Allie while she falls into his quiet, dangerous demeanor.